Corona Municipal Code Ch. 1.01 Code Adoption

Pursuant to the provisions of Cal. Gov’t Code §§ 50022.1 through 50022.8 and 50022.0, there is adopted the Corona Municipal Code ("the code"), as amended and recodified under the auspices of American Legal Publishing Company, together with those secondary codes adopted by reference therein, except those portions of said secondary codes as are deleted or modified by the provisions of the code.

(`78 Code, § 1.01.010) (Ord. 1557 § 1, 1979.)

Statutory reference:

For statutory provisions authorizing cities to codify their ordinances, see Cal. Gov’t Code §§ 50022.1 through 50022.8 and 50022.10.

Henceforth it shall be sufficient to refer to the code as the "Corona Municipal Code" in any prosecution for the violation of any provision thereof or in any proceeding at law or in equity. It shall be sufficient to designate any ordinance adding to, amending, correcting or repealing all or any portion thereof as an addition to, amendment to, correction or repeal of the Corona Municipal Code. Further, reference may be made to the titles, chapters, sections and divisions of the code, and such references shall apply to that numbered title, chapter, section or division as it appears in the code.

(`78 Code, § 1.01.020) (Ord. 1557 § 2, 1979.)

Whenever a reference is made to the code or to any portion thereof, the reference shall apply to all amendments, corrections and additions heretofore, now or hereafter made.

(`78 Code, § 1.01.030) (Ord. 1557 § 3, 1979.)

Title, chapter and section headings contained in the code shall be for ease of reference only and shall not govern, limit, modify or in any manner affect the scope, meaning or intent of any provisions of the code.

(`78 Code, § 1.01.040) (Ord. 1557 § 4, 1979.)

This recodification of the code shall not in any manner affect matters of record which refer to, or are otherwise connected with, the provisions which have been included in the recodification.

(`78 Code, § 1.01.050) (Ord. 1557 § 5, 1979.)

Neither the adoption of the code nor the repeal or amendment of any prior ordinance of the city shall in any manner affect the prosecution for violations of ordinances which were committed prior to the effective date hereof, nor be construed as a waiver of any license, fee or penalty due and unpaid under such ordinances, nor be construed as affecting any of the provisions of such ordinances relating to the collection of any such license, fee or penalty or the penal provisions applicable to any violation thereof, nor to affect the validity of any bond or cash deposit in lieu thereof required to be posted, filed or deposited pursuant to any ordinance, and all rights and obligations thereunder shall continue in full force and effect.

(`78 Code, § 1.01.060) (Ord. 1557 § 6, 1979.)

If any section, division, sentence, clause or phrase of the code is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of the code. This Council declares that it would have passed the code, and each section, division, sentence, clause and phrase thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, divisions, sentences, clauses or phrases had been declared invalid or unconstitutional, and if for any reason the code should be declared invalid or unconstitutional, then the original Corona Municipal Code shall be in full force and effect.

(`78 Code, § 1.01.070) (Ord. 1557 § 7, 1979.)