Healdsburg Municipal Code Art. II Code Adoption

Pursuant to the provisions of Government Code Sections 50022.1 through 50022.8 and 50022.10, there is hereby adopted and recodified the Healdsburg Municipal Code as published by Code Publishing Company and indexed in Titles 1 to 20 and listed in Exhibit A attached to the ordinance codified in this article, together with those secondary codes adopted by reference as authorized by the California State Legislature, save and except those portions of the secondary codes as are deleted, modified or amended by the provisions of the Healdsburg Municipal Code.

(Ord. 1109 § 1, 2011)

This code shall be known as the City of Healdsburg Municipal Code and it shall be sufficient to refer to said code as the City of Healdsburg Municipal Code in any prosecution for the violation of any provision thereof or in any proceeding at law or equity. It shall be sufficient to designate any ordinance adding to, amending, correcting or repealing all or any part or portion thereof as an addition to, amendment to, correction or repeal of the Healdsburg Municipal Code. Further reference may be had to titles, chapters, sections and subsections of the municipal code and such references shall apply to that numbered title, chapter, section or subsection as it appears in said code.

(Ord. 1109 § 2, 2011)

The Healdsburg Municipal Code consists of all the regulatory and penal ordinances and certain of the administrative ordinances of the City of Healdsburg, California, as originally codified pursuant to the provisions of Government Code Sections 50022.1 through 50022.8 and herein recodified and recompiled pursuant to Government Code Section 50022.10.

(Ord. 1109 § 3, 2011)

The last ordinance included in this code was Ordinance No. 1081. Ordinance Nos. 1082 through 1108, passed subsequent to Ordinance No. 1081, but prior to adoption of this code, are hereby made a part of the Healdsburg Municipal Code.

(Ord. 1109 § 4, 2011)

Whenever a reference is made to this code as the Healdsburg Municipal Code or to any portion thereof, or to any ordinance of the City of Healdsburg, California, the reference shall apply to all amendments, corrections and additions heretofore, now or hereafter made.

(Ord. 1109 § 5, 2011)

Title, chapter and section headings contained herein shall not be deemed to govern, limit, modify or in any manner affect the scope, meaning or intent of the provisions of any title, chapter, or section of the municipal code.

(Ord. 1109 § 6, 2011)

The provisions of the Healdsburg Municipal Code shall not in any manner affect matters of record which refer to, or are otherwise connected with, ordinances that are therein specifically designated by number or otherwise and that are included within the code, but such reference shall be construed to apply to the corresponding provisions contained within this municipal code.

(Ord. 1109 § 7, 2011)

Neither the adoption or recodification of the municipal code nor the repeal or amendment hereby of any ordinance or part or portion of any ordinance of the City of Healdsburg shall in any manner affect the prosecution for violations of ordinances, which violations were committed prior to the effective date of the ordinance codified in this article, nor be construed as a waiver of any license, fee, or penalty at said effective date 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 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 appertaining shall continue in full force and effect.

(Ord. 1109 § 8, 2011)

Nothing contained herein is intended to enact any new taxes or to affect any penalty clauses contained in the existing ordinances recodified by this article. The recodification of the Municipal Code of the City of Healdsburg, California, is intended by the City Council to be a continuation, without change, of existing ordinances.

In adopting the ordinance codified in this article, the City is acting only to promote public health, safety and general welfare. It is not assuming, or it is imposing on its officers or employees, an obligation for breach of which it may be held liable in money damages to any person who claims that such breach proximately caused injury.

(Ord. 1109 § 9, 2011)