La Puente Municipal Code Ch. 1.04 Adoption of the Code

Sections:

• 1.04.010 Designation of and citations to code.

• 1.04.020 Validity and severability.

• 1.04.030 Distribution of code.

• 1.04.040 Maintenance of code.

This code is known and may be referred to or cited as the “La Puente Municipal Code” or the “Municipal Code of the City of La Puente.” Whenever cited in this Title 1 or in any of the titles that follow, it may be referred to as “the code” or as “this code.” In any prosecution for violation of any of this code’s provisions, it is sufficient to designate this code as the “La Puente Municipal Code” or as the “Municipal Code of the City of La Puente.”

(Ord. 762 § 1 (part), 1998)

If any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this code is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional by the decision of any court of competent jurisdiction, that decision will not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this code. The city council declares that it would have adopted this code, and each section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase contained in it, irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, subsections, clauses or phrases is declared invalid or unconstitutional.

(Ord. 762 § 1 (part), 1998)

At least one copy of this code will be retained in the office of the city clerk for use and examination by the public. Additional copies will be prepared in loose-leaf form and placed in binders, as selected by the city clerk, in order to protect against damage from heavy usage. Copies of the loose-leaf codes will be distributed as determined by the city clerk. The city clerk must at all times maintain a reasonable supply of the code for purchase by the public at a price that does not exceed the actual cost to the city.

(Ord. 762 § 1 (part), 1998)

Following the city council’s adoption of an ordinance that amends, supplements or repeals any provisions of this code, the city clerk must cause the loose-leaf pages of the code that have been amended, supplemented or repealed to be reprinted. This reprinting must be done at least annually, and the affected provisions must bear a notation as to the number of the ordinance that adopted the code modifications. Following this reprinting, the city clerk must distribute the reprinted loose-leaf pages to officers and employees of the city and to members of the public who have ordered and paid for code maintenance service.

(Ord. 762 § 1 (part), 1998)