Lomita Municipal Code Ch. 1 Adoption of Code

This Code shall be known as the "Lomita Municipal Code" and it shall be sufficient to refer to said Code as the "Lomita Municipal Code" in any prosecution for the violation of any provisions thereof. It shall also be sufficient to designate any ordinance adding to, amending, or repealing said Code, or portions thereof, as an addition or amendment to, or a repeal of, the "Lomita Municipal Code," or a portion thereof.

Except as otherwise herein or hereafter provided, this Code consists of all the regulatory, penal and administrative laws of general application of the City of Lomita, codified pursuant to the authority contained in Section 50022.2 of the Government Code of the State of California.

This Code shall take effect upon the effective date of the ordinance adopting this Code by reference.

Neither the adoption of this Code nor the repeal thereby of any ordinance of the city shall in any manner affect the prosecution for violations or ordinances, which violations were committed prior to the effective date of the Code, nor be construed as a waiver of any license or penalty at said effective date due and unpaid under such ordinances relating to the collection of any such license 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 vested rights and obligations thereunder appertaining shall continue in full force and effect.

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

If any section, sub-section, sentence, clause, phrase or portion of this Code is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional by the decision of any court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this Code. The city council hereby declares that it would have adopted this Code and each section, sub-section, sentence, clause, phrase, or portion thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, subsections, phrases or portions be declared invalid or unconstitutional.

Not less than three (3) copies of this Code shall be filed for use and examination by the public in the office of the city clerk. At least three (3) copies duly certified by the city clerk shall be maintained on file in his office. Additional copies shall be prepared in looseleaf form and mounted to withstand heavy usage in such binders as the city clerk may prescribe. Copies thereof shall be distributed as determined by the city clerk.

Upon the adoption of any amendment or addition to said Code, or upon the repeal of any of its provisions, the city clerk shall certify thereto and shall make an appropriate notation in each and every volume of said Code of the taking of such action, noting thereon the number of the ordinances pursuant to which such action is taken. Duly certified copies of every ordinance making changes in such Code shall be filed in the office of the city clerk in books for such purpose, duly indexed for ready reference.

At least annually, the city clerk shall prepare copies of such changes in the Code for insertion in the looseleaf copies thereof. Every section of the Code so changed shall have printed thereon a notation of the ordinance number pursuant to which such change is adopted.