Newport Beach Municipal Code Art. I Incorporation and Succession

The City of Newport Beach, hereinafter termed the City, shall continue to be a municipal corporation under its present name of “City of Newport Beach.” The boundaries of the City shall be the boundaries as established at the time this Charter takes effect, and as such boundaries may be changed thereafter in the manner authorized by law.

The City of Newport Beach shall continue to own, possess and control all rights and property of every kind and nature owned, possessed or controlled by it at the time this Charter takes effect and shall be subject to all its debts, obligations, liabilities and contracts.

All lawful ordinances, resolutions, rules and regulations, and portions thereof, in force at the time this Charter takes effect, and not in conflict or in consistent herewith, are hereby continued in force until the same shall have been duly repealed, amended, changed or superseded by proper authority.

All contracts entered into by the City, or for its benefit, prior to the taking of effect of this Charter, shall continue in full force and effect. Public improvements for which proceedings have been instituted under laws existing at the time this Charter takes effect, in the discretion of the City Council, may be carried to completion as nearly as practicable in accordance with the provisions of such existing laws or may be continued or perfected under this Charter.

This Charter shall take effect upon its approval by the Legislature and any amendment hereto shall be effective when filed pursuant to the California Constitution.

(As amended effective January 9, 2013)