Chapter 1 — ADOPTION OF CODE

This Code shall be known as the "Ojai Municipal Code," and it shall be sufficient to refer to this Code as the "Ojai Municipal Code" in any prosecution for the violation of any provision 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 "Ojai 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 Ojai, 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 hereby of any ordinance of this City shall in any manner affect the prosecution for violations of ordinances, which violations were committed prior to the effective date hereof, nor be construed as a waiver of any license 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 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 reference shall be construed to apply to the corresponding provisions contained within this Code.

If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, or phrase of this Code is for any reason held to be unconstitutional, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this Code. The Council hereby declares that it would have adopted this Code, and each section, subsection, sentence, clause, and phrase thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, subsections, sentences, clauses, or phrases be declared unconstitutional.

All ordinances or portions of ordinances in conflict with the provisions of this Code are hereby

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City of Ojai, CA § 1-1.07

OJAI CODE

§ 1-1.08

repealed.

Not less than three copies of this Code shall be filed for use and examination by the public in the office of the City Clerk. At least three additional copies, duly certified by the City Clerk, shall be maintained on file in his or her office as the official copies of the Code. Additional copies of the Code shall be distributed to the departments and divisions of the City as shall be prescribed by the City Manager.

Upon the adoption of any amendment or addition to this Code, or upon the repeal of any of its provisions, the City Clerk shall certify thereto and shall make an appropriate notation in the official volumes of this Code of the taking of such action, noting thereon the number and date of the ordinances pursuant to which such action is taken.

Duly certified copies of each ordinance making changes in this 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 cause the loose-leaf pages of this Code in which changes have been made to be reproduced, including a notation as to the ordinance number and date pursuant to which such change is adopted, and distributed in order that the loose-leaf copies of this Code, prepared for the use and convenience of the officers and employees of the City and the general public, may be brought up to date.

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City of Ojai, CA

GENERAL PROVISIONS

§ 1-2.01

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