Chapter 1.01 — CODE ADOPTION

The Council finds and declares as follows:

• A. Whereas, California Government Code Sections 50022.1 through 50022.8, and 50022.10 provide for the codification, compilation, recodification, recompilation and publication of permanent and general ordinances of cities; and

• B. Whereas, the Oroville Municipal Code ("OMC") has been supplemented over the years with the passage of new ordinances, it has not been recompiled or recodified in its entirety for more than a decade; and

• C. Whereas, the city now desires to revise, recodify, recompile and update the ordinances comprising the Oroville Municipal Code into a modern, user-friendly format to aid city staff, residents and other individuals and entities that wish to use the OMC; and

• D. Whereas, the OMC has been updated, reformatted and renumbered, without changing any substantive provisions of the code.

• (Ord. 1814 § 1, 2016)

Pursuant to the provisions of Government Code Sections 50022.1 through 50022.8 and 50022.10, there is hereby recodified and adopted the "Oroville Municipal Code" as revised, reformatted, indexed, codified, compiled, updated and republished, 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 Oroville Municipal Code.

(Ord. 1814 § 2, 2016)

The recodification and adoption of the Oroville Municipal Code as specified in this chapter shall not affect the following matters:

• A. Actions and proceedings that began before the effective date of the ordinance codified in this chapter.

• B. Civil, criminal and administrative proceedings concerning ordinance violations committed before the effective date of said ordinance.

• C. The amount of or collection of license, fee, penalty debt, forfeiture or obligation due and unpaid as of the effective date of said ordinance.

• D. Bonds and cash deposits required to be posted, filed or deposited pursuant to any ordinance, resolution or regulation.

• (Ord. 1814 § 3, 2016)

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City of Oroville, CA

GENERAL PROVISIONS

§ 1.01.040

§ 1.01.050

Any reference in matters of record to any ordinance designated by number or otherwise, existing prior to the adoption of this Code, shall be construed to apply to the corresponding provisions in this Code. Pursuant to Government Code Section 50022.8, copies of this Code that have been duly certified by the city clerk shall be received without further proof as prima facie evidence of the provisions of such code in all courts and administrative tribunals of this state. Oroville Municipal Code sections cited on signage within the city shall, until updated if and as required, be deemed to be citations to the counterpart sections in the recodified Oroville Municipal Code for purposes of notice and enforcement. (Ord. 1814 § 4, 2016)

It is hereby declared to be the intention of the council that the sections, paragraphs, sentences, clauses and phrases of this Code are severable, and if any phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph or section of this Code is declared unconstitutional or without effect by any final judgment or decree of a court of competent jurisdiction, such judgment or decree shall not affect any of the remaining phrases, clauses, sentences, paragraphs and sections of this Code. (Ord. 1814 § 5, 2016)

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City of Oroville, CA

GENERAL PROVISIONS

§ 1.04.010

§ 1.04.020