Chapter 1.02 — RE-ADOPTION OF CODE

The code of ordinances, entitled the Palm Desert Municipal Code, including all amendments thereto, which is on file with the city clerk of the city of Palm Desert, is re-enacted and readopted without change, except as provided herein, and shall, without interruption, remain in continuous force and effect unless and until amended or repealed by action of the city council. (Ord. 858 § 2, 1998)

The Palm Desert Charter, as ratified by the voters of the city of Palm Desert on November 4, 1997, and filed in the office of the Secretary of State of California on December 3, 1997, is acknowledged as effective and is ordered to be incorporated into the code of ordinances for the city of Palm Desert, to be set forth as a preface to the terms thereof. (Ord. 858 § 3, 1998)

Henceforth said code of ordinances and Charter shall be entitled "The Palm Desert Charter and Municipal Code."

(Ord. 858 § 4, 1998)

All provisions of the Palm Desert Charter and Municipal Code shall be in full force and effect on, from and after, the effective date of the ordinance codified in this chapter; further, the provisions of the code of ordinances shall be interpreted, applied and enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of California as applied to a charter city. (Ord. 858 § 5, 1998)

Any and all ordinances previously adopted by the city council of the city of Palm Desert on file in the office of the city clerk, and not incorporated into the terms of the previous Palm Desert Municipal Code, are re-enacted and re-adopted without change and shall, without interruption, remain in continuous force and effect unless and until amended or repealed by action of the city council, which ordinances shall be interpreted, applied and enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of California as applied to a charter city. (Ord. 858 § 6, 1998)

Unless otherwise provided herein, particularly by the terms of Sections 1.02.040 and 1.02.050, the re-enactment and re-adoption provided for in Section 1.02.010 and Section 1.02.050 of this chapter shall not affect any of the following:

• A. Any offense or act committed or done, or any penalty of forfeiture incurred, or any contract or vested right established or accruing before the effective date of the ordinance codified in

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this chapter;

• B. Any contract or obligation assumed by the city;

• C. Any right or franchise granted by the city. (Ord. 858 § 7, 1998)

Notwithstanding any right of the Charter City of Palm Desert to govern independently from state law with respect to land use matters, the city of Palm Desert shall be governed in accordance with the terms of state law as regards to the application, interpretation and enforcement of land use, planning and zoning matters, including, but not limited to, the requirement of consistency between the general plan of the city and the terms of its zoning ordinances. (Ord. 858 § 8, 1998)

Any ordinance or provision of any ordinance, making any addition or amendment to the Palm Desert Charter and Municipal Code when passed in a form indicating the intention of the city council to make the ordinance, or any part of the ordinance, part of said Charter and code shall be deemed to be incorporated into the code, and any reference to the Palm Desert Charter and Municipal Code or any title, chapter or section to the Palm Desert Charter and Municipal Code shall be understood and intended to include the appropriate provisions of such addition or amendment.

(Ord. 858 § 9, 1998)

A copy of the Palm Desert Charter and Municipal Code shall be kept on file in the office of the Palm Desert city clerk and it shall be the duty of the Palm Desert city clerk, or the city clerk's designee, to periodically update and maintain the Palm Desert Charter and Municipal Code with such amendments or additions made by ordinances adopted by the city council or to delete from the Palm Desert Charter and Municipal, code provisions which may be, from time to time, repealed by ordinances of the Palm Desert city council. The copy of the Palm Desert Charter and Municipal Code kept and maintained by the Palm Desert city clerk shall be the official copy of said Charter and code.

(Ord. 858 § 10, 1998)

Whenever by the provisions of the Palm Desert Charter and Municipal Code any act is prohibited or is made or declared to be unlawful or an offense, or the doing of any act is declared unlawful or an offense, the violation of any such provision is a misdemeanor or an infraction as specified in the penalty provisions of the Palm Desert Charter and Municipal Code. (Ord. 858 § 11, 1998)

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