Piedmont Municipal Code Art. I General Provisions

The ordinances embraced in the following chapters and sections shall constitute and be designated "The Code of the City of Piedmont, California, 1959," and may be so cited.

ORDINANCES

The provisions appearing in this Code, so far as they are the same as those of ordinances existing at the time of the effective date of this Code, shall be considered as continuations thereof and not as new enactments.

The repeal of an ordinance shall not revive any ordinances in force before or at the time the ordinance repealed took effect.

The repeal of an ordinance shall not affect any punishment or penalty incurred before the repeal took effect, nor any suit, prosecution or proceeding pending at the time of the repeal, for any offense committed under the ordinance repealed.

It is hereby declared to be the intention of the City 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 shall be declared unconstitutional by the valid judgment or decree of any court of competent jurisdiction, such unconstitutionality shall not affect any of the remaining phrases, clauses, sentences, paragraphs and sections of this Code.

The titles at the beginning of the various sections of this Code are intended as mere catchwords to indicate the contents of the section and shall not be deemed or taken to be any part of the section itself, nor, unless expressly so provided, shall they be so deemed when any of such sections, including the titles, are amended or re-enacted.

20 For state law definition of "year", see Gov. C.A., §6803. For charter provisions as to fiscal year, see Char., §4.01.

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