Port Hueneme Municipal Code Ch. 1 Adoption of Code

This Code shall be known as the "Port Hueneme Municipal Code," and it shall be sufficient to refer to said Code as such in any prosecution for the violation of any provision hereof. It shall also be sufficient to designate any ordinance adding to, amending, or repealing, said Code, or portions hereof, as an addition or amendment to, or a repeal of, the "Port Hueneme Municipal Code", or a portion thereof.

This Code consists of the regulatory and penal ordinances and certain of the administrative regulations of the City of Port Hueneme.

This Code shall be operative on and after the effective date of the ordinance of the Council of the City of Port Hueneme, whereby the same is adopted.

Neither the adoption of this Code nor the repeal of any ordinance or prior Code or provision thereof (hereinafter "Ordinances") of the City of Port Hueneme shall:

(1) Affect the prosecution for violations of such Ordinances, committed prior to the effective date hereof; nor

(2) Be construed as a waiver of the requirement for any license or penalty or fee or penalty due and unpaid under such Ordinances; nor

(3) Be construed as to affect any of the provisions of such Ordinances relating to the collection of any such license taxes or the penal provisions applicable to any violation thereof; nor

(4) Be construed to affect the validity of any bond or cash deposit in lieu thereof, required to be posted, filed or deposited pursuant to such Ordinances, and all rights and obligations thereunder appertaining shall continue in full force and effect.

The provisions of this Code, insofar as the same are substantially the same as the prior Port Hueneme Municipal Code and other Ordinances of the City of Port Hueneme relating to the same subject matter, shall be construed as restatements and continuations of existing laws, and not as new enactments.

The provisions of this Code shall not in any manner affect the 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.

Any person holding any position of employment with the City of Port Hueneme as of the effective date of this Chapter, shall maintain and carry forward such status; however, each such position, shall, after the effective date hereof, be subject, in all respects, to the provisions of this Code.

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

Not less than three (3) copies of this Code shall be filed for use and examination by the public in the office of the City Clerk. Additional copies shall be prepared in loose-leaf form and shall be mounted to withstand heavy usage, in a manner to be prescribed by the City Manager. Copies hereof shall be distributed as directed by the City Manager.

Certified copies of each ordinance changing any provision of this Code shall be maintained on file in the office of the City Clerk, duly indexed for ready reference.

The City Clerk shall prepare copies of all changes in the Code, for insertion in the loose-leaf copies hereof, and shall distribute the same as directed by the City Manager.