Rancho Palos Verdes Municipal Code Ch. 1.01 Adoption of Code

This Code shall be known as the "Rancho Palos Verdes Municipal Code" and it shall be sufficient to refer to said Code as the "Rancho Palos Verdes Municipal Code" in any prosecution for the violation of any provision thereof or in any proceeding at law or equity. It shall be sufficient to designate any ordinance adding to, amending, correcting or repealing all or any part or portion thereof.

(Code 1981, § 1.01.010; Ord. No. 146, § 4(part), 1982)

This Code consists of all the regulatory and penal ordinances and administrative ordinances of the City of Rancho Palos Verdes, California.

(Code 1981, § 1.01.020; Ord. No. 146, § 4(part), 1982)

The provisions of this Code shall take effect upon the effective date of the ordinance adopting this Code by reference.

(Code 1981, § 1.01.030; Ord. No. 146, § 4(part), 1982)

All the provisions of this Code and all city ordinances shall be interpreted to refer to the appropriate or designated officer or office of the city, and whenever an ordinance, uniform code, statute, or other matter which is adopted by reference refers to any department, officer, employee, inspection, police, or other function, unless the context requires otherwise, all such references shall be to the appropriate or designated office, officer, department, agency, employee or function of the city.

(Code 1981, § 1.01.040; Ord. No. 146, § 4(part), 1982)

Title, chapter and section headings contained herein shall not be deemed to govern, limit, modify or in any manner affect the scope, meaning or intent of the provisions of any title, chapter or section hereof.

(Code 1981, § 1.01.050; Ord. No. 146, § 4(part), 1982)

The provisions of this Code shall not in any manner affect 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 the Code, but such reference shall be construed to apply to the corresponding provisions contained within this Code.

(Code 1981, § 1.01.060; Ord. No. 146, § 4(part), 1982)

Neither the adoption of this Code nor the repeal or amendment hereby of any ordinance or part or portion of any ordinance of the 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, fee 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, fee or penalty, or the penal validity of any bond or cash deposit in lieu thereof required to be posted, filed or deposited pursuant to any ordinance and all rights and obligations thereunder appertaining shall continue in full force and effect.

(Code 1981, § 1.01.070; Ord. No. 146, § 4(part), 1982)

If any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this Code is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this Code. The council hereby declares that it would have passed 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 had been declared invalid or unconstitutional, and if for any reason this Code should be declared invalid or unconstitutional, then the original ordinance shall be in full force and effect.

(Code 1981, § 1.01.080; Ord. No. 146, § 4(part), 1982)

A. At least three copies of this Code, duly certified by the city clerk, shall be maintained on file in the office of the city clerk as the official copies of the Code for the use and examination by the public. Additional copies of the Code shall be distributed as determined by the city clerk.

B. Duly certified copies of each ordinance making a change in the Code shall be filed in the office of the city clerk in books for such purpose, duly indexed for ready reference.

(Code 1981, § 1.01.100; Ord. No. 146, § 4(part), 1982)