San Jose Municipal Code Part 4 Construction

San Jose Municipal Code · 2026-10 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · San Jose

Cite as: San Jose Municipal Code Part 4 · Text as of 2026-10-04

4.38.400 - Construction.¶

A. This chapter, being necessary for the health, welfare and safety of the city and its residents, shall be liberally construed to effect its purposes.

B. This chapter shall be deemed to provide a complete, additional and alternative method for doing the things authorized hereby, and shall be regarded as supplemental and additional to the powers conferred by other laws. The issuance of bonds under the provisions of this chapter need not comply with the requirements of any other law applicable to the issuance of bonds.

(Ord. 26340.)

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4.38.410 - Chapter controlling.¶

To the extent that the provisions of this chapter are inconsistent with the provisions of any general statute or special act or parts thereof, the provisions of this chapter shall be deemed controlling.

(Ord. 26340.)

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