Chapter 1.04 — ADOPTION OF CODE

This code shall be known as the "San Mateo County Ordinance Code", and it shall be sufficient to refer to said code as the "San Mateo County Ordinance Code" in any prosecution for the violation of any provisions thereof. It shall also be sufficient to designate any ordinance adding to, or repealing said code, or portions thereof, as an addition or amendment to, or as a repeal of the "San Mateo County Ordinance Code".

(Prior code § 1100; Ord. 1186, 10/23/56)

This code consists of regulatory, penal and administrative ordinances of the County of San Mateo, codified pursuant to section 25126, et seq., of the Government Code of the State of California.

(Prior code § 1101; Ord. 1186, 10/23/56)

This code takes effect upon the effective date of ordinance 1186 of the County of San Mateo whereby this code is adopted by reference.

(Prior code § 1102; Ord. 1186, 10/23/56)

Neither the adoption of this code nor the repeal hereby of any ordinance of this County 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 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 or penalty or the penal provisions applicable to any violation thereof, nor to affect the 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 which have accrued thereunder shall continue in full force and effect.

The provisions of this code, insofar as they are substantially the same as ordinance provisions previously adopted by the County relating to the same subject matter, shall be construed as restatements and continuations, and not as new enactments.

(Prior code § 1103; Ord. 1186, 10/23/56)

The provisions of this code shall not in any manner affect 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 provision contained within this code.

(Prior code § 1104; Ord. 1186, 10/23/56)

If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or portion of this code is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional by the decision of any court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not effect the validity of the remaining portions of this code; the Board of Supervisors 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 be declared invalid or unconstitutional.

(Prior code § 1105; Ord. 1186, 10/23/56)

All ordinances or portions of ordinances in conflict with the provisions of this code are hereby repealed.

(Prior code § 1106; Ord. 1186, 10/23/56)

Not less than three copies of this code shall be filed for use and examination by the public in the office of the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors. At least three additional copies, duly certified to by the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors, shall be permanently bound and maintained on file in his office. Additional copies shall be prepared and shall be mounted in such binders as the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors may prescribe. Copies thereof shall be distributed to the departments and divisions of the County as necessary.

Upon the adoption of any amendment or addition to said code, or upon the repeal of any of its provisions, the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors shall certify thereto and shall make an appropriate notation in the bound volumes of said code of the taking of such action, noting thereon the number of the ordinance pursuant to which such action is taken.

Duly certified copies of every ordinance making changes in such code shall be filed in the office of the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors in books for such purpose, duly indexed for ready reference.

The Clerk of the Board of Supervisors shall prepare printed copies of such changes in the code for insertion in the copies thereof and for distribution as required. Every section of the code so changed shall have printed thereon a notation of the ordinance number pursuant to which such change is adopted.

At least twice yearly, the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors shall cause the pages of said code in which changes have been made to be reprinted, including the notation as to the ordinance number pursuant to which such change is adopted, in order that at least twice yearly the copies of such code prepared for the use and convenience of the officers and employees of the County and the general public may be brought up to date.

(Prior code § 1107; Ord. 1186, 10/23/56; Ord. 2217, 10/02/73)