SANTA ANA MUNICIPAL CODE

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CITY OF SANTA ANA, CALIFORNIA

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GENERAL ORDINANCES OF THE CITY

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ADOPTED, DECEMBER 1, 1969

EFFECTIVE, DECEMBER 31, 1969

OPERATIVE, DECEMBER 31, 1969

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PUBLISHED 2007 BY ORDER OF THE CITY COUNCIL

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OFFICIALS

of the

CITY OF SANTA ANA, CALIFORNIA

AT THE TIME OF THIS CODIFICATION

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LORIN GRISET

Mayor

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WADE HERRIN

WALTER BROOKS

VERNON S. EVANS

J. OGDEN MARKEL

JERRY M. PATTERSON

RAY VILLA

Councilmen

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FLORENCE I. MALONE

Clerk of the Council

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WILLIAM L. MOCK

City Attorney

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CARL J. THORNTON

City Manager

PREFACE

This Code is a revision and codification of all Ordinances of a general and permanent nature which were deemed advisable to be retained.

This Code is an entire new ordinance, and, as expressed in the Adopting Ordinance, supersedes all previous ordinances not included herein or expressly saved from repeal by the Adopting Ordinance. This Code contains only ordinances of a general and permanent nature prescribed for and affecting the public as a whole. Special ordinances or ordinances dealing with only a portion of the inhabitants of the city, rather than all of them or relating to special purposes, such as the ordinances levying special assessments, providing for bond issues, paving, vacating and opening specified streets, etc., are not included herein. For a more specific enumeration of the type of ordinances which are not included herein, see Section 3 of the Adopting Ordinance. All the ordinances have been classified as to subject matter, edited, revised and in many instances completely rewritten. New words and phrases and even whole sections have been added to make this Code comprehensive in scope and lucid in meaning.

As it will be noted, the chapters have been conveniently arranged under applicable titles and the various sections within each chapter have been appropriately catchlined to facilitate usage. Attention is also directed to the appropriate footnotes which tie related sections of the Code together and which also refer to relevant state laws.

The numbering system used in this Code is the same system used in many state and municipal codes. Each section number consists of two component parts separated by a dash, the figure after the dash referring to the position of the section within the chapter. Thus the first section of Chapter 1 is numbered 1-1 and the third section of Chapter 16 is 16-3. Under this system, each section is identified with its chapter and at the same time new sections, or even whole chapters, can be inserted in their proper places, simply by using the decimal system for amendments. By way of illustration: If new material consisting of three sections, that would logically come between Sections 4-4 and 4-5, is desired to be added, such new sections would be numbered 4-4.1, 4-4.2 and 4-4.3 respectively. New chapters may be included by the addition of a fractional number after the chapter number, i.e., if the new material is to be included between Chapters 12 and 13, it will be designated as Chapter 12½. New articles and new divisions may be included in the same way, or in the case of articles, may be placed at the end of the chapter embracing the subject, and in the case of divisions, may be placed at the end of the article embracing the subject, the next successive number being assigned to the article or division.

All historical citations of a section herein where such citation is to a section of the 1952 Santa Ana Municipal Code which has been amended, the section number changed by amendment, or the section added by amendment; the code section number indicated is the number assigned in the amendatory ordinance; e.g. "Code 1952, § 3317; Ord. No. NS-00", where an ordinance number 00 of the new series may have repealed a Section 3217 and enacted a Section 3317 in lieu thereof, the original section number 3217 is not indicated.

A special feature of this Code to which the attention of the user is especially directed is the innovation of the looseleaf system of binding and up-keep servicing of the ordinances. With this new looseleaf system, the Code of Ordinances will be kept up-to-date continuously. Upon the final passage of amendatory ordinances, they will be properly edited and the appropriate page affected reprinted. These new pages will be distributed to the holders of the Codes with instructions for the manner of inserting and deleting the obsolete pages. To each such amendment will be attached an editorial footnote explaining briefly the effect of the amendment on the section or sections amended and the derivation of such amendment. Each such subsequent amendment, when incorporated into this Code, may be cited as a part hereof as provided in Section 4 of the Adopting Ordinance.

The successful maintaining of this Code up-to-date at all times will depend largely upon the holder of the volume. As revised sheets are received it will then become the responsibility of the holder to have the amendments inserted according to the attached instructions. It is strongly recommended by the publishers that all such amendments be inserted immediately upon receipt to avoid misplacing the same, and in addition, that all deleted pages be saved and filed for historical reference purposes.

The general index to the Code has been prepared with the greatest care. Each particular item has been placed under several headings, some of the headings being couched in lay phraseology, others in legal terminology, and still others in language generally used by city officials and employees. There are numerous cross references within the index itself which stand as guideposts to direct the user to the particular item in which he is interested.

Time and effort have not been spared in the preparation of this Code and the publishers are most grateful to Joseph W. Fletcher, City Attorney, and Ms. Patricia E. Healy, Clerk of the Council, for their cooperation and untiring efforts during the progress of the editorial work.

The publication of this Code was under direct supervision of Zanne Ebersole, Editor, and Aline True, Quality Control Specialist, of Municode, Tallahassee, Florida.

This Code of Ordinances is presented for the use and benefit of the citizens of Santa Ana.

MUNICODE

Tallahassee, Florida

July 2007

ORDINANCE NS-990

Adopting and Enacting a Code of Ordinances for the City of Santa Ana, California, Which Code Shall Be Known as the Santa Ana Municipal Code, and Establishing the Same, Providing for the Repeal of Certain Ordinances Not Included Therein Except as Herein Expressly Provided, Providing for the Manner of Amending Such Code of Ordinances and Providing When This Ordinance Shall Become Effective and Operative.

The City Council of the City of Santa Ana Does Ordain as Follows:

SECTION 1: That this Ordinance, consisting of Chapters 1 to 41, each inclusive, is hereby adopted and enacted as the "SANTA ANA MUNICIPAL CODE" and shall be treated and considered as a new and original comprehensive ordinance which shall supersede all general and permanent ordinances passed by the City Council prior to September 16, 1968, except such as by reference are expressly saved from repeal or continued in force and effect for any purpose.

SECTION 2: That all provisions of such Code shall be in full force and effect from the date this Ordinance becomes operative as hereinafter set forth, and all ordinances of a general and permanent nature of the City of Santa Ana, enacted on final passage on or before September 16, 1968, and not contained in such Code or recognized and continued in force by reference therein are hereby repealed from and after the operative date of this Ordinance, except as hereinafter provided. No resolution of the City is hereby repealed unless specifically mentioned.

SECTION 3: That the repeal provided for in Section 2 hereof shall not affect the following types of ordinances:

(1) Any offense or act committed or done or any penalty or forfeiture incurred or any contract or right established or accruing before the operative date of this Ordinance;

(2) Any ordinance or resolution promising or guaranteeing the payment of money for the City, or authorizing the issue of any bonds of the City or any evidence of the City's indebtedness, or any contract or obligation assumed by the City;

(3) The administrative ordinances or resolutions of the City Council not in conflict or inconsistent with the provisions of such Code;

(4) Any right of franchise granted by any ordinance or resolution of the City Council to any person, firm or corporation;

(5) Any ordinance dedicating, naming, establishing, locating, relocating, opening, paving, widening, vacating or repairing any street or public way in the City;

(6) The annual appropriation ordinance;

(7) Any ordinance levying or imposing taxes;

(8) Any zoning ordinance or any amendment to such zoning ordinance on file in the office of the Clerk of the Council;

(9) Any ordinance establishing and prescribing the street grades of any street in the City;

(10) Any ordinance providing for local improvements and assessing taxes therefor;

(11) Any ordinance dedicating or accepting any plat or subdivision in the City.

Such repeal shall not be construed to revive any ordinance or part thereof that has been repealed by a subsequent ordinance which is repealed by this Ordinance. Each of the above mentioned ordinances shall in no way be repealed by this Code except as the same may be in conflict with the provisions of this Code.

SECTION 4: Any and all additions or amendments to such Code, when passed in such form as to indicate the intention of the City Council to make the same a part thereof, shall be deemed to be incorporated in such Code so that reference to the "SANTA ANA MUNICIPAL CODE" shall be understood and intended to include such additions and amendments.

SECTION 5: A copy of such Code shall be kept on file in the office of the Clerk of the Council, preserved in looseleaf form, or in such other form as the Clerk of the Council may consider most expedient. It shall be the express duty of the Clerk of the Council or someone authorized by her, to insert in their proper places all amendments or ordinances which indicate the intention of the City Council to make the same a part of such Code when the same have been printed or reprinted in page form, and to extract from such Code all provisions which may be from time to time repealed by the City Council. Said copy of such Code shall be available for all persons desiring to examine the same and shall be considered the official Code of the City of Santa Ana, and any copy of such Code certified by the Clerk of the Council shall be the official SANTA ANA MUNICIPAL CODE at the date of such certification.

SECTION 6: In case of the amendment of any section of such Code for which a penalty is not provided, the general penalty as provided in Section 1-8 of such Code shall apply to the section as amended; or in case such amendment contains provisions for which a penalty, other than the aforementioned general penalty, is provided in another section in the same chapter, the penalty so provided in such other section shall be held to relate to the section so amended, unless such penalty is specifically repealed therein.

SECTION 7: It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation in the City to change or amend by additions or deletions, any part or portion of such Code, or to insert or delete pages, or portions thereof, or to alter or tamper with such Code in any manner whatsoever which will cause the law of the City of Santa Ana to be misrepresented thereby. Any person, firm or corporation violating this section shall be punished as provided in Section 1-8 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code.

SECTION 8: All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are, to the extent of such conflict, hereby repealed as of the operative date of this Ordinance but shall remain in full force and effect until such date.

SECTION 9: That this Ordinance shall take effect thirty days from and after the date of its adoption.

PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Santa Ana at its regular meeting held on the 1st day of December, 1969.

ATTEST:

/s/ LORIN GRISET

Mayor

/s/ FLORENCE I. MALONE

Clerk of the Council

STATE OF CALIFORNIA )

COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss

CITY OF SANTA ANA )

I, FLORENCE I. MALONE, do hereby certify that I am the Clerk of the Council of the City of Santa Ana; that the foregoing Ordinance was introduced to said Council at its regular meeting held on the 3rd day of November, 1969, and was again considered by said Council at its regular meeting held on the 1st day of December, 1969, and was at said meeting passed and adopted by the following vote, to wit:

AYES, COUNCILMEN: Herrin, Brooks, Evans, Patterson, Villa, Griset

NOES, COUNCILMEN: Markel

ABSENT, COUNCILMEN: None

/s/ FLORENCE I. MALONE

Clerk of the Council

The foregoing instrument is a full, true, and correct copy of the original on file in this office.

Attest: December 3,1969

Florence I. Malone, Clerk of the Council, City of Santa Ana

/s/ FLORENCE I. MALONE

By ___________

Deputy

(Seal)