Seal Beach Municipal Code Art. XIII Miscellaneous

Unless the provision or the context otherwise requires, as used in this Charter:

"Shall"

is mandatory, and "may" is permissive.

"City"

is the City of Seal Beach and "department," "board," "commission," "agency," "officer," or "employee," is a department, board, commission, agency, officer or employee, as the case may be, of the City of Seal Beach.

"County"

is the County of Orange.

"State"

is the State of California.

It shall be the purpose of this Charter to maintain a City government responsive to the citizens of the City of Seal Beach, to provide adequate local government with a minimum of taxation and, in addition to other municipal purposes, to promote, foster and preserve agriculture within the City.

The violation of any provision of this Charter shall be deemed a misdemeanor and be punishable upon conviction by a fine of not exceeding $1,000 or by imprisonment for a term of not exceeding six months or by both such fine and imprisonment.

(Amended 2002)

If any provision of this Charter, or the application thereof to any person or circumstances is held invalid, the remainder of the Charter, and the application of such provision to other persons or circumstance, shall not be affected thereby.

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