Temple City Municipal Code Ch. 1 Adoption of Code

This code shall be known as the TEMPLE CITY MUNICIPAL CODE, and it shall be sufficient to refer to said code as the "Temple City municipal code" in any prosecution for the violation of any provisions thereof. It shall also be sufficient to designate any ordinance adding to, amending or repealing said code, or portions thereof, as an addition or amendment to, or a repeal of, the "Temple City municipal code", or a portion thereof. (1960 Code)

This record consists of all of the regulatory, penal and certain of the administrative ordinances of the city of Temple City, codified pursuant to applicable provisions of the charter of the city of Temple City and the general laws of the state of California. (1960 Code)

This code takes effect upon the effective date of the ordinance whereby this code is adopted. (1960 Code)

If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or portion of this code is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional by the final decision of any court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this code. The city council 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 hereof be declared invalid or unconstitutional. (1960 Code)

Not less than three (3) current copies of this code shall be filed for use and examination by the public in the office of the city clerk. Additional copies shall be prepared in loose leaf form and mounted to withstand heavy usage in such binders as the city clerk may prescribe. Copies thereof shall be distributed as determined by the city manager. (1960 Code)

Upon the adoption of any amendment or addition to said code, or upon the repeal of any of its provisions, the city clerk shall make an appropriate notation in the said code of the taking of such action, noting thereon the number of the ordinances 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 city clerk in books for such purpose, duly indexed for ready reference. (1960 Code)

The city clerk shall prepare copies of such changes in this code for insertion in the loose leaf copies thereof. Every section of this code so changed shall have printed thereon a notation of the ordinance number pursuant to which such change is adopted. (1960 Code)

Neither the adoption of this code nor the repeal of any ordinance or prior code (hereinafter "ordinances") of this city:

A. Shall, in any manner affect the prosecution for violations of codes or ordinances, committed prior to the effective date hereof; nor

B. Shall the same be construed as a waiver of the requirement for any license or permit under such ordinances; nor

C. Shall the same be construed as affecting any of the provisions of such ordinances relating to the collection of any such license taxes or the penal provisions applicable to any violation thereof; nor

D. Shall the same be construed 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 thereunder appertaining shall continue in full force and effect.

The provisions of this code, insofar as they are substantially the same as preexisting ordinances of the city relating to the same subject matter, shall be construed as restatements and continuations of existing laws, and not as new enactments. (1960 Code)

During such times as the city shall be without all adjudicated newspapers, the following are officially designated as public places for the posting of all ordinances, resolutions or notices adopted or issued by the city:

Civic Center 5938 North Kauffman Avenue Temple City, California

County Law Library 5939 Golden West Avenue Temple City, California

United States Post Office 5940 North Oak Avenue Temple City, California

(1960 Code; amd. Ord. 89-658)

During such times as the city shall be without all adjudicated newspapers, all ordinances and all resolutions required by law to be published or posted shall be posted in at least three (3) of the public places as set forth in the previous section of this code. (1960 Code)