Tulare Municipal Code Ch. 1.04 Saving Clause

All general ordinances of the city passed prior to the adoption of this city code are hereby repealed, except such as are referred to herein as being still in force or are, by necessary implication, herein reserved from repeal (subject to the saving clauses contained in the following list), from which are excluded the following ordinances which are not hereby repealed: tax levy ordinances; appropriation ordinances; ordinances relating to boundaries and annexations; franchise ordinances and other ordinances granting special rights to persons or corporations; contract ordinances and ordinances authorizing the execution of a contract or the issuance of warrants; salary ordinances; ordinances establishing, naming or vacating streets, alleys or other public places; improvement ordinances; bond ordinances; ordinances relating to elections; ordinances relating to the transfer or acceptance of real estate by or from the city; and all special ordinances.

(1995 Code, § 1.04.010)

No ordinance relating to railroads or railroad crossings with streets and other public ways, or relating to the conduct, duties, service or rates of public utilities shall be repealed by virtue of the adoption of this city code or by virtue of the preceding section, excepting as this city code shall be considered as amending the ordinance or ordinances in respect of the provisions only.

(1995 Code, § 1.04.020)

No new ordinance shall be construed or held to repeal a former ordinance, whether the former ordinance is expressly repealed or not, as to any offense committed against the former ordinance or as to any act done, any penalty, forfeiture or punishment so incurred, or any right accrued or claim arising under the former ordinance or, in any way, whatever to affect any such offense or act so committed or so done, or any penalty, forfeiture or punishment so incurred or any right accrued or claim arising before the new ordinance takes effect, save only that the proceedings thereafter shall conform to the ordinance in force at the time of the proceeding, so far as practicable. If any penalty, forfeiture or punishment be mitigated by any provision of a new ordinance, the provision may be, by the consent of the party affected, applied to any judgment announced after the new ordinance takes effect. This section shall extend to all repeals, either by express words or implication, whether the repeal is, in the ordinance, making any new provisions upon the same subject or in any other ordinance. Nothing contained in this or the preceding section shall be construed as abating any action now pending under or by virtue of any general ordinance of the city herein repealed; or as discontinuing, abating, modifying or altering any, penalty accrued or to accrue, or as affecting the liability of any person, firm or corporation, or as waiving any right of the city under any ordinance or provision thereof in force at the time of the adoption of this city code.

(1995 Code, § 1.04.030)