This Code shall be known as the "Avalon Municipal Code". It
shall be sufficient to refer to this Code as the Avalon Municipal
Code in any prosecution for the violation of any provision thereof.
It shall also be sufficient to designate any ordinance adding to,
amending, or repealing this Code, or portions thereof, as an addition
or amendment to, or a repeal of, the Avalon Municipal Code, or a portion
thereof.
Except as otherwise herein or hereafter provided, this Code consists of all the regulatory, penal, and administrative laws of general application of the City of Avalon, codified pursuant to the authority contained in Article 2 of Chapter 1 of Part
1 of Division 1 of Title 5 of the
Government Code of the State of California.
This Code shall take effect upon the effective date of the ordinance
adopting this Code by reference.
Neither the adoption of this Code nor the repeal hereby of any
ordinance of the City shall in any manner affect the prosecution for
violations of ordinances, which violations were committed prior to
the effective date of this Code, 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 vested rights and obligations thereunder appertaining shall
continue in full force and effect.
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 provisions contained
within this Code.
If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, or phrase of this
Code is for any reason held to be unconstitutional, such decision
shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this Code.
The Council hereby declares that it would have passed this Code and
each section, subsection, sentence, clause, and phrase thereof irrespective
of the fact that any one or more sections, subsections, sentences,
clauses, or phrases be declared unconstitutional.
All ordinances or portions of ordinances in conflict with the
provisions of this Code are hereby repealed.
Not less than three copies of this Code shall be filed for use
and examination by the public in the office of the City Clerk. At
least three additional copies, duly certified by the City Clerk, shall
be maintained on file in his office as the official copies of the
Code. Additional copies of the Code shall be distributed to the departments
and divisions of the City as shall be prescribed by the City Clerk.
Upon the adoption of any amendment or addition to this Code,
or upon the repeal of any of its provisions, the City Clerk shall
certify thereto and shall make an appropriate notation in the official
volumes of this Code of the taking of such action, noting thereon
the number and date of the ordinance pursuant to which such action
is taken.
Duly certified copies of each ordinance making changes in the
Code shall be filed in the office of the City Clerk in books for such
purpose, duly indexed for ready reference.
At least quarterly the City Clerk shall cause the loose leaf
pages of this Code in which changes have been made to be reproduced,
including the notation as to the ordinance number and date pursuant
to which such change is adopted, and distributed in order that the
loose leaf copies of the Code, prepared for the use and convenience
of the officers and employees of the City and the general public,
may be brought up-to-date.
Ordinances relating to matters of a special or temporary nature
only are excluded from this Code and are unaffected by the provisions
of this Code.