The Placentia Municipal Code as compiled from the ordinances and the prior code and edited and published by Book Publishing Company is adopted as the official code of the city of Placentia.
(Ord. 72-O-113 § 1, 1972)
This code shall be known as the "Placentia Municipal Code" in any prosecution for the violation of any provision thereof or in any proceeding at law or equity. It shall be also sufficient to designate any ordinance adding to, amending, correcting or repealing all or any part or portion thereof, as an addition to, amendment to, correction of or repeal of the "Placentia Municipal Code." Further reference may be had to the titles, chapters, sections and subsections of the "Placentia Municipal Code" and such reference shall apply to that numbered title, chapter, section or subsection as it appears in that code.
(Ord. 72-O-113 § 2, 1972)
Whenever a reference is made to this code as the "Placentia Municipal Code" or to any portion thereof, or to any ordinances of the city, that reference shall apply to all amendments, corrections and additions made now or hereafter.
(Ord. 72-O-113 § 3, 1972)
Title, chapter and section headings contained herein shall not be deemed to govern, limit, modify or in any manner affect the scope, meaning or intent of the provisions of any title, chapter, or section hereof.
(Ord. 72-O-113 § 5, 1972)
Section 1.08.010 of the "Placentia Municipal Code" contains a general penalty clause which reads in full as follows:
"Whenever in this code or in any other ordinance of the city or in any order, rule or regulation adopted or promulgated by any city officer or agency under authority duly vested in him or it, any act is prohibited or is made or declared to be unlawful or an offense or a misdemeanor, or the doing of any act is required or the failure to do any act is declared to be unlawful or an offense or a misdemeanor, where no specific penalty is provided therefor, the violation of any such provision of this code or any other city ordinance or any such order, rule or regulation shall be punished by a fine not exceeding $1,000 or imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year, or by both such fine and imprisonment. Such violations may also be redressed by civil action.
Every day any violation of this code or any other ordinance of the city or any such order, rule or regulation continues constitutes a separate offense."
(Ord. O-2006-06 § 3, 2006)
The repeal of an ordinance shall not repeal the repealing clauses of such ordinance or revive any ordinance which has been repealed thereby.
(Ord. 72-O-113 § 7, 1972)
Neither the adoption of this code nor the repeal or amendment hereby of any ordinance or any part 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 hereof, nor be construed as a waiver of any license, fee, 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, fee, 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 rights and obligations thereunder shall continue in full force and effect.
(Ord. 72-O-113 § 8, 1972)
If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase, part, or portion of this code is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional by any court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this code. The Placentia city council hereby declares that it would have adopted this code and each section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase, part, or portion thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, subsections, sentences, clauses, phrases, parts or portions be declared invalid or unconstitutional.
(Ord. 72-O-113 § 9, 1972)
Three copies of the Placentia Municipal Code and of the secondary codes adopted therein by reference are filed in the office of the city clerk and are available for public inspection.
(Ord. 72-O-113 § 10, 1972)
The "Placentia Municipal Code" shall become effective on the date that the ordinance codified in this chapter becomes effective pursuant to the provisions of Government Code Section 336937.
(Ord. 72-O-113 § 11, 1972)