This Code shall be known as the "Santa Monica Municipal Code," and it shall be sufficient to refer to said Code as the "Santa Monica 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 "Santa Monica Municipal Code," or a portion thereof.
(Prior code § 1100)
This record consists of all regulatory, penal and certain administrative ordinances of the City of Santa Monica codified pursuant to Section 618 of the Charter of the City of Santa Monica.
(Prior code § 1101)
This Code takes effect upon the effective date of the ordinance whereby this Code was adopted by reference.
(Prior code § 1102)
Neither the adoption of this Code nor the repeal hereby of any ordinance of this 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 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 rights and obligations thereunder appertaining shall continue in full force and effect.
(Prior code § 1103)
The adoption of any amendment to this Code or the repeal of any Section hereof shall not affect prosecutions for violations of said amended or repealed sections which violations occurred prior to the effective date of said amendment and all rights and obligations hereunder appertaining shall remain in full force and effect including accrued license, penalty or penal provisions applicable to any violation thereof and the validity of any bond or cash deposit in lieu thereof required to be posted, filed or deposited pursuant to any such section, shall not be affected.
(Prior code § 1103.5; added by Ord. No. 294CCS, adopted 1/13/53)
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.
(Prior code § 1104)
If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or portion of this Code is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional by the 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 be declared invalid or unconstitutional.
(Prior code § 1105)
All ordinances or portions of ordinances in conflict with the provisions of this Code are hereby repealed.
(Prior code § 1106)
In accordance with the provisions of Section 618 of the City Charter, 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 copies, duly certified to by the City Clerk, shall be permanently bound and maintained on file in his Office. Additional copies shall be prepared in loose-leaf form and shall be mounted to withstand heavy usage in such binders as the City Clerk may prescribe. Copies thereof shall be distributed to the departments and divisions of the City as shall be prescribed by the City Manager.
Upon the adoption of any amendment or addition to said Code, or upon the repeal of any of its provisions, the City Clerk shall certify thereto and shall make an appropriate notation in the bound volumes of 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.
The City Clerk shall prepare printed copies of such changes in the Code for insertion in the loose-leaf copies thereof and for distribution in accordance with the instructions of the City Manager. Every section of the Code so changed shall have printed thereon a notation of the ordinance number pursuant to which such change is adopted.
At least twice yearly, the City Clerk shall cause the loose-leaf pages of said Code in which changes have been made to be reprinted, including the notation as to the ordinance number pursuant to which such change is adopted, in order that at least twice yearly the loose-leaf copies of such 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.
(Prior code § 1107)