This Code shall be known as the "Rancho Cucamonga Municipal
Code," and it shall be sufficient to refer to said Code as the
"Rancho Cucamonga Municipal Code" in any prosecution for
the violation of any provision thereof or in any proceeding at law
or equity. It shall be 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, or repeal of the Rancho
Cucamonga Municipal Code. Further reference may be made to the titles,
chapters, sections, and subsections of the Rancho Cucamonga Municipal
Code and such references shall apply to that numbered title, chapter,
section or subsection as it appears in the Code.
(Code 1980, § 1.01.020; Ord. No. 142, § 2, 1981; Ord. No. 870 (Recodification), 2014)
This Code consists of all the regulatory and penal ordinances
and certain administrative ordinances of the City of Rancho Cucamonga,
California, codified pursuant to the provisions of
Government Code
§§ 50022.1—50022.8 and 50022.10.
(Code 1980, § 1.01.030; Ord. No. 142, § 3, 1981; Ord. No. 870 (Recodification), 2014)
Whenever a reference is made to this Code as the "Rancho
Cucamonga Municipal Code," or to any portion thereof, or to
any ordinance of the City of Rancho Cucamonga, California, the reference
shall apply to all amendments, corrections and additions heretofore,
now or hereafter made.
(Code 1980, § 1.01.050; Ord. No. 142, § 5, 1981)
The headings of the several titles, chapters, articles and sections
of this Code are intended as mere catchwords to indicate the contents
of the section, and shall not be deemed or taken to affect the scope,
meaning or intent of the provisions of any title, chapter, article
or section hereof, nor as any part of the section, nor, unless expressly
so provided, shall they be so deemed when any of such titles, chapters,
articles and sections, including the headings, are amended or reenacted.
(Code 1980, § 1.01.060; Ord. No. 142, § 6, 1981; Ord. No. 870 (Recodification), 2014)
The provisions of this Code shall not in any manner affect 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 the Code, but such reference shall be construed
to apply to the corresponding provisions contained within this Code.
(Code 1980, § 1.01.070; Ord. No. 142, § 7, 1981)
Neither the adoption of this Code nor the repeal or amendment
hereby of any ordinance or part or portion 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 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.
(Code 1980, § 1.01.080; Ord. No. 142, § 8, 1981; Ord. No. 870 (Recodification), 2014)
If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, or phrase of this
Code is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional, such
decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of
this Code. The city council 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 had been declared invalid or unconstitutional,
and if for any reason this Code should be declared invalid or unconstitutional,
then the original ordinance or ordinances shall be in full force and
effect.
(Code 1980, § 1.01.090; Ord. No. 142, § 9, 1981; Ord. No. 870 (Recodification), 2014)