This code shall be known as the "Orange Municipal Code" and it shall be sufficient to refer to this code as the "Orange Municipal Code" in any prosecution for the violation of any provision hereof 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 "Orange Municipal Code." Further reference may be had to the titles, chapters, sections and subsections of the "Orange Municipal Code" and such references shall apply to that numbered title, chapter, section or subsection as it appears in the code.
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This code consists of all the regulatory and penal ordinances and certain of the administrative ordinances of the City of Orange, California, codified pursuant to the provisions of Sections 50022.1—50022.8 and 50022.10 of the California Government Code.
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The last ordinance included in this code was Ordinance 10-98, passed July 14, 1998. The following ordinances, passed subsequent to Ordinance 10-98, but prior to adoption of this code, are adopted and made a part of this code: Ordinance Nos. 9-98, 11-98, 12-98, 13-98, 14-98, 15-98, 16-98, 17-98, 18-98, 19-98, 20-98, 21-98 and 22-98.
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Whenever a reference is made to this code as the "Orange Municipal Code" or to any portion thereof, or to any ordinance of the City of Orange, California, the reference shall apply to all amendments, corrections and additions heretofore, now or hereafter made.
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Title, chapter and section headings contained in this code 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 of this code.
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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 the code, but such reference shall be construed to apply to the corresponding provisions contained within this code.
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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 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.
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This code shall become effective on the date the ordinance adopting this code as the "Orange Municipal Code" shall become effective.
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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 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 have 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.
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The provisions of this code, insofar as they are substantially the same as ordinance provisions previously adopted by the City of Orange relating to the same subject matter, shall be construed as restatements and continuations, and not as new enactments.
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All ordinances or portions of ordinances in conflict with the provisions of this code are hereby repealed.
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In accordance with the provision of Section 36971 of the Government Code, 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 the office of the City Clerk. Additional copies shall be prepared in looseleaf form and shall be mounted to withstand heavy usage in such binders as the City Council may prescribe. Copies thereof shall be distributed to the departments and divisions of the City as prescribed by the Council.
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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 bound volumes of this 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 this code shall be filed in the office of the City Clerk in books for such purpose, duly indexed for ready reference.
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The City Clerk shall prepare printed copies of such changes for insertion in the looseleaf copies of this code and for distribution in accordance with the instructions of the Council. 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 looseleaf pages of this 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 looseleaf copies of this code may be brought up to date.
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