When used in this code, the following words and phrases are
construed as defined in this section unless the context intends a
different meaning or unless a different meaning is specifically defined:
"Administrative citation"
means a written notice that mandates corrective action, orders
the cessation of illegal actions, and/or establishes a penalty. Administrative
citation includes, but is not limited to, warning, notice of violation,
cease and desist order, compliance order, notice to abate, abatement
action, stop work order, ineligibility for land development, bonding
requirement, referral to other enforcement authorities, permit suspension
or revocation, and monetary penalties.
"City"
means the City of Santee, California.
"City agreement"
means any agreement between the City and any other person
and includes, but is not limited to, the following: development agreement,
owner participation agreement, disposition and development agreement,
road maintenance agreement, stormwater facilities maintenance agreement,
easement, license, other real property use agreement, and an agreement
to implement an ordinance, plan, permit, entitlement, or environmental
review approved by the City.
"City manager"
means the City Manager of the City of Santee, or designee.
"Day"
means a calendar day.
"Enforcement officer"
means any person designated by the City Manager to enforce
any provision of this code, including, but not limited to, a Sheriff's
Deputy and the City Attorney.
"Environmental review"
means and includes, but is not limited to, an environmental
impact report, mitigated negative declaration, negative declaration,
and determination of exemption under the California Environmental
Quality Act, including any mitigation, monitoring and reporting program.
"Hearing officer"
means the person selected by the City Manager to conduct
an administrative hearing pursuant to the provisions of this chapter.
The hearing officer must be neutral and unbiased toward any party
in the hearing.
"Law"
means any applicable Federal constitution or law, the Constitution
and statutes of the State of California, the ordinances of the City
of Santee, and, when appropriate, any and all rules and regulations
which may be promulgated thereunder and any caselaw.
"Owner,"
applied to a building or land, includes any person with any
interest in the building or land, part owner, joint owner, tenant
in common, joint tenant, tenant by the entirety, of the whole or a
part of such building or land.
"Permit" or "entitlement"
means and includes, but is not limited to, a development
review permit, a conditional use permit, sign permit, variance, specific
plan, parcel map, subdivision map, building or grading permit, encroachment
or right-of-way permit, business license, stormwater permit, and any
other permit required by the municipal code.
"Person"
includes a natural person, joint venture, joint stock company,
partnership, association, club, company, corporation, business, trust,
organization, government agency, or any other legal entity, or the
manager, lessee, agent, servant, officer or employee of any of them.
"Personal property"
is every kind of property that is not real, including, but
not limited to, money, goods, and evidences of debt.
"Real property"
has the definition set forth in California
Civil Code Section
658 and consists of land, that which is affixed to land, incidental
or appurtenant to land, and immovable by law.
"Responsible person"
means any person or other legal entity, and who is responsible
for causing or maintaining a violation of this code or applicable
state code, and who is any of the following:
1.
The person engaging in the action that constitutes a violation;
2.
The owner, as that person's identity is set forth in the
County Assessor's or County Recorder's records, occupant
or person in charge of the day-to-day activities of real property;
3.
The holder or the agent of the holder of any permit or entitlement;
4.
The party or the agent of a party to an agreement;
5.
The owner or the authorized agent of any business, company,
or entity; or
6.
The parent or legal guardian of any person under the age of
18 years who violates any provision of the municipal code, permit,
entitlement, environmental review, or City agreement.
"State"
means the State of California.
"Tenant" and "occupant,"
applied to a building or land, include any person who occupies
the whole or a part of such building or land, whether alone or with
others.
"Written" or "writing"
means any handwriting, typewriting, printing, photostating,
photographing, photocopying, transmitting by electronic mail or facsimile,
and every other means of recording upon any tangible thing any form
of communication or representation, including letters, words, pictures,
sounds, or symbols, or combinations thereof, and any record thereby
created, regardless of the manner in which the record has been stored.
(Ord. 554 § 3, 2019)
Use of the title of any officer, employee, department, board or commission means that officer, employee, department, board or commission of the City or anyone designated to act on that person's behalf as authorized by Section
1.01.030.
(Ord. 554 § 3, 2019)
All words and phrases in this code are to be construed according
to the common and approved usage of the language, but technical words
and phrases and such others as may have acquired a peculiar and appropriate
meaning in the law will be construed and understood according to the
peculiar and appropriate meaning.
(Ord. 554 § 3, 2019)
The following grammatical rules apply to this code, unless it
is apparent from the context that a different construction is intended:
Gender. Each gender includes the masculine, feminine and neuter
genders.
Singular and Plural. The singular number includes the plural
and the plural includes the singular.
Tenses. Words used in the present tense include the past and
the future tenses and vice versa, unless manifestly inapplicable.
(Ord. 554 § 3, 2019)
Whenever in the ordinances of the City of Santee any act or
omission is made unlawful, it includes causing, allowing, permitting,
aiding, abetting, suffering or concealing the fact of such act or
omission.
(Ord. 554 § 3, 2019)
Except when otherwise provided, the time within which an act
is required to be done is computed by excluding the first day and
including the last day, unless the last day is Sunday or a holiday,
in which case it is also excluded.
(Ord. 554 § 3, 2019)
The provisions of this code, and all proceedings under it are
to be construed with a view to affect their objects and to promote
justice.
(Ord. 554 § 3, 2019)
The repeal of an ordinance does not repeal the repealing clause
of an ordinance or revive any ordinance which has been repealed thereby.
(Ord. 554 § 3, 2019)