Pursuant to the provisions of Sections 50022.1 through 50022.8
and 50022.10 of the Government Code, there is adopted the Claremont
Municipal Code as published by Book Publishing Company, Seattle, Washington,
together with those secondary codes as are deleted or modified by
the provisions of the Claremont Municipal Code.
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This Code shall be known as the Claremont Municipal Code and
it shall be sufficient to refer to said code as the Claremont 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 Claremont Municipal Code. Further reference may be
had to the titles, chapters, sections and subsections of the Claremont
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 Claremont,
California, codified pursuant to the provisions of Sections 50022.1
through 50022.8 and 50022.10 of the Government Code.
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The last ordinance included in this Code was Ordinance 77-35,
passed October 25, 1977. The following ordinances, passed subsequent
to Ordinance 77-35, but prior to the adoption of this Code are hereby
adopted and made a part of this Code: Ordinances 78-11 (building code),
78-12 (electrical code), 78-13 (mechanical code), 78-14 (plumbing
code), 78-17 (PERS City and Board of Administration agreement), 78-20
(street sweeping fees), 78-21 (transient occupancy tax), 78-22 (schedule
of fees), 78-25 (Uniform Fire Code), 78-26 (fire zones), 78-28 (purchasing),
and 78-35 (alcohol).
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Wherever a reference is made to this Code as the Claremont Municipal
Code or to any portion thereof, or to any ordinance of the City of
Claremont, 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 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.
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The provisions of this Code shall not in any manner affect matters
of record which refer to, or are otherwise connected with ordinances
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 codified
in this chapter, adopting this Code as the Claremont 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 hereby 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,
then the original ordinance or ordinances shall be in full force and
effect.
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