In the construction of this code and all ordinances of the city,
the rules in this chapter shall be observed unless such construction
would be inconsistent with the manifest intent of the city council,
or the context clearly requires otherwise.
(Prior code § 1-2.1; Ord. 1348 § 1, 1980; Ord. 1866 § 2, 2018)
In the enforcement and application of this code and all other
city ordinances, such code and ordinances shall be construed, read,
applied, harmonized, and reconciled so as to constitute, in effect,
a single enactment. All remedies and penalties therein set forth shall
be deemed cumulative and independent.
(Prior code § 1-2.2; Ord. 1348 § 1, 1980; Ord. 1866 § 2, 2018)
The catchlines of the several sections of this code are intended
as mere catchwords to indicate the contents of the section and shall
not be deemed or taken to indicate the contents of the section. They
shall not be deemed or taken to be titles of such section, nor as
any part of the section, nor, unless expressly so provided, shall
they be so deemed when any such sections, including catchlines, are
amended or reenacted.
(Prior code § 1-2.3; Ord. 1348 § 1, 1980; Ord. 1866 § 2, 2018)
The provisions appearing in this code, so far as they are the
same in substance as those of the Code of the City of San Bruno, California,
1960 or of 1983, or of other ordinances existing at the time of the
effective date of this code, shall be considered as continuations
thereof and not as new enactments.
(Prior code § 1-2.4; Ord. 1348 § 1, 1980; Ord. 1866 § 2, 2018)
The repeal of an ordinance shall not revive any ordinance in
force before or at the time the ordinance repealed took effect.
The repeal of an ordinance shall not affect any punishment or
penalty incurred before the repeal took effect, nor any suit, prosecution
or proceeding pending at the time of the repeal, for any offense committed
under the ordinance repealed.
(Prior code § 1-2.5; Ord. 1348 § 1, 1980; Ord. 1866 § 2, 2018)
It is declared to be the intention of the city council that
the sections, paragraphs, sentences, clauses, and phrases of this
code are severable, and if any phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph
or section of this code shall be declared unconstitutional by the
valid judgment or decree of a court of competent jurisdiction. Such
unconstitutionality shall not affect any of the remaining phrases,
clauses, sentences, paragraphs and sections of this code.
(Prior code § 1-2.6; Ord. 1348 § 1, 1980; Ord. 1866 § 2, 2018)
The time in which any act provided by law is to be done is computed
by excluding the first day and including the last, unless the last
day is a holiday, in which case it is also excluded.
(Prior code § 1-2.7; Ord. 1348 § 1, 1980; Ord. 1866 § 2, 2018)
Whenever certain hours are named in this code, they shall mean
Pacific Standard Time or Daylight Saving Time, as may be in current
use in the city.
(Prior code § 1-2.8; Ord. 1348 § 1, 1980; Ord. 1866 § 2, 2018)
All words giving a joint authority to three or more persons
or officers shall be construed as giving such authority to a majority
of such persons or officers unless otherwise specified.
(Prior code § 1-2.9; Ord. 1348 § 1, 1980; Ord. 1866 § 2, 2018)
Every officer, department, board, commission or similar body
mentioned in this code shall mean an officer, department, board, commission,
or similar body of the city unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.
(Prior code § 1-2.10; Ord. 1348 § 1, 1980; Ord. 1866 § 2, 2018)
Where this code grants a power to a public officer or employee
or imposes a duty on him, the power may be exercised or the duty performed
by his or her deputy or employee or by any person authorized by law
or ordinance, unless the code specifically provides otherwise.
(Prior code § 1-2.11; Ord. 1348 § 1, 1980; Ord. 1866 § 2, 2018)
This code refers only to the omission or commission of acts
within the territorial limits of the city and to that territory outside
of the city over which the city has jurisdiction or control by the
Constitutional law or ownership or control of property.
(Prior code § 1-2.12; Ord. 1348 § 1, 1980; Ord. 1866 § 2, 2018)
Whenever in this code an act or omission is made unlawful, it
includes causing, permitting, aiding, abetting, suffering, or concealing
the fact of the act or omission.
(Prior code § 1-2.13; Ord. 1348 § 1, 1980; Ord. 1866 § 2, 2018)
Where the code requires that notice be given, unless the code
specifically provides otherwise, notice shall be given in writing
and may be delivered either personally or by deposit in the United
States mail in a sealed envelope, postage prepaid, addressed to the
person to be notified at his or her last known business or residence
address appearing in the public records or in other records of the
matter for which notice is given. Notice by mail is considered served
at the time of deposit in the United States mail.
(Prior code § 1-2.14; Ord. 1348 § 1, 1980; Ord. 1866 § 2, 2018)
An action may be brought by the city attorney pursuant to Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 860) of Title 10 of Part 2 of the Code of Civil Procedure to determine the validity of any ordinance or resolution, or any portion, section or subsection of any ordinance or resolution of the city council of the city of San Bruno.
(Ord. 1485 § 1, 1988; Ord. 1866 § 2, 2018)
