Pursuant to the provisions of Sections 50022.1 through 50022.8 and 50022.10 of the California Code Annotated, there is adopted the “King City Municipal Code” as published by Book Publishing Company, Seattle, Washington, together with those secondary codes adopted by reference as authorized by the California State Legislature, save and except those portions of the secondary codes as are deleted or modified by the provisions of the “King City Municipal Code.”
(Ord. 344 § 1, 1972; Ord. 636 § 1, 2002)
This code shall be known as the “King City Municipal Code” and it shall be sufficient to refer to the code as the “King City 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 “King City Municipal Code.” Further, reference may be had to the titles, chapters, sections and subsections of the “King City Municipal Code” and such reference shall apply to that numbered title, chapter, section or subsection as it appears in the code.
(Ord. 344 § 2, 1972)
This code consists of all the regulatory and penal ordinances and certain of the administrative ordinances of the city of King, California codified pursuant to the provisions of Sections 50022.1 through 50022.8 and 50022.10 of the California Code Annotated.
(Ord. 344 § 3, 1972)
Whenever a reference is made to this code as the “King City Municipal Code” or to any portion thereof, or to any ordinance of the city of King, California the reference shall apply to all amendments, corrections and additions heretofore, now or hereafter made.
(Ord. 344 § 4, 1972)
The following words and phrases whenever used in the ordinances of the city of King, California shall be construed as defined in this section unless from the context a different meaning is intended or unless a different meaning is specifically defined and more particularly directed to the use of such words or phrases:
“City”
means the city of King, California or the area within the territorial limits of the city of King, California and such territory outside of the city over which the city has jurisdiction or control by virtue of any constitutional or statutory provision;
“Council”
means the city council of the city of King, California. “All its members” or “all councilmen” means the total number of councilmen provided by the general laws of the state of California;
“County”
means the county of Monterey, California;
“Law”
denotes applicable federal law, the constitution and statutes of the state of California, the ordinances of the city of King, California, and when appropriate, any and all rules and regulations which may be promulgated thereunder;
“May”
is permissive;
“Must” and “Shall.”
Each is mandatory;
“Oath”
includes affirmation;
“Office.”
The use of the title of any officer, employee, or any office, means such officer, employee, or office, of King City unless otherwise specifically designated;
“Ordinance”
means a law of the city; provided that a temporary or special law, administrative action, order or directive, may be in the form of a resolution;
“Person”
means natural person, joint venture, joint stock company, partnership, association, club, company, corporation, business, trust, organization, or the manager, lessee, agent, servant, officer or employee of any of them;
“State”
means the state of California;
“Street”
includes all streets, highways, avenues, lanes, alleys, courts, places, squares, curbs, or other public ways in this city which have been or may hereafter be dedicated and open to public use, or such other public property so designated in any law of this state;
“Written”
includes printed, typewritten, mimeographed or multigraphed.
(Ord. 344 § 5, 1972)
The following grammatical rules shall apply in the ordinances of the city of King, California:
(1) 
Gender. Any gender includes the other genders;
(2) 
Singular and Plural. The singular number includes the plural and the plural includes the singular;
(3) 
Tenses. Words used in the present tense include the past and the future tenses and vice versa;
(4) 
Use of Words and Phrases. Words and phrases not specifically defined shall be construed according to the context and approved usage of the language.
(Ord. 344 § 6, 1972)
The provisions of this code and all proceedings under it are to be construed with a view to effect its objects and to promote justice.
(Ord. 344 § 8, 1972)
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.
(Ord. 344 § 10, 1972)
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.
(Ord. 344 § 11, 1972)
Neither the adoption of this code nor the repeal or amendments or 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 the 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, on 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.
(Ord. 344 § 12, 1972)
This code shall become effective on the date the ordinance adopting this code as the “King City Municipal Code” becomes effective.
(Ord. 344 § 13, 1972)
(a) 
The provisions of Article 2 (Enactment) of Chapter 2 (Ordinances), Part 2 (Legislative Body), Division 3 (Officers), Title 4 (Government of Cities), of the California Government Code shall not apply within the chartered city of King City except as follows: Sections 36936.1 (Relating to the fixing of tax rates), and 36937 (Relating to the effective date of ordinances) shall continue to apply within the city as currently enacted and as they may be amended from time to time.
(b) 
The enacting clause of ordinances shall be:
The people of the chartered City of King City do ordain as follows:
(c) 
Resolutions, orders for the payment of money, and all ordinances require a recorded majority vote of a quorum of the city council.
(d) 
Ordinances shall be signed by the mayor and attested to by the city clerk. Ordinances shall not be passed within five days of their introduction, nor at other than a regular meeting or at an adjourned regular meeting. However, an urgency ordinance may be passed immediately upon introduction and either at a regular or special meeting. Ordinances need not be read in full at a meeting but are instead introduced and/or adopted by reference to title only.
(e) 
Procedural requirements mandated by specific state statutes constitutionally applicable to charter cities shall be followed where in conflict with the provisions of this chapter.
(f) 
A summary of an adopted ordinance shall be posted in three locations in the city as designated by resolution of the city council.
(g) 
An ordinance is required to amend or repeal an ordinance, to impose criminal sanctions or as required by specific state statutes constitutionally applicable to charter cities.
(Ord. 694 § 1, 2011)
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 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.
(Ord. 344 § 14, 1972)