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Prior legislation: Ords. 3735 and 4619.
Pursuant to the provisions of Sections 50022.1 through 50022.8 and Section 50022.10 of the California Government Code, there is hereby adopted the "Santa Cruz County Code," as revised, reformatted, indexed, codified, compiled, edited, and republished by Code Publishing Company, Seattle, Washington.
(Ord. 5143 § 1, 2013)
This code shall be known as the Santa Cruz County Code and it shall be sufficient to refer to it as the Santa Cruz County Code in any prosecution for any violation of any its prohibitions or offenses or in any proceeding at law or in equity.
(Ord. 5143 § 2, 2013)
This code consists of all regulatory, penalty, and administrative ordinances of Santa Cruz County, California, of a general and permanent character. Pursuant to Government Code Sections 50022.1 through 50022.8 and Section 50022.10, Code Publishing Company of Seattle, Washington, is hereby authorized to revise, index, reformat and republish this code of ordinances and to make and publish future editorial amendments, technical corrections, and revisions that do not affect the substantive meaning of this code.
(Ord. 5143 § 3, 2013; Ord. 5278 § 1, 2018)
Title, chapter and section headings shall not be deemed to govern, limit, modify or affect the scope, meaning or intention of any section, chapter, or title of this code.
(Ord. 5143 § 4, 2013)
Neither the adoption of this code nor the repeal or amendments of any code provision shall affect the prosecution for code violations that were committed prior to the effective date of this code adoption. The adoption of this code shall not be construed as a waiver of any license, fee, penalty, debt, forfeiture or obligation due and unpaid to the County on the date this code takes effect. All rights, fines, entitlements, duties, and proceedings existing pursuant to any code provision on the date of the adoption of this code shall remain in effect unless specifically repealed in this code adoption. No bonds or cash required to be posted, filed or deposited pursuant to any code provision shall in any way be made invalid by this code adoption.
(Ord. 5143 § 5, 2013; Ord. 5278 § 1, 2018)
Any reference in matters of record to any code provision existing prior to the adoption of this code shall be construed to apply to the code provision in effect at that time. Pursuant to Government Code Section 50022.8, copies of earlier versions of this code that have been duly certified by the Clerk of the Board shall be received without further proof as prima facie evidence of the provisions of such code in all courts and administrative tribunals of this State.
(Ord. 5143 § 6, 2013; Ord. 5278 § 1, 2018)
It is hereby declared to be the intention of the Board of Supervisors 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 is declared unconstitutional or without effect by any final judgment or decree of a court of competent jurisdiction, such judgment or decree shall not affect any of the remaining phrases, clauses, sentences, paragraphs and sections of this code.
(Ord. 5143 § 7, 2013)
The last ordinance included in the Santa Cruz County Code is Ordinance 5127 of 2012, adopted May 15, 2012. The following ordinances, which have been published, posted, and adopted as provided by law, but prior to the adoption of this code, are hereby made a part of this code:
Ordinance No. 5128
(06/12/12)
Ordinance No. 5129
(08/21/12)
Ordinance No. 5130
(08/21/12)
Ordinance No. 5131
(08/21/12)
Ordinance No. 5132
(09/25/12)
Ordinance No. 5133
(09/25/12)
Ordinance No. 5134
(09/25/12)
Ordinance No. 5135
(09/25/12)
Ordinance No. 5136
(10/16/12)
Ordinance No. 5137
(10/16/12)
Ordinance No. 5138
(10/16/12)
Ordinance No. 5139
(10/23/12)
Ordinance No. 5140
(10/23/12)
Ordinance No. 5141
(10/30/12)
(Ord. 5143 § 8, 2013; Ord. 5278 § 1, 2018)
Pursuant to Section 50022.3 of the California Government Code, copies of this code are on file with the Clerk of the Board and are open to public inspection but need not be published with the ordinance codified in this chapter; however, the ordinance adopting the revision, codification and/or compilation of these ordinances shall be published or posted pursuant to Section 50022.5 of the California Government Code.
(Ord. 5143 § 9, 2013)