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REL:adg 2/17/81 ORDINANCE NO. NS-1575 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA AMENDING SECTION 8-1226 OF THE SANTA ANA MUNICIPAL CODE TO ADOPT THE UNIFORM SIGN CODE, 1979 EDITION THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA DOES oRDAIN AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1: That section 8-1226 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows: Sec. 8-1226. Adoption by reference. There is adopted by the city that certain code known as the Uniform Sign Code, 1979 Edition, and the whole thereof, save and except such portions as are deleted by the amendments set forth in this article, of which said code not less than three (3) copies have been and are on file in the office of the clerk of the council of the city. The said code is adopted and incorporated as fully as if set forth at length herein as provided for in Section 419 of the charter of the city, and subject to all amendments set forth in this article, shall be in effect within the City of Santa Ana from the effective date of this ordinance. Any provision of this article amending the "Sign Code" or "Uniform Sign Code" shall be construed as amending the said adopted code, 1979 Edition, including such provisions enacted prior to the enactment of this ordinance and not thereafter repealed. The said adopted code, 1979 Edition, as thus amended, together with all other provisions of this article, shall be known as the sign code of the City of Santa Ana. SECTION 2: If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or portion of this ordinance is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional by the decision of any court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this ordinance. The City Council of the City of Santa Ana hereby declares that it would have adopted this ordinance and each section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or portion thereof irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, subsections, sentence, clauses, phrases, or portions be declared invalid or unconstitutional. SECTION 3: Neither the adoption of this ordinance nor the repeal hereby of any ordinance shall in any manner affect the prosecution for violation of ordinances, which violations were committed prior to the effective date hereof, nor be construed as affecting any of the provisions of such ordinance relating to the collection of any such license or penalty or the penal provision applicable to any violation thereof, nor to affect the