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HomeMy WebLinkAboutNS-2188 - Adding Section 8-7 to Santa Ana Municipal Code to Provide a General Penalty Section for Violations of the Provisions of Chapter 8 of that CodeORDINANCE NO. NS- 2188 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA ADDING SECTION 8-7 TO THE SANTA ANA MUNICIPAL CODE TO PROVIDE A GENERAL PENALTY SECTION FOR VIOLATIONS OF THE PROVISIONS OF CHAPTER 8 OF THAT CODE THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1: That the Santa Ana Municipal Code is hereby amended by adding a section, to be numbered 8-7, which said section reads as follows: Seo. 8-7. Violation an4 Penalty Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, any person violating any provision of this chapter shall be punished as provided in section 1-8 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code, and in addition, all procedures for the correction of illegal conditions shall apply. Each separate day or any portion thereof during which any violation of this chapter occurs or continues shall be deemed to constitute a separate offense and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punishable as herein provided. The issuance or granting of a permit or approval of plans and specifications shall not be deemed or construed to be a permit for, or an approval of, any violation of any of the provisions of this chapter. No permit presuming to give authority to violate or cancel the provisions of this chapter shall be valid, except insofar as the work or use which is authorized is lawful. The issuance or granting of a permit or approval of plans shall not prevent the administrative authority from thereafter requiring the correction of errors in said plans and specifications or from preventing construction operations being carried on thereunder when in violation of this chapter or of any other ordinance or from revoking any certificate of approval when issued in error. 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, ORDII~A~CE NS-2188 "~0~6 ~ PAGE 2 any bond or cash deposit filed or deposited pursuant to any obligations thereunder appertaining and effect. phrase or portion thereof irrespective of the fact that any one or ..... ~ctions sentences, clauses, phrases, or more sec~lon~, ~ . , ...... portions be declared invalid or uncons~l=utlonai. ~: 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 validity of in lieu thereof, required to be posted, ordinance and all rights and shall continue in full force day of ~ARCH ADOPTED this t5th ATTEST: c. . / C~lerk of the Councl~ , 1993. Mayor COUNCILMEMBERS: Young Aye Pulido Aye Lutz bye Mills ~ye Moreno Aye Norton Ave Richardson Ave APPROVED AS TO FORM: City Attorney 2 062 CERTIFICATE OF ORIGINALITY & PUBLICATION State of California County of Orange I, JANICE C. GUY, Clerk of the Council, do hereby certify the attached Ordinance ~-~/~ to be the original ordinance adopted by the City Council of the city of Santa Ana on ~/~3 ; and that said ordinance was published in accordance with the Charter of the C~ty of Santa Ana. of the Coun¢l ~ Date city of Santa Ana