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 ~
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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
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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