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HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 1 (1989)ORDINANCE NO. 1 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DIAMOND BAR ADOPTING THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY CODE AND OTHER RELEVANT NONCODIFIED COUNTY ORDINANCES AS CITY ORDINANCES FOR A PERIOD OF ONE HUNDRED TWENTY DAYS AND PROVIDING FOR ITS ADOPTION AS AN URGENCY ORDINANCE. The City Council of the City of Diamond Bar does ordain as follows: Section 1. Pursuant to the provisions of Section 57376.5 of the Government Code of the State of California, all ordinances of the County of Los Angeles, codified in the Los Angeles County Code and all other ordinances of the County of Los ---1 Angeles, theretofore applicable, are hereby adopted as ordinances of the City of Diamond Bar and shall remain in full force and effect as City ordinances for a period of one hundred twenty (120) days from the effective date of this ordinance, or until the City Council enacts ordinances superseding them, whichever shall first in time occur. Section 2. The following amendments are made to the County of Los Angeles Ordinances referenced herein: (a) Whenever "Board of Supervisors" or "Board" is used in the Ordinance, it means the Diamond Bar City Council. (b) Whenever "County" is used in the Ordinance, it means the geographical limits of the City of Diamond Bar unless a different geographical area is clearly indicated by the context. 1 (c) Whenever "County", "County of Los Angeles", or "Unincorporated,Territory of the County of Los Angeles" is used, it means the City of Diamond Bar. Section 3. No City Ordinance enacted within one hundred twenty (120) days from the effective date of this ordinance shall be deemed to supersede any County Ordinance referenced herein unless the City Ordinance specifically refers thereto and states an intention to supersede it. Section 4. This Ordinance is required by the provisions of Section 57376 of the Government Code of the State of California. This Ordinance is therefore necessary for the protection of public health, welfare, and general safety and shall take effect immediately upon its adoption as an urgency ordinance. Section 5. Penalties. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, partnership or corporation to violate any provision or to fail to comply with any of the requirements of the Code hereby adopted. Any person, firm, partnership or corporation violating any provision of said code or failing to comply with any of its requirements shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000.00), or by imprisonment, not exceeding six (6) months, or by both such fine and imprisonment. Each such person, firm, partnership or corporation shall be deemed guilty of a separate 2 offense for each and every day or any portion thereof during which any violation of any of the provisions of said code is committed, continued, or permitted by such person, firm, partnership or corporation and shall be deemed punishable therefore as provided herein. Section 6. Civil Remedies Available. The violation of any of the provisions of the Code hereby adopted shall constitute a nuisance and may be abated by the City of Diamond Bar through civil process by means of a restraining order, preliminary or permanent injunction, or in any other manner provided by law for the abatement of such nuisance. � Section 7. Severability. The City Council declares that, should any provision, section, paragraph, sentence or word of the Code hereby adopted be rendered or declared invalid by any final court action in a court of competent jurisdiction or by reason of any pre-emptive legislation, the remaining provisions, sections, paragraphs, sentences or words of the Code hereby adopted shall remain in full force and effect. Section 8 . The Mayor shall sign this Ordinance and the City Clerk shall cause the same to be posted within fifteen (15) days after its passage in at least three (3) public locations in the City of Diamond Bar. 1989. PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED this 18th day of April, 3 APAPEN, HORCHER, WERNER, YES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: MILLER and FORBING NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: NONE ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS: NONE ABSTAINED: COUNCIL MEMBERS: NONE Mayor City of Diamond Bar ATTEST: _"r w1m,15 I, GEORGE CASWELL , CITY CLERK of the City of Diamond Bar, California do hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance was introduced at a regular meeting of the Council of the City of Diamond Bar held on the 18th day of April, 1989, and was finally passed at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Diamond Bar held on the 18th day of April, 1989. Executed this 19th day of Anril 1989 at Diamond Bar, California. S\1011\ORDCODE\ 4