ORDINANCE NO. 2748

AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CORONA, CALIFORNIA, ENACTING A CODE OF ORDINANCES REVISING, AMENDING, RESTATING, CODIFYING AND COMPILING CERTAIN EXISTING GENERAL ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF CORONA DEALING WITH SUBJECTS EMBRACED IN SUCH CODE OF ORDINANCES

   WHEREAS, the present general and permanent ordinances of the City of Corona are inadequately arranged and classified and are insufficient in form and substance for the complete preservation of the public peace, health, safety and general welfare of the municipality and for the proper conduct of its affairs; and

   WHEREAS, the Acts of the Legislature of the State of California empower and authorize the City Council to revise, amend, restate, codify and compile any existing ordinances and all new ordinances not heretofore adopted or published and to incorporate such ordinances into one ordinance in book form; and

   WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Corona has authorized a general compilation, revision and codification of the ordinances of the City of Corona of a general and permanent nature and publication of such ordinance in book form; and

   WHEREAS, on January 19, 2005 the City Council conducted a duly noticed public hearing at which all persons wishing to testify in connection with the proposed ordinance were heard.

   NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORONA, CALIFORNIA, DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:

   SECTION 1: The general ordinances of the City of Corona as revised, amended, restated, codified, and compiled in book form are hereby adopted as and shall constitute the "Code of Ordinances of the City of Corona."

   SECTION 2: Such Code of Ordinances as adopted in Section 1 shall consist of the following Titles:

   Title 1 - General Provisions

   Title 2 - Administration and Personnel

   Title 3 - Revenue and Finance

   Title 4 - Municipal Airport

   Title 5 - Business Licenses and Regulations

   Title 6 - Animals

   Title 7 - Reserved

   Title 8 - Health and Safety

   Title 9 - Public Peace, Morals and Welfare

   Title 10 - Vehicles and Traffic

   Title 11 - Transportation

   Title 12 - Streets, Sidewalks and Public Places

   Title 13 - Public Services

   Title 14 - Oil and Gas Wells

   Title 15 - Buildings and Construction

   Title 16 - Subdivisions

   Title 17 - Zoning

   Title 18 - Flood Plain Management

   Title 19 - Surface Mining and Regulations

   Parallel References

   Table of Special Ordinances

   Index

   SECTION 3: All prior ordinances pertaining to the subjects treated in such Code of Ordinances shall be deemed repealed from and after the effective date of this ordinance except as they are included and reordained in whole or in part in such Code; provided, such repeal shall not affect any offense committed or penalty incurred or any right established prior to the effective date of this ordinance, nor shall such repeal affect the provisions of ordinances levying taxes, appropriating money, annexing or detaching territory, establishing franchises, or granting special rights to certain persons, authorizing public improvements, authorizing the issuance of bonds or borrowing of money, authorizing the purchase or sale of real or personal property, granting or accepting easements, plat or dedication of land to public use, vacating or setting the boundaries of streets or other public places; nor shall such repeal affect any other ordinance of a temporary or special nature or pertaining to subjects not contained in or covered by the Code.

   SECTION 4: Such Code of Ordinances shall be deemed effective as of the day of its adoption and approval by the City Council of the City of Corona. Following the adoption of such Code of Ordinances, the City Clerk shall at all times maintain a reasonable supply of copies of the code, available for purchase by the public at a price, not to exceed the actual cost thereof.

   SECTION 5: Such Code shall be in full force and effect as provided in Section 6, and such Code shall be presumptive evidence in all courts and places of the ordinance and all provisions, sections, penalties and regulations therein contained and of the date of passage, and that the same is properly signed, attested, recorded, and approved and that any public hearings and notices thereof as required by law have been given.

   SECTION 6: The Mayor shall sign this ordinance and the City Clerk shall attest thereto and shall within fifteen days of its adoption cause it or a summary of it to be published in The Press Enterprise, a newspaper published and circulated in the City of Corona; and thereupon and thereafter this ordinance shall take effect and be in force according to law.

   ADOPTED this 2nd day of February, 2005

                           Darrell Talbert /s/

                           Mayor of the City of Corona, California

ATTEST:

Victoria Wasko /s/

City Clerk

City of Corona, California