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Neither the adoption of this Code nor the repeal hereby of any ordinance of the County of San Bernardino shall in any manner affect the prosecution for violation of any ordinance, which violation was committed prior to the effective date hereof, nor be construed as a waiver of any permit, license fee, charge or penalty at said effective date required or due and unpaid under such ordinance, nor be construed as affecting any of the provisions of such ordinance relating to the collection of any such fee, charge or penalty or the penal provisions applicable to any violation thereof, required to be posted, filed or deposited pursuant to any ordinance, and all rights and obligations thereunder appertaining shall continue in full force and effect.
(Ord. 975, passed - -1961; Am. Ord. 1347, passed - -1967)
No action or proceeding commenced before this Code takes effect, and no right accrued, is affected by the provisions of this Code, but all procedures thereafter taken therein shall conform to the provisions of this Code so far as possible.
(Ord. 975, passed - -1961; Am. Ord. 1347, passed - -1967)
No rights given by any license or certificate under any ordinance repealed by this Code are affected by the enactment of this Code or by such repeal; but such rights shall hereafter be exercised according to this Code.
(Ord. 975, passed - -1961; Am. Ord. 1347, passed - -1967)
The provisions of this Code shall not in any manner affect deposits or other matters of record which refer to, or are otherwise connected with ordinances which are therein specially designated by number or otherwise and which are included in this Code, but such references shall be construed to apply to the corresponding provisions contained within this Code.
(Ord. 975, passed - -1961; Am. Ord. 1347, passed - -1967)
Title, division, article, section and subdivision headings contained in this Code shall not be deemed to govern, limit, modify or in any manner affect the scope, meaning or intent of the provisions of any title, division, article, section or subdivision of this Code.
(Ord. 975, passed - -1961; Am. Ord. 1347, passed - -1967)
In reading section numbers from left to right, the first digit shall designate the Title of this Code, the next digit or digits to the right of the first digit and to the left of the decimal point shall designate the Division of that Title. The first two digits to the right of the first decimal point designate the chapter. The remaining digits to the right of the first two digits indicate the section number. Example: 56.0122 designates Section 22, Chapter 1 of Division 6 of Title 5.
(Ord. 975, passed - -1961; Am. Ord. 1347, passed - -1967)
If any section, subdivision, sentence, clause, phrase or portion of this Code 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 Code. The Board of Supervisors hereby declares that it would have adopted this Code and each section, subdivision, sentence, clause, phrase or portion thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, subdivisions, sentences, clauses, phrases or portions be declared invalid or unconstitutional.
(Ord. 975, passed - -1961; Am. Ord. 1347, passed - -1967)
Words and phrases are to be construed according to the context and the approved usage of the language, but technical words and phrases, and such others as may have acquired a peculiar and appropriate meaning in law, or are specifically defined in succeeding sections of this Code, are to be construed according to such peculiar and appropriate meaning or definition.
(Ord. 975, passed - -1961; Am. Ord. 1347, passed - -1967)
The following terms as used in this Code shall, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, have the following rules of construction applied and the respective meanings herein set forth:
GENDER. Masculine gender includes the feminine and neuter.
NUMBER. The singular number includes the plural, and the plural, the singular.
SHALL, MAY. “Shall” is mandatory, and “may” is permissive.
TENSES. The present tense includes the past and future tenses, and the future includes the present.
WRITING. Writing includes printing or typewriting.
(Ord. 975, passed - -1961; Am. Ord. 1347, passed - -1967)