ADOPTING ORDINANCES
ORDINANCE NO. 10-101
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SAN JOAQUIN RELATING
TO THE REORGANIZATION, COMPILATION, RENUMBERING,
AMENDMENT, REPEAL, RESTATEMENT AND CODIFICATION
OF EXISTING ORDINANCES AND THE ADOPTION OF A NEW
MUNICIPAL CODE.
   THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN JOAQUIN DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
   SECTION 1.   The present ordinances of the City of San Joaquin are inadequately arranged and classified and are insufficient in form and substance for the complete preservation of the public peace, healthy, safety and general welfare of the municipality and for the proper conduct of CITY affairs.
   SECTION 2.   California law empowers and authorizes the City to reorganize, compile, renumber, amend, repeal, restate, and codify any existing ordinances and all new ordinances not heretofore adopted or published and to incorporate such ordinances into one ordinance in book form.
   SECTION 3.   The City Council of the City of San Joaquin has authorized a reorganization, compilation, renumbering, amendment, repeal, restatement, and codification of its ordinances of a general and permanent nature and publication of such ordinances in book form.
   SECTION 4.   The ordinances of the City of San Joaquin as revised, amended, restated, codified, and complied in book form are hereby adopted as and shall constitute the “Code of Ordinances of the City of San Joaquin” which may also be referenced as the “San Joaquin Municipal Code.”
   SECTION 5.   The San Joaquin Municipal Code shall consist of the following titles:
   SAN JOAQUIN, CALIFORNIA
   CODE OF ORDINANCES
   TABLE OF CONTENTS
      Chapter
   TITLE I:  GENERAL PROVSIONS
               10.   Rules of Construction; General Penalty
               11.   City Standards
   TITLE III:  GOVERNMENT AND ADMINISTRATION
               30.   City Government
               31.   City Organizations
               32.   Civil Defense
               33.   City Policies
               34.   Revenue and Finance; Taxation
               35.   Purchasing
   TITLE V:  PUBLIC WORKS
               50.   General Provisions
               51.   Water
               52.   Sewers
   TITLE VII:  TRAFFIC CODE
               70.   Traffic Regulations
               71.   Stopping, Standing, Parking Rules
               72.   Abandoned Vehicles
   TITLE IX:  GENERAL REGULATIONS
               90.   Parks and Recreation
               91.   Streets and Sidewalks, Trees and Shrubs
               92.   Animals
               93.   Nuisances; Health and Safety
               94.   Fire Prevention and Protection
               95.   Alarm Systems
               96.   Garbage Collection; Disposal
               97.   Noise
   TITLE XI:  BUSINESS REGULATIONS
               110.   Business Licenses Generally
               111.   Bingo
               112.   Charitable Solicitations
               113.   Public Dances
               114.   Yard Sales
               115.   Drug Sales
   TITLE XIII:  GENERAL OFFENSES
               130.   Offenses Against the Public Peace and Decency
               131.   Offenses Relating to Property
               132.   Offenses By or Against Minors
   TITLE XV:  LAND USE AND ZONING
               150.   Building Regulations; Construction
               151.   Fences
               152.   Signs
               153.   Subdivisions
               154.   Zoning
   TABLE OF SPECIAL ORDINANCES
   [Reserved]
   PARALLEL REFERENCES
   References to California Codes
   References to 1994 Code
   References to Ordinances and Resolutions
   INDEX
   SECTION 6.   It is the Council’s intent that in making any amendments to the prior ordinances, whether the amendment be by express amendment, by repeal and reenactment, by new titling or by renumbering of a provision, if the amendment is substantially the same as any Code provision previously adopted and relating to the same subject matter, the amendment shall be construed as a restatement and continuation of the previous provision and not as a new enactment.
   SECTION 7.   All prior ordinances pertaining to the subjects treated in the San Joaquin Municipal Code adopted by this ordinance are included and reordained in whole or in part.  The repeal of any ordinance as part of the process for adoption of this new San Joaquin Municipal Code 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 bonds or borrowing of money, authorizing the purchase or sale be deemed repealed from and after the effective date of this ordinance except as they 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 8.   The San Joaquin Municipal Code shall be deemed published as of the day of its adoption and approval by the City Council.  The City Clerk is hereby authorized and ordered to file a copy in the Office of the City Clerk.
   SECTION 9.   The City Clerk is authorized to cause this ordinance or a summary of this ordinance to be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the City of San Joaquin, within fifteen days after its adoption.  If a summary of the ordinance is published, the City Clerk shall cause a certified copy of the full text of the proposed ordinance to be posted at City Hall at least five days prior to the meeting at which the ordinance is adopted and again after the meeting at which it is adopted.  The ordinance shall become effective thirty days after its adoption.
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   The foregoing ordinance was introduced at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of San Joaquin held on May 12, 2010, and was passed and adopted at a special meeting of the City Council held on June 16, 2010, by the following vote:
 
AYES:
3
Dhaliwal, Hernandez, Lua
NOES:
0
ABSENT:
2
Reynaga, Vallejo
ABSTAIN:
0
 
ATTEST:                     APPROVED:
Diana Brooks /s/                             Amarpreet Dhaliwal /s/                   
City Clerk                     Mayor, City of San Joaquin