CC SR 20240319 05 - Municipal Code Recodification
CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: 03/19/2024
AGENDA REPORT AGENDA HEADING: Regular Business
AGENDA TITLE:
Consideration and possible action to adopt an ordinance recodifying the Rancho Palos
Verdes Municipal Code (RPVMC).
RECOMMENDED COUNCIL ACTION:
(1) Adopt for first reading Ordinance No. ___, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF
RANCHO PALOS VERDES ENACTING A NEW CODE FOR THE CITY OF
RANCHO PALOS VERDES, CALIFORNIA; PROVIDING FOR THE REPEAL OF
CERTAIN ORDINANCES NOT INCLUDED THEREIN; PROVIDING FOR THE
MANNER OF AMENDING SUCH CODE; AND PROVIDING WHEN SUCH CODE
AND THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE.
FISCAL IMPACT: Adopting the attached ordinance enacting a new updated RPVMC is
estimated to cost $19,750, which is budgeted in FY2023-24.
Amount Budgeted: $24,900
Additional Appropriation: N/A
Account Number(s): 101-400-1311-6102
(General Fund–City Clerk-Publication) VR
ORIGINATED BY: Teresa Takaoka, City Clerk
REVIEWED BY: John Fox, Assistant City Attorney
APPROVED BY: Ara Mihranian, AICP, City Manager
ATTACHED SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS:
A. Draft Ordinance No. ____ (page A-1)
B. Ordinance No. 2 (page B-1)
C. Ordinance No. 146 (page C-1)
BACKGROUND AND DISCUSSION:
In May 2021, the City entered into a professional services agreement with Municode (now
CivicPlus) to recodify the Rancho Palos Verdes Municipal Code (RPVMC). This two-year
project included a comprehensive review of the ordinances by a full-time Municipal Code
attorney, as well as research of all legislation against the state constitution and state law
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to determine if there were inconsistencies or conflicts within the legislation itself. It should
be noted that the RPVMC as initially adopted in 1973 (Ordinance No. 2 – Attachment B)
upon the City’s incorporation was last recodified in 1982 (Ordinance No. 146 –
Attachment C).
As part of this comprehensive RPVMC review process, the City Attorney reviewed all the
proposed changes, additions, and deletions from the current RPVMC and has approved
them for form and legality. It is important to note that there are no changes to the existing
titles and chapters to the RPVMC. For historical reference, the previous version of the
RPVMC will be permanently saved in the City’s electronic repository, Laserfiche.
After the recodified code is adopted and made effective, hard copies of the updated
RPVMC will be distributed and the online version will be linked to the City website. The
RPVMC will be updated on a quarterly basis to incorporate any newly adopted
ordinances. Currently, the quarterly updates are scheduled for March, June, September,
and December. Additionally, between the quarterly updates, any ordinances adopted will
be posted to the online version of the RPVMC.
CONCLUSION:
Staff recommends the City Council introduce, as first reading, the ordinance recodifying
the RPVMC to reflect current laws.
ALTERNATIVES:
In addition to Staff recommendation, the following alternative action s are available for the
City Council’s consideration:
1. Direct Staff not to recodify the RPVMC at this time.
2. Take other action, as deemed appropriate.
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ORDINANCE NO. ___
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF RANCHO PALOS
VERDES ENACTING A NEW CODE FOR THE CITY OF
RANCHO PALOS VERDES, CALIFORNIA; PROVIDING
FOR THE REPEAL OF CERTAIN ORDINANCES NOT
INCLUDED THEREIN; PROVIDING FOR THE MANNER OF
AMENDING SUCH CODE; AND PROVIDING WHEN SUCH
CODE AND THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BECOME
EFFECTIVE.
WHEREAS, in September 1978, the City Council adopted Ordinance No. 2, which
enacted the Rancho Palos Verdes Municipal Code ; and
WHEREAS, in February 1982, the City Council adopted Ordinance No. 146, which
recodified the original Rancho Palos Verdes Municipal Code;
WHEREAS, in order to ensure the current Rancho Palos Verdes Municipal Code
is in compliance with all current State law and all legislation, the City periodically conducts
an evaluation of the Municipal Code; and
WHEREAS, to allow the Rancho Palos Verdes Municipal Code to better assist
residents, developers and the business community in their review and interpretation of
the Rancho Palos Verdes Municipal Code’s regulations,
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES, CALIFORNIA,
DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The Code entitled "Rancho Palos Verdes Municipal Code," published
by MuniCode, consisting of Titles 1 through 17, each inclusive, is adopted.
Section 2. All ordinances of a general and permanent nature enacted on or before
December 5, 2023, and not included in the Rancho Palos Verdes Municipal Code or
recognized and continued in force by reference therein, are repealed.
Section 3. The repeal provided for in section 2 hereof shall not be construed to
revive any ordinance or part thereof that has been repealed by a subsequent ordinance
that is repealed by this ordinance.
Section 4. Additions or amendments to the Rancho Palos Verdes Municipal Code
when passed in such form as to indicate the intention of the city to make the same a part
of the Rancho Palos Verdes Municipal Code shall be deemed to be incorporated in the
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Rancho Palos Verdes Municipal Code, so that reference to the Rancho Palos Verdes
Municipal Code includes the additions and amendments.
Section 5. Ordinances adopted after December 5, 2023, that amend or refer to
ordinances that have been codified in the Rancho Palos Verdes Municipal Code shall be
construed as if they amend or refer to like provisions of the Code.
Section 6. Effective Date. This Ordinance shall go into effect at 12:01 AM on
the 31st day after its passage.
PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the City Council
of the City of Rancho Palos Verdes, California, on this 19th day of March 2024.
John Cruikshank, Mayor
ATTEST:
Teresa Takaoka, City Clerk
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES )ss
CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES )
I, Teresa Takaoka, City Clerk of the City of Rancho Palos Verdes, do hereby certify that
the whole number of members of the City Council of said City is five; that the foregoing
Ordinance No. ___ was introduced by the City Council of said City at a regular meeting
thereof held on March 19, 2024, was duly and regularly adopted by the City Council of
said City at a regular meeting thereof held on April 2, 2024, and that the same was passed
and adopted by the following roll call vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
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City Clerk
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ORDINANCE NO. 2
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES
ENACTING AND ADOPTING THE RANCHO PALOS VERDES
MUNICIPAL CODE, WHICH CODE CONSISTS OF REGULATIONS
AND PROVISIONS OF THE CITY AND PROVIDES FOR
PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES DOES ORDAIN
AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1.
adopted as follows:
A municipal code is hereby enacted and
RANCHO PALOS VERDES MUNICIPAL CODE
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RANCHO PALOS VERDES MUNICIPAL CODE
I N D E X
ARTICLE I -GENERAL PROVISIONS
CHAPTER 1 -ADOPTION OF CODE
CHAPTER 2 -PENALTY PROVISIONS
CHAPTER 3 -RULES OF CONSTRUCTION
ARTICLE II -ADMINISTRATION
CHAPTER 1 -CITY ADMINISTRATOR
CHAPTER 2 -OFFICERS
CHAPTER 3 -COMPENSATION
CHAPTER 4 -CITY OFFICES: COUNCIL CHAMBERS:
MEETINGS
CHAPTER 5 -CITY FUNDS AND RECORDS
CHAPTER 6 -PURCHASING SYSTEM
CHAPTER 7 -DEPARTMENTS, BOARDS, COMMI.SSIONS
CHAPTER 8 -NOTICES AND FILINGS
ARTICLE III -PUBLIC SAFETY
CHAPTER 1 -FIRE PREVENTION
CHAPTER 2 -TRAFFIC REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 3 -POUND REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 4 -CAPPING OF WELLS
CHAPTER 5 -FIREARMS
ARTICLE IV -PUBLIC PEACE
CHAPTER 1 -PROHIBITED CONDUCT; OFFENSES
CHAPTER 2 -ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES
ARTICLE V -SANITATION AND HEALTH
CHAPTER 1 -HEALTH CODE
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CHAPTER 2 -SANITARY SEWER AND INDUSTRIAL WASTE
ARTICLE VI -TAXES AND LICENSES
CHAPTER 1 -UNIFORM LOCAL SALES AND USE TAX
CHAPTER 2 -UNIFORM REAL PROPERTY TRANSFER TAX
CHAPTER 3 -REGULATION OF CERTAIN BUSINESSES
ARTICLE VII -STREETS
CHAPTER 1 -HIGHWAY PERMIT ORDINANCE
CHAPTER 2 -MASTER PLAN OF STREETS AND HIGHWAYS
ARTICLE VIII -BUILDING REGULATIONS; SEWAGE AND WASTE
CHAPTER 1 -BUILDING CODE
CHAPTER 2 -ELECTRICAL CODE
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CHAPTER 3 -PLUMBING CODE
CHAPTER 4 -SEWAGE AND INDUSTRIAL WASTE
ARTICLE IX -PLANNING AND ZONING REGULATIONS; SUBDIVISIONS
CHAPTER 1 -ZONING REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 2 -SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS
ARTICLE 1 -GENERAL PROVISIONS
CHAPTER 1 -ADOPTION OF CODE
1100. Short Title, Reference to Code. This Code shall be
known as the "Rancho Palos Verdes Municipal Code" and it shall be
sufficient to refer to said Code as the 11 Rancho Palos Verdes Municipal
Code" in any prosecution for the violation of any provisions thereof.
It shall also be sufficient to designate any ordinance adding to,
amending, or repealing, said Code, or portions thereof, as an addition
or amendment to, or a repeal of, the "Rancho Palos Verdes Municipal
Code," or a portion thereof.
1101. Codification Authority. This Code consists of all of
of the regulatory and penal and of certain of the administrative
ordinances of the City of Rancho Palos Verdes.
1102. Effective Date. This Code takes effect upon the effective
date of the Ordinance of the City Council of the City of Rancho Palos
Verdes whereby this Code is adopted.
1103. Severability and Validity of Code. If any section,
subsection, 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 City Council
hereby declares that it would have adopted this Code and each section,
subsection, sentence, clause, phrase, or portion thereof, irrespective
of the fact that any one or more sections, sub-sections, phrases, or
pdrtions be declared invalid or unconstitutional.
1104. Distribution of Code. Not less than three (3) copies
of this Code shall be filed for use and examination by the public in
the office of the City Clerk. At least three (3) copies duly certified
to by the City Clerk shall be maintained on file in his office.
Additional copies shall be prepared in loose-leaf form and mounted to
withstand heavy usage in such binders as the City Clerk may prescribe.
Copies there6"f shall be distributed as determined by the City Clerk.
1105. Notation of Amendments. Upon the adoption of any
amendment or addition to said Code, or upon the repeal of any of its
provisions, the City Clerk shall certify thereto and shall make an
appropriate notation in the volumes of said Code of the taking of such
action, noting thereon the number of the ordinances pursuant to which
such action is taken. Duly certified copies of every ordinance making
changes in such code shall be filed in the office of the City Clerk in
books for such purpose, duly indexed for ready reference.
1106. Amendments. The City Clerk shall prepare copies of such
changes in the Code for insertion in the loose-leaf copies thereof.
Every section of the Code so changed shall have printed thereon a
notation-of the ordinance number pursuant to which such change is
adopted.
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CHAPTER 2 -PENALTY PROVISIONS
CHAPTER 3 -RULES OF CONSTRUCTION
ARTICLE II -ADMINISTRATION
CHAPTER 1 -CITY ADMINISTRATOR
CHAPTER 2 -OFFICERS
CHAPTER 3 -COMPENSATION
CHAPTER 4 -CITY OFFICES; COUNCIL CHAMBERS;
MEETINGS
2400. Council Chambers. The Council Chambers of the City
Council of the City of Rancho Palos Verdes shall be located as follows:
September 7, 1973 at Ridgecrest Intermediate School 28915 Northbay
Road, Palos Verdes Peninsula, California 90274; and thereafter
First Wednesday of each month at Miraleste School 6245 Via
Canada, Miraleste, California 90732.
Third Wednesday of each month at Ridgecrest Intermediate School
28915 Northbay Road, Palos Verdes Peninsula, California 90274.
2401. City Offices.
2402. City Offices. Hours.
2403. Council Meetings. The first meeting of the City Council
shall be held on Friday, September 7, 1973, commencing at the hour of
7:30 P.M. Thereafter regular meetings of the City Council shall be
held on the first and third Wednesday of each month at the hour of
7:30 P.M., or on the next succeeding day which is not a holiday. At
the second meeting in April of each year, except as otherwise provided
by law, the Council shall organize and select a mayor and mayor pro
tempore.
CHAPTER 5 -CITY FUNDS AND RECORDS
CHAPTER 6 -PURCHASING SYSTEM
CHAPTER 7 -DEPARTMENTS, BOARDS, COMMISSIONS
CHAPTER 8 -NOTICES AND FILINGS
ARTICLE III -PUBLIC SAFETY
CHAPTER l -FIRE PREVENTION
CHAPTER 2 -TRAFFIC REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 3 -POUND REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 4 -CAPPING OF WELLS
CHAPTER 5 -FIREARMS
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ARTICLE IV -PUBLIC PEACE
CHAPTER 1 -PROHIBITED CONDUCT; OFFENSES
CHAPTER 2 -ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES
ARTICLE V -SANITATION AND HEALTH
CHAPTER 1 -HEALTH CODE
CHAPTER 2 -SANITARY SEWER AND INDUSTRIAL WASTE
CHAPTER 3 -REGULATION OF CERTAIN BUSINESSES
ARTICLE VI -TAXES AND LICENSES
CHAPTER 1 -AN ORDINANCE IMPOSING A SALES AND USE TAX
TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE STATE BOARD OF EQUALIZATION AND PROVIDING
PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS
Section 1. Short Title. This ordinance shall be known as the
Uniform Local Sales and Use Tax Ordinance.
Section 2. Rate. The rate of sales tax and use tax imposed by
this ordinance shahl be 1%.
Section 3. Operative Date.
on October 1, 1973.
This ordinance shall be operative
Section 4. Purpose. The City Council hereby declares that
this ordinance is adopted to achieve the following, among other,
purposes, and directs that the provisions hereof be interpreted in order
to accomplish those purposes:
(a) To adopt a sales and use tax ordinance which complies
with the requirements and limitations contained in Part 1.5 of
the Revenue· -and Taxation Code;
(b) To adopt a sales and use tax ordinance which incorporate
provisions identical to those of the Sales and Use Tax Law of the
State of California insofar as those provisions are not inconsis-
tent with the requirements and limitations contained in Part 1.5
of Division 2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code;
(c) To adopt a sales and use tax ordinance which imposes a
tax and provides a measure therefor that can be administered and
collected by the State Board of Equalization in a manner that
adapts itself as fully as practicable to, and requires the least
possible deviation from the existing statutory and administrative
procedures followed by the State Board of Equalization in
administering and collecting the California State Sales and
Use Taxes;
(d) To adopt a sales and use tax ordinance which can be
administered in a manner that will, to the degree possible
consistent with the provisions of Part 1.5 of Division 2 of the
Revenue and Taxation Code, minimize the cost of collecting city
sales and use taxes and at the same time minimize the burden of
record keeping upon persons subject to taxation under the provis-
ions of this ordinance.
Section 5. Contract With State. Prior to the operative date
this city shall contract with the State Board of Equalization to perform
all functions incident to the administration and operation of this sales
and use tax ordinance; provided, that if this city shall not have
contracted with the State Board of Equalization prior to the operative
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date, it shall nevertheless so contract and in such a case the operative
date shall be the first day of the first calendar quarter following
the execution of such a contract rather than the first day of the first
calendar quarter following the adoption of this ordinance.
Section 6. Sales Tax. For the privilege of selling tangible
personal property at retail a tax is hereby imposed upon all retailers
in the city at the rate stated in Section 2 of the gross receipts of the
retailer from the sale of all tangible personal property sold at
retail in this city on and after the operative date.
Section 7. Place of Sale. For the purposes of this ordinance,
all retail sales are consummated at the place of business of the retailer
unless the tangible personal property sold is delivered by the retailer
or his agent to an out-of-State destination or to a common carrier for
delivery to an out-of-State destination. The gross receipts from such
sales shall include delivery charges, when such charges are subject to
the State sales and use tax, regardless of the place to which delivery
is made. In the event a retailer has no permanent place of business in
the State or has more than one place of business, 'the place or places at
which the retail sales are consummated shall be determined under rules
and regulations to be prescribed and adopted by the State Board of
Equalization.
Section 8. Use Tax. An excise tax is hereby imposed on the
storage, use or other consumption in this city of tangible personal
property purchased from any retailer on and after the operative date
for storage, use or other consumption in this city at the rate stated
in Section 2 of the sales price of the property. The sales price shall
include delivery charges when such charges are subject to State sales
or use tax regardless of the place to which delivery is made.
Section 9. Adoption of Provisions of State Law. Except as
otherwise provided in this ordinance and except insofar as they are
inconsistent with the provisions of Part 1.5 of Division 2 of the
Revenue and Taxation Code, all of the provisions of Part 1 of Division
2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code are hereby adopted and made a part
of this ordinance as though fully set forth herein.
Section 10. Limitations On Adoption Of State Law. In adopting
the provisions of Part 1 of Division 2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code,
wherever the State of California is named or referred to as the taxing
agency, the name of this City shall be substituted therefor. The
substitution, however, shall not be made when the work "State" is used
as part of the title of the State Controller, the State Treasurer, The
State Board of Control, the State Board of Equalization, the State
Treasury, or the Constitution of the State of California; the substitutio
shall not be made when the result of that substitution would require
action to be taken by or against the City or any agency thereof
rather than by or against the State Board of Equalization, in performing
the functions incident to the administration or operation of this
ordinance; the substitution shall not be made in those sections, in-
cluding, but not necessarily limited to, sections referring to the
exterior boundaries of the State of California, where the result of the
substitution would be to provide an exemption from this tax with respect
to certain sales, storage, use or other consumption of tangible personal
property which would not otherwise be exempt from this tax while such
sales, storage, use or other consumption remain subject to tax by the
State under the provisions of Part 1 of Division 2 of the Revenue and
Taxation Code, or to impose this tax with respect to certain sales,
storage, use or other consumption of tangible personal property which
would not be subject to tax by the State under the said provisions of
that Code; the substitution shall be made in Sections 6701, 6702
(except in the last sentence thereof), 6711, 6715, 6737, 6797 or 6828
of the Revenue and Taxation Code; and the substitution shall not be
made for the word "State" in the phrase "retailer engaged in business
in this State" in Section 6203 or in the definition of that phrase in
Section 6203.
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Section 11. Permit Not Required. If a seller's permit has
been issued to a retailer under Section 6067 of the Revenue and
Taxation Code, an additional seller's permit shall not be required
by this ordinance.
Section 12. Exclusions and Exemptions. There shall be excluded
from the measure of tax:
(a) The amount of any sales or use tax imposed by the
State of California upon a retailer or consumer.
(b) The storage, use or other consumption of tangible
personal property, the gross receipts from the sale of which has
been subject to sales tax under a sales and use tax ordinance
enacted in accordance with Part 1.5 of Division 2 of the
Revenue and Taxation Code by any city and county, county, or
city in this State.
(c) The gross receipts from sales to, and the storage, use
or other consumption of property purchased by, operators of
common carriers and waterborne vessels to be used or consumed
in the operation of such common carriers or waterborne vessels
principally outside this city.
(d) The storage or use of tangible personal property in the
transportation or transmission of persons, property or communi-
cations, or in the generation, transmission or distribution
of electricity or in the manufacture, transmission or distribution
of gas in intrastate, interstate or foreign commerce by public
utilities which are regulated by the Public Utilities Commission
of the State of California.
Section 13. Exclusions and Exemptions.
(a) The amount subject to tax shall not include any sales
or use tax imposed by the State of California upon a retailer
or consumer.
(b) The storage, use, or other consumption of tangible per-
sonal property, the gross receipts from the sale of which have
been subject to tax under a sales and use tax ordinance enacted
in accordance with Part 1.5 of Division 2 of the Revenue and
Taxation Code by any city and county, county, or city in this
State shall be exempt from the tax due under this ordinance.
(c) There are exempted from the computation of the amount
of the sales tax the gross receipts from the sale of tangible
personal property to operators of waterborne vessels to be used
or consumed principally outside the city in which the sale is
made and directly and exclusively in the carriage of persons or
property in such vessels for commercial purposes.
(d) The storage, use, or other consumption of tangible
personal property purchased by operators of waterborne vessels
and used or consumed by such operators directly and exclusively
in the carriage of persons or property of such vessels for
commercial purposes is exempted from the use tax.
(e) There are exempted from the computation of the amount
of the sales tax the gross receipts from the sale of tangible
personal property to operators of aircraft to be used or consumed
principally outside the city in which the sale is made and
directly and exclusively in the use of such aircraft as common
carriers of persons or property under the authority of the laws
of this state, the United States, or any foreign government.
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{f) In addition to the exemptions provided in Sections
6366 and 6366.l of the Revenue and Taxation Code the storage, use,
or other consumption of tangible personal property purchased by
operators of aircraft and used or consumed by such operators
directly and exclusively in the use of such aircraft as common
carriers of persons or property for hire or compensation under a
certificate of public convenience and necessity issued pursuant
to the laws of this state, the United States, or any foreign
government is exempted from the use tax.
Section 14. Application of Provisions Relating to Exclusions
And Exemptions.
{a) Section 13 of this ordinance shall become operative on
January 1st of the year following the year in which the State Board
of Equalization adopts an assessment ratio for state-assessed property
which is identical to the ratio which is required for local assess-
ments by Section 401 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, at which time
Section 12 of this ordinance shall become inoperative.
{b) In the event that Section 13 of this ordinance becomes
operative and the State Board of Equalization subsequently adopts an
assessment ratio for the state-assessed property which is higher than
the ratio which is required for local assessments by Section 401 of the
Revenue and Taxation Code, Section 12 of this ordinance shall become
operative on the first day of the month next following the month in
which such higher ratio is adopted, at which time Section 13 of this
ordinance shall be inoperative until the first day of the month follow-
ing the month in which the Board again adopts an assessment ratio for
state-assessed property which is identical to the ratio required for
local assessments by Section 401 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, at
which time Section 13 shall again become operative and Section 12 shall
become inoperative.
Section 15. Amendments.
and Taxation Code which relate to
not inconsistent with Part 1.5 of
Taxation Code shall automatically
All subsequent
the sales and
Division 2 of
become a part
amendments of the
use tax and which
the Revenue and
of this ordinance.
Revenue
are
Section 16. Enjoining Collection Forbidden. No injunction
or writ of mandate or other legal or equitable process shall issue
in any suit, action or proceeding in any court against the State or this
City, or against any officer of the State or this City, to prevent or
enjoin the collection under this ordinance, or Part 1.5 of Division 2
of the Revenue and Taxation Code, of any tax or any amount of tax
required to be collected.
Section 17. Penalties. Any person violating any of the
provisions of this ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor,
and upon conviction thereof shall be punishable by a fine of not more
than $500.00 or by imprisonment for a period of not more than six
months, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
Section 18. Severability. If any provision of this ordinance
or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held
invalid, the remainder of the ordinance and the application of such
provision to other persons or circumstances shall not be affected
thereby.
Section 19. Effective Date. This ordinance relates to taxes
for the usual and current expenses of the city and shall take effect
immediately.
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CHAPTER 2 -UNIFORM REAL PROPERTY TRANSFER TAX
6200. Title. This Chapter shall be known as the "Uniform
Real Property Transfer Tax Ordinance of the City of Rancho Palos
Verdes". It is adopted pursuant to the authority contained in Part 6.7
{commencing with Section 11901) of Division 2 of the Revenue and
Taxation Code of the State of California.
6201. Imposition of Tax. There is hereby imposed on each
deed, instrument or writing by which any lands, tenements, or other
realty sold within the City of Rancho Palos Verdes shall be granted.
assigned, transferred or otherwise conveyed to, or vested in, the
purchaser or purchasers, or any other person or persons, by his or
their or purchasers, or any other person or persons, by his or their
direction, when the consideration or value of the interest or property
conveyed {exclusive of the value of any lien or encumbrances remaining
thereon at the time of sale) exceeds one hundred dollars {$100.00),
a tax at the rate of twenty~seven and one-half cents {$0.275) for each
five hundred dollars {$500.00) or fractional part thereof.
6202. Payment. Any tax imposed pursuant to Section 6201
hereof shall be paid by any person who makes, signs or issues any
document or instrument subject to the tax, or for whose use or
benefit the same is made, signed or issued.
6203. Exemption -Security. Any tax imposed pursuant to
this Chapter shall not apply to any instrument in writing given to
secure a debt.
6204. Exemption -Governmental Agencies. The United States
or any agency or instrumentality thereof, any state or territory, or
political subdivision thereof, or the District of Columbia shall not
be liable for any tax imposed pursuant to this Chapter with respect to
any deed, instrument, or writing to which it is a party, and when it is
acquiring title, but the tax may be collected by assessment from any
other party liable therefor.
6205. Exemption -Miscellaneous Proceedings. Any tax imposed
pursuant to this Chapter shall not apply to the making, delivering or
filing of conveyances to make effective any plan of reorganization or
adjustment:
{a) Confirmed under the Federal Bankruptcy Act, as
amended;
{b) Approved in an equity receivership proceedings in a
court involving a railroad corporation, as defined in subdivision {m)
of Section 205 of Title II of the United States Code, as amended;
{c) Approved in an equity receivership proceeding in a
court involving a corporation, as defined in subdivision (3) of
Section 506 of Title II of the United States Code, as amended; or
{d) Whereby a mere change in identity, form or place of
organization is effected.
Subdivisions {a) to {d), inclusive, of this Section shall only
apply if the making, delivery or filing of instruments of transfer or
conveyances occurs within five years from the date of such confirmation,
approval or change.
6206. Exemption -Securities and Exchange Commission. Any tax
imposed pursuant to this Chapter shall not apply to the making or
delivery of conveyances to make effective any order of the Securities
and Exchange Commission, as defined in subdivision {a) of Section 1083
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954; but only if
{a) The order of the Securities and Exchange Commission
in obedience to which such conveyance is made recites that such con-
veyance is necessary or appropriate to effectuate the provisions of
Section 79k of Title 15 of the United States Code, relating to the
Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935;
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(b) Such order specifies the property which is ordered to
be conveyed;
(c) Such conveyance is made in obedience to such order.
6207. Partnerships.
(a) In the case of any realty held by a partnership, no
levy shall be imposed pursuant to this Chapter by reason of any
transfer of an interest in a partnership or otherwise, if
(1) Such partnership (or another partnership) is
considered a continuing partnership within the meaning of
Section 708 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954; and
(2) Such continuing partnership continues to hold the
realty concerned.
(b) If there is a termination of any partnership within
the meaning of Section 708 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, for
purposes of this Chapter, such partnership shall be treated as having
executed an instrument whereby there was conveyed, for fair market
value (exclusive of the value of any lien or encumbrance remaining
thereon), all realty held by such partnership at the time of such ter-
mination.
(c) Not more than one tax shall be imposed pursuant to
this Chapter by reason of a termination described in subdivision (b)
and any transfer pursuant thereto, with respect to the realty held
by such partnership at the time of such termination.
6208. Administration by County Recorder. The County Recorder
shall administer this Chapter in conformity with the provisions of
Part 6.7 of Division 2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code and the
provisions of any county ordinance adopted pursuant thereto.
6209. Claims for Refund. Claims for refund of taxes imposed
pursuant to this Chapter shall be governed by the provisions of
Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 5096) of Part 9 of Division 1 of
the Revenue and Taxation Code of the State of California.
CHAPTER 3 -REGULATION OF CERTAIN BUSINESSES
ARTICLE VII -STREETS
CHAPTER 1 -HIGHWAY PERMIT ORDINANCE
ARTICLE VIII -BUILDING REGULATIONS; SEWAGE
AND WASTE
CHAPTER 1 -BUILDING CODE
CHAPTER 2 -ELECTRICAL CODE
CHAPTER 3 -PLUMBING CODE
CHAPTER 4 -SEWAGE AND INDUSTRIAL WASTE
ARTICLE IX -PLANNING AND ZONING REGULATIONS;
SUBDIVISIONS
CHAPTER 1 -ZONING REGULATIONS
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Ord. No. 2/Page 11.
CHAPTER 2 -SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS
Section 2. This ordinance hereby is declared to be for the
immediate preservation of the public peace, health and safety, and is
being enacted to take effect immediately in accordance with Section 36937
of the Government Code of California.
The City of Rancho Palos Verdes has this day become an incor-
porated city. Prior to being incorporated, the present City was a
part of the unincorporated area of the County of Los Angeles, and
governed in local matters by the ordinances of said County of Los
Angeles. Upon incorporation the said County ordinances have become
ineffective and inoperative as to the area within the City, and so the
City is at this time without ordinances regulating local matters such
as were formerly regulated by County Ordinances.
To wait the period of more than a month ordinarily required to
place ordinances in effect would leave this City without local laws
for that period and would cause disorder and confusion in this City,
since there would be no local legal restraints upon persons in their
conduct or in the use of their property.
The Council hereby determines that it is necessary, under Section
36937 of the Government Code of the State of California, that this
ordinance take effect immediately and it shall take effect immediately
upon adoption.
Insofar as this ordinance provides for adoption of zoning
regulations, in Chapter 1 of Article IX hereof, s.aid Chapter is a
temporary interim zoning ordinance, pending a study of a permanent
zoning proposal, which the City Council intends to undertake within
a reasonable time.
The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this Ordinance
and cause the same to be posted in the manner required by law.
PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of
Rancho Palos Verdes at the first meeting of said City Council held
this 7th day of September, 1973, by the following called vote:
AYES: COUNCILMEN:
NOES: COUNCILMEN:
ABSENT: COUNCILMEN:
ALIFORNIA
COUNTY F LOS ANGELES ~ s s •
CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES ~
Buerk, Dyda, Ruth, Ryan and Ryan.
None.
None.
I, Marilyn R. Cortina, City Clerk of the City of Rancho Palos
Verdes, California, do hereby certify that the whole number of members
of the City Council of said City is five; that the foregoing Ordinance,
being Ordinance No. 2, was duly and regularly a~opted as the Municipal
Code of said City by the City Council of said City, at a regular meeting
of said Council, duly and regularly held on the 7th day of September,
1973, and that the same was so passed and adopted by the following
roll call vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
COUNCILMEN;
COUNCILMEN:
COUNCILMEN:
Buerk, Dyda, Ruth, Ryan & Ryan.
None.
None.
Verdes, California.
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF LOS AN GE LES
CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES
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ss. AFFIDAVIT OF POSTING
The undersigned, being first duly sworn, deposes and says:
That at all time herein mentioned, he/she was and now is the duly qualified
and acting Deputy City Clerk of the City of Rancho Palos Verdes, California:
That on the 21 day of ~1· , 197~, he/she
caused to be posted in three conspicuous places, as required by law,
OR)). z:a. '2-, a copy of which is attached hereto in the following
public places in this City:
1.
2.
3.
City Hall
31244 Palos Verdes Drive West,
Palos Verdes Peninsula, Calif. 90274
(Suite 205)
Los Angeles County Fire Department, Miraleste Station
4000 Miraleste Plaza
M1,aieste, California
Ridgecrest I ntermedicate School
28915 Northbay Road
Palos Verdes Peninsula, California
certify under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is a true and correct
affidavit of posting.
City Clerk, City of Rancho Palos Verdes, Cali By,L J\~~
b'eputy City Clerk
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ORDINANCE NO. 146
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES ENACTING AND
ADOPTING THE RANCHO PALOS VERDES MUNICIPAL CODE, WHICH CODE
CONSISTS OF REGULATORY, PENAL AND CERTAIN ADMINISTRATIVE
REGULATIONS AND PROVISIONS OF THE CITY AND PROVIDES FOR
PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS AND ADOPTING BY REFERENCE, PURSUANT
TO SECTION 50022.2 OF THE GOVERNMENT CODE, THE FIRE CODE OF
THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, BEING ORDINANCE NO. 2947 OF THE
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES AMENDED BY ORDINANCE NO. 11,556 OF THE
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, ADOPTING BY REFERENCE THE •UNIFORM
FIRE CODE," 1976 EDITION, PREPARED BY THE WESTERN FIRE
CHIEFS ASSOCIATION AND THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF
BUILDING OFFICIALS, WITH CERTAIN EXCEPTIONS, THE TRAFFIC
ORDINANCE, BEING ORDINANCE NO. 6544 OF THE COUNTY OF LOS
ANGELES, THE GENERAL HAZARDS ORDINANCE, BEING ORDINANCE NO.
5307 OF THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, ORDINANCE NO. 1549 OF THE
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ENTITLED "AN ORDINANCE PROHIBITING
INTERFERENCE WITH, DAMAGE TO, DESTRUCTION OR USE OF ANY
FLOOD CONTROL, STORM DRAIN OR WATER CONSERVATION STRUCTURE,
FACILITY, APPURTENANCES OR ANY OTHER PROPERTY OWNED, CONSTRUCTED,
MAINTAINED OR CONTROLLED BY THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY FLOOD
CONTROL DISTRICT IN THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES WITHOUT A
PERMIT THEREFOR, AND PROHIBITING THE DUMPING OF ANY RUBBISH
OR THE PLACING OF ANY OBSTRUCTION IN THE STREAM BED OR ON
THE BANK OF ANY RIVER, STREAM, WASH, ARROYO OR FLOOD CONTROL
CHANNEL, RESERVOIR, DEBRIS BASIN OR SPREADING GROUND IN THE
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES," THE HEALTH CODE, BEING ORDINANCE
NO. 7583 OF THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, THE SANITARY SEWER
AND INDUSTRIAL WASTE ORDINANCE, BEING ORDINANCE NO. 6130 OF
THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, THE HIGHWAY PERMIT ORDINANCE,
BEING ORDINANCE NO. 3597 OF THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES AS
AMENDED BY ORDINANCE NO. 9349 OF THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES,
THE BUILDING CODE, BEING ORDINANCE NO. 2225 OF THE COUNTY OF
LOS ANGELES, AS CONTAINED IN THE 1981 EDITION OF THE LOS
ANGELES COUNTY BUILDING CODE, PUBLISHED BY BUILDING NEWS,
INC., THE ELECTRICAL CODE, BEING ORDINANCE NO. 11906 OF THE
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, AS CONTAINED IN THE LOS ANGELES
COUNTY ELECTRICAL CODE, 1979 EDITION, THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY
PLUMBING CODE, BEING ORDINANCE NO. 2269 OF THE COUNTY OF LOS
ANGELES, AS CONTAINED IN SAID LOS ANGELES COUNTY PLUMBING
CODE, 1981 EDITION, PUBLISHED BY BUILDING NEWS, INC.,
INCLUDING APPENDICES THERETO, THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY MECHANICAL
CODE, BEING ORDINANCE NO. 9544 OF THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES
AS CONTAINED IN THE LOS ANGELES MECHANICAL CODE, 1977
EDITION, AS SAID ORDINANCES AND EACH OF THEM ARE AMENDED AND
IN EFFECT AND AS CODIFIED IN THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY CODE,
SAVE AND EXCEPT SUCH PORTIONS THEREOF AS ARE DELETED,
MODIFIED OR AMENDED BY THE PROVISIONS OF THE RANCHO PALOS
VERDES MUNICIPAL CODE; PRESCRIBING CERTAIN PENALTIES FOR THE
VIOLAITON OF THE PROVISIONS THEREOF AND REPEALING CERTAIN
ORDINANCES AS SPECIFIED THEREIN.
The City Council of the City of Rancho Palos
Verdes does ordain as follows:
Section 1. Adoption of the Rancho Palos Verdes
Municipal Code.
That certain document entitled "Rancho Palos
Verdes Municipal Code,• three (3) copies of which have been
filed and are on file in the office of the City Clerk for
public inspection, together with the secondary Codes therein
adopted by reference, is hereby adopted by reference as
a comprehensive ordinance Code for the City of Rancho Palos
Verdes pursuant to the provisions of Article 2 of Chapter 1
of Part 1 of Division 1 of Title 5 of the Government Code of
the State of California, and each and all of the provisions,
terms, and penalties of said Code on file in the office of
the City Clerk are hereby referred to, adopted, incorporated
herein and made a part of this ordinance as if fully set
forth in this ordinance.
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Section 2. Certain ordinances to remain in
effect.
Those certain ordinances of the City of Rancho
Palos Verdes which are identified as •special" in the
Ordinance List and Disposition Table and Ordinance Nos.
1390, 1400, 1430, 144 and 145 shall not be repealed but
shall remain in full force and effect. In addition to the
foregoing, Ordinance Nos. 141 and _142 shall remain in full
force and effect pending their codification and incorporation
into the Rancho Palos Verdes Municipal Code following its
adoption as modifications thereto, the incorporation and
codification of said ordinances into said Code being hereby
authorized and approved.
Section 3. Savings provisions.
The repealing provisions of the Rancho Palos
Verdes Municipal Code shall not affect or impair ~ny act.
done, or right vested or approved, or any proceeding, suit,
or prosecution had or commenced in any cause before such
repeal shall take effect; but.every ~uch act done, ~r right
vested or accrued, or proceeding, suit, or prosecution had
or commenced shall remain in full force and effect to all
intents and purposes as if the applicable provis~ons ~f the
ordinance, or part thereof, so repealed had remained in
force and effect. No offense committed and no liability,
penalty, or forfeiture, either civilly or criminally incurred
prior to the time when any such ordinance, or part thereof,
shall be repealed or altered by said Code, shall be discharged
or affected by such repeal or alteration; but prosecutions
and suits for such offenses, liabilities, penalties, or
forfeitures shall be constituted and proceeded with in all
respects as if such prior ordinance, or part thereof, had
not been repealed or altered.
Section 4. Chapter 1.01 of Title l of the Rancho
Palos Verdes Municipal Code shall read as follows:
CHAPTER 1.01. ADOPTION OF CODE
1.01.010. Title--Citation--Reference. This code
shall be known as the "Rancho Palos Verdes Municipal Code"
and it shall be sufficient to refer to said code as the
"Rancho Palos Verdes Municipal Code" in any prosecution for
the violation of any provision thereof or in any proceeding
at law or equity. It shall be sufficient to designate any
ordinance adding to, amending, correcting or repealing all
or any part or portion thereof.
1.01.020. Codification authority. This code
consists of all the regulatory and penal ordinances and
administrative ordinances of the City of Rancho Palos
Verdes, California.
1.01.030. Effective date. The provisions of this
code shall take effect upon the effective date of the
ordinance adopting this code by reference.
1.01.040. Construction and interpretation of
Code. All the provisions of this Code and all City ordinances
shall be interpreted to refer to the appropriate or designated
officer or office of the City, and whenever an ordinance,
uniform code, statute, or other matter which is adopted by
reference refers to any department, officer, employee,
inspection, police, or other function, unless the context
requires otherwise, all such references shall be to the
appropriate or designated office, officer, department,
agency, employee or function of the City.
1.01.050. Title, chapter and section headings.
Title, chapter and section headings contained herein shall
not be deemed to govern, limit, modify or in any manner
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affect the scope, meaning or intent of the provisions of any
title, chapter or section hereof.
1.01.060. Reference to specific ordinance. The
provisions of this code shall not in any manner affect
matters of record which refer to, or are otherwise connected
with ordinances which are therein specifically designated by
number or otherwise and which are included within the code,
but such reference shall be construed to apply to the
corresponding provisions contained within this code.
1.01.070. Effect of code on past actions and
obligations. Neither the adoption of this code nor the
repeal or amendment hereby of any ordinance or part or
portion of any ordinance of the City of Rancho Palos Verdes
shall in any manner affect the prosecution for violations of
ordinances, which violations were committed prior to the
effective date, hereof, nor be construed as a waiver of any
license, fee, or penalty at said effective date due and
unpaid under such ordinances, nor be construed as affecting
any of the provisions of such ordinances relating to the
collection of any such license, fee, or penalty, or the
penal validity of any bond or cash deposit in lieu 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.
1.01.080. Validity of code. If any section,
subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this code is for
any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional, such
decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining
portions of this code. The council hereby declares that it
would have passed this code, and each section, subsection,
sentence, clause and phrase thereof, irrespective of the
fact that any one or more sections, subsections, sentences,
clauses or phrases had been declared invalid or unconstitu-
tional, and if for any reason this code should be declared
invalid or unconstitutional, then the original ordinance or
ordinances shall be in full force and effect.
1.01.100. Maintenance of Code. At least three
(3) copies of this code, duly certified by the City Clerk,
shall be maintained on file in the office of the City Clerk
as the official copies of the code for the use and examination
by the public. Additional copies of the code and shall be
distributed as determined by the City Clerk.
Duly certified copies of each ordinance making a
change in the Code shall be filed in the office of the City
Clerk in books for such purpose, duly indexed for ready
reference.
Penalties.
Section 5. Violations of Code provisions:
. . It shall.be unlawful f~r any person to violate any
provision or to fail to comply with any of the requirements
of the Rancho Palos Verdes Municipal Code or the provisions
of Los Angeles County Ordinance Nos. 2947, as amended by
11,556, 1549, 5307, 7583, 6130, 11,906, 2269, and 9544 by
reference by said Code. Any person violating any of such
prov~sions or failing to comply with any of the mandatory
requirements of the Rancho Palos Verdes Municipal Code shall
be guilty of a misdemeanor unless otherwise provided in the
R~n?h~ Palos Verdes Mun~cipal Code or Article 1, Chapter 1,
Division 17, of the Vehicle Code of the State, in which case
such violation shall be an infraction. Each such person
sha~l be guilty.of a sep~rate off7nse ~or each and every day
during any portion of which any violation of any provision
of the Rancho Palos Verdes Municipal Code, or the provisions
of any Code adopted by reference by said Code, is committed
continued, or permitted by such person and shall be punishable
accordingly.
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Any person convicted of a misdemeanor under the
provisions of the Rancho Palos Verdes Municipal Code or the
pr~visions of any code_or ordinance adopted by reference by
said code shall be punishable by a fine of not more than
Five ~undred and no/l00ths ($500.00) Dollars, or by imprison-
ment in the County Jail for a period not exceeding six (6)
months, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
Any person convicted of an infraction under the
provisions of the Rancho Palos Verdes Municipal Code or the
pr~visions of any code or ordinance adopted by reference by
said code shall be punishable for a first conviction by a
fine of not more than Fifty and no/l00ths ($50.00) Dollars,
for a second conviction within a period of one year by a
fine of not more than One Hundred and no/l00ths ($100.00)
Dollars, and for a third or any subsequent conviction within
a period of one year by fine of not more than Two Hundred
Fifty and no/l00ths ($250.00) Dollars.
. In addition to the penalties provided by this
section, any condition caused or permitted to exist in
violation of any of the provisions of the Rancho Palos
Verde~ Municipal Code, or the provisions of any Code adopted
by reference by said Code, or any subdivision, building,
wiring, plumbing, or other similar activity in violation of
the provisions of said Code shall be deemed a public nuisance
and may be summarily abated by the City in a civil action,
and each day such condition continues shall be a new and
separate offense.
Section 6. Violation of Traffice Ordinance;
Penalties.
(A) Penalty. Any person violating or failing to
comply with any of the provisions of Los Angeles County
Ordinance No. 6544, the Traffic Ordinance, shall be deemed
guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be
punishable for the first offense by a fine of not to exceed
Fifty Dollars ($50.00), or by imprisonment in the County Jail
for a period not exceeding five (5) days; for a second
violation within a period of one (1) year by a fine of
not to exceed One Hundred Dollars ($100.00), or by imprison-
ment in the County Jail for a period not exceeding ten (10)
days, or by both such fine and imprisonment; for a third and
each additional offense committed within one (1) year by a
fine or not exceeding Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), or by
imprisonment in the County Jail for a period of not to
exceed six (6) months, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
(B) Minimum Penalty. In any case where a jail
sentence is not imposed, where the jail sentence is less
than two days, or if the jail sentence is suspended in whole
or in part, a fine shall be imposed for a violation of Los
Angeles County Ordinance No. 6544 in not less than the
following amounts:
(a) In any case, One Dollar ($1.00).
(b) When it is necessary to issue a notice to
the violator, Two Dollars ($2.00).
(c) If it is necessary to issue a warrant to
bring the violator into court, Ten Dollars
($10.00).
(C) Reckless Driving Penalty. Whenever reckless
driving of a vehicle prohibited by Section 1601 of Los
Angeles County Ordinance No. 6544 proximately causes bodily
injury to any person, the person so driving such vehicle
shall upon conviction thereof be punished by imprisonment
in the County Jail for not less than thirty (30) days nor
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more than six (6) months or by a fine of not less than One
Hundred Dollars ($100.00) nor more than Five Hundred Dollars
($500.00) or by both.
Section 7. Violation of Highway Permit Ordinance;
Penalties. Every person who performs any work regulated by
Los Angeles County Ordinance No. 3597 either without first
obtaining a permit therefor from the Commissioner or having
a permit, fails or refuses to comply with any applicable
provisions of said ordinance or with any condition of the
permit or perform work contrary to any of the general or
special requirements or specifications of the permit, is
guilty of a misdemeanor, and is guilty of a separate offense
for every day during any part of which such violation
occurs. Violation of any provisions of said ordinance is
punishable by a fine of not more than Five Hundred Dollars
· ($500.00)or by imprisonment in a County Jail for not more
than six (6) months, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
Section 8. Violation of Building Code; Penalties.
(A) Compliance with Building Code. A person
shall not erect, construct, enlarge, alter, repair, move,
improve, remove, convert, demolish, equip, use, occupy or
maintain any building or structure or perform any grading in
the City, or cause the same to be done, contrary to, or in
violation of, any of the provisions of Los Angeles County
Ordinance No. 2225, the Building Code.
(B) Penalty--Failure to Obtain Permit. Any
person, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions
of Section 301(a) of the Building Code shall be deemed
guilty of a misdemeanor, and each such person shall be
deemed guilty of a separate offense for each and every day
or portion thereof during which any violation of any of the
provisions of said Section 30l(a) is committed, continued or
permitted, and upon conviction of any such violation such
person shall be punishable by a fine of not more than $500,
or by imprisonment for not more than six months, or by both
such fine and imprisonment.
(C) Penalty--Other Violations. Any person, firm
or corporation violating any of the provisions of the
Building Code other than Section 30l(a) shall be deemed
guilty of an infraction, and each such person shall be
deemed guilty of a separate offense for each and every day
or portion thereof during which any violation of any of the
provisions of the Building Code is committ~d, continued or
permitted, and upon conviction of any such violation such
person shall be punishable by (1) a fine not exceeding $50
for a first violation; (2) a fine not exceeding $100 for a
second violation of the same provision within one year; (3)
a fine not exceeding $250 for each additional violation of
the same provision within one year.
Section 9. Effective date.
This ordinance shall go into effect and be in full
force and operation from and after thirty (30) days after
its final passage and approval.
PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED this 16th day of
February, 1982 on the following roll call vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ATTEST:
HEIN, SHAW, DYDA & MAYOR BACHARACH
RYAN
NONE
MAYOR
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I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of
Ordinance No. 146 passed and adopted by the City Council of the City
of Rancho Palos Verdes at a meeting thereof held this 16th day of
February, 1982.
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RANCHO PALDS VERDES
STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) AFFIDAVIT OF POSTING
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) SS
CITY OF RANCHO PALOS VERDES)
The undersigned, being first duly sworn, deposes and says:
That at .all times herein mentioned, ~she was and now
is the duly qualified and acting 11epuey City Clerk of the City
of Rancho Palos Verdes, California:
That on the 25th day of February , 19 82 , mefshe
caused to be posted in three conspicuous places, as required by law,
ORDINANCE NO. 146-ADOPTING RPV MUNICIPAL CODE(See attached)
-----,,,---,,-,---,---,----,----,.---,,,.......--.,----,----,--=-----,,,.....,,----,,------,,....,,......--...----'
a copy of which is attached hereto, in the following public places
in the City:
CITY HALL
RANCHO PALOS VERDES
30940 HAWTHORNE BOULEVARD
LOS ANGELES COUNTY FIRE DEPARTMENT
MIRALESTE STATION
4000 MIRALESTE PLAZA
RANCHO PALOS VERDES
CALIFORNIA
RIDGECREST INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL
28915 NORTHBAY ROAD
RANCHO PALOS VERDES
CALIFORNIA
I certify under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is a true
and correct affidavit of posting.
CLERK
30940 HAWTHORNE BOULEVARD/ RANCHO PALOS VERDES, CA 90274 / (213) 377 • 0360
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