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GENERAL ORDINANCES OF THE COUNTY
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ADOPTED, DECEMBER 30, 1969
EFFECTIVE, MARCH 1, 1970
OPERATIVE, MARCH 1, 1970
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PUBLISHED BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
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REPUBLISHED BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS 2001
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| M | MUNICIPAL CODE CORPORATION |
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Copyright 2001
Municipal Code Corporation
Tallahassee, Florida
OFFICIALS
of the
COUNTY OF KINGS, STATE OF CALIFORNIA
AT THE TIME OF THIS CODIFICATION
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J. E. YENGER
Chairman of the Board of Supervisors
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EVON G. CODY
MEL BLOYD
R. M. ADNEY
JOSEPH S. MATHER, JR.
Supervisors
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VERNICE THOMSEN
Clerk of the Board of Supervisors
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ALLEN C. WAIT
County Counsel
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FRANK IRWIN
County Administrative Officer
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JOHN G. O'ROURKE
District Attorney
PREFACE
As adopted in 1969, this Code constitutes a complete republication of the ordinances of the Kings County of a general and permanent nature. As expressed in the Adopting Ordinance, the Code supersedes all such ordinances not included herein or recognized as continuing in force by reference thereto. Subsequently, the Code was republished in the 8½ by 11 format in 2001, and included ordinances through Ordinance No. 599, enacted June 19, 2001.
Source materials used in the preparation of the recodification were the 1970 Kings County Code, as supplemented through June 16, 1992, and ordinances subsequently adopted by the board of supervisors. The source of each section is included in the history note appearing in parentheses at the end thereof. By use of the Comparative Tables appearing in the back of the volume, the reader can locate any section of the 1970 Code and any subsequent ordinance included herein.
The chapters of the Code have been conveniently arranged in alphabetical order and the various sections within each chapter have been appropriately catchlined to facilitate usage. Appropriate footnotes which tie related sections of the Code together and which refer to correlative Charter provisions and relevant state laws have been included.
Numbering System
The numbering system used in this Code is the same system used in many state and municipal codes. Each section number consists of two component parts separated by a dash, the figure before the dash referring to the chapter number and the figure after the dash referring to the position of the section within the chapter. Thus, the first section of chapter 1 is numbered 1-1 and the ninth section of chapter 2 is 2-9. Under this system, each section is identified with its chapter, and, at the same time, new sections or even whole chapters can be inserted in their proper places, simply by using the decimal system for amendments. By way of illustration: If new material consisting of three sections that would logically come between sections 4-2 and 4-3 is desired to be added, such new sections would be numbered 4-2.1, 4-2.2, 4-2.3 respectively. New chapters may be included in the same manner. If the new material is to be included between chapters 12 and 13, it will be designated as chapter 12.1. Care should be taken that the alphabetical arrangement of chapters is maintained when including new chapters. New articles and new divisions may be included in the same way or, in the case of articles, may be placed at the end of each chapter embracing the subject, and, in the case of divisions, may be placed at the end of the article embracing the subject, the next successive number being assigned to the article or division.
Index
The general index of the Code has been prepared with the greatest of care. Each particular item has been placed under several headings, some of the headings being couched in lay phraseology, others in legal terminology and still others in language generally used by county officials and employees. There are numerous cross references within the index itself which stand as guideposts to direct the user to the particular item in which he is interested.
Looseleaf Supplements
A special feature of this Code is the looseleaf system of binding and supplemental servicing. With this looseleaf system, the Code will be kept up-to-date periodically. Upon the final passage of amendatory ordinances, they will be properly edited and the page or pages affected will be reprinted. These new pages will be distributed to the holders of the Codes with instructions for the manner of inserting the new pages and deleting the obsolete pages. Each such amendment, when incorporated into the Code, may be cited as a part thereof, as provided in the Adopting Ordinance.
Successfully keeping this Code up-to-date at all times will depend largely upon the holder of the volume. As revised sheets are received it will then become the responsibility of the holder to have the amendments inserted according to the attached instructions. It is strongly recommended by the publishers that all such amendments be inserted immediately upon receipt to avoid misplacing them and, in addition, that all deleted pages be saved and filed for historical reference purposes.
This republication was under the direct supervision of Anne Wilson and Janet Cramer, Editors, of the Municipal Code Corporation, Tallahassee, Florida. Credit is gratefully given to the other members of the publisher's staff for their sincere interest and able assistance throughout the project.
The publishers are most grateful to the county staff for their cooperation and assistance during the progress of the work on the republication project. It is hoped that their efforts and those of the publishers have resulted in a Code of Ordinances which will make the active law of the county readily accessible to all citizens and which will be a valuable tool in the day-to-day administration of the county's affairs.
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Municipal Code Corporation and the County of Kings, December, 2001.
ADOPTING ORDINANCE NO. 311
An Ordinance Adopting and Enacting a Code of Ordinances For the County of Kings, State of California, Which Code Shall be Known as the Code of Ordinances, County of Kings, State of California, and Establishing the Same; Providing for the Repeal of Certain Ordinances Not Included Therein Except as Herein Expressly Provided; Providing for the Manner of Amending Such Code of Ordinances and Providing When This Ordinance Shall Become Effective and Operative.
The Board of Supervisors of the County of Kings, State of California, do Ordain as Follows:
Section 1. That this ordinance, consisting of Chapters 1 to 23, each inclusive, is hereby adopted and enacted as the "Code of Ordinances, County of Kings, State of California," and shall be treated and considered as a new and original comprehensive ordinance which shall supersede all general and permanent ordinances, passed by the County Board of Supervisors prior to July 15, 1969, except such as by reference are expressly saved from repeal or continued in force and effect for any purpose.
Section 2. That all provisions of such Code shall be in full force and effect from the date this ordinance becomes operative as hereinafter set forth, and all ordinances of a general and permanent nature of the County of Kings, enacted on final passage on or before July 15, 1969, and not contained in such Code or recognized and continued in force by reference therein are hereby repealed from and after the operative date of this ordinance except as hereinafter provided. No resolution of the County, not specifically mentioned, is hereby repealed.
Section 3. That the repeal provided for in Section 2 hereof shall not affect the following types of ordinances:
(a)
Any offense or act committed or done or any penalty or forfeiture incurred or any contract or right established or accruing before the operative date of this ordinance;
(b)
Any ordinance or resolution promising or guaranteeing the payment of money for the County, or authorizing the issuance of any bonds of the County or any evidence of the County's indebtedness, or any contract or obligation assumed by the County;
(c)
The administrative ordinances or resolutions of the Board of Supervisors, not in conflict or inconsistent with the provisions of such Code;
(d)
Any right or franchise granted by any ordinance or resolution of the Board of Supervisors to any person, firm or corporation;
(e)
Any ordinance dedicating, naming, establishing, locating, relocating, opening, paving, widening, vacating or repairing any road or public way in the County;
(f)
The annual appropriation ordinance;
(g)
Any ordinance levying or imposing taxes;
(h)
Any ordinance establishing and prescribing the road grades of any road in the County;
(i)
Any ordinance providing for local improvements and assessing taxes therefor;
(j)
Any ordinance dedicating or accepting any plat or subdivision in the County.
Further, the repeal provided for in Section 2 hereof shall not affect the following ordinances and sections of the County.
(a)
Ordinance No. 259A, dated December 10, 1963, maps, amendments, and any other ordinances describing specific right-of-way plan lines;
(b)
Ordinance Nos. 225, 225A, 225B, dated December 6, 1955, June 2, 1959, and October 27, 1964, respectively, maps, amendments, and any other ordinance establishing building setback lines;
(c)
Ordinance No. 221, Section 206, item 1 et seq., dated June 22, 1954, maps, amendments, and any other ordinance prescribing building numbering in specific areas;
(d)
Ordinance No. 262, dated November 27, 1962, amendments, and any other ordinance regulating the subdividing of land or subdivisions;
(e)
Ordinance No. 269, dated April 7, 1964, maps, amendments, and any other zoning ordinance.
Such repeal shall not be construed to revive any ordinance or part thereof that has been repealed by a subsequent ordinance which is repealed by this ordinance. Each of the abovementioned ordinances shall in no way be repealed by this Code except as the same may be in conflict with the provisions of this Code.
Section 4. Any and all additions or amendments to such Code, when passed in such form as to indicate the intention of the Board of Supervisors to make the same a part thereof, shall be deemed to be incorporated in such Code so that reference to the "Code of Ordinances, County of Kings, State of California," shall be understood and intended to include such additions and amendments.
Section 5. A copy of such Code shall be kept on file in the office of the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors, preserved in looseleaf form, or in such other form as the Clerk may consider most expedient. It shall be the express duty of the Clerk or someone authorized by him, to insert in their proper places all amendments or ordinances which indicate the intention of the Board of Supervisors to make the same a part of such Code when the same have been printed or reprinted in page form, and to extract from such Code all provisions which may be from time to time repealed by the Board of Supervisors. This copy of such Code shall be available for all persons desiring to examine the same and shall be considered the official Code of Kings County and any copy of such Code certified by the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors shall be the official County Code at the date of such certification.
Section 6. In case of the amendment of any section of such Code for which a penalty is not provided, the general penalty as provided in Section 1-8 of such Code shall apply to the section as amended; or in case such amendment contains provisions for which a penalty, other than the aforementioned general penalty, is provided in another section in the same chapter, the penalty so provided in such other section shall be held to relate to the section so amended, unless such penalty is specifically repealed therein.
Section 7. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation in the County to change or amend by additions or deletions, any part or portion of such Code, or to insert or delete pages, or portions thereof, or to alter or tamper with such Code in any manner whatsoever which will cause the law of the County of Kings to be misrepresented thereby. Any person, firm or corporation violating this section shall be punished as provided in Section 1-8 of the Code of Ordinances, County of Kings, State of California.
Section 8. All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are, to the extent of such conflict, hereby repealed, as of the operative date of this ordinance, but shall remain in full force and effect until such date.
Section 9. This ordinance shall become operative on the first minute of the first day of March, 1970. Between the effective date of this ordinance and the date in which the provisions of this ordinance go into operation, as aforesaid, all of the existing and operative ordinances of the County of Kings shall remain unaffected hereby and shall remain in full force and effect until the first minute of the first day of March, 1970.
Section 10. The Clerk of the Board of Supervisors shall certify to the adoption of this ordinance and shall, within fifteen (15) days after the passage and adoption thereof, cause the same to be published once in the Hanford Sentinel, a newspaper of general circulation, published and circulated in the County of Kings.
INTRODUCED this 30th day of December, 1969.
PASSED AND ADOPTED as an ordinance of the Board of Supervisors at a regular meeting of the Board of Supervisors of said County on the 30th day of December 1969, by the following vote:
AYES: EVON G. CODY, MEL BLOYD, R. M. ADNEY, J. E. YENGER
NOES: NONE
ABSENT: JOSEPH S. MATHER, JR.
Signed this 30th day of December, 1969.
/s/ J. E. YENGER
Chairman of the Board of Supervisors,
'County of Kings, State of California
ATTEST:
/s/ VERNICE THOMSEN
Clerk of the Board of Supervisors
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF KINGS
CITY OF HANFORD
I, VERNICE THOMSEN, Clerk of the Board of Supervisors of the County of Kings, State of California, do hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance No. 311 was duly and regularly passed, approved and adopted by the Board of Supervisors of the County of Kings, State of California, at a regular meeting of said Board of Supervisors held at the regular meeting place thereof, on the 30th day of December, 1969.
Dated this 30th day of December, 1969.
/s/ VERNICE THOMSEN
Clerk of the Board of Supervisors
County of Kings, State of California
(SEAL)