BUTTE COUNTY - CODE  


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    A Codification of the General Ordinances of
    Butte County, California

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    Codified 1972
    Revised and Republished 2002

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    Beginning with Supplement No. 25,
    Supplemented by Municipal Code Corporation

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    PREFACE

    The Butte County, California, Municipal Code, originally published in 1972, has been kept current by regular supplementation by Matthew Bender & Company, Inc.

    Beginning with Supplement No. 25, Municipal Code Corporation will be keeping this Code current by regular supplementation.

    A subject-matter index, with complete cross-referencing, locates specific code provisions by individual section numbers.

    This supplement brings the Code up to date through Ordinance No. 4159 , passed March 26, 2019.

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    ADOPTION OF CODE

    COUNTY OF BUTTE, STATE OF CALIFORNIA
    ORDINANCE NO. 3836

    AN ORDINANCE OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF THE COUNTY OF BUTTE ADOPTING A REVISION AND CODIFICATION OF THE ORDINANCES OF BUTTE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, ENTITLED, "BUTTE COUNTY CODE" THE BUTTE COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED AND CODIFIED THE GENERAL ORDINANCES OF BUTTE COUNTY AS THE COUNTY CODE WITH ORDINANCE NO. 467, DATED OCTOBER 27, 1952. THE BUTTE COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS ADOPTED ORDINANCE NO. 783, DATED OCTOBER 1, 1963, ADOPTING A REVISION AND CODIFICATION OF THE ORDINANCES OF BUTTE COUNTY CALIFORNIA, ENTITLED, "THE CODE OF BUTTE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA," PROVIDING FOR THE REPEAL OF CERTAIN ORDINANCES NOT INCLUDED THEREIN WITH CERTAIN EXCEPTIONS AND FOR THE OTHER PURPOSES HEREINAFTER SET OUT, PURSUANT TO THE GOVERNMENT CODE, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, SECTION 25126 ET SEQ.

    The ordinances were codified, edited and indexed by the editorial staff of Michie City Publications Company of Los Angeles through Ordinance No. 1062, passed December 16, 1969.

    Municipal Code Corporation of Tallahassee, Florida, codified, edited and published the ordinances beginning with Supplement No. 12-70, in January 1970, republished the Code in 1972, and continued codification, editing and publishing of ordinances through Supplement No. 3-01, containing all ordinances deemed advisable to be included in the County Code through Ordinance 3704, adopted March 27,2001.

    "The Code of Butte County, California" was revised, reformatted, codified, edited and indexed as the "Butte County Code" by Book Publishing Company of Seattle, Washington, including all those ordinances of a permanent and general nature through Ordinance 3769, passed September 11, 2001.

    There are now on file in the office of the County Clerk, for public inspection, three copies of a document entitled "Butte County Code."

    The Board of Supervisors of the County of Butte, State of California, ordains as follows:

    Section 1. Adoption. There is hereby adopted the "Butte County Code" as compiled, revised, reformatted, codified, edited, indexed and published by Book Publishing Company, Seattle, Washington.

    Section 2. Reference applies to all amendments. Whenever a reference is made to the "Butte County Code" or to any portion thereof, or to any ordinance of the County of Butte, California, codified herein, the reference shall apply to all amendments, corrections, and additions heretofore, now or hereafter made.

    Section 3. Title chapter and section headings. Title, chapter and section headings contained herein shall not be deemed to govern, limit, modify or in any manner affect the scope, meaning or intent of the provisions of any title, chapter or section hereof.

    Section 4. Reference to specific ordinances. 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.

    Section 5. Ordinances passed prior to adoption of the code. The last ordinance included in this code was Ordinance No. 3769, passed September 11, 2001. The process of revising, reformatting, codifying, editing and indexing this code by Book Publishing Company, Seattle, Washington, was not completed until September 2002. The following ordinances, passed subsequent to Ordinance No. 3769, but prior to the adoption of this code are hereby adopted and made a part of this code: Ordinance Nos.: 3791, 3808, 3815, 3818, 3821, 3822, 3824, 3827, 3832, and 3835.

    Section 6. Effect of code on past actions and obligations. The adoption of this code does not affect prosecutions for ordinance violations committed prior to the effective date of this code, does not waive any fee or penalty due and unpaid on the effective date of this code, and does not affect the validity of any bond or cash deposit posted, filed or deposited pursuant to the requirements of any ordinance.

    Section 7. Constitutionality. 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 the code.

    Section 8. References to prior code. References in county forms, documents and regulations to the 1 chapters and sections of the former county code shall be construed to apply to the corresponding provisions contained within this code.

    This ordinance shall take effect thirty (30) days after the date of its adoption, and before the expiration of fifteen (15) days after its passage, it shall be published with the names of the members voting for or against the same, in the Chico Enterprise Record, a newspaper published in the county of Butte, State of California.

    PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Board of Supervisors, County of Butte, State of California, on the 12th day of November, 2002, by the following vote:

    AYES: Supervisors Beeler, Dolan, Houx, Yamaguchi and Chair Josiassen

    NOES: None

    ABSENT: None

    NOT VOTING: None

    Curt Josiassen, Chair
    Board of Supervisors, County of Butte,
    State of California

     

    ATTEST:

    Paul McIntosh, Clerk of the Board of Supervisors

    By:___________
    Deputy Clerk