The Calaveras County Municipal Code, originally published by Book Publishing Company in 1979, has been kept current by regular supplementation by Municipal Code Corporation, its successor in interest. During original codification, the ordinances were compiled, edited and indexed by the editorial...

This code is organized to make the laws of the county as accessible as possible to county officials, county employees and private citizens. Please take a moment to familiarize yourself with some of the important elements of this code. Numbering System. The numbering system is the backbone of a...

The table below allows users of this Code to quickly and accurately determine what ordinances have been considered for codification in each supplement. Ordinances that are of a general and permanent nature are codified in the Code Book and are considered "Includes." Ordinances that are not of a...

Beginning with Supplement No. 7, this table will be replaced with the "Code Comparative Table and Disposition List." Ordinance Number 1 Hospital poll tax (Special) 2 Hogs running at large (Repealed by 481) 3 Business license tax (Expired) 4 Poll tax (Special) 5 Consolidation of county offices (2....

AND DISPOSITION LIST This is a chronological listing of the ordinances of Calaveras County, California beginning with Supplement No. 7, included in this Code. Ordinance Number  Date Description Section Section this Code 2944  4-15-2008 Rezone (Special) 2945  4-15-2008 Rezone (Special) 2946  5 - 6-...

Pursuant to the provisions of Sections 50022.1 through 50022.8 and Section 50022.10 of the Government Code, the board of supervisors adopts the "Calaveras County Code" as published by Book Publishing Company, Seattle, Washington, together with those secondary codes adopted by reference as required...

The code adopted by this chapter shall be known as the "Calaveras County Code." In any prosecution for the violation thereof or in any proceeding at law or equity, it shall be sufficient to refer to said code as the "Calaveras County Code." It shall be sufficient to designate any ordinance adding...

The Calaveras County Code consists of all the regulatory and penal ordinances and a portion of the administrative ordinances of Calaveras County, California, codified pursuant to Government Code Sections 50022.1 through 50022.8 and 50022.10.

The last ordinance included in this code was Ordinance 1101, adopted March 19, 1979. The following ordinances, passed subsequent to Ordinance 1101 but prior to the adoption of the code, are adopted and made a part of the code: Ordinance No. Date Adopted 1107 April 9, 1979 1115 April 16, 1979 1116...

Whenever a reference is made to the "Calaveras County Code" or to any portion thereof or to any ordinance of the county, the reference shall apply to all amendments, corrections, and additions thereto, heretofore, now, or hereafter made.

Title, chapter, and section headings contained in the Calaveras County 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, chapter or section thereof.

The provisions of the Calaveras County 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...

Neither the adoption of the code nor the repeal or amendment hereby of any ordinance or part or portion of any ordinance of the county 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...

If any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of the Calaveras County 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. The board of supervisors declares that it would have adopted the code and...

No ordinances, except ordinances zoning specified areas of land, shall be introduced or adopted by the board of supervisors before they have been reviewed and approved by the county counsel. Failure to obtain such review and approval shall not affect the validity of any ordinance adopted by the...

The ordinance codified in this chapter shall, before the expiration of fifteen days of the passage of the same, be published with the names of the members of the board of supervisors voting for and against the same, for at least one week in a newspaper of general circulation published in the...

The following words and phrases, whenever used in this code, shall be construed as defined in this section unless from the context a different meaning is intended or unless a different meaning is specifically defined and more particularly directed to the use of such words or phrases: A. "County"...

Use of the title of any officer, employees, department, board or commission means that officer, employee, department, board or commission of the county.

All words and phrases shall be construed according to the common and approved usage of the language, but technical words and phrases and such others as may have acquired a peculiar and appropriate meaning in the law shall be construed and understood according to such peculiar and appropriate...

The following grammatical rules shall apply in this code unless it is apparent from the context that a different construction is intended: A. Gender. Each gender includes the masculine, feminine and neuter genders. B. Singular and Plural. The singular number includes the plural and the...