Ordinance 3389-14 - Laserfiche WebLink

Section 9: Interpretation and implementation 9.1 This ordinance shall be liberally construed to achieve the purposes set forth in Section 1. 9.2 Nothing in this ordinance shall affect the ability of the City to require non-duplicative mitigation of transportation impacts, including collection of fees, under other ordinances and development regulations. 9.3 Except as specifically provided in Section 7, the enactment of this ordinance shall not affect any case, proceeding, appeal, or other matter in any court or before the City or in any way modify any obligation, right or liability, civil, or criminal, which may be in existence on the effective date of this ordinance or as may exist by virtue of any of the ordnances herein superseded or repealed. 9.4 This ordinance is intended to provide for and promote the health, safety and welfare of the general public, and is not intended to create or otherwise establish or designate any particular class or group of persons who will or should be especially protected or benefited by the terms of this ordinance. It is the specific intent of this ordinance to place the obligation of complying with its requirements upon the applicant. It is the specific intent of this ordinance that no provision nor any term used in this ordinance is intended to impose any duty whatsoever upon the City or any of its officers or employees, for whom the implementation and enforcement of this ordinance shall be discretionary and not mandatory. Nothing contained in this ordinance is intended to be nor shall be construed to create or form the basis for any liability on the part of the City, or its officers, employees or agents, for any injury or damage resulting from the failure of an applicant to comply with the provisions of this ordinance, or by reason or in consequence of any inspection, notice, order, certificate, permission or approval authorized or issued or done in connection with the implementation or enforcement pursuant to this ordinance, or by reason of any action or inaction on the part of the City related in any manner to the enforcement of this ordinance by its officers, employees or agents. 9.5 The City Traffic Engineer may interpret the requirements of this chapter on a case-by- case basis, consistent with the purposes set forth in Section 1 of this chapter. The City Traffic Engineer and Responsible Official are authorized to promulgate rules and regulations consistent with the terms of this policy. Section 10: Repealer Ordinance Nos. 2424-99 and 2505-00, as amended, are hereby repealed by this ordinance. Section 11: Severability If any section, sentence, clause, or phrase (i.e., provision) of this ordinance of its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid or unconstitutional by a court of competent jurisdiction, such invalidity or unconstitutionality shall not affect the validity or constitutionality -4-