Does a statute or ordinance need to be constructed in the context of an administrative construction of its enforcement?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Atchley v. City of Fresno, 151 Cal.App.3d 635, 199 Cal.Rptr. 72 (Cal. App. 1984):
Under well established principles the contemporaneous administrative construction of a statute or ordinance by the administrative agency charged with its enforcement is entitled to great weight and will be followed unless clearly erroneous. (Rivera v. City of Fresno (1971) 6 Cal.3d 132, 140, 98 Cal.Rptr. 281, 490 P.2d 793.)
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