ORDINANCE NUMBER 2020-23

AN ORDINANCE ENACTING AND ADOPTING SUPPLEMENT #7 TO THE CODE OF ORDINANCES FOR THE TOWN OF ALBION, INDIANA, UPDATING LOCAL LEGISLATION CURRENT THROUGH ORDINANCE 2020-02, ADOPTED APRIL 02-25-2020; AND ALL CURRENT STATE LEGISLATION

WHEREAS, continuous Codification updates of general and permanent ordinances for the Town of Albion are necessary for the complete preservation of the public peace, health, safety and general welfare of the municipality and for the proper conduct of its affairs; and

WHEREAS, the Acts of the Legislature of the State of Indiana empower and authorize the Town of Albion to revise, amend, restate, codify and compile any existing ordinances and all new ordinances not heretofore adopted or published and to incorporate such ordinances into one ordinance in book form; and

WHEREAS, American Legal Publishing Corporation of Cincinnati, Ohio, has completed the 7th Supplement to the Code of Ordinances of the Town of Albion, which supplement contains all ordinances of a general and permanent nature enacted since the prior supplement to the Code of Ordinances of the Town of Albion; and

WHEREAS, American Legal Publishing Corporation has recommended the revision or addition of certain sections of the Code of Ordinances which are based on or make reference to sections of the Indiana Code; and

WHEREAS, it is the intent of the Albion Town Council to accept these updated sections in accordance with the changes of the law of the State of Indiana; and

WHEREAS, on the 15th day of January, 2008, the Albion Town Council adopted the 2007 Code of Ordinances for the Town of Albion as completed by American Legal Publishing Corporation of Cincinnati, Ohio consisting of a book form containing all ordinances of general and permanent nature previously enacted by the Albion Town Council;

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE TOWN COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF ALBION:

Section 1:    The general ordinances of the Town of Albion are codified and compiled in book form known as "Town of Albion, Indiana Code of Ordinances" originally adopted by Ordinance 2008-02.

Section 2:    Such Code of Ordinances as adopted consists of the following: Title I: General Provisions; Title III: Administration; Title V: Public Works; Title VII: Traffic Code; Title IX: General Regulations; Title XI: Business Regulations; Title XIII: General Offenses; Title XV: Land Usage; and a Table of Special Ordinances and Parallel References.

Section 3:    Adoption of this Ordinance updates the Code of Ordinances with local legislation current through Ordinance 2020, adopted February 25, 2020 & all current state legislation.

Section 4:    Such Code remains in full force and effect from the date of adoption and such amendments to the Code shall be presumptive evidence in all courts and places of the ordinance and all provisions, sections, penalties and regulations therein contained and of the date of adoption, and that the same is properly signed, attested, recorded, and approved and that any public hearings and notices thereof as required by law have been given.

ORDINANCE #2020-23 PASSED on first reading this 24th day of November, 2020 and ADOPTED by the Town Council of the Town of Albion on second and final reading this 8th day of December, 2020.

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                           Vicki E. Jellison, President

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                           Donald J. Shultz, Vice President

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                           Christina K. Magnuson, Member

                            Absent /s/

                           John D. Morr, Member

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                           Darold Smolinske, Member

Attest:

/s/

Carol A. Selby, Clerk Treasurer

                  Approved as to form: /s/

                           Steven Clouse, Town Attorney

Prepared by Albion Town Manager

November 17, 2020