ADOPTING ORDINANCE
ORDINANCE NO. ____
ENACTING AS AN ORDINANCE, A CODE OF ORDINANCES FOR THE TOWN OF ATLANTA, INDIANA, REVISING, AMENDING, RESTATING, CODIFYING, AND COMPILING CERTAIN EXISTING GENERAL ORDINANCES OF THE TOWN DEALING WITH SUBJECTS EMBRACED IN SAID CODE.
WHEREAS, the present general ordinances of the Town of Atlanta are incomplete and inadequate and the manner of arrangement, classification and indexing thereof is insufficient to meet the immediate needs of the Town; and
WHEREAS, the Acts of the General Assembly of the State of Indiana empower and authorize the Town Council of every Town to revise, amend, restate, codify and to compile any existing ordinance or ordinances and all new ordinances not heretofore adopted or published and to incorporate said ordinances into one ordinance in book form pursuant to I.C. 36-1-5-3; and
WHEREAS, the Town Council of the Town of Atlanta has authorized a general compilation, revision and codification of the ordinances of the Town of a general and permanent nature and publication of such ordinances in book form.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the Town Council of the Town of Atlanta, Hamilton County, Indiana, that:
Section 1. The general ordinances of the Town of Atlanta, Indiana, as herein revised, amended, restated, codified and compiled in book form are adopted as and shall constitute the “Municipal Code of the Town of Atlanta, Indiana”.
Section 2. All prior ordinances pertaining to the subjects treated in said Code shall be deemed and are repealed from and after the effective date of said Code except as they are included and reordained in whole or in part of said code; provided that, such repeal shall not affect any offense committed or penalty incurred or any right established prior to the effective date of said Code, nor shall such repeal affect the provisions of ordinances levying taxes, appropriating money, annexing or detaching territory, establishing franchises or granting special rights to certain person, authorizing public improvement, authorizing the issuance of bonds or borrowing of money, authorizing the purchase or sale of real or personal property, granting or accepting easements, plats or dedication of land to public use, naming or vacating or setting the boundaries of streets, alleys or other public places, nor to any other ordinance of a temporary or special nature or pertaining to subjects not contained therein.
Section 3. Said Code shall be deemed published as of the day of its adoption and approval by the Town council, and the Clerk-Treasurer of the Town of Atlanta is hereby authorized and ordered to file two (2) copies of said Code in the Office of the Clerk-Treasurer where they will be available for public inspection during normal business hours.
Section 4. Said Code shall be in full force and effect three (3) weeks from the date of its passage and the publication of this Ordinance, and filing thereof in the Office of the Clerk-Treasurer, and said 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 passage, and that the same is properly signed, attested, recorded and approved and that any public hearing and notices thereof as required by law have been given.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Town Council of the Town of Atlanta, Indiana, this
_____ day of _______________, 200__.
TOWN COUNCIL OF ATLANTA, INDIANA
AYE NAY
___________________________ ___________________________
___________________________ ___________________________
___________________________ ___________________________
PRESENTED BY ME TO THE PRESIDENT of the Town Council of the Town of Atlanta, Indiana, this __________ day of ______________, 200__.
___________________________
Clerk-Treasurer
APPROVED AND SIGNED BY ME this _____ day of ______________, 200__.
ATTEST:
____________________ ___________________________
Clerk-Treasurer President of the Town Council of Atlanta, Indiana