ADOPTING ORDINANCE No. 92-98
By Councilwoman Fulimeni Sponsored By Mayor Stanley J. Trupo
AN ORDINANCE APPROVING THE 1992 CODIFIED ORDINANCES ADOPTING NEW MATTER AND AMENDING AND REPEALING CERTAIN OBSOLETE AND CONFLICTING LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS.
   WHEREAS, a determination has been made that the ordinances of the City of Berea of a permanent and general nature should be recodified; and
   WHEREAS, Council has heretofore entered into a contract with the Walter H. Drane Company to prepare and publish such recodification; and
   WHEREAS, the recodification of such ordinances, together with the new matter to be adopted, the matters to be amended and those to be repealed are before the Council.
   NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of Berea, State of Ohio:
   SECTION 1. That the ordinances of the City of Berea, Ohio, of a general and permanent nature, as revised, recodified, rearranged and consolidated into component codes, titles, chapters and sections are hereby approved, adopted and enacted as the Codified Ordinances of the City of Berea, Ohio, 1992.
   SECTION 2. That the provisions of this Ordinance, including all provisions of the Codified Ordinances, shall be in full force and effect as provided in Section 6 of this Ordinance. All ordinances and resolutions or parts thereof enacted prior to January 1, 1992, which are inconsistent with any provision of the Codified Ordinances, are hereby repealed as of the effective date of this Ordinance, except as follows:
   (a)   The enactment of the Codified Ordinances shall not be construed to affect a right or liability accrued or incurred under any legislative provisions prior to the effective date of such enactment, or an action or proceeding for the enforcement of such right or liability. Such enactment shall not be construed to relieve any person from punishment for an act committed in violation of any such legislative provision, nor to affect an indictment or prosecution therefor. For such purposes, any such legislative provision shall continue in full force notwithstanding its repeal for the purpose of revision and recodification.
   (b)   The repeal provided above shall not affect:
      (1)   The grant or creation of a franchise, license, right, easement or privilege.
      (2)   The purchase, sale, lease or transfer of property.
      (3)   The appropriation or expenditure of money or promise or guarantee of payment.
      (4)   The assumption of any contract or obligation.
      (5)   The issuance and delivery of any bonds, obligations or other instruments of indebtedness.
      (6)   The levy or imposition of taxes, assessments or charges.
      (7)   The establishment, naming, vacating or grade level of any street or public way.
      (8)   The dedication of property or plat approval.
      (9)   The annexation or detachment of territory.
      (10)   Any legislation enacted subsequent to January 1, 1992.
   SECTION 3. This Ordinance shall be posted in City Hall by the Clerk of Council. The publication shall also contain notice that the complete text of the Codified Ordinances may be viewed at the office of the Clerk of Council.
   SECTION 4. That each section of the Codified Ordinances without an ordinance or resolution history at the end thereof indicates that the section contains new material which is hereby enacted by this adopting ordinance.
   SECTION 5. That through authentication and approval of this Ordinance the Mayor and Clerk of Council shall certify that the permanent and general ordinances of the Municipality as codified therein are correctly set forth and constitute the Codified Ordinances of the City of Berea, 1992.
   SECTION 6. That it is found and determined that all formal actions of this Council concerning and relating to the adoption of this Ordinance were adopted in an open meeeting of this Council, and that all deliberations of this Council and of any of its committees that resulted in such formal actions were in meetings open to the public, in compliance with all legal requirements, including Section 121.22 of the Ohio Revised Code.
   SECTION 7. That this Ordinance shall take effect from and after the earliest period allowed by law.
PASSED: October 5, 1992
 
/s/ Mary H. Ashbrook
President of Council
 
ATTEST:/s/ Susan S. Austin
APPROVED: October 5, 1992
Clerk of Council
 
/s/ Stanley J. Trupo
Mayor
 
Approved as to Form:
/s/ Gregory M. Sponseller
Director of Law
CONTENTS
PRELIMINARY UNIT
CODIFIED ORDINANCES OF BEREA, OHIO
 
      CHARTER
 
      PART ONE -       Administrative Code
      PART THREE -    Streets, Utilities and Public Services Code
      PART FIVE -    Business Regulation Code
      PART SEVEN -    Traffic Code
      PART NINE -    General Offenses Code
      PART THIRTEEN -   Building Code
      PART FIFTEEN -    Fire Prevention Code