ADOPTING ORDINANCE
ORDINANCE NO. 316
SECOND SERIES
AN ORDINANCE ENACTING A CODE OF ORDINANCE FOR THE CITY OF CANNON FALLS, MINNESOTA, AMENDING, RESTATING, UPDATING, CODIFYING AND COMPILING CERTAIN ORDINANCES OF THE CITY DEALING WITH THE SUBJECTS EMBRACED IN THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, AND PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR THE VIOLATION OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES.
   THE CITY COUNCIL OF CANNON FALLS ORDAINS:
WHEREAS, Minnesota Statutes Sections 415.02 and 415.03 authorize the city to cause its ordinances to be codified and printed in a book,
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Cannon Falls, Minnesota, ordains:
Section 1.   The general ordinances of the City, as amended, restated, revised, updated, codified and compiled in book form, including penalties for the violations of various provisions thereof, are hereby adopted and shall constitute the "Code of Ordinances of the City of Cannon Falls." This Code of Ordinances also adopts by reference certain statutes and administrative rules of the State of Minnesota as named in the Code of Ordinances.
Section 3.   All prior ordinances, pertaining to the subjects treated in the Code of Ordinances, shall be deemed repealed from and after the effective date of this ordinance, except as they are included and re-ordained in whole or in part in the Code of Ordinances; provided, this repeal shall not affect any offense committed or penalty incurred or any right established prior to the effective date of this ordinance, nor shall this repeal affect the provisions of ordinances levying taxes, appropriating money, annexing or detaching territory, establishing franchises, or granting special rights to certain persons, authorizing public improvements, authorizing the issuance of bonds or borrowing of money, authorizing the purchase or sale of real or personal property, granting or accepting easements, plat or dedication of land to public use, vacating or setting the boundaries of streets or other public places; nor shall this repeal affect any other ordinance of a temporary or special nature or pertaining to subjects not contained in or covered by the Code of Ordinances. All fees established in prior ordinances codified in this Code shall remain in effect unless amended in this Code or until an ordinance adopting a fee schedule is adopted or amended.
Section 4.   This ordinance adopting the Code of Ordinances shall be a sufficient publication of any ordinance included in it and not previously published in the City's official newspaper. The official copy of this Code of Ordinances shall marked and be kept in the office of the City Clerk.
Section 5. The Code of Ordinances is declared to be prima facie evidence of the law of the City and shall be received in evidence as provided by Minnesota Statutes by the Courts of the State of Minnesota.
PASSED AND DULY ADOPTED this 5th day of June, 2012 by the City Council of the City of Cannon Falls, Minnesota.
                                    CITY OF CANNON FALLS
                                    By: Lyman M. Robinson /s/
                                    Lyman M. Robinson, Mayor
ATTEST:
Aaron S. Reeves /s/
Aaron S. Reeves, City Administrator
Published in Cannon Falls Beacon on June 21, 2012.