CHAPTER 1
COUNTY ADMINISTRATION
ARTICLE 1
COUNTY CODE
SECTION:
01-01-01: General Provisions
01-01-03: Severability Provisions
01-01-05: Definitions; Construction Of Words
01-01-07: General Penalty
01-01-01: GENERAL PROVISIONS:
   (1)   Code's Title: Once this code of ordinances is adopted by ordinance by the board of Canyon County commissioners, it shall be declared to be and shall thereafter constitute the official code of Canyon County. This code of ordinances shall be known and cited as the CANYON COUNTY CODE OF ORDINANCES. Its publication is authorized by the county commission, and the code shall be kept up to date as provided herein. If reference is made to a numbered section of the county code in any legal document, it shall be construed to include also the penalty or general penalty applicable thereto.
   (2)   Code's Acceptance In The Legal Community: This code in its printed form shall be received in all courts and in administrative tribunals of this state as the ordinances of the county of general and permanent nature, with the exception of any ordinances intentionally excluded herefrom.
   (3)   Code Amendments: Whenever an ordinance amends this code, that ordinance shall set forth the specific number of the section or sections to be amended. This shall constitute statutory compliance relating to the amendment or revision by ordinance of any part of this code. All amendments or revisions by ordinance shall be prepared for insertion in its proper place in each copy of this code. Each such replacement page shall be properly identified and shall be inserted in each individual copy of the code, by the person or persons responsible for that duty. The county clerk shall see that the replacement pages are properly inserted in the official copies maintained in the office of the clerk. Any person having in his possession a copy of this code shall make every effort to keep that copy in an up-to-date state. That person shall see that new or replacement pages available to him through the office of the county clerk are immediately placed in his copy of the code.
   (4)   Unlawful Alterations: It shall be deemed unlawful for any person to alter, change, replace or deface in any way any section or any page of this code in such a manner that the meaning of any phrase or order may be changed or omitted. (1996 Code)
01-01-03: SEVERABILITY PROVISIONS:
   (1)   Repeal Of General Ordinances: All ordinances of the county passed prior to the adoption of this code which are not included in the 1993 county code are hereby repealed. Exceptions would be ordinances which by necessary implication herein are reserved from repeal (subject to the saving clauses contained in the following sections), and also excluded are the following ordinances: appropriation ordinances; bond ordinances; tax levy ordinances; ordinances fixing boundaries and creating annexations; and any ordinance which grants special rights to persons or corporations (such as contract ordinances); street naming or vacating ordinances; election ordinances; ordinances relating to the transfer or acceptance of real estate by or from the county; and all ordinances of a specific nature.
   (2)   Court Proceedings: With regard to offenses committed under former ordinances which have been repealed by the provisions hereof, a new ordinance shall not affect any offense committed against such former ordinance. Nor shall any penalty, forfeiture or punishment be affected by such repeal, except that all proceedings shall comply with the ordinance in force at the time of such proceeding, as far as practicable. If any penalty, forfeiture or punishment be tempered by any provision of a new ordinance, such provision may, with the consent of the affected parties, be applied to any judgment after the effective date of the new ordinance.
This information shall extend to all repeals, both specifically set out or if implied, whether the repeal is in the ordinance making any new provisions upon the same subject or in any other ordinance.
   (3)   Separability: If any word or wording of this code or any part thereof is for any reason held to be unconstitutional or invalid or ineffective by any court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not effect the validity or effectiveness of the remaining portions of this code, or any part thereof. The county commission hereby declares that it would have passed each section, subsection, paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase thereof irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, subsections, paragraphs, sentences, clauses or phrases be declared unconstitutional, invalid or ineffective. (1996 Code)
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