(a) The following codification and revision of ordinances consisting of Chapters 1 through 12, inclusive, entitled "Carmel City Code," two copies of which shall be kept on file in the office of the Clerk-Treasurer is adopted and enacted as the Carmel City Code.
(b) The format of the Carmel City Code is as follows:
Title Page
Preface Page
Table of Contents Page
City Certification Page
History of Carmel Pages
City Officials Page
Chapter 1 - General Provisions
Chapter 2 - City Administration
Chapter 3 - Legislative and Judicial Branches
Chapter 4 - Fees, Licenses, Permits, and Franchises
Chapter 5 - Parks and Recreation
Chapter 6 - Public Health and Safety
Chapter 7 - Building Code
Chapter 8 - Traffic and Parking Regulations
Chapter 9 - Utilities
Chapter 10 - Zoning and Subdivisions
Chapter 11 - Parallel References
Chapter 12 - Index
(c) It shall be treated and considered as a new and original codification and revision of ordinances of the City which shall supersede all other general and permanent ordinances passed and adopted by the Common Council before September 17, 1990, the date when Ordinance No. D-673 was passed, the last ordinance included therein, except those exceptionally saved from repeal or continued as restatements or reenactments or original Ordinances and amendments thereto which are in force and effect for any purpose.
(Ord. D-700, § 1, 6-20-91)
(d) All provisions of the Carmel Code shall be in full force and effect following publication of this ordinance, and all ordinances of a general and permanent nature of the City enacted on final passage on or before September 17, 1990, are not incorporated in this Code or recognized and continued in force by reference therein are hereby repealed from and after the effective date of this ordinance, except as herein provided.
(Ord. D-700, § 2, 6-20-91)
(e) The repeal provided for in subsection (d) shall not affect any offense or act committed or done or any penalty or forfeiture incurred or imposed before the effective date of this ordinance; nor shall such repeal affect any ordinance or resolution promising or guaranteeing the payment of money for the City, or authorizing the issuance of any bonds of the City or any evidence of the City's indebtedness, or any contract or obligation assumed by the City; nor shall such repeal affect the administrative ordinances or resolutions of the Council, not in conflict or inconsistent with the provisions of such Code; nor shall such repeal affect any right of franchise granted by any ordinance or resolution of the Council of any person, firm or corporation; nor shall such repeal affect any ordinance dedicating, naming, establishing, locating, relocating, opening, closing, paving, widening or establishing grades of any street or public way in the City; nor shall such repeal affect any ordinance levying or imposing taxes not included herein; nor shall such repeal affect any ordinance or Resolution relating to salaries of City employees; nor shall such repeal affect any ordinance providing for local improvements and levying special assessments therefor; nor shall such repeal affect any ordinance dedicating or accepting any plat or ordinance extending the boundaries of the City; nor shall such repeal affect any ordinance or resolution establishing, or modifying the boundaries or zoning districts, or changing the zoning classification of any lot or parcel of land. Each of the above-mentioned ordinances shall in no way be repealed by this ordinance except as the same may be in conflict with the provisions of such Code.
(Ord. D-700, § 3, 6-20-91)
(f) Any and all additions or amendments to such Code, when passed in such form as to indicate the intention of the Council to make the same a part thereof, shall be deemed to be incorporated in such Code, so that reference to the Carmel City Code shall be understood and intended to include such additions and amendments.
(Ord. D-700, § 4, 6-20-91)
(`91 Code, § 1-14)
(Ord. D-2505-19, 12-16-19)