ADOPTING ORDINANCES
ORDINANCE NO. 1217,1981
AN ORDINANCE ENACTING A CODE OF ORDINANCES FOR THE CITY OF CHEVIOT, OHIO, RECODIFYING, RENUMBERING, REVISING, AND REARRANGING SECTIONS OF THE CODE OF GENERAL ORDINANCES AND OTHER EXISTING ORDINANCES OF THE CITY, ADDING NEW MATTER, REPEALING VARIOUS ORDINANCES; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
WHEREAS, the present Code of General Ordinances of the City of Cheviot, Ohio is inadequately arranged in regard to titles, topics, and subject matter, with some sections insufficient in form and substance for the complete preservation of the public peace, health, safety, and welfare of the City, and for the proper conduct of its affairs, and,
WHEREAS, the American Legal Publishing Company, in cooperation with the City Law Department, has completed the recodifying, renumbering, revising, and rearranging of the General and Permanent Ordinances of the City in printed form pursuant to an Agreement with that company; and,
WHEREAS, in the interest of certainty with respect to Ordinance provisions and to comply with law, it is deemed necessary forthwith to publish a recodification, renumbering, revision, and rearrangement of said Ordinances in book form known as the "Code of Ordinances of the City of Cheviot, Ohio"; NOW THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHEVIOT, OHIO, TWO-THIRDS OF ALL MEMBERS THEREOF CONCURRING:
Section1. The General and Permanent Ordinances of the City of Cheviot, Ohio as revised, rearranged, recompiled, and renumbered as to title, chapter, and section, and recodified in a form the same as that on file in the office of the Clerk of Council, are hereby approved, adopted and enacted, and the same shall be printed and published in book form as provided in O.R.C. 731.23; and, when so printed and published in book form and certified as correct by the Clerk of Council and the Mayor, shall be admitted in evidence and accepted by the Courts and all persons as to the existence, effectiveness, and regularity of all enactments so published in said book form as of the effective date designated below.
One copy of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Cheviot, Ohio, certified as to correctness, shall be kept in its initial form on file in the office of the Clerk of Council. In addition, the Clerk shall keep a complete master copy of the Code of Ordinances, in book form, said master copy to consist of the Code of Ordinances, and all amending and supplemental Ordinances.
Section2. The Code of Ordinances of the City of Cheviot, Ohio, may be amended or supplemented at any time; and, when any amendment or supplement is adopted in such form as to indicate the intention of Council to make the same a part of the Code of Ordinances, such amendments or supplements shall be incorporated in, and deemed a part of, the Code of Ordinances, so that any reference to the Code of Ordinances shall be understood and construed as including the initial edition of the Code of Ordinances and any and all supplements and amendments thereto.
Section3. The Code of Ordinances of the City of Cheviot, Ohio, shall contain all the provisions of a general and permanent nature pertaining to the subject therein enumerated and embraced. All prior ordinances, parts of ordinances and sections of the Code of Ordinances in force on October 27, 1981, which are incorporated in or pertain to the subjects enumerated and embraced in the Code of Ordinances of the City of Cheviot, Ohio, are hereby repealed as of 12:01 a.m., Eastern Standard Time.
Section 4. The repeal of Ordinances and Code of Ordinance Sections as provided in Section 3, shall not affect:
(1) All ordinances of a temporary or special nature, and all other ordinances pertaining to subjects not enumerated and embraced in the Revised Code of General Ordinances;
(2) Any offense or act committed or done or any penalty or forfeiture incurred, or any contract or right established or accruing before the date of adoption of this Ordinance;
(3) Any Ordinance or resolution promising or guaranteeing the payment of any money to or by the City, authorizing the issuance of any bonds or notes of the City or any other evidence of the City's indebtedness, or any contract or obligation assumed by the City;
(4) The administrative ordinances or resolutions of this Council not in conflict or inconsistent with the provisions of the Code of Ordinances;
(5) Any right or franchise conferred by any ordinance or resolution of this Council to any person or corporation;
(6) Any ordinance naming, relocating, or vacating any streets or public way, or any ordinance identifying stop streets at intersections, one-way streets, or any other traffic regulations;
(7) Any ordinance levying or imposing taxes, assessments, or charges;
(8) Any ordinance fixing salaries, wage rates, fringe benefits, or other emoluments or compensation of the City officers and employees;
(9) Any prosecution, suit, or other proceeding pending, or any judgment rendered on or prior to the adoption of this ordinance;
(10) Any ordinance which may be adopted by this Council after the 27th day of October, 1981.
Section 5. The Clerk shall be responsible for integrating the amendments and supplements to the Code of Ordinances, as the published editions arrive.
Section 6. For reasons stated in the preamble hereto, this Ordinance is declared to be an emergency Ordinance and shall take effect and be in full force and effect immediately upon its passage and approval by the Mayor.
Passed: October 27, 198l
Richard L.Campbell
President of Council
Approved: October 27, 1981
Louis E. Bon Holle
Mayor
Attest:
Michael N.Mastruserio
Clerk of Council
CERTIFICATE
I, Michael Mastruserio, Clerk of Council of the City of Cheviot, do hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance was published in the Western Hills Press, a newspaper of general circulation in the City of Cheviot, Ohio on January 20 and January 27, 1982.
Michael N.Mastruserio
Clerk of Council