ADOPTING ORDINANCE

ORDINANCE NUMBER 164-2002

AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING AND ENACTING A NEW CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF CRITTENDEN, KENTUCKY; PROVIDING FOR THE REPEAL OF CERTAIN ORDINANCES NOT INCLUDED THEREIN, EXCEPT AS HEREIN EXPRESSLY PROVIDED; AND PROVIDING WHEN THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CRITTENDEN, KENTUCKY:

SECTION 1. That the Code of Ordinances, consisting of Chapters 10 to 81, and Tables 1 to 10, each inclusive, be and is hereby adopted and enacted as the "Code of Ordinances of CRITTENDEN, Kentucky," and shall be treated and considered as a new and original comprehensive ordinance which shall supersede all other general and permanent ordinances of the City passed on or before October 10, 2000, to the extent provided in Section 2 hereof.

SECTION 2. That all provisions of such Code shall be in full force and effect from and after the date of adoption and all ordinances of a general and permanent nature of the City of CRITTENDEN enacted on final passage on or before October 10, 2000, and not included in such Code or recognized and continued in force by reference therein are hereby repealed from and after the date of adoption except as hereinafter provided.

SECTION 3. That the repeal provided for in Section 2 hereof shall not affect the following:

      (A)   Any offense or act committed or done or any penalty or forfeiture incurred or any contract or right established or accruing before the effective date of this ordinance;

      (B)   Any ordinance 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;

      (C)   Any ordinance authorizing the execution of agreements with other governments or agencies;

      (D)   Any ordinance fixing salaries of officers or employees of the City;

      (E)   Any appropriation ordinance;

      (F)   Any right of franchise granted to any person, firm, or corporation;

      (G)   Any ordinance dedicating, naming, establishing, locating, relocating, opening, closing, paving, widening, vacating, etc., any street or public way in the City;

      (H)   Any ordinance establishing any official position of the City which is not specifically referred to in the Code;

      (I)   Any ordinance providing for local improvements or assessing taxes therefor;

      (J)   Any ordinance dedicating or accepting any plat or subdivision in the City, or providing regulations for the same;

      (K)   Any ordinance annexing property to the City;

      (L)   Any zoning ordinance or amendment thereto, except as inconsistent with the said code provisions;

      (M)   Any subdivision ordinance or amendment thereto;

      (N)   Any taxation ordinance;

      (O)   Any ordinance prescribing traffic regulations for specific locations, prescribing through streets, parking limitations, parking prohibitions, one-way traffic, limitations on loads of vehicles or loading zones, or dealing with parking meters, parking meter zones or flow of traffic generally, not inconsistent with such Code;

      (P)   Any ordinance dealing with the electric, water, sewer or sewage disposal utilities of the City or fixing charges for use of such facilities;

      (Q)   Any ordinance enacted after October 10, 2000, nor shall such repeal be construed to revive any ordinance or part of an ordinance that is repealed by this ordinance.

SECTION 4. That a copy of said Code of Ordinances as adopted shall be placed on file in the office of the City Clerk and shall be available to public inspection in said office.

SECTION 5. That all ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are, to the extent of such conflict, hereby repealed. This ordinance to be published according to law.

FIRST READING:               April 2, 2002

SECOND READING AND ENACTMENT:    May 7, 2002

DATE OF PUBLICATION:            May 16, 2002

CITY OF CRITTENDEN, KENTUCKY