ADOPTING ORDINANCE NO. 107-75
AN ORDINANCE TO APPROVE, ADOPT AND ENACT THE CODIFIED ORDINANCES: TO REPEAL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT THEREWITH: AND TO PUBLISH THE ENACTMENT OF NEW MATTER FOR THE CITY OF DOVER, STATE OF OHIO.
WHEREAS, the Council of the City of Dover, Ohio, has had the matter of codification and general revision of the ordinances before it for some time, and
WHEREAS, it has heretofore entered into a contract with The W. H. Anderson Company to prepare and publish such codification, and
WHEREAS, the codification of such ordinances, together with the new matter to be adopted, the matters to be amended and those to be repealed are before the Council.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DOVER, STATE OF OHIO:
I
The ordinances of the City of Dover, Ohio, of a general and permanent nature, as revised, codified, rearranged and consolidated into component codes, titles, chapters and sections are hereby approved, adopted and enacted as the Codified Ordinances of Dover, Ohio, 1975.
One book-form copy of the Codified Ordinances shall be certified as correct by the Mayor and the Council Clerk, attached to this ordinance as a part hereof, and filed with the permanent ordinance records of the City of Dover, Ohio.
II
All ordinances and resolutions or parts thereof which are in conflict or inconsistent with any provision of the 1975 Codified Ordinances, are hereby repealed as of the effective date of this ordinance except as follows:
(a) The enactment of the 1975 Codified Ordinances shall not be construed to affect a right or liability accrued or incurred under any legislative provision prior to the effective date of such enactment, or an action or proceeding for the enforcement of such right or liability. Such enactment shall not be construed to relieve any person from punishment for an act committed in violation of any such legislative provision, nor to affect an indictment or prosecution therefor. For such purposes, any such legislative provision shall continue in full force notwithstanding its repeal for the purpose of revision and recodification.
(b) The repeal provided above shall not affect:
(1) The grant or creation of a franchise, license, right, easement or privilege.
(2) The purchase, sale, lease or transfer of property.
(3) The appropriation or expenditure of money or promise or guarantee of payment.
(4) The assumption of any contract or obligation.
(5) The issuance and delivery of any bonds, obligations, or other instruments or indebtedness.
(6) The levy or imposition of taxes, assessments or charges.
(7) The establishment, naming, vacating or grade level of any street or public way.
(8) The dedication of property or plat approval.
(9) The annexation or detachment of territory.
(10) Any legislation enacted subsequent to September 2, 1975.
III
Any section of the 1975 Codified Ordinances without a legislative history at the end thereof indicates that such section contains new matter ordained by this Adopting Ordinance.
IV
Pursuant to Ohio R. C. 731.21 and 731.23 the Council Clerk shall cause to be published in a manner required by law this Adopting Ordinance together with a summary of the new matter contained in the codification adopted hereby.
V
This ordinance is hereby declared to be an emergency measure necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health and safety of the citizens of Dover, for the reason of the necessity of providing a Code of laws for the government and administration of the City, and provided it receives the affirmative vote of two-thirds of the members elected or appointed to council, it shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage and approval; otherwise it shall take effect and be in force from and after the earliest period allowed by law.
Passed this 15th day of December, 1975.
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President of Council
ATTEST:
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Clerk of Council
Approved this 15th day of December, 1975.
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Mayor
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PRELIMINARY UNIT
CODIFIED ORDINANCES OF DOVER, OHIO