ORDINANCE NO. 2005-05

AN ORDINANCE TO APPROVE, ADOPT AND ENACT THE CODIFIED ORDINANCES; TO REPEAL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT THEREWITH; TO PUBLISH THE ENACTMENT OF NEW MATTER; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.

WHEREAS, the present general and permanent ordinances of the Village of Doylestown are inadequately arranged and classified and are insufficient in form and substance for the complete preservation of the public peace, health, safety and general welfare of the Municipality and for the proper conduct of its affairs; and

WHEREAS, the acts of the Legislature of the State of Ohio empower and authorize the Village of Doylestown to revise, amend, restate, codify and compile any existing ordinances and all new ordinances not heretofore adopted or published and to incorporate such ordinances into one ordinance in book form; and

WHEREAS, Council has authorized a general compilation, revision and codification of the ordinances of the Village of Doylestown of a general and permanent nature and publication of such ordinance in book form; and

WHEREAS, it is necessary to provide for the usual daily operation of the Municipality and for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, safety and general welfare of the Municipality that this ordinance take effect at an early date.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE VILLAGE OF DOYLESTOWN, WAYNE COUNTY, OHIO, TWO-THIRDS OF THE MEMBERS ELECTED THERETO CONCURRING:

SECTION I:

That the Ordinances of the Village of Doylestown, 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 the Village of Doylestown, Ohio, 2005.

One book-form copy of the Codified Ordinances shall be certified as correct by the Mayor and the Clerk-Treasurer, attached to this Ordinance as a part thereof, and filed with the permanent records of the Village of Doylestown, Ohio.

SECTION II:

That the provisions of this Ordinance, including all provisions of the Codified Ordinances, shall be in full force and effect as provided herein. All ordinances and resolutions or parts thereof enacted prior to February 1, 2005, which are inconsistent with any provision of the Codified Ordinances, are hereby repealed as of the effective date of this Ordinance except as follows:

(a) The enactment of the Codified Ordinances shall not be construed to affect a right or liability accrued or incurred under any legislative provisions prior to the effective date of such enactment, or any 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 the violation of any such legislative provisions, 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 codification.

(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 of 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 February 1, 2005.

SECTION III.

That all legislation enacted subsequent to February 1, 2005, which amended, replaced or otherwise affected a material provision of those ordinances existing prior to February 1, 2005, shall be deemed to amend, replace or affect the analogous or comparable section of the Codified Ordinances as reflected in the Comparative Section Table of the same, or as otherwise indicated by the content or purpose of such subsequent legislation.

SECTION IV:

That this Ordinance is hereby declared to be an emergency measure necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, safety and welfare of the residents of the Village, the reason for the necessity being that there exists an imperative need for the earliest publication and distribution of the Codified Ordinances to the officials and residents of the Village, so as to facilitate administration and daily operation and avoid practical and legal entanglements.

Passed: March 1, 2005

Terry L. Lindeman

Mayor

Ann M. Youngblood

Clerk/Treasurer

CONTENTS

PRELIMINARY UNIT

General Index

Comparative Section Table

CODIFIED ORDINANCES OF DOYLESTOWN

PART ONE - Administrative Code

PART THREE - Traffic Code

PART FIVE - General Offenses Code

PART SEVEN - Business Regulation Code

PART NINE - Streets, Utilities and Public Services Code

PART ELEVEN - Planning and Zoning Code

PART THIRTEEN - Building Code

PART FIFTEEN - Fire Prevention Code

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