ADOPTING ORDINANCE
ORDINANCE 2010-9
ENACTING AS AN ORDINANCE, A CODE OF ORDINANCES FOR THE CITY OE EARLINGTON, REVISING, AMENDING, RESTATING, CODIFYING. AND COMPILING CERTAIN EXISTING GENERAL ORDINANCES OE THE CITY DEALING WITH SUBJECTS EMBRACED IN THE CODE..
WHEREAS, the present general ordinances of the City of Earlington are incomplete and inadequate and the manner of arrangement, classification and indexing thereof is sufficient to meet the immediate needs of the city; and
WHEREAS, the Acts of the Legislature of the Commonwealth of Kentucky empower and authorize the Legislative Body of this City to revise, amend, restate, codify and to compile any existing ordinance or ordinances and all new ordinances not heretofore adopted or published and to incorporate the ordinances into one ordinance in book form: and
WHEREAS, the Legislative Body of the City of Earlington has authorized a general compilation, revision and codification of the ordinances of the City of a general and permanent nature and publication of such ordinances in book form;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the Legislative Body of the City of Earlington that:
Section I. The general ordinances of the City of Earlington as herein revised, amended, restated, codified, and compiled in book form are adopted as and shall constitute the "Code of Ordinances of the City of Earlington."
Section 2. The Code as adopted in Section I shall consist of the following titles:
Title I: General Provisions
Title III: Administration
Title V: Public Works
Title VII: Traffic Code
Title IX: General Regulations
Title XI: Business Regulations
Title XIII: General Offenses
Title XV: Land Usage
Table of Special Ordinances
Table I. Annexations
Table II. Bond Issues
Table III. Contracts and Agreements
Table IV. Conveyances
Table V. Franchises
Table VI. Street Vacations and Closures
Table VII. Zoning Map Changes
Parallel References:
References to Kentucky Revised Statutes
References to Resolutions
References to Ordinances
Index
Section 3. All prior ordinances pertaining to the subjects treated in the Code shall be deemed repealed from and after the effective date of the Code, except as they are included and reordained in whole or in part in the Code; provided that such repeal shall not affect any offense committed or penalty incurred or any right established prior to the effective date of the Code, nor shall such repeal affect the provisions of ordinances levying taxes, appropriating money, annexing or detaching territory, establishing franchises or granting special rights to certain persons, authorizing public improvements, authorizing the issuance of bonds or borrowing of money, authorizing the purchase or sale of real or personal property, granting or accepting easements or plats, accepting dedications of land to public use, vacating or setting the boundaries of streets or other public places; nor shall such repeal affect any other ordinance of a temporary or special nature or pertaining to subjects not contained in or covered by the Code.
Section 4. The Code shall be deemed published as of the day of its adoption and approval by the City Legislative Body and the Clerk of the City of Earlington is hereby authorized and ordered to file a copy of the Code in the Office of the City Clerk.
Section 5. The Code shall be in full force and effect from and after its date of passage, approval and publication as required by law. The Code shall be presumptive evidence in all courts and places of the ordinance and all provisions, sections, penalties and regulations therein contained, and the date of passage, and that the same is property signed, attested, recorded and approved, and that any public hearings and notices thereof as required by law have been given.
Passed this 10th day of August, 2010
Passed on first reading: July 13, 2010
Adopted on second reading: August 10, 2010
Signed by Mayor, Michael W. Seiber
Published in Paper: August 26, 2010
Recorded by Clerk. Julia A. Sellers
/s/
Michael W. Seiber, Mayor
ATTEST:
/s/
Julia A. Sellers, CMC, City Clerk/Treasurer