(A) The general ordinances of the City of East Grand Rapids as revised, amended, restated, codified, and compiled in book form are hereby adopted as and shall constitute the “Code of Ordinances of the City of East Grand Rapids, Michigan.”
(B) Such Code of Ordinances as adopted in division (A) shall consist of the following titles:
(1) Administration.
(2) Utilities and Services.
(3) Parks and Public Grounds.
(4) Street and Sidewalks.
(5) Zoning and Planning.
(6) Food and Health.
(7) Businesses and Trades.
(8) Building Regulations.
(9) Police Regulations.
(10) Traffic.
(C) All prior ordinances pertaining to the subjects treated in such Code of Ordinances shall be deemed repealed from and after the effective date of this section except as they are included and reordained in whole or in part in such code; provided, such repeal shall not affect any offense committed or penalty incurred or any right established prior to the effective date of this section, 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, plat or dedication 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.
(D) While the city code book and online version of the city code will be regularly updated to include new ordinances and revisions or repeals of existing ordinances, there will be a period of time from when an ordinance or ordinance amendment is formally adopted and becomes effective and until the ordinance or ordinance amendment appears in the city code book and online. All ordinances and ordinance amendments become effective in accordance with the provisions of the City Charter regardless of when they appear in the city code book or online.
(E) Such code shall be deemed published as of the day of its adoption and approval by the City Commission and the Clerk of the City is hereby authorized and ordered to file a copy of such Code of Ordinances in the Office of the Clerk.
(F) Such code shall be in full force and effect as of April 20, 2020, and such code shall be presumptive evidence in all courts and places of the ordinance and all provisions, sections, penalties and regulations therein contained and of the date of passage, and that the same is properly signed, attested, recorded, and approved and that any public hearings and notices thereof as required by law have been given.
(Prior Code, § 1.4) (Ord. effective 12-13-2019; Ord. effective 4-20-2020)