ORDINANCE NO. 17-2021

ENACTING A CODE OF ORDINANCES FOR THE CITY OF ELIZABETHTOWN, REVISING, AMENDING, RESTATING, CODIFYING AND COMPILING CERTAIN EXISTING GENERAL ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF ELIZABETHTOWN DEALING WITH SUBJECTS EMBRACED IN SUCH CODE OF ORDINANCES

WHEREAS, the present general and permanent Ordinances of the City of Elizabethtown 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 Kentucky empower and authorize the City of Elizabethtown 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, the City Council of the City of Elizabethtown has authorized a general compilation, revision and codification of the ordinances of the City of Elizabethtown 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 the earliest legal date.

NOW BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ELIZABETHTOWN, KENTUCKY:

Section 1. The general ordinances of the City of Elizabethtown as revised, amended, restated, codified, and compiled in book form are hereby adopted by reference pursuant to KRS 83A.060(5) and shall constitute the "Code of Ordinances of the City of Elizabethtown, Kentucky" published by American Legal Publishing Corporation, Copyright 2021.

Section 2. Such Code of Ordinances as adopted in Section 1 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

PARALLEL REFERENCES

INDEX

Section 3. All prior ordinances pertaining to the subjects treated in such Code of Ordinances shall be deemed repealed from and after the effective date of this ordinance except as they are included and reordained in whole or in part in such Code; provided, such repeal shall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 ordinance, 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.

Section 4. Such Code shall be deemed published as provided by law. The Clerk of the City of Elizabethtown is hereby authorized and ordered to file a copy of such Code of Ordinances in the Office of the Clerk as provided in KRS 83A.060(5).

Section 5. Such Code shall be in full force and effect as provided in Section 6, 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.

Section 6. This ordinance is declared to be necessary for the immediate preservation of the peace, health, safety and general welfare of the people of this municipality, and shall take effect at the earliest date provided by law.

BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that the Mayor of the City of Elizabethtown and/or his designee is hereby authorized and directed to take all steps necessary to perfect this Ordinance.

BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that this Ordinance be published in summary form.

READ THE FIRST TIME this 2nd day of August 2021.

READ, ADOPTED AND APPROVED this 16th day of August 2021.

Published August 20, 2021.

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JEFFREY H. GREGORY, MAYOR

ATTESTED TO:

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JESSICA J. GRAHAM, CITY CLERK

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