ADOPTING ORDINANCE
Ordinance O09-04-05
AN ORDINANCE OF THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EL MIRAGE, ARIZONA, CODIFYING, RESTATING, COMPILING AND AMENDING CERTAIN EXISTING GENERAL ORDINANCES OF THE CITY DEALING WITH SUBJECTS EMBRACED IN SUCH CODE OF ORDINANCES, AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
   WHEREAS, the present general and permanent ordinances of the City of El Mirage 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 Arizona Revised Statutes of the State of Arizona empowers and authorizes the political subdivision of the State 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 Common Council of the City of El Mirage has authorized a general compilation, revision and codification of the ordinances of the City of El Mirage 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 COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EL MIRAGE, ARIZONA:
   Section 1. The general ordinances of the City of El Mirage 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 El Mirage, Arizona".
   Section 2. Such Code of Ordinances as adopted in Section 1 shall consist of the following Titles:
   VOLUME 1
   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
   TABLE OF SPECIAL ORDINANCES - [Reserved]
   PARALLEL REFERENCES
   INDEX
   VOLUME 2
   TITLE XV: LAND USAGE
   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 All prior ordinances pertaining to the subjects treated in such Code of Ordinances shall be deemed repealed from and after the effective date of this ordinance except as they are included and reordained in whole or in part in such Code; provided, such repeal shall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 of the day of its adoption and approval by the Common Council of the City of El Mirage, and the Clerk of the City of El Mirage is hereby authorized and ordered to file a copy of such Code of Ordinances in the Office of the City Clerk.
   Sections 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 an emergency measure necessary for the immediate preservation of the peace, health, safety and general welfare of the people of the City of El Mirage, and shall take effect immediately upon adopting and approval of the Common Council of the City of El Mirage.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Common Council of the City of El Mirage, Arizona on this 14th day of May, 2009.
                           Fred Waterman /s/
                           Fred Waterman, Mayor
ATTEST:                        APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Richard Saathoff /s/                  Richard Flaaen /s/
Richard Saathoff, City Clerk                  Richard Flaaen, City Attorney