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101.04 REVIVOR; EFFECT OF RE-ENACTMENT, AMENDMENT OR REPEAL.
   (a)   The repeal of a repealing provision of the Codified Ordinances does not revive the provision originally repealed nor impair the effect of any saving clause therein.
(ORC 1.57)
   (b)   The re-enactment, amendment or repeal of a provision of the Codified Ordinances does not, except as provided in subsection (c) hereof:
      (1)   Affect the prior operation of the provision or any prior action taken thereunder;
      (2)   Affect any validation, cure, right, privilege, obligation or liability previously acquired, accrued, accorded or incurred thereunder;
      (3)   Affect any violation thereof or penalty, forfeiture or punishment incurred with respect thereto, prior to the amendment or repeal;
      (4)   Affect any investigation, proceeding or remedy with respect to any such privilege, obligation, liability, penalty, forfeiture or punishment; and the investigation, proceeding or remedy may be instituted, continued or enforced, and the penalty, forfeiture or punishment imposed, as if the provision had not been repealed or amended.
   (c)   If the penalty, forfeiture or punishment for any offense is reduced by a re-enactment or amendment of a provision of the Codified Ordinances, the penalty, forfeiture or punishment, if not already imposed, shall be imposed according to the provision as amended.
(ORC 1.58)
101.05 CONSTRUCTION OF SECTION REFERENCES.
   (a)   A reference to any portion of a provision of the Codified Ordinances applies to all re- enactments or amendments thereof.
(ORC 1.55)
   (b)   Wherever in a penalty section reference is made to a violation of a series of sections, or of subsections or other subdivisions of a section, such reference shall be construed to mean a violation of any section, subsection or other such subdivision included in such reference.
   (c)   References in the Codified Ordinances to action taken or authorized under designated sections of the Codified Ordinances include, in every case, action taken or authorized under the applicable legislative provision which is superseded by the Codified Ordinances.
(ORC 1.23)
101.06 CONFLICTING PROVISIONS.
   If the provisions of different codes, chapters or sections of the Codified Ordinances conflict with or contravene each other, the provisions bearing the latest passage date shall prevail. If the conflicting provisions bear the same passage date, the conflict shall be construed so as to be consistent with the meaning or legal effect of the questions of the subject matter taken as a whole.
101.07 SEPARABILITY.
   If any provision of a section of the Codified Ordinances or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the invalidity does not affect other provisions or applications of the section or related sections which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions are separable.
(ORC 1.50)
101.99 GENERAL PENALTY.
   Whenever, in the Codified Ordinances or in any ordinance of the Municipality, any act is prohibited or is made or declared to be unlawful or an Offense or a misdemeanor, or whenever the doing of any act is required or the failure to do any act is declared to be unlawful, the commission or performance of such act, or the failure to commit or perform such act, as required, shall, unless another penalty is provided, be deemed a minor misdemeanor and the offender shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars ($100.00) for each offense. A separate offense shall be deemed committed each day during or on which a violation or noncompliance occurs or continues, unless otherwise provided.