The adoption of this code and the repeal of ordinances provided for in § 10.03 shall not affect the following ordinances, rights and obligations, which are hereby expressly saved from repeal; provided, however, that the repeal of ordinances pursuant to § 10.03 or the saving from repeal of ordinances pursuant to this section shall not be construed so as to revive any ordinance previously repealed, superseded or no longer of any effect:
(A) Any ordinance adopted subsequent to to the adoption of this code of ordinances;
(B) Any right or liability established, accrued or incurred under any legislative provision of the township prior to the effective date of this code or any action or proceeding brought for the enforcement of such right or liability or any cause of action acquired or existing;
(C) Any offense or act committed or done before the effective date of this code in violation of any legislative provision of the township or any penalty, punishment or forfeiture which may result therefrom;
(D) Any prosecution, indictment, action, suit or other proceeding pending or any judgment rendered prior to the effective date of this code, brought pursuant to any legislative provision of the township;
(E) Any franchise, license, right, easement or privilege heretofore granted or conferred by the township or any lawful contract, obligation or agreement;
(F) Any ordinance appropriating money or transferring funds, promising or guaranteeing the payment of money or authorizing the issuance and delivery of any bond of the township or other instruments or evidence of the township’s indebtedness;
(G) Any ordinance adopting an annual budget or establishing an annual tax rate;
(H) Any ordinance providing for the levy, imposition or collection of special taxes, assessments or charges;
(I) Any ordinance authorizing the purchase, sale, lease or transfer of property or acquiring property by acceptance of deed, condemnation or exercise of eminent domain;
(J) Any ordinance annexing land to the township;
(K) Any ordinance providing for or requiring the construction or reconstruction or opening of sidewalks, curbs and gutters;
(L) Any ordinance or part of an ordinance providing for laying out, opening, altering, widening, relocating, straightening, establishing grade, changing name, improvement, acceptance or vacation of any right-of-way, easement, street, road, highway, sidewalk, park or other public place or property or designating various streets as public highways;
(M) Any ordinance establishing water, sewer or other special purpose districts and designating the boundaries thereof; providing for a system of sewers or water supply lines; or providing for the construction, extension, dedication, acceptance or abandonment of any part of a system of sewers or water supply lines;
(N) Any ordinance providing for the making of public improvements;
(O) Any ordinance providing for the salaries and compensation of officers and employees of the township or setting the bond of any officer or employee;
(P) Any ordinance concerning changes and amendments to the Zoning Map;
(Q) Any ordinance relating to or establishing a pension plan or pension fund for municipal employees, specifically including Ord. 2-91 and Ord. 1-93; and
(R) Any ordinance or portion of an ordinance establishing a specific fee amount for any license, permit or service obtained from the township.
(2003 Code, § 1-4) (Ord. 1-2003, passed 6-3-2003)