ADOPTING ORDINANCE

ORDINANCE NO. 444

AN ORDINANCE ENACTING A CODE OF ORDINANCES FOR THE VILLAGE OF HOLLY REVISING, AMENDING, RESTATING, CODIFYING AND COMPILING CERTAIN EXISTING ORDINANCES OF THE VILLAGE OF HOLLY.

   WHEREAS, the Home Rule Village Act (Act 278 of 1909) authorizes the Village to revise, amend, restate, recodify and compile any existing ordinances into a new code of ordinances; and

   WHEREAS, the Village Council has authorized a general compilation, revision and recodification of the ordinances of the Village.

THE VILLAGE COUNCIL HEREBY ORDAINS:

Section 1. Codification of Ordinances.

   The ordinances of the Village of Holly as revised, amended, restated, recodified, and compiled in book form are hereby adopted as and shall constitute the "Code of Ordinances of the Village of Holly." Copies of the Code of Ordinances can be viewed or obtained in the offices of the Village Clerk located at the Karl Richter Community Center, 300 East Street, Holly, Michigan 48442.

Section 2. Effective Date.

   This ordinance shall become effective thirty (30) days after publication.

Section 3. Repealer.

   All prior ordinances pertaining to the subjects treated in the Code of Ordinances shall be deemed repealed from and after the effective date of this ordinance except as they are included and reordained in whole or in part in such Code; provided, such repeal shall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

Enactment of the foregoing ordinance was moved by President Bladzik and seconded by President Pro-Tern Musgrave.

Voting for: Heiple, Kleven, Cruickshank, Musgrave, Rankin, Allsop, Bladzik

Voting against: None

Absent: None

The ordinance was declared enacted by the Village President.

August 9, 2016                  /s/
Date                        Ryan Bladzik, Village President

CERTIFICATION

                        /s/

                        Cathrene A. Behrens, Clerk/Treasurer

   The foregoing is a true copy of Ordinance No. 444 which was enacted by the village council of the Village of Holly at a regular meeting of the Village Council held the 9th day of August, 2016.