ORDINANCE NO. 2000-16
AN ORDINANCE REVISING, AMENDING, RESTATING, CODIFYING, AND COMPILING CERTAIN EXISTING GENERAL ORDINANCES OF THE TOWN DEALING WITH SUBJECTS EMBRACED IN SAID CODE.
WHEREAS, the present general ordinances of the Town of Lowell, Indiana are incomplete and inadequate and the manner of arrangement, classification, and indexing thereof is insufficient to meet the immediate needs of the Town, and
WHEREAS, I.C. 36-1-5 empowers and authorizes the Lowell Town Council to revise, amend, restate, codify, and compile any existing ordinance or ordinances and all new ordinances not heretofore adopted or published and to incorporate said ordinances of the Town of Lowell into a complete and simplified code;
WHEREAS, the Town Council of the Town of Lowell has authorized a general compilation, revision, and codification of the ordinances of the Town of a general and permanent nature and publication of such ordinances in book form.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the Town Council of the Town of Lowell, as follows:
Section 1. The general ordinances of the Town of Lowell as herein revised, amended, restated, codified, and compiled in book form are adopted as and shall constitute the "Town of Lowell, Indiana Code of Ordinances" pursuant to I.C. 36-1-5 et seq.
Section 2. Said Code, as adopted in Section 1 herein, shall consist of the following titles and parts thereof, to wit:
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 All prior ordinances pertaining to the subjects treated in said Code shall be deemed repealed from and after the effective date of said Code except as they are included and reordained in whole or in part in said Code; provided such repeal shall not affect any offense committed or penalty incurred or any right established prior to the effective date of said Code, nor shall such repeal affect the provisions of ordinances levying taxes, appropriating money, annexing or disannexing 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 easement, plat or dedication of land to public use, naming or vacating or setting the boundaries of streets, alleys, or other public places, nor to any other ordinance of a temporary or special nature or pertaining to subjects not contained therein.
Section 4. Said Code shall be deemed published as of the day of its adoption and final approval by the Lowell Town Council. The Clerk-Treasurer of the Town of Lowell is hereby authorized and ordered to file two (2) copies of the materials contained in said Code in the Office of the Clerk-Treasurer for the Town of Lowell for public inspection.
Section 5. Said Code shall be in full force and effect from the date of its publication and filing thereof in the Office of the Clerk-Treasurer, and said 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.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Town Council of the Town of Lowell this _____ day of August, 2000.
Robert Hatch /s/
Robert Hatch, President
Karen Brooker /s/
Ka ren Brooker, Vice President
Larry Just /s/
Larry Just, Member
Joseph Mika /s/
Joseph Mika, Member
Raymond Talarek /s/
Raymond Talarek, Member
ATTEST:
Judith Walters /s/
Judith Walters, Clerk-Treasurer
Town of Lowell, Indiana