MILTON, WEST VIRGINIA CODE OF ORDINANCES

AN ORDINANCE TO APPROVE THE 2021 CODIFIED ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF MILTON; TO ADOPT NEW MATTER; AND TO AMEND AND REPEAL CERTAIN OBSOLETE AND CONFLICTING LEGISLATIVE PROVISIONS

WHEREAS the Council of the City of Milton has made the determination that the ordinances of the City of a permanent and general nature be recodified;

WHEREAS Council has heretofore entered into a contract with American Legal Publishing Corporation to prepare and publish a recodification of the City of Milton’s Ordinances;

WHEREAS the recodification of such ordinances, together with new matter to be adopted, the matters to be amended and those to be repealed are before Council; and,

WHEREAS copies of such recodification have been made available to the public as provided in these Ordinances.

NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF MILTON, CABELL COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA:

Section 1. The ordinances of the City of Milton, West Virginia, of a general and permanent nature, as revised, codified, rearranged and consolidated into component codes, chapters, articles and sections are hereby approved, adopted and enacted as the Codified Ordinances of the City of Milton, West Virginia, 2021.

Section 2. Pursuant to W.Va. Code §8-11-4(b):

(a) Notice of the proposed adoption of the Codified Ordinances shall be given by publication as provided in W.Va. Code 8-11-4(a)(2);

(b) Through authentication of this Ordinance the Mayor shall certify the 2021 City of Milton Codified Ordinances which shall be filed as a permanent record in the office of the Recorder.

Section 3. The provisions of this Ordinance, including all provisions of the Codified Ordinances, shall be in full force and effect as provided by law. All ordinances and resolutions or parts thereof enacted prior to August 3, 2021, which are inconsistent with any provision of the Codified Ordinances, are hereby repealed as of the effective date of this Ordinance except as follows:

(a) The enactment of the Codified Ordinances shall not be construed to affect a right or liability accrued or incurred under any legislative provisions prior to the effective date of such enactment, or an action or proceeding for the enforcement of such right or liability. Such enactment shall not be construed to relieve any person from punishment for an act committed in the violation of any such legislative provisions, now or affect an indictment or prosecution therefor. For such purposes, any such legislative provisions shall continue in full force notwithstanding its repeal for the purpose of revision and codification.

(b) The repeal provided above shall not affect:

(1) The grant or creation of a franchise, license, right, easement or privilege.

(2) The purchase, sale, lease or transfer of property.

(3) The appropriation or expenditure of money or promise or guarantee of payment.

(4) The assumption of any contract or obligation.

(5) The issuance and delivery of any bonds, obligations or other instruments of indebtedness.

(6) The levy or imposition of taxes, assessments or charges.

(7) The establishment, naming, vacating or grade level of any street or public way.

(8) The dedication of property or plat approval.

(9) The annexation or detachment of territory.

(10) Any legislation enacted subsequent to August 3, 2021.

Section 4. This Ordinance shall become effective upon the second reading and passage hereof.

FIRST READING:	(PASS/FAIL) ON December 7, 2021
SECOND READING:	(PASS/FAIL) ON January 4, 2022

	THE CITY OF MILTON
	/s/ Tom Canterbury
	By: Tom Canterbury, Mayor
	/s/ Dana L. Walters
	By: Dana Walters, Recorder

CERTIFICATION

I, Tom Canterbury, Mayor of the City of Milton, pursuant to W.Va. Code §8-11-4(b), hereby certify that the general and permanent ordinances of the City of Milton, West Virginia, as revised, rearranged, compiled, renumbered as to sections, recodified and printed herewith in component codes are correctly set forth and constitute the Codified Ordinances of the City of St. Albans, 2021, as amended to August 3, 2021.

	THE CITY OF MILTON
	/s/ Tom Canterbury
	By: Tom Canterbury, Mayor

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