ADOPTING ORDINANCE NO. 1984-39
INTRODUCED BY: Mayor Croucher
AN ORDINANCE TO APPROVE, ADOPT AND ENACT THE CODIFIED ORDINANCES; TO REPEAL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT THEREWITH; TO PUBLISH THE ENACTMENT OF NEW MATTER, AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
   WHEREAS, the Council of the Village of Moreland Hills, Ohio, has had the matter of codification and general revision of the ordinances before it for some time, and
 
   WHEREAS, it has heretofore entered into a contract with the Walter H. Drane Company to prepare and publish such codification, and
 
   WHEREAS, the codification of such ordinances, together with the new matter to be adopted, the matters to be amended and those to be repealed are before the Council,
 
   NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED By the Council of the Village of Moreland Hills, County of Cuyahoga, and State of Ohio: that
 
   SECTION 1. The ordinances of the Village of Moreland Hills, Ohio of a general and permanent nature, as revised, codified, rearranged and consolidated into component codes, titles, chapters and sections are hereby approved, adopted and enacted as the Codified Ordinances of Moreland Hills, Ohio 1984.
   Through authentication and approval of this ordinance the Mayor and Clerk of Council shall certify that the permanent and general ordinances of the Village as codified therein are correctly set forth and constitute the Codified Ordinances of the Village of Moreland Hills, Ohio.
 
   SECTION 2. The provisions of this ordinance, including all provisions of the Codified Ordinances, shall be in ful1 force and effect from and immediately after passage of this ordinance and approval by the Mayor. All ordinances and resolutions or parts thereof which are inconsistent with any provisions of the Codified Ordinances, are hereby repealed as of the effective date of this ordinance, except as follows: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 provision 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 violation of any such legislative provision, nor to affect an indictment or prosecution therefor. For such purposes, any such legislative provision shall continue in full force notwithstanding its repeal for the purpose of revision and recodification.
   (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 expenditures 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 instrument 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 May 8, 1984.
 
   SECTION 3. Any section of the 1984 Codified Ordinances without a legislative history at the end thereof indicates that such section contains new matter ordained by this Adopting Ordinance.
 
   SECTION 4. Pursuant to Section 123.01 of the Codified Ordinances, the Clerk of Council shall post a copy of this ordinance together with a copy of the Codified Ordinances for a period of not less than fifteen days at the five most public places in the City, as set forth in Section 123.01.
 
   SECTION 5. This ordinance is hereby declared to be an emergency measure necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health and safety for the reason that it is imperative to adopt the Codified Ordinances at the earliest possible time to facilitate the administration and daily operation of the Village and avoid practical and legal entanglements; wherefore this ordinance shall take effect and be in force immediately upon its passage and approval by the Mayor
 
/s/    Alvin T. Croucher
   MAYOR
 
PASSED:   July 11, 1984
 
ATTEST:
 
/s/    Katherine S. Konicky
   Clerk of Council
 
 
CONTENTS
PRELIMINARY UNIT
CODIFIED ORDINANCES OF MORELAND HILLS, OHIO
      CHARTER
      PART ONE -       Administrative Code
      PART THREE -    Traffic Code
      PART FIVE -    General Offenses Code
      PART SEVEN -    Business Regulation Code
      PART NINE -    Streets, Utilities, Public Services and Engineering Code
      PART ELEVEN -    Planning and Zoning Code
      PART THIRTEEN -    Building Code
      PART FIFTEEN -    Fire Prevention Code