ADOPTING ORDINANCES
ORDINANCE NO. CO-23-18
AN ORDINANCE ENACTING A CODE OF ORDINANCES FOR MORGAN COUNTY, UTAH, REVISING, AMENDING, RESTATING, CODIFYING, AND COMPILING CERTAIN EXISTING GENERAL ORDINANCES OF MORGAN COUNTY DEALING WITH SUBJECTS EMBRACED IN SUCH CODE OF ORDINANCES.
WHEREAS, the present general and permanent ordinances of Morgan County are inadequately arranged and classified and are insufficient in form and substance for the complete preservation of the public peace, health, safety, and general welfare of Morgan County and for the proper conduct of its affairs; and
WHEREAS, the acts of the Legislature of the State of Utah empower and authorize Morgan County to revise, amend, restate, codify, and compile any existing ordinances and all new ordinances not heretofore adopted or published and to incorporate such ordinances into one ordinance in book form; and
WHEREAS, the Morgan County Commission has authorized a general compilation, revision, and codification of the ordinances of Morgan County of a general and permanent nature and publication of such ordinance in book form; and
WHEREAS, it is necessary to provide for the usual daily operation of the municipality and for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, safety, and general welfare of Morgan County that this ordinance take effect at an early date;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNTY COMMISSION OF MORGAN COUNTY, STATE OF UTAH:
Section 1. The general ordinances of Morgan County as revised, amended, restated, codified, and compiled in book form are hereby adopted as and shall constitute the "Code of Ordinances of Morgan County, Utah."
Section 2. Such Code of Ordinances as adopted in Section 1 shall consist of the following Titles:
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
Section 3. All prior ordinances pertaining to the subjects treated in such Code of Ordinances shall be deemed repealed from and after the effective date of this ordinance except as they are included and reordained in whole or in part in such Code except for CO-23-10, CO-23-11, CO-23-12, CO-23-13, CO-23-14, CO-23-15, CO-23-16, and CO-23-17 which shall be incorporated by reference and remain in full force and effect; 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 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.
Section 4. If any section, part, or provision of this Ordinance is held invalid or unenforceable, such invalidity or unenforceability shall not affect any other portion of this Ordinance, and all sections, parts and provisions of this Ordinance shall be severable.
Section 5. This Ordinance shall become effective after subsequent publication in accordance with State Law, but not before 15 days after its passage.
APPROVED, ADOPTED AND PASSED and ordered published by the Morgan County Commission, this 7th Day of November 2023.
ATTEST:
/s/ Leslie Hyde MORGAN COUNTY GOVERNING BODY
Leslie Hyde
Morgan County Clerk
/s/ Mike Newton
Mike Newton, County Commission Chair
APPROVED AS TO FORM
/s/ Garrett Smith Commission Members Voting:
Garrett Smith AYE NAY ABSENT
Morgan County Attorney Robert McConnell x
Mike Newton x
Matthew Wilson x
Jared Anderson x
Blaine Fackrell x