ORDINANCE NO. 02-08

AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING A RECODIFICATION OF THE CITY OF MOUNT VERNON, INDIANA CODE OF ORDINANCES

   WHEREAS, the Acts of the General Assembly of the State of Indiana empower and authorize the common council of every city to revise, amend, codify and to compile any existing ordinance or ordinances and all new ordinances not heretofore adopted or published and to incorporate said ordinances into one ordinance in book form; and

   WHEREAS, the Common Council of the City of Mount Vernon has previously authorized a general compilation, revision and codification of the ordinances of the City of a general and permanent nature and publication of such ordinances in book form; and

   WHEREAS, the existing Code of Ordinances for the City of Mount Vernon, Indiana is in a format that is not easily updated and it would be cost effective to re-codify the existing code in a computer format;

   NOW THEREFORE BE IT ORDAINED, by the Common Council of the City of Mount Vernon, Posey County, Indiana that:

   Section 1. The general ordinances of the City of Mount Vernon, Indiana, as herein revised, amended, restated, re-codified and compiled in book form are adopted as and shall constitute the "Code of Ordinances of the City of Mount Vernon, Indiana."

   Section 2. Said Code as adopted in Section 1 shall consist of the following titles, 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 All prior ordinances pertaining to the subjects treated in said code shall be deemed repealed from and after the effective date of said Code except as they are included and reordained in whole or in part in said Code; provided such repeal shall not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 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, plats 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 re-codified Code shall be deemed published as of the day of its adoption and approval by the Mayor, and the Clerk of the City of Mount Vernon is hereby authorized and ordered to file a copy of said Code in the Office of the Clerk.

   Section 5. Said Code shall be in full force and effect upon adoption and filing thereof in the Office of the Clerk, 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.

   ORDAINED AND PASSED by the Common Council of the City of Mount Vernon, Indiana, this 13th day of May, 2002.

                     Jackson L. Higgins /s/
                     Presiding Officer

   Presented by me to the Mayor of the City of Mount Vernon, Indiana, at 7:30 o'clock p.m., on the 13th day of May, 2002, for his consideration and action thereon.

                     Cristi Wolfe /s/
                     Clerk-Treasurer

   Having examined the foregoing Ordinance I do now, as the Mayor of the City of Mt. Vernon, Indiana, approve said Ordinance and return the same to the Clerk-Treasurer this 13th day of May, 1992.

                     Jackson L. Higgins /s/
                     Jackson L. Higgins, Mayor

ATTEST:

Laura C. Bullard /s/
Laura C. Bullard, Clerk-Treasurer