ADOPTING ORDINANCE

General Ordinance #8, 2018

AN ORDINANCE ENACTING A CODE OF ORDINANCES FOR THE TOWN OF NORTH MANCHESTER INDIANA, REVISING, AMENDING, RESTATING, CODIFYING AND COMPILING CERTAIN EXISTING GENERAL ORDINANCES OF THE TOWN OF NORTH MANCHESTER DEALING WITH SUBJECTS EMBRACED IN SUCH CODE OF ORDINANCES, AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.

   WHEREAS, the present general and permanent ordinances of the town 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 the municipality and for the proper conduct of its affairs; and

   WHEREAS, the Acts of the Legislature of the State of Indiana empower and authorize the town 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 book form; and

   WHEREAS, the Town Council of the town has authorized a general compilation, revision and codification of the ordinances of the town 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 the municipality that this ordinance take effect at an early date.

   NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE TOWN COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF NORTH MANCHESTER:

   SECTION 1.  The general ordinances of the town as revised, amended, restated, codified, and compiled in book form are hereby adopted as and shall constitute the “Code of Ordinances of the Town of North Manchester, Indiana.”

   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  All prior ordinances pertaining to the subjects treated in such Code of Ordinances shall be deemed repealed from and after the effective date of this ordinance except as they are included and reordained in whole or in part in such Code; provided, such repeal shall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 of 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.  Such Code shall be deemed published as of the day of its adoption and approval by the Town Council and the Clerk-Treasurer of the Town of North Manchester is hereby authorized and ordered to file a copy of such Code of Ordinances in the office of the Clerk.

   SECTION 5.  Such Code shall be in full force and effect as provided in Section 6, and such Code shall be presumptive evidence in all courts and places of the ordinances and all provisions, sections, penalties and regulation 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.

   SECTION 6. This ordinance is a measure necessary for the immediate preservation of the peace, health, safety, and general welfare of the people of this town, and shall take effect as of the date of passage.

PASSES AND ADOPTED by the Town Council of the Town of North Manchester on this 19th day of December, 2018.

   TOWN COUNCIL, TOWN OF NORTH MANCHESTER

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   Chalmer Tobias, President                                     

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   Laura Rager, Vice-President                                   

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   Tom Dale                                                                 

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   Allen Miracle                                                           

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   Jim Smith                                                               

ATTEST:

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Carrie Mugford, Clerk-Treasurer