(A) American Legal Publishing’s Ohio Basic Code, 2021 Edition, as reviewed and approved by the Legislative Authority, is hereby adopted and enacted. Any prior version of the Ohio Basic Code which may have been previously adopted by the municipality is hereby repealed as obsolete and is hereby replaced in its entirety by the Ohio Basic Code, 2021 Edition.
(B) One copy of American Legal Publishing’s Ohio Basic Code, 2021 Edition, certified as correct by the Mayor and Clerk of the Legislative Authority, as required by R.C. § 731.23, shall be kept in its initial form on file in the office of the Clerk of the municipality and retained as a permanent ordinance record of the municipality. The Clerk of the municipality is authorized and directed to publish a summary of all new matters contained in the Code of Ordinances, as required by R.C. § 731.23. Such summary is attached to the ordinance codified herein and marked as “Exhibit A”.
(C) All ordinances and resolutions or parts thereof which are in conflict or inconsistent with any provision of the Ohio Basic Code, 2021 Edition, as adopted in division (A) hereof, are hereby repealed as of the effective date of the ordinance incorporated in this section, except as follows.
(1) The enactment of the Ohio Revised Code, 2021 Edition, 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 thereof. For such purposes, any such legislative provision shall continue in full force notwithstanding its repeal for the purpose of revision and codification.
(2) The repeal provided above shall not affect:
(a) The grant or creation of a franchise, license, right, easement, or privilege;
(b) The purchase, sale, lease, or transfer of property;
(c) The appropriation or expenditure of money or promise or guarantee of payment;
(d) The assumption of any contract or obligation;
(e) The issuance and delivery of any bonds, obligations, or other instruments of indebtedness;
(f) The levy or imposition of taxes, assessments, or charges;
(g) The establishment, naming, vacating, or grade level of any street or public way;
(h) The dedication of property or plat approval;
(i) The annexation or detachment of territory;
(j) Any legislation enacted subsequent to the adoption of this section; and
(k) Any legislation specifically superseding the provisions of the Ohio Basic Code.
(D) Whenever reference is made in any documents, publication, or signs of the municipality, including, but not limited to, traffic tickets and traffic-control signs, to a section as it existed in a former edition of the Ohio Basic Code, the reference shall extend and apply to the section referred to as subsequently amended, revised, recodified, or renumbered.
(Ord. 1603, passed 3-16-2021)