ADOPTING ORDINANCES
ORDINANCE NO. 1988-16
ENACTING AS AN ORDINANCE, A CODE OF ORDINANCES FOR THE TOWN OF PENDLETON, INDIANA, REVISING, AMENDING, RESTATING, CODIFYING, AND COMPILING CERTAIN EXISTING ORDINANCES OF THE TOWN DEALING WITH SUBJECTS EMBRACED IN SAID CODE
WHEREAS, the present general ordinances of the Town of Pendleton are incomplete and inadequate and the manner of arrangement, classification, and indexing thereof is insufficient to meet the immediate needs of the Town; and,
WHEREAS, the Acts of the General Assembly of the State of Indiana empower and authorize the Town Board of every town to revise, amend, restate, 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 Town Board of the Town of Pendleton has authorized a general compilation, revision and codification of the ordinances of the Town of a general and permanent nature and publication of such ordinances in book form.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the Town Board of the Town of Pendleton, Indiana, that:
Section 1. The general ordinances of the Town of Pendleton, Indiana, as herein revised, amended, restated, codified and compiled in book form are adopted as and shall constitute, the "Code of Ordinances of the Town of Pendleton, 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 All prior ordinances pertaining to the subjects treated in said Code shall be deemed repealed from and after the effective date of said Code, except as they are included and reordained in whole or in part in said Code; provided, such repeal shall not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 Code shall be deemed published as of the day of its adoption and approval by the Town Board, and the Town Clerk is hereby authorized and ordered to file two (2) copies of said Code in the Office of the Town Clerk.
Section 5. Said Code shall be in full force and effect two (2) weeks from the date of its final publication and filing thereof in the Office of the Town 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.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Town Board of Pendleton, Indiana, this 13th day of September, 1988.
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Town Clerk