Adopting Ordinance

ORDINANCE NO. 61-80

AN ORDINANCE TO APPROVE, ADOPT AND ENACT THE 1980 CODIFIED ORDINANCES

   WHEREAS, the ordinances of the City need to be recodified due to the adoption of the City Charter, and

   WHEREAS, the City has heretofore entered into a contract with the Walter H. Drane Company to prepare and publish such recodification, and

   WHEREAS, the recodification of such ordinances, together with the new matter to be adopted, the matters to be amended and those to be repealed are before the Council,

   NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF REYNOLDSBURG, OHIO:

   SECTION 1. That the ordinances of the City of Reynoldsburg, Ohio, of a general and permanent nature, as revised, recodified, rearranged and consolidated into component codes, titles, chapters and sections are hereby approved, adopted and enacted as the Codified Ordinances of Reynoldsburg, Ohio, 1980.

   One book-form copy of the Codified Ordinances shall be certified as correct by the Mayor and the Clerk of Council, attached to this Ordinance as a part hereof, and filed with the permanent ordinance records of the City of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.

   SECTION 2. That the provisions of this Ordinance, including all provisions of the Codified Ordinances, shall be in full force and effect from and immediately after passage of this Ordinance as provided in Section 5. All ordinances and resolutions or parts thereof enacted prior to April 27, 1980, which are inconsistent with any provision of the Codified Ordinances, are hereby repealed as of the effective date of this Ordinance, except as follows:

   (a)   The enactment of the Codified Ordinances 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 therefor. For such purposes, any such legislative provision shall continue in full force notwithstanding its repeal for the purpose of revision and modification.

   (b)   The repeal provided above shall not affect:

      (1)   The grant or creation of a franchise, license, right, easement or privilege;

      (2)   The purchase, sale, lease or transfer of property;

      (3)   The appropriation or expenditure of money or promise or guarantee of payment;

      (4)   The assumption of any contract or obligation;

      (5)   The issuance and delivery of any bonds, obligations or other instruments of indebtedness;

      (6)   The levy or imposition of taxes, assessments or charges;

      (7)   The establishment, naming, vacating or grade level of any street or public way;

      (8)   The dedication of property or plat approval;

      (9)   The annexation or detachment of territory;

      (10)   Any legislation enacted subsequent to April 27, 1980.

   SECTION 3. That the Clerk of Council pursuant to Section 4.13 of the Charter shall cause a notice of the proposed adoption of this Ordinance to be published one time in a newspaper of circulation in the City at least seven days prior to its adoption.

   SECTION 4. That each section of the Codified Ordinances without an ordinance or resolution history at the end thereof indicates that the section contains new material which is hereby enacted by this adopting ordinance.

   SECTION 5. That this Ordinance shall become effective immediately upon approval thereof by Council as provided in Section 4.13 of the Charter.

PASSED: July 14, 1980         /s/ Michael H. Cochran

                  President of Council

ATTEST    /s/ Sonja A. Herd

      Clerk of Council

APPROVED   /s/ John K. Francis       DATE July 15, 1980

      Mayor