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(A) This code is declared a public document and the Clerk-Treasurer shall provide for the making of printed copies thereof in booklet form and for the publication of copies by the town or by a private publisher so any person who desires to obtain a copy for his use and information may do so.
(B) The production of the printed code in booklet form and publication thereof by making copies available for public acquisition and distribution, as provided in this section, is for the purpose of and shall be construed to fulfill all printing and publication requirements as provided by IC 36-1-5-5 and IC 36-5-2-10(b)(1).
(1) If the printed code is published and made available through the town, the Clerk- Treasurer shall establish and collected a charge for each copy, which charge shall be sufficient to recoup the costs to the town incurred for the printing of the code volume and the administrative costs of publication.
(2) If the printed code is published and made available by and through a private publisher, the private publisher may establish and charge a reasonable price for each copy of the code ordered by a member of the public.
(C) At least one copy of the printed code shall be filed and kept in the office of the Clerk- Treasurer and the Clerk-Treasurer shall permit any person wishing to do so to examine the code or make copies of any part thereof, as provided by IC 5-14-3-8.
('85 Code, § 1-1-6)
When the text of any materials are incorporated into and made a substantive part of any provision of this code or a supplementary ordinance by reference, rather than being directly set forth, those materials are declared to be and are made public documents and two copies of each such complete document or of that portion thereof so incorporated by reference shall be kept on file in the office of the Clerk-Treasurer and made available for public inspection and copying in the same manner as other public documents. However, this requirement does not apply to instances where a statute or similar law or written regulation, already being a promulgated public document, is cited or referenced merely for the purpose of establishing legal basis or authority, legal procedure or legal precedent incident to the implementation or administration of a provision of this code; nor to instances where some such document or portion thereof is not incorporated as an actual substantive part of the provision but is cited or referred to merely for the purpose of establishing administrative guidelines, standards, or procedures incidental to the administration of the substantive parts of the provision.
('85 Code, § 1-2-6)
(A) In the event two provisions of this code or any supplementary ordinance are conflicting, mutually contradictory or cannot consistently stand together and be coherently applied, either in general or with respect to any particular matter, then the most recently enacted provision shall prevail and be applied. In the case of any two such conflicting provisions of this code which are re- enacted or restated provisions of any prior ordinances, the most recently enacted provision is that provision which was formerly part of the most recently adopted prior ordinance, notwithstanding the fact the prior ordinance, per se, may have been repealed. ('85 Code, § 1-2-7)
(B) This code is, in all respects, subordinate to the laws of the state, except to the extent that any law expressly makes a provision of this code superior; and except in such case, if any provision of this code is found to be prohibited by or in conflict with a provision of any state statute, whether the statute was enacted prior or subsequent to the enactment of the prohibited or conflicting code provision, then the provision of this statute shall prevail. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent the Town Council from enacting any provision which is collateral or supplementary to a statute and any such provision shall be invalid only if and to the extent that it is overtly consistent with a prescriptive or proscriptive provision of the statute, preempts the actual field of operation of a statute, impairs or denies a right, privilege or power conferred on any person by a statute, prevents or impairs any person from performing a duty or other act required to be performed by a statute or contravenes the purpose for which a statute was enacted by the General Assembly; but provided further that no such collateral or supplementary provision shall fix or apply a penalty of fine or other forfeiture for any act or condition which is also a penal violation of any statute.
('85 Code, § 1-2-8)
(A) Any person, firm, or corporation who violates any provision of this code for which another penalty is not specifically provided shall, upon conviction, be subject to a fine not exceeding:
(1) More than $2,500 for a first violation; and
(2) Except as provided in division (A)(3), more than $7,500 for a second or subsequent violation.
(3) Division (A)(2) above does not apply to the violation of an ordinance that regulates traffic or parking.
(B) A separate offense shall be deemed committed upon each day during which a violation occurs or continues.
(IC 36-1-3-8(a)(10))