ADOPTING ORDINANCE
ORDINANCE 2021-7
AN ORDINANCE ENACTING A CODE OF ORDINANCES FOR THE VILLAGE OF SOUTH CHARLESTON, OHIO, REVISING, AMENDING, RESTATING, CODIFYING AND COMPILING CERTAIN EXISTING GENERAL ORDINANCES OF THE POLITICAL SUBDIVISION DEALING WITH SUBJECTS EMBRACED IN SUCH CODE OF ORDINANCES, AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
WHEREAS, the present general and permanent ordinances of the political subdivision 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 Ohio empower and authorize the political subdivision 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 in book form; and
WHEREAS, the Legislative Authority of the Political Subdivision has authorized a general compilation, revision and codification of the ordinances of the Political Subdivision 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 LEGISLATIVE AUTHORITY OF THE POLITICAL SUBDIVISION OF THE VILLAGE OF SOUTH CHARLESTON:
Section 1. The general ordinances of the Political Subdivision as revised, amended, restated, codified, and compiled in book form are hereby adopted as and shall constitute the "Code of Ordinances of the Village of South Charleston."
Section 2. Such Code of Ordinances as adopted in Section 1 shall consist of the Titles:
VILLAGE OF SOUTH CHARLESTON, OHIO
TABLE OF CONTENTS
CHARTER
Chapter
TITLE I: GENERAL PROVISIONS
10. General Provisions
TITLE III: ADMINISTRATION
30. General Provisions
31. Village Boards and Commissions
32. Police Department
33. Village Policies
34. Emergency Management
35. Income Taxation
36. Finances and Funds
TITLE V: PUBLIC WORKS
50. General Provisions
51. Water
52. Sewers
53. Storm Water Sewer Service
54. Water Use Restriction
55. Backflow
TITLE VII: TRAFFIC CODE
70. General Provisions
71. Licensing Provisions
72. Traffic Rules
73. Motor Vehicle Crimes
74. Equipment and Loads
75. Bicycles, Motorcycles, and Off-road Vehicles
76. Parking Regulations
77. Railroads
TITLE IX: GENERAL REGULATIONS
90. Nuisances
91. Curbs, Gutters and Sidewalks
92. Cemetery
93. Trees, Weeds, Shrubbery and Grasses
94. Animals and Fowl
95. Parades, Assemblages and Street Blockages
96. Health, Safety and Sanitation
TITLE XI: BUSINESS REGULATIONS
110. Peddlers and Solicitors
111. Liquor Control
TITLE XIII: GENERAL OFFENSES
130. General Provisions
131. Offenses Against Property
132. Offenses Against Public Peace
133. Sex Offenses
134. Gambling Offenses
135. Offenses Against Persons
136. Offenses Against Justice and Administration
137. Weapons Control
138. Drug Offenses
TITLE XV: LAND USAGE
150. Building Regulations
151. Subdivisions
152. Zoning
TABLE OF SPECIAL ORDINANCES
Table
I. Annexations
II. Vacations
III. Easements
IV. Enterprise Zones
V. Agreements and Contracts
VI. Street Renaming
VII. Zoning Map Changes
PARALLEL REFERENCES
Historical References to the Ohio Revised Code
References to Resolutions
References to Ordinances
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 Legislative Authority and the Clerk of the Political Subdivision 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 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.
Section 6. This ordinance is declared to be an emergency measure necessary for the immediate preservation of the peace, health, safety and the general welfare of the people of this municipality, and shall take effect at the earliest date proved by law.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Legislative Authority of the Political Subdivison on this 2nd day of March, 2021.
ATTESTED:
Sam Stucky /s/ Jessica N. Hiser /s/
PRESIDENT, Sam Stucky CLERK, Jessica N. Hiser