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