ADOPTING ORDINANCES

ORDINANCE NO. 1991-8

An Ordinance Adopting and Enacting a New Code for the Town of Surf City; Providing for the Repeal of Certain Ordinances Not Included Therein; Providing a Penalty for the Violation Thereof; Providing for the Manner of Amending Such Code; and Providing When Such Code and This Ordinance Shall Become Effective. 

Be it Ordained by the Council of the Town of Surf City: 

Section 1. The Code entitled "Code of Ordinances, Town of Surf City, North Carolina," published by Municipal Code Corporation consisting of Chapters 1 through 19, each inclusive, is adopted.

Section 2. All ordinances of a general and permanent nature enacted on or before October 2, 1990, and not included in the Code or recognized and continued in force by reference therein, are repealed.

Section 3. The repeal provided for in Section 2 hereof shall not be construed to revive any ordinance or part thereof that has been repealed by a subsequent ordinance that is repealed by this ordinance.

Section 4. Unless another penalty is expressly provided, every person convicted of a violation of any provision of the Code or any ordinance, rule or regulation adopted or issued in pursuance thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not more than fifty dollars ($50.00) or imprisonment for not more than thirty (30) days or both. Each act of violation and each day upon which any such violation shall occur shall constitute a separate offense. The penalty provided by this section, unless another penalty is expressly provided shall apply to the amendment of any Code section whether or not such penalty is reenacted in the amendatory ordinance. In addition to the penalty prescribed above, the council may pursue other remedies such as abatement of nuisances, injunctive relief, and revocation of licenses or permits.

Section 5. Additions or amendments to the Code when passed in the form as to indicate the intention of the council to make the same a part of the Code shall be deemed to be incorporated in the Code, so that reference to the Code includes the additions and amendments.

Section 6. Ordinances adopted after October 2, 1990 that amend or refer to ordinances that have been codified in the Code, shall be construed as if they amend or refer to like provisions of the Code.

Section 7. This ordinance shall become effective upon adoption.

Passed and adopted by the town council this 4th day of June, 1991.

 

	/s/ Douglas C. Medlin Mayor
/s/ Janet Chamblee Town Clerk

Certificate of Adoption

I hereby certify that the foregoing is a true copy of the ordinance passed at the regular meeting of the Town Council of the Town of Surf City, North Carolina held on the 4th day of June, 1991. 

 

	/s/ Janet Chamblee Town Clerk