ADOPTING ORDINANCE NO. 87-13

PASSED May 4, 1987

AN ORDINANCE APPROVING, ADOPTING AND ENACTING THE CODIFIED ORDINANCES OF VERMILION, OHIO, 1987; REPEALING ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS IN CONFLICT THEREWITH; PUBLISHING THE ENACTMENT OF NEW MATTER; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.

   WHEREAS, the Council of the City of Vermilion, Ohio, has had the matter of recodification and general revision of the legislation of the City before it for some time; and

   WHEREAS, the Council has heretofore entered into a contract with The Justinian Publishing Company to prepare and publish such codification; and

   WHEREAS, the codification of such legislation, together with the new matter to be adopted, the matters to be amended and those to be repealed, is before the Council.

   NOW, THEREFORE BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the City of Vermilion, Counties of Erie and Lorain, State of Ohio:

   Section 1: That the ordinances and resolutions of the City of Vermilion, Ohio, of a general and permanent nature, as revised, codified, arranged and consolidated into component codes, titles, chapters and sections, are hereby approved, adopted and enacted as the Codified Ordinances of Vermilion, Ohio, 1987.

   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 Vermilion, Ohio.

   Section 2: That ordinances and resolutions or parts thereof enacted prior to February 16, 1987, which are inconsistent with any provision of the Codified Ordinances, are hereby repealed as of the effective date of this ordinance, except as follows: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 recodification.

   (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 February 16, 1987.

   Section 3: That pursuant to Article III, Section 9, of the City Charter, and Section 212.01 of the Codified Ordinances, the Clerk of Council shall post a copy of this ordinance, together with notice as to where copies of the Codified Ordinances hereby approved, adopted and enacted, may be examined, in the five public places set forth in Section 212.01 of the Codified Ordinances for a period of not less than fifteen days.

   Section 4: That all sections and subsections of the Codified Ordinances without an ordinance or resolution history or with the words "Adopting Ordinance" at the end thereof are or contain new matter ordained by this Adopting Ordinance.

   Section 5: That this ordinance is hereby declared to be an emergency measure necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, safety and welfare of the City of Vermilion and the inhabitants thereof for the reason that it is necessary to have an up-to-date codification of the laws of the City, one which is consistent with the latest State law, where such consistency is required by the Ohio Constitution, with which to administer the affairs of the City and ensure law and order; and provided it receives the majority vote of two-thirds or more of those elected or appointed to City Council, it shall go into full force immediately after its passage and its approval by the Mayor; otherwise it shall take effect at the earliest period allowed by law.

PASSED:   5/4/87   

/s/   James R. Liljegren

   PRESIDENT OF COUNCIL

ATTEST:   5/4/87   

/s/   Eileen Bulan   

   CLERK OF COUNCIL

APPROVED:   5/4/87   

/s/   Hobart A. Johnson   

   MAYOR

CONTENTS

CODIFIED ORDINANCES OF VERMILION

         CHARTER 

         PART TWO -    Administration Code

         PART FOUR -    Traffic Code

         PART SIX -       General Offenses Code

         PART EIGHT -    Business Regulation and Taxation Code

         PART TEN -       Streets and Public Services Code

         PART TWELVE -    Planning and Zoning Code

         PART FOURTEEN -   Building Code

         PART SIXTEEN -    Fire Prevention Code