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202.07   DETERMINATION OF LEGISLATIVE INTENT.
   (a)   In enacting a provision of these Codified Ordinances, it is presumed that:
      (1)   Compliance with the Constitutions of the State and of the United States is intended;
      (2)   The entire provision is intended to be effective;
      (3)   A just and reasonable result is intended;
      (4)   A result feasible of execution is intended.
(ORC 1.47)
   (b)   A provision of these Codified Ordinances is presumed to be prospective in its operation unless it is expressly made retrospective.
(ORC 1.48)
   (c)   If a provisions of these Codified Ordinances is ambiguous, the court, in determining the intention of Council, may consider, among other matters:
      (1)   The object sought to be attained;
      (2)   The circumstances under which provision was enacted;
      (3)   The legislative history;
      (4)   The common law or former legislative provisions, including laws upon the same or similar subjects;
      (5)   The consequences of a particular construction; and
      (6)   The administrative construction of the provision.
(ORC 1.49)
202.08   SEPARABILITY.
   If any provision of a section of these Codified Ordinances or the application thereof to any person or circumstances is held invalid, the invalidity does not affect other provisions or applications of the section or related sections which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions are separable.
(ORC 1.50)
202.99   GENERAL PENALTY.
   Whenever, in these Codified Ordinances or in any ordinance of the Municipality, any act is prohibited or is made or declared to be unlawful or an offense or a misdemeanor, or whenever the doing of any act is required or the failure to do any act is declared to be unlawful, the commission or performance of such act, or the failure to commit or perform such act, as required, shall, unless another penalty is provided on a first offense, a minor misdemeanor and shall be fined one hundred fifty dollars ($150.00). On a second offense it shall be a third degree misdemeanor and the offender shall be fined five hundred dollars ($500.00) and/or a maximum sentence of 60 days. Any subsequent offenses shall be deemed a first degree misdemeanor and the offender shall be fined between zero dollars ($0) and one thousand dollars ($1,000) and/or imprisoned from 0 to 180 days for each offense. A separate offense shall be deemed committed each day during or on which a violation or noncompliance occurs or continues, unless otherwise provided.
(Ord. 2008-40. Passed 10-21-08; Ord. 2017-4. Passed 3-21-17.)