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The continuance in effect of temporary and/or special ordinances, although omitted from the code, shall not be affected by such omission therefrom; and the adoption of the code shall not repeal or amend any such ordinance or part of any such ordinance. Among the temporary and/or special ordinances not repealed or amended by the adoption of the code, are the following: ordinances creating, opening, dedicating, vacating, or closing specific streets, alleys and other public ways; naming or changing the names of specific streets and other public ways; defining corporate limits or boundaries; establishing the grades of specific streets and other public ways; authorizing or relating to specific issues of bonds; creating or relating to specific sewer and paving districts and other specific local improvement districts; making special assessments for local improvements; annexing territory to, or excluding territory from, the city; calling or providing for a special election; approving or authorizing specific contracts with the state or with others; authorizing a specific lease, sale, or purchase of property; granting rights of way or other rights and privileges to specific railroad companies or other public carriers; granting a specific public utility or any other person, firm, or corporation the right or privilege of constructing lines in the streets and alleys or of otherwise using the streets and alleys; granting a franchise to a specific public utility, or regulating a specific public utility; affecting the city budget or relating to salaries of city officers or employees and any other contracts or obligations of the city. (Ord. 454 §9, 1977)
A. The city clerk shall carefully examine at least one copy of the code adopted by the ordinance codified in this chapter to see that it is a true copy of the code. Similarly, after each change, or supplement, has been prepared, printed, and inserted in the code, the city clerk shall carefully examine at least one copy of the code as amended to see that it is a true and correct copy of the code as amended. The city clerk shall then insert a certificate in the front of the true and correct copy or copies of the code certifying substantially that the code is a true and correct copy of the code of ordinances of the city including all permanent and general ordinances passed or adopted prior to the date to which the code has been brought up to date and still in effect as of that date.
B. One copy of the code so bound shall be kept in the office of the city clerk at all times, and may be inspected by any interested person at any time during regular office hours.
C. The city clerk shall deposit one copy of the code adopted by this ordinance with the Oklahoma County law library and two (2) copies of such code with the clerk of the supreme court of the state. In addition, the city clerk shall cause certified copies of the ordinance codified in this chapter to be filed with the Oklahoma county clerk and with the clerk of the supreme court of the state. (Ord. 454 §10, 1977)
The provisions of this code shall not in any manner affect matters of record which refer to or are otherwise connected with ordinances which are therein specifically designated by number or otherwise and which are included within the code, but such reference shall be construed to apply to the corresponding provisions contained within this code. (Ord. 454 §12, 1977)
Neither the adoption of this code nor the repeal or amendments of any ordinance or part or portion of any ordinance of the city shall in any manner affect the prosecution for violations of ordinances, which violations were committed prior to the effective date hereof; nor be construed as a waiver of any license, fee, or penalty at such effective date due and unpaid under such ordinances; nor be construed as affecting any of the provisions of such ordinances relating to the collection of any such license, fee, or penalty, or the penal provisions applicable to any violation thereof; nor to affect the validity of any bond or cash deposit in lieu thereof required to be posted, filed or deposited pursuant to any ordinance, and all rights and obligations thereunder appertaining shall continue in full force and effect. (Ord. 454 §13, 1977)
If any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this code is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this code. The council declares that it would have passed this code, and each section, subsection, sentence, clause and phrase thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, subsections, sentences, clauses or phrases had been declared invalid or unconstitutional, and if for any reason this code should be declared invalid or unconstitutional, then the original ordinance or ordinances shall be in full force and effect. (Ord. 454 §15, 1977)