ADOPTING ORDINANCES

ORDINANCE NO. 847

AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF WASECA, MINNESOTA AMENDING, RESTATING, REVISING, UPDATING, CODIFYING AND COMPILING CERTAIN ORDINANCES OF THE CITY DEALING WITH THE SUBJECTS EMBRACED IN THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, AND PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR THE VIOLATION OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES

   WHEREAS, Minnesota Statutes Sections 415.02 and 415.021, and Chapter 3 of the Waseca City Charter authorize the City to cause its ordinances to be codified and printed in a book;

   NOW THEREFORE the City of Waseca does ordain:

   Section 1. The general ordinances of the City as amended, restated, revised, updated, codified and compiled in book form, including penalties for the violations of various provisions thereof, are hereby adopted and shall constitute the “Code of Ordinances of the City of Waseca”. This Code of Ordinances also adopts by reference certain statutes and administrative rules of the State of Minnesota as named in the Code of Ordinances.

   Section 2. The Code of Ordinances as adopted in Section 1 shall consist of the following titles:

   Title I      General Provisions

   Title III   Administration

   Title V      Public Utilities

   Title VII   Traffic Code

   Title IX   General Regulations

   Title XI   Business Regulations

   Title XIII   General Offenses

   Title XV   Land Usage

   Table of Special Ordinances

   Parallel Reference

   Index

   Section 3. All prior ordinances, pertaining to the subjects treated in the Code of Ordinances, shall be deemed repealed from and after the effective date of this ordinance, except as they are included and re-ordinanced in whole or in part in the Code of Ordinances; provided, this repeal shall not affect any offense committed or penalty incurred or any right established prior to the effective date of this ordinance, nor shall this 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 this repeal affect any other ordinance of a temporary or special nature or pertaining to subjects not contained in or covered by the Code of Ordinances. All fees established in prior ordinances codified in this Code shall remain in effect unless amended in this code or until an ordinance adopting a fee schedule is adopted or amended.

   Section 4. This ordinance adopting the Code of Ordinances shall be a sufficient publication of any ordinance included in it and not previously published in the City’s official newspaper. The Records Secretary of the City shall cause a substantial quantity of the Code of Ordinances to be printed for general distribution to the public at actual cost and shall furnish a copy of the Code of Ordinances to the County Law Library or its designated depository. The official copy of this Code of Ordinances shall be marked and kept in the office of the Records Secretary.

   Section 5. The Code of Ordinances is declared to be prima facie evidence of the law of the City and shall be received as provided by Minnesota Statutes by the Courts of the State of Minnesota.

   Section 6. This ordinance adopting the Code of Ordinances, and the Code of Ordinances itself, shall take effect upon publication of the required document in the City’s official newspaper.

   Adopted by the City Council of the City of Waseca, Minnesota this 6 day of July, 2004.

   /s/ Thomas K. Hagen  
   THOMAS K. HAGEN
   MAYOR

ATTEST:

/s/ Mary Buenzow

MARY BUENZOW

RECORDS SECRETARY

Introcuded: June 15, 2004

Adopted: July 6, 2004

Published: July 13, 2004

Effective: July 23, 2004