§ 1-1-9 PUBLIC UTILITY ORDINANCES.

   No ordinance relating to railroads or railroad crossings with streets and other public ways, or relating to the conduct, duties, service or rates of public utilities shall be repealed by virtue of the adoption of this city code or by virtue of the preceding section, excepting as this city code shall be considered as amending such ordinance or ordinances in respect to such provisions only.

(1993 Code, § 1-1-9)

§ 1-1-10 COURT PROCEEDINGS.

   (A)   No new ordinance shall be construed or held to repeal a former ordinance, whether such former ordinance is expressly repealed or not, as to any offense committed against such former ordinance or as to any act done, any penalty, forfeiture or punishment so incurred or any right accrued or claim arising under the former ordinance, or in any way whatever to affect any such offense or act so committed or so done, or any penalty, forfeiture or punishment so incurred or any right accrued or claim arising before the new ordinance takes effect, save only that the proceedings thereafter shall conform to the ordinance in force at the time of such proceeding, so far as practicable. If any penalty, forfeiture or punishment be mitigated by any provision of a new ordinance, such provision may be, by consent of the party affected, applied to any judgment announced after the new ordinance takes effect.

   (B)   This section shall extend to all repeals, either by express words or implication, whether the repeal is in the ordinance making any new provisions upon the same subject or in any other ordinance.

   (C)   Nothing contained in this chapter shall be construed as abating any action now pending under or by virtue of any general ordinance of the city herein repealed and the provisions of all general ordinances contained in this code shall be deemed to be continuing provisions and not a new enactment of the same provision; nor shall this chapter be deemed as discontinuing, abating, modifying or altering any penalty accrued or to accrue or as affecting the liability of any person, firm or corporation, or as waiving any right of the city under any ordinance or provision thereof in force at the time of the adoption of this city code.

(1993 Code, § 1-1-10)

§ 1-1-11 SEVERABILITY OF PROVISIONS.

   Each. section, paragraph, sentence, clause and provision of this code is severable, and if any provision is held unconstitutional or invalid for any reason, such decision shall not affect the remainder of this code, nor any part thereof, other than that part affected by such decision.

(1993 Code, § 1-1-11)

§ 1-1-12 CITY CLERK'S CERTIFICATE.

   The City Clerk's Certificate shall be in the following form:

CITY CLERK'S CERTIFICATE

STATE OF ILLINOIS     )

COUNTY OF MONROE    ) ss.    CITY CLERK'S OFFICE

CITY OF WATERLOO     )

I,                                             , City Clerk of the City of Waterloo, Illinois do hereby certify that the following Revised Ordinances of the City of Waterloo, Illinois, published by authority of the City Council of the City of Waterloo, were duly passed and adopted by the City Council of the City of Waterloo, Illinois, approved by the Mayor and published in book form according to law on this date, and that these ordinances are true and perfect copies of the ordinances as passed, approved and now of record and on file in my office, as provided by law.

In witness whereof, I have set my hand and affixed the corporate seal of the City of Waterloo, this                  day of                         ,          .

                     /s/

                     CITY CLERK

                     CITY OF WATERLOO, ILLINOIS

(SEAL)

(1993 Code, § 1-1-12)

§ 1-1-13 (RESERVED)

DIVISION III: DEFINITIONS

§ 1-1-14 CONSTRUCTION OF WORDS.

   (A)   Whenever any word in any section of this code importing the plural number is used in describing or referring to any matters, parties or persons, any single matter, party or person shall be deemed to be included, although distributive words may not have been used.

   (B)   When any subject matter, party or person is referred to in this code by words importing the singular number only or the masculine gender, several matters, parties or persons and females as well as males and bodies corporate shall be deemed to be included, provided that these rules of construction shall not be applied to any section of this code which contains any express provision excluding such construction, or where the subject matter or content may be repugnant thereto. The word “shall” is mandatory and not discretionary; the word “may” is permissive.

(1993 Code, § 1-1-14)