ADOPTING ORDINANCE

VILLAGE OF WESTFIELD CENTER, OHIO
ORDINANCE NO. 1996-14

   AN ORDINANCE TO APPROVE, ADOPT AND ENACT THE CODIFIED ORDINANCES OF WESTFIELD CENTER, OHIO 1996; TO REPEAL ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS IN CONFLICT THEREWITH; AND TO PUBLISH THE ENACTMENT OF NEW MATTER.

   WHEREAS, Council has had the matter of codification and general revision of the legislation of the Village before it for some time; and

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of such legislation, together with the new matter to be adopted, the matters to be amended and those to be repealed, is now before the Council;

   NOW THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the Village of Westfield Center, Ohio, that:

   SECTION 1. The ordinances and resolutions of the Village of Westfield Center, 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 Westfield Center, Ohio, 1996.
   One book-form copy of the Codified Ordinances shall be certified as correct by the Mayor and the Clerk-Treasurer, attached to this ordinance as a part hereof, and filed with the permanent ordinance records of the Village of Westfield Center, Ohio.

   SECTION 2. All ordinances and resolutions or parts thereof which are in conflict or inconsistent with any provision of the Codified Ordinances are hereby repealed as of the effective date of this ordinance, except as follows: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 codification.

      (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 April 1, 1996.

   SECTION 3. Pursuant to Ohio R.C. 731.23, the Clerk-Treasurer shall publish, in a manner required by law, a notice of the enactment of this ordinance, containing the title of this ordinance, together with a summary of the new matter contained in the Codified Ordinances hereby adopted, a copy of which summary is attached hereto.

   SECTION 4. All sections and subsections in the Codified Ordinances of Westfield Center without an ordinance or resolution history, or with the words "Adopting Ordinance" at the end thereof, are or contain new matter in the Codified Ordinances, said new matter having been found to be necessary, in the course of preparing the Codified Ordinances, to render the legislation of the Village internally consistent and consistent with State law, where and as required by Article XVIII, Section 3, of the Ohio Constitution, as well as to adopt the latest editions of technical codes adopted by the Village by reference, and said new matter is hereby approved, adopted and enacted. A summary of such new matter is attached to this ordinance as Exhibit A and the same shall be published, together with notice of the adoption of this ordinance, as aforesaid, pursuant to Ohio R.C. 731.23.

   SECTION 5. Because some of the new matter approved, adopted and enacted by Section 4 of this ordinance is in the Planning and Zoning Code of the Codified Ordinances (Part Twelve of the Codified Ordinances), a public hearing shall be scheduled for this ordinance, prior to final adoption thereof, pursuant to Ohio R.C. 711.101 and 713.12.

   SECTION 6. Subject to the provisions of Section 5 of this ordinance, this ordinance, and the Codified Ordinances hereby approved, adopted and enacted, shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage by a vote of at least a majority of all the members of Council.

Passed: July 2, 1996

Susan L. Ewers             /s/         John T. Weber             /s/

      Clerk-Treasurer                     Mayor