ADOPTING ORDINANCE

ORDINANCE NO. 94-1

Summary: This Ordinance adopts the codification of the various ordinances of West Wendover, Nevada.

   AN ORDINANCE ENTITLED "CODIFICATION OF

   ORDINANCES" ADOPTING THE VARIOUS ORDINANCES

   OF WEST WENDOVER, NEVADA, IN CODE BOOK FORM.

   BE IT ORDAINED by the Mayor and City Council of the City of West Wendover, Nevada, a Nevada Municipal Corporation:

   Section 1: From and after the date of passage of this Ordinance, the City Code of the City of West Wendover, Nevada, originally prepared by Sterling Codifiers, Inc., containing the compilation of all ordinances of a general nature together with the changes made to said ordinances, under the direction of the governing body of the City, shall be accepted in all courts without question as the Official Code and Law of the City as enacted by the Mayor and City Council.

   Section 2: There is hereby adopted, as a method of perpetual codification, the loose-leaf type of binding together with the continuous supplement service, provided by the codifiers whereby each newly adopted ordinance of a general and permanent nature amending, altering, adding or deleting provisions of the Official City Code is identified by the proper catchline and is inserted in the proper place in each of the official copies, three (3) copies which shall be maintained in the office of the City Clerk, certified as to correctness and available for inspection at any and all times that said office is regularly open.

   Section 3: All ordinances of a general nature included in this Official City Code shall be considered as a continuation of said ordinance provision and the fact that some provisions have been deliberately eliminated by the governing body shall not serve to cause any interruption in the continuous effectiveness of ordinances included in said Official City Code. All ordinances of a special nature, such as tax levy ordinances, bond ordinances, franchises, vacating ordinances and annexation ordinances shall continue in full force and effect unless specifically repealed or amended by a provision of the City Code. Such ordinances are not intended to be included in the Official City Code.

   Section 4: It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to change or amend by additions or deletions, any part or portion of such Code, or to insert or delete pages or portions thereof, or to alter or tamper with such Code in any manner whatsoever which will cause the law of the City to be misrepresented thereby.

   Section 5: All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are, to the extent of such conflict, hereby repealed.

   Upon adoption the City Clerk of the City of West Wendover is hereby directed to have this ordinance published by title only, together with an adequate summary including any amendments, once in a newspaper published in the City, if any, otherwise in a newspaper published in the County and having a general circulation in the City. The City Clerk is directed to post this Ordinance in full in the City Hall. This Ordinance becomes effective twenty (20) days after its publication.

   PASSED AND ADOPTED this 18th day of January, 1994, by the following vote of the City Council:

   AYES:   Councilwoman Haslam, Councilman Johnson, Councilman LaCombe, Councilman Lisk, Councilman Powell

   NAYES:   NONE

   ABSENT:   NONE

   APPROVED this 18th day of January, 1994.

    CITY OF WEST WENDOVER

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   WALTER G. SANDERS, Mayor

ATTEST:

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KAREN SHEPHERD, City Clerk