ADOPTING ORDINANCE NO. 31-96

APPROVING, ADOPTING AND ENACTING THE CODIFIED ORDINANCES OF WHITEHALL, OHIO, 1996; REPEALING ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT THEREWITH, PUBLISHING THE ENACTMENT OF NEW MATTER AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.

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

   WHEREAS, this Council has heretofore entered into a contract with the Walter H. Drane Company to prepare and publish such codification; and

   WHEREAS, the codification of such ordinances, together with the new matter to be adopted, the matters to be amended and those to be repealed are before this Council; NOW, THEREFORE,

   BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WHITEHALL, OHIO:

   SECTION 1: The ordinances of the City of Whitehall, Ohio, of a general and permanent nature, as revised, codified, rearranged and consolidated into component codes, titles, chapters and sections are hereby approved, adopted and enacted as the Codified Ordinances of Whitehall, Ohio, 1996.

   One book-form copy of the Codified Ordinances shall be certified as correct by the Mayor and the Clerk of Council, attached to this ordinance as a part hereof, and filed with the permanent ordinance records of the City of Whitehall, Ohio.

   SECTION 2: All ordinances and resolutions or parts thereof which are in conflict or inconsistent with any provision of the 1996 Codified Ordinances, are hereby repealed as of the effective date of this ordinance, except as follows:

   (a)   The enactment of the 1996 Codified Ordinances shall not be construed to effect 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 recodification.

   (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 after March 18, 1996.

   SECTION 3: Any section of the 1996 Codified Ordinances without a legislative history at the end thereof indicated that such section contains new matter ordained by this Adopting Ordinance.

   SECTION 4: Pursuant to Section 11 (b) of the City Charter and Section 123.01 of the Codified Ordinances, the Clerk of Council shall post a copy of this Adopting Ordinance along with a copy of the Codified Ordinances for a period of not less than fifteen (15) days in the Whitehall Municipal Building.

   SECTION 5: This ordinance is hereby declared to be an emergency measure immediately necessary for the preservation of the public health, peace, safety and welfare and for the further reason that it is immediately necessary to provide a code of laws with which to govern the City and regulate public affairs; wherefore, this ordinance shall go into full force and effect immediately upon its passage and approval by the Mayor.

   PASSED this 15th day of October , 1996.

Lynn Ochsendorf                                   

         President of Council

ATTEST:

Carol J. Churchman                               

         Clerk of Council

APPROVED this 16th day of October , 1996.

John A. Wolfe

Mayor

Requested by: Applicant Pryatel

Prepared by: Applicant Pryatel

CONTENTS

PRELIMINARY UNIT

            General Index

            Comparative Section Table

            Tables of Special Ordinances

CODIFIED ORDINANCES OF WHITEHALL, OHIO

      CHARTER

      PART ONE -       Administrative Code

      PART THREE -    Traffic Code

      PART FIVE -    General Offenses Code

      PART SEVEN -    Business Regulation Code

      PART NINE -    Streets and Public Services Code

      PART ELEVEN -    Planning and Zoning Code

      PART THIRTEEN -   Building Code

      PART FIFTEEN -    Fire Prevention Code