ADOPTING ORDINANCE
ORDINANCE NO. 2022-379
AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING AND ENACTING A NEW CODE FOR THE CITY OF WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, MONTANA; PROVIDING FOR THE REPEAL OF CERTAIN ORDINANCES NO INCLUDED THEREIN; PROVIDING FOR THE MANNER OF AMENDING SUCH CODE; AND PROVIDING WHEN SUCH CODE AND THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE.
WHEREAS, the City of White Sulphur Springs has maintained an official Municipal Code since at least 1968; and
WHEREAS, the last official codification of that code was apparently done in 1985; and
WHEREAS, since that time, there have been numerous alterations to that code; and
WHEREAS, the City of White Sulphur Springs has contracted with Sterling Codifiers, a Member of AMERICAN LEGAL PUBLISHING CORPORATION to review, re-order, revise and update the code, and such has been done;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the City Commission of the City of White Sulphur Springs Montana, that:
Section 1
The complete system of the City of White Sulphur Spring's positive law, carefully arranged and officially promulgated, attached to this Ordinance as Attachment A, entitled "City of White Sulphur Springs, Montana Code of Ordinances" (hereinafter referred to as "the Code"), and as modified by Attachment B attached hereto and incorporated herein as if set forth below, to be published by Sterling Codifiers, a Member of AMERICAN LEGAL PUBLISHING CORPORATION in 2022, and consisting of Titles 1 - 10, each inclusive, is hereby adopted. All footnotes, comments, and edits on the Code as reflected in Attachment A and Attachment B shall be removed after final adoption of this Ordinance and prior to publication.
Section 2
Repealer. All ordinances of a general and permanent nature enacted on or before September 1, 2020, which are not included in the attached Code or recognized and continued in force by reference therein, are hereby repealed.
Section 3
The repeal provided for in Section 2 hereof shall not be construed to revive any ordinance or part thereof that has been repealed by a subsequent ordinance that is repealed by this ordinance.
Section 4
Additions or amendments to this Code, when passed in such form as to indicate the intention of the City Council to make the same a part of the Code, shall be deemed to be incorporated in the Code, so that reference to the Code includes the additions and amendments.
Section 5
Ordinances adopted after September 1, 2020, including Ordinance 378 (Amending former Title 5, Chapter 22 as to Marijuana and Medical Marijuana) that amend or refer to ordinances that have been codified in the Code shall be construed as if they amend or refer to like provisions of the Code.
Section 6
Severability. If any provisions of this ordinance or the application thereof to any person or circumstances is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect the other provisions of this ordinance which may be given effect without the invalid provision or application and, to this end, the provisions of this ordinance are declared to be severable.
Section 7
EFFECTIVE DATE. This ordinance shall be effective thirty (30) days after second reading and final adoption as provided by law.
PASSED by the City Council and the City of White Sulphur Springs, Montana, on first reading at a regular session thereof held on the ______day of ___________, 2022.
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Rick Nelson, Mayor
ATTEST:
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Michelle Stidham, City Clerk
PASSED, ADOPTED, AND APPROVED by the City Council and the City of White Sulphur Springs, Montana, on second reading at a regular session thereof held on the ______day of ___________, 2022.
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Rick Nelson, Mayor
ATTEST:
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Michelle Stidham, City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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City Attorney