ROSTER OF OFFICIALS
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COUNCIL
Michael Kline, President
District I
Tanya Taylor Draper, Vice President
District II
Joe Jarmuszkiewicz
At-Large II
Vicki Miller
At Large IV
Daniel L. Knecht
At-Large III
Kathleen Sivo
District III
Julie A. Belich
At-Large I
Nicholas Aiello
Clerk of Council
OFFICIALS
 
Christopher Hallum
Mayor/Safety Director/Service Director
Bruce Scott
Finance Director
Michael C. Lucas
Law Director
Thomas G. Lobe
Assistant Law Director
Matthew Naegele
Chief of Police
Robert Gandee
Chief of Fire
The publisher
expresses their appreciation
to
all City officials and employees
who gave their time and counsel
to this codification.
ORDINANCE NO. 1974-26
BY Mr. Sabby DeFrank
AN ORDINANCE TO APPROVE, ADOPT AND ENACT THE CODIFIED ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF WILLOUGHBY HILLS, OHIO; TO REPEAL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT THEREWITH; TO PUBLISH THE ENACTMENT OF NEW MATTER; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
   WHEREAS, the Council of the City of Willoughby Hills has had the matter of recodification and general revision of its ordinances before it for some time, and
   WHEREAS, Council has heretofore entered into a contract with the Walter H. Drane Company to prepare and publish such recodification, and
   WHEREAS, the recodification of such ordinances, together with the new matter to be adopted, the matters to be amended and those to be repealed are before the Council,
   NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WILLOUGHBY HILLS, STATE OF OHIO:
   SECTION 1. That the ordinances of the City of Willoughby Hills, Ohio, of a general and permanent nature, as revised, recodified, rearranged and consolidated into component codes, titles, chapters and sections are hereby approved, adopted and enacted as the Codified Ordinances of the City of Willoughby Hills, Ohio - 1974; save and except for Part Five - General Offenses Code, which part was adopted by Ordinance 197 4-5, passed on January 24, 1974.
   One book-form copy of the Codified Ordinances shall be certified as correct by the President of Council and the Clerk of Council, attached to this Ordinance as a part hereof, and filed with the permanent ordinance records of the City of Willoughby Hills, Ohio.
   SECTION 2. That the provisions of this Ordinance, including all provisions of the Codified Ordinances, shall be in full force and effect as provided in Section 4 of this Ordinance. All o.rdinances and resolutions or parts thereof enacted prior to July 11, 1974, which are 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 provisions 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 of 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 July 11, 1974.
 
   SECTION 3. That pursuant to,Section 125.01 of the Codified Ordinances, the Clerk of Council shall post copies of the Codified Ordinances along with a copy of this Ordinance in the five public places as set forth in Section 125.01 of the Codified Ordinances. All sections of the Codified Ordinances without a previous ordinance or resolution history at the end thereof indicates that the section contains new matter ordained by this Adopting Ordinance.
 
   SECTION 4. That this Ordinance is hereby declared to be an emergency measure necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, property, health and safety of the City and its inhabitants, and for the further reason that there exists an imperative necessity for the earliest publication and distribution of the Codified Ordinances to the officials and residents of the City, so as to facilitate administration and daily operation and avoid practical and legal entanglements; and, provided it receives the two-thirds (2/3) vote of all members of Council elected thereto, it shall be in full force and effect immediately after its passage and approval by the Mayor.
 
PASSED: 7/11/74         /s/ George Edgar
                President of Council
 
ATTEST:            APPROVED: 7/11/74
 
   /s/ Marilyn Monzula      /s/ Robert J. Lenz
Clerk of Council       Mayor
 
 
 
CONTENTS
PRELIMINARY UNIT
Comparative Section Table
Tables of Special Ordinances
                              
 
CODIFIED ORDINANCES OF WILLOUGHBY HILLS, OHIO
 
   CHARTER