ADOPTING ORDINANCE

ORDINANCE NO. 144

   SERIES 1986

   AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING THE OFFICIAL TOWN CODE FOR THE TOWN OF WINTER PARK, COLORADO

WHEREAS, Section 1.6 of the Winter Park Home Rule Charter directs the Council to codify the Town ordinances; and

WHEREAS, all general ordinances of the Town of Winter Park have been compiled for codification into the Winter Park Town Code.

NOW THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE Town Council of the Town of Winter Park, Colorado:

Section I.    The Town Code of the Town of Winter Park, Colorado, prepared by Sterling Codifiers, Inc., containing the compilation of all ordinances of a general nature together with amendments to said ordinances is hereby adopted as the Official Town Code of the Town of Winter Park, Colorado, shall hereafter constitute the Official Town Code of the Town of Winter Park, Colorado, and shall be known and cited as the "Winter Park Town Code."

Section II.    The Winter Park Town Code as herein adopted together with amendments thereto shall hereafter be received without further proof in all courts and administrative tribunals as the official compilation of all ordinances of general and permanent effect.

Section III.    The Town Clerk shall certify to the passage of this Ordinance and shall maintain no less than three (3) copies in the office of the Town Clerk, certified as to correctness and available for inspection by the public during regular business hours.

Section IV.    There is hereby adopted, as a method of perpetual codification, the looseleaf type of binding together with the continuous supplement service, provided by Sterling Codifiers, Inc., whereby each newly adopted ordinance of a general and permanent nature amending, altering, adding or deleting provision of the Official Town Code is identified by the proper catchline and is inserted in the proper place in each of the official copies. Each such new provision shall become a part of the Official Code by insertion of the proper replacement pages in the copies of the Code, three (3) copies of which shall be maintained in the office of the Town Clerk, certified as to correctness and available for inspection by the public during regular business hours.

Section V.    All ordinances of a general nature included in this official Town 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 Town Code. All ordinances of a special nature, including but not limited to, matters 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 Town Code. Such ordinances are not intended to be included in the Official Town Code.

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

Section VII.    Any person who shall be convicted of a violation of this Ordinance of the Winter Park Town Code, of any ordinance of the Town, of any code adopted by reference, or of any regulation adopted pursuant to this Code or Town ordinance, shall be fined in an amount not to exceed three hundred dollars ($300.00) or imprisoned for a term not to exceed ninety (90) days, or both, for each offense; provided, however, that no person under the age of eighteen (18) years as of the date of the offense for which he/she is convicted, shall be subject to a jail sentence, except in the case of a conviction of a traffic offense or as otherwise provided by the Colorado Children's Code.

INTRODUCED, READ ON FIRST READING, APPROVED AND ORDERED PUBLISHED IN FULL this 16th day of September, 1986. A Public Hearing on this Ordinance shall be held at the regular meeting of the Town Council of the Town of Winter Park, Colorado, on the 7th day of October, 1986 at 7:00 P.M. or as soon thereafter as possible in the Municipal Building of the Town.

         TOWN OF WINTER PARK

         /s/ Mayor Harold N. Teverbaugh

(SEAL)

ATTEST:

/s/ Town Clerk, Karen S. Stewart

READ, ADOPTED AND ORDERED PUBLISHED BY TITLE on second and final reading, this 7th day of October, 1986.

A copy of this Ordinance is available for inspection in the office of the Town Clerk.

         TOWN OF WINTER PARK

         /s/ Mayor Harold N. Teverbaugh

(SEAL)

ATTEST:

/s/ Town Clerk, Janene Johnson