Chapter 1.15
CODE ADOPTION
Sections:
1.15.010 Adoption of the Municipal Code of Evansville, 2009, amendment and repeal.
1.15.020 Repeal and reservation of prosecutions.
1.15.010 Adoption of the Municipal Code of Evansville, 2009, amendment and repeal.
(A) There is hereby adopted the Evansville Municipal Code which consists of the ordinances of the City that have ongoing effect and which have not expired according to their own terms. The general ordinances of the City of Evansville as herein codified, revised, rearranged or compiled shall be adopted as and shall constitute the Municipal Code of Evansville, 2009 and shall be published in book form.
(B) This code may be cited as the Evansville Municipal Code.
(C) This code may be amended by reference to code section without the necessity of referring to the underlying ordinance.
(D) New ordinances may be added to the code, and if an ordinance is enacted with a numbering system that is inconsistent with the code numbering system, the City Clerk is authorized to assign an appropriate code number and to codify the ordinance accordingly.
(E) The repeal of any code section does not revive the original text of the code section, but rather, repeal of an existing section repeals the underlying ordinance section and all of its amendments.
(F) The Municipal Code shall be amended in accordance with Exhibit “A,” Changes Made by Code Publishing Company During Reconciliation, attached to the ordinance codified in this chapter. [Ord. G-2009-18 § 1, passed 10-14-09.]
1.15.020 Repeal and reservation of prosecutions.
(A) All prior ordinances pertaining to the subjects treated in said code which ordinances were part of the Municipal Code of Evansville, 1982, as amended and which ordinances do not appear in the Municipal Code of Evansville, 2009, as herein defined, shall be deemed repealed from and after the effective date of this code except if they are included and reordained in whole or in part in said code. Such repeal shall not affect any offense committed or penalty incurred or right established prior to the effective date of said code. Nor shall such repeal affect the provisions of ordinances levying taxes, appropriating money, annexing or disannexing territory, establishing franchises or granting special rights to certain persons, authorizing public improvements, authorizing the issuance of bonds and borrowing of money, authorizing the purchase or sale of real or personal property, granting or accepting easements, plats or dedication of land to public use, naming or vacating or setting the boundaries of streets, alleys or other public places. Nor shall such repeal affect any other ordinance of a temporary or special nature not found in the Municipal Code of Evansville, 1982, as amended.
(B) The adoption of this code shall not affect any prosecution for violations of ordinances, which violations were committed prior to the effective date of the adoption of the Municipal Code, nor shall the adoption of the Municipal Code be construed as a waiver of any license, fee, or penalty due and owing at the effective date of the code adoption, nor shall adoption affect the validity of any bond or cash deposited with the City pursuant to the terms of any ordinance, upon its codification; but rather, all rights and obligations pertaining under ordinances in effect prior to codification shall remain in full force and effect. [Ord. G-2009-18 § 2, passed 10-14-09.]
1.15.030 Severability.
If any section, subsection, clause or phrase of this code is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this code. The City declares that it would have enacted this code, and each section, subsection, sentence, clause and phrase thereof, irrespective of the fact that one or more sections, subsections, sentences, clauses or phrases had been declared invalid or unconstitutional. [Ord. G-2009-18 § 3, passed 10-14-09.]
1.15.040 Publication.
The Municipal Code of Evansville, 2009, shall be deemed published at such time as it is adopted by the Common Council and approved by the Mayor. [Ord. G-2009-18 § 4, passed 10-14-09.]