ORDINANCE NO. 2005-1887

AN ORDINANCE ENACTING A CODE OF ORDINANCES FOR THE CITY OF PLYMOUTH, INDIANA, REVISING, AMENDING, RESTATING, CODIFYING AND COMPILING CERTAIN EXISTING GENERAL ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF PLYMOUTH DEALING WITH SUBJECT EMBRACED IN SUCH CODE OF ORDINANCES

WHEREAS, the present general and permanent ordinances of the City of Plymouth are inadequately arranged and classified and are insufficient in form and substance for the complete preservation of the public peace, health, safety and general welfare of the municipality and for the proper conduct of its affairs; and

WHEREAS, I.C. 36-1-5-3 empowers and authorizes the City of Plymouth Common Council to revise, amend, restate, codify and compile any existing ordinances and all new ordinances not heretofore adopted or published and to incorporate such ordinances into one ordinance in book form; and

WHEREAS, the Common Council of the City of Plymouth has authorized a general compilation, revision and codification of the ordinances of the City of Plymouth of a general and permanent nature and publication of such ordinance in book form; and

WHEREAS, it is necessary to provide for the usual daily operation of the City of Plymouth and for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, safety and general welfare of the municipality that this ordinance take effect at an early date.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the Common Council of the City of Plymouth, as follows:

Section 1. The general ordinances of the City of Plymouth, Indiana, as revised, amended, restated, codified, and compiled in book form are hereby adopted as and shall constitute the “Code of Ordinances of the City of Plymouth, Indiana.”

Section 2. Such Code of Ordinances as adopted in Section 1 shall consist of the following Titles:

Title I:    General Provisions

Title III:    Administration

Title V:    Public Works

Title VII:    Traffic Code

Title IX:    General Regulations

Title XI:    Business Regulations

Title XIII:    General Offenses

Title XV:    Land Usage

Table of Special Ordinances (Reserved)

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Section 3. All prior ordinances pertaining to the subjects treated in such Code of Ordinances shall be deemed repealed from and after the effective date of this ordinance except as they are included and reordained in whole or in part in such Code; provided, such repeal shall not affect any offense committed or penalty incurred or any right established prior to the effective date of this ordinance, nor shall such repeal affect the provisions of ordinances levying taxes, appropriating money, annexing or detaching territory, establishing franchises, or granting special rights to certain persons, authorizing public improvements, authorizing the issuance of bonds or borrowing of money, authorizing the purchase or sale of real or personal property, granting or accepting easements, plat or dedication of land to public use, vacating or setting the boundaries of streets or other public places; nor shall such repeal affect any other ordinance of a temporary or special nature or pertaining to subjects not contained in or covered by the Code.

Section 4. Such Code shall be deemed published as of the day of its adoption and approval by the Plymouth Common Council and the Clerk-Treasurer of the City of Plymouth is hereby authorized and ordered to file a copy of such Code of Ordinances in the Office of the Clerk-Treasurer.

Section 5: Such Code shall be in full force and effect 21 days from the date of its publication and filing thereof in the Office of the Clerk-Treasurer. This Code shall be presumptive evidence in all courts and places of the ordinance and all provisions, sections, penalties and regulations therein contained and of the date of passage, and that the same is properly signed, attested, recorded, and approved and that any public hearings and notices thereof as required by law have been given.

PASSED AND ADOPTED this 25th day of July, 2005.

		Gary L. Cook /s/
		Gary L. Cook, Presiding Officer
ATTEST:
Toni L. Hutchings /s/
Toni L. Hutchings, Clerk-Treasurer

Presented by me to the Mayor of the City of Plymouth this 25th day of July, 2005

		Toni L. Hutchings /s/
		Toni L. Hutchings, Clerk-Treasurer

APPROVED and signed by me this 25th day of July, 2005.

		Gary L. Cook /s/
		Gary L. Cook, Mayor
		City of Plymouth, Indiana