CHAPTER 4
ADOPTION OF CODE; REPEAL AND SAVING PROVISIONS
Sections:
1-4-102 Repeal of 1979 Code and General Ordinances.
1-4-101 Adoption of Code.
This Code shall be adopted by an ordinance enacted as provided in Chapter 3 of this Title. It shall become effective on the date on which the adopting ordinance shall become effective.
(Statutory Authority UCA 10-3-711; added in codification 1979; 1979 Code 1-4-1)
1-4-102 Repeal of 1979 Code and General Ordinances.
The City Code of Springville, Utah, 1979, and all general ordinances of Springville passed prior to the adoption of this Code are hereby repealed, except those ordinances which are, by the next Section, expressly saved from repeal.
(Statutory Authority UCA 10-3-709; 1968 Code 1-4-1; amended in codification 1979; 1979 Code 1-4-2; amended in codification 1991)
1-4-103 Savings Clause.
(1) All existing ordinances of the City which are contractual in character, including franchises, grants, and dedications; special tax ordinances; ordinances relating to bond issues; ordinances relating to boundaries and annexations; ordinances establishing, naming or vacating streets, alleys, or other public places; improvement ordinances; ordinances relating to elections; and all other ordinances of a special rather than a general character, are hereby expressly saved from repeal and shall remain in full force and effect.
(2) Insofar as any provision of this Code is the same in effect as a provision in a previously existing general ordinance of this City, such provision of this Code shall be construed as a continuation of the previously existing provision.
(Statutory Authority UCA 810-3-709; 1968 Code 1-4-2; 1979 Code 1-4-3)
1-4-104 Pending Proceedings.
(1) Nothing contained in this Code, either expressly or by implication, shall be construed or held to repeal a former ordinance, whether such former ordinance is expressly repealed or not, as to any offense committed against such former ordinance or as to any act done, any penalty, forfeiture, or punishment so incurred, or any right accrued or claim arising under the former ordinance, or in any way whatever to affect any such offense or act so committed or done, or any penalty, forfeiture or punishment so incurred, or any right accrued, or claim arising before this Code takes effect, save only that the proceedings thereafter shall conform to the provisions of this Code so far as practicable. If any penalty, forfeiture, or punishment be mitigated by any provision of this Code, such provision shall be applied to any judgment announced after this Code takes effect.
(2) Nothing contained in this Chapter shall be construed as abating any action now pending under or by virtue of any general ordinance of the City repealed hereby, or as discontinuing, abating, modifying or altering any penalty accrued or to accrue, or as affecting the liability of any person, firm, or corporation, or as waiving any right of the City under any ordinance or provision thereof in force at the time of the adoption of this Code.
(Statutory Authority UCA 10-3-709; 1968 Code 1-4-3; minor changes in phraseology made in codification 1979; 1979 Code 1-4-4)