Chapter 1.08
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sections:
1.08.010 Title, Chapter and Section
1.08.020 Ordinances Passed Subsequent to Adoption of the Code
1.08.030 Reference Applies to all Amendments
1.08.040 Effect of Code on Past Actions and Obligations
1.08.010 Title, Chapter and Section.
The codification hereby adopted shall be known as the “Lake Stevens Municipal Code” and may be cited as such. The titles, chapters and sections as set forth in the codification hereby adopted shall be declared to be the titles, chapters and sections by which the provisions of the Lake Stevens Municipal Code May be designated and cited. (Ord. 219, Sec. 8, 1982)
The catch lines appearing in connection with the titles, chapters and sections of the Lake Stevens Municipal Code are inserted as a manner of convenience, and they shall be wholly disregarded by any person, office, Court or other tribunal in construing the terms and provisions of the Lake Stevens Municipal Code. (Ord. 219, Sec. 9, 1982)
1.08.020 Ordinances Passed Subsequent to Adoption of the Code.
New material shall be adopted by the City Council as separate Ordinances prior to the inclusion thereof in such codification; provided, that any Ordinance amending the codification shall set forth in full the section or sections of the codification being amended, and this shall constitute a sufficient compliance with any Statutory requirement that no Ordinance nor any section thereof shall be revised or amended unless the new Ordinance sets forth the revised Ordinance or amended section as a rule. (Ord. 219, Sec. 7, 1982)
1.08.030 Reference Applies to all Amendments.
Whenever any reference is made to any portion of the City of Lake Stevens Municipal Code, or to any Ordinance of the City of Lake Stevens, such records shall apply to all amendments and additions now or hereinafter made. (Ord. 219, Sec. 11, 1982)
1.08.040 Effect of Code on Past Actions and Obligations.
Nothing contained in this Chapter or of the City of Lake Stevens Municipal Code adopted herein shall be construed as debating any action now pending under or by virtue of any general Ordinance of the City of Lake Stevens herein appealed; or as discontinuing, debating, modified or altering any penalty accrued to or to accrue, or as affecting the reliability of any person, firm, or corporation, or as waiving the right of the City under any Ordinance or provision thereof enforced at the time of passage of the Ordinance codified in this Chapter. Neither the adoption of this Code or the repeal or amendments of any Ordinance or part or portion of any Ordinance of the City shall in any manner effect the prosecution for violation of such Ordinances, which violations were committed prior to the effective date hereof, nor be construed as a waiver from any license, fee or penalty, at said effective date due and unpaid under such Ordinance, nor be construed as affecting any of the provisions of such Ordinances relating to the collection of such license, fee or penalty, on the penal provisions applicable to any violation thereof, nor to affect the validity of any bond or cash deposit in lieu thereof required to be posted, file or deposited pursuant to any Ordinance, and all rights and obligations thereunder in pertaining shall continue in full force and effect. (Ord. 219, Sec. 13, 1982)
1.08.050 Constitutionality.
If any section, subsection, clause, phrase, or term 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 Council declares that it would have passed this Code, and each section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase, and term thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, subsections, sentences, clauses, phrases, or terms have been declared invalid or unconstitutional and, if for any reason this Code shall be declared invalid or unconstitutional, then the original Ordinances shall be in full force and effect. (Ord. 219, Sec. 15, 1982)
1.08.060 City’s Liability.
It is the specific intent of this Code to place the obligation of complying with its requirements upon the licensee or applicant for license within its scope, and no provision of or term used in this Code are intended to impose any duty whatsoever upon the City or any of its officers or employees, from the implementation or enforcement of this Code will be discretionary and not mandatory. (Ord. 219, Sec. 5, 1982)
Nothing contained in this Code is intended to be nor shall be construed to form the basis for any liability on the part of the City, or its officers, employees or agents, for any injury or damage resulting from the failure of a licensee or applicant for license to comply with the provisions of this Code, or by reason or in consequence of any act or omission in connection with the implementation or enforcement of this Code on the part of the City by its officers, employees or agents. (Ord. 219, Sec. 6, 1982)
1.08.070 General Penalty.
Unless otherwise specifically provided in the City of Lake Stevens Municipal Code, any person, firm or corporation, their agents or servants, who violate any of the provisions of the Lake Stevens Municipal Code, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, or gross misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine and/or imprisonment, or both, as set forth in said Code, and if no fine and/or jail sentence is otherwise specified, then they shall be punished by a fine in a sum not exceeding $500.00 or by imprisonment for a period not exceeding six (6) months, or by both fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the Court. (Ord. 219, Sec. 12, 1982)