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HomeMy WebLinkAbout~Master - Adopting Codification of All City Ordinances ' ORDINANCE NO.- 2178 AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING THE CODIFICATION OF ALL ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF AMES, IOWA, OF A GENERAL OR PUBLIC NATURE OR IMPOSING A FINE OR PENALTY, INCLUDING CODES AND MAPS ADOPTED BY REFERENCE, AS THE OFFICIAL CODE OF THE CITY OF AMES, IOWA, AS PROVIDED FOR AND PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 366 OF THE CODE (IOWA) , 1966; PROVIDING FOR THE TITLE AND CITATION OF THE CODE; REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES AND PARTS OF ORDINANCES OF A GENERAL OR PUBLIC NATURE OR IMPOSING A FINE OR PENALTY, PASSED PRIOR TO FEBRUARY 7, 1967, EXCEPT THOSE NOT CONTAINED IN SAID CODE OR RECOGNIZED AND CONTINUED IN FORCE BY REFERENCE THEREIN; PROVID- ING PENALTIES FOR THE VIOLATION OF THE SEVERAL SECTIONS THEREOF; AND PRESCRIBING THE TIME WHEN THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BE IN FULL FORCE AND EFFECT. Pursuant to Resolution — 4961 adopted by the City Council of the City of Ames, Iowa, on the 28th day of March , 1967 , the City Clerk was ordered to publish notice that a hearing would be held in the council chambers of the City Hall at 8:00 o 'clock P.M. , C.S .T. on the 18th, day of April 1967 , on the proposal to adopt a Municipal Code . Said notice was duly published in the Ames Daily Tribune on the 3rd day of April , 1967, and the loth day of April , 1967, being once each week for two conse- cutive weeks as required by Section 366.7 of The Code, 1966 (Iowa) . Said hearing was duly held at the time and place desig- nated and no written objections to the adoption of the proposed Municipal Code were filed in the office of the City Clerk, and no oral objections to said adoption were made at the said hearing. The City Council then determined that the said proposed Municipal Code should be adopted in its original form as now filed and did then on the 18th day of AL2ri1 , 1967, adopt Resolution No. 4977 , adopting said Municipal Code, as provided in said Section 366 . 7 . It is therefore ordained by the City Council of the City of Ames, Iowa: Section 1. Municipal Code Adopted. The proposed Municipal Code of the City of Ames, Iowa, printed by the Municipal Code Corporation, Tallahassee, Florida, heretofore filed in the office of the City Clerk of -the City of Ames, Iowa, consisting of Chapters 1 through and including 38, and appendices "A" through and including "Q" , and including references to codes and maps adopted by reference, a printed copy of which is attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference the same as if set out in full herein, is hereby adopted as the "Municipal Code, City of Ames, Iowa . " Section 2 . Ordinances Repealed. All ordinances of the City of Ames, Iowa, of a general and permanent nature, enacted before February 7, 1967, and not contained in said Code or recognized and continued in force by reference therein are hereby repealed from and after the effective date of said Code, except as hereinafter provided. -2- Section 3. Effect of repeal; ordinances saved. The repeal provided for in Section 2 hereof shall not affect any offense or act committed or any penalty or forfeiture incurred or any contract or right established or accruing before the effective date of said Code; nor shall such repeal affect any ordinance promising or guaranteeing the payment of money to or from the City, or authorizing the issuance of any bonds or other evidence of indebtedness; nor shall such repeal affect any appropriation or budget ordinance; nor shall such repeal affect any ordinance establishing the compensation of any City officer or employee; nor shall such repeal affect any ordinance providing for local improvements or levying any special assessment or taxes; nor shall such repeal affect any ordinance opening, widening, narrowing, vacating, abandoning, accepting, naming, renaming or affect- ing the grade of any street, sidewalk or public way or place; and provided that the above enumeration of exceptions shall not be held or deemed to be exclusive, it being the purpose and intention of this ordinance to exclude from repeal any and all ordinances not of a general nature. Section. .4. Severability of provisions. Each chapter, and any and all subdivisions of said Code hereby adopted, is independent of every other chapter and subdivision thereof, and the invalidity of any such chapter or subdivision thereof, shall not invalidate any other chapter or subdivision thereof. Section 5. Official Copy. The City Clerk shall attach to the official copy of the Municipal Code here adopted and attached hereto, his official certificate showing such adoption and the effective date thereof, and shall retain the said copy and certificate on file in his office where copies of the same shall be subject to public inspection, and for sale at cost to the public. Section 6. Amendments. Any additions or amendments to this Code when passed as ordinances amending this Code and which indicate the intention of the City Council to make the same a part hereof shall be deemed to be incorporated in this Cod so that a reference to the Municipal Code, City of Ames, Iowa, shall be understood to include them. Section 7. Distribution of Copies. All printed copies of the Code shall be deposited with the City Clerk. He shall deliver copies of said Code to all departments of the city administration as directed by the City Manager, and in addition one copy to the Ames Daily Tribune, one copy to the Municipal Library, one copy to the State Law Library, one copy to radio Station KASI in Ames, and one copy to radion station WOI-FM and WOI-AM in Ames. The City Clerk may sell printed copies of said Code at the cost established by the City Council. Section 8. Parking Meter Map. The Official Parking Meter Map referred to in Sec. 33-13147 of said proposed Code is adopted by reference thereto and declared to be a part of said Code. A copy of said Official Parking Meter Map is attached hereto and is a part hereof. Section 9. General Penalty. The doing of any act prohibited or declared to be unlawful or a misdemeanor by said Municipal Code, or the omission or failure to perform any act or duty required by said Code, shall, unless another penalty is specified, be punishable by a fine in a sum not exceeding one hundred dollars ($100. 00) or imprisonment not to exceed thirty (30) days . The penalty herein provided shall be cumulative with and in addition to the revocation, cancellation, or forfeiture of any license or permit else- where in this Code provided for violation thereof. Section 10. Repeal. All ordinances or parts of ordi- nances in conflict herewith are repealed. Section 11. Effective Date. This ordinance, consisting of Section 1 through 11, inclusive, adopting the proposed Municipal Code of the City of Ames , Iowa, heretofore filed in the office of the City Clerk of the City of Ames , Iowa, consisting of Chapters 1 through and including 38, and appendices "A" through and including "4 ", and including codes and maps adopted by reference, and all subdivisions of the same, the same being designated as the "Municipal Code, City of Ames , Iowa, " and the "Municipal Code, City of Ames , Iowa, " are in full force and effect from and after the passage and publication of this ordinance, according to law. Passed this 18th day of April 1967. L uise Whitcome, City Clerk N rg gh, Mayor I, Louise Whitcome, City Clerk of the City of Ames , Iowa, do hereby certify that Ordinance No. 2178 was duly and properly passed by the City Council of the City of Ames , Iowa, at its meeting on the 18th day of April , 1967, and was published in the Ames :Daily Tribune on the 24th day of April 1967, and the Code thereby adopted became effective on the 24th day of April 1967. L uise Whitcome, City Clerk Moved by Jellinger-Newell that the ordinance pass on 1st reading Aye: Jellinger, Judge, Pasley, Newell, LeBaron, Fisher Nay: None Ordinance passed on lst reading Moved by Jellinger-Judge to suspend rules Aye Jellinger, Judge, Pasley, LeBaron, Fisher Nay: Newell Rules declared suspended Moved by Jellinger-Judge that the ordinance do now pass Aye: Jellinger, Judge, Pasley, LeBaron, Fisher Nay: Newell Ordinance declared adopted.