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This website, including all of its features, graphic
design and content (the "Website"), is a service made available by
General Code, LLC (“General Code”) and all content, designs, information,
services ordered or provided on or through this Website ("Content")
may be used solely under these Terms and Conditions of Use.
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General Code may terminate this license at any time for any reason.
The on-line municipal codes (“E-Codes”) and/or any other
documents that appear on this Website may not reflect the most current
legislation adopted by the municipality. General Code provides E-Codes for
informational purposes only. E-Codes should not be relied upon as the definitive
authority for local legislation. Additionally, the formatting and pagination of
E-Codes varies from the formatting and pagination of the official copy. The
official printed copy of a code of ordinances should be consulted prior to any
action or decision being taken.
For further information regarding the official version
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reserves the right to correct any errors, inaccuracies or omissions and to
change and update this Content at any time without prior notice. General Code does not, however, guarantee
that any errors, inaccuracies or omissions will be corrected.
Content is not intended to and does not constitute legal
advice and no attorney-client relationship is formed. The accuracy,
completeness, adequacy or currency of the Content is not warranted or
guaranteed. Your use of Content on this Website is at your own risk.
You are solely responsible for any Content that you
create, post, store or display on this Web Site (a “User Generated Content”)
and for ensuring that your User Generated Content does not violate the rights
of any third party. You agree that
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that General Code is not in any manner responsible for User Generated
Content. General Code may without notice
to you, but shall have no obligation to, refuse, edit and/or remove any User
Generated Content that General Code determines in its sole discretion to be
unlawful, fraudulent, defamatory, obscene or otherwise objectionable. By providing User Generated Content, you
grant General Code a royalty-free, irrevocable, perpetual, world wide right to
use, distribute, display and create derivative works from your User Generated
Content.
Except as expressly provided in these Terms and
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any license or right, by implication, estoppel or otherwise, under copyright or
other intellectual property rights. The Content is protected by copyright under
both United States and foreign laws. Title to the Content remains with General
Code or the municipalities. Any use of the Content not expressly permitted by
these Terms and Conditions of Use is a breach of these Terms and Conditions of
Use and may violate copyright, trademark, and other laws. Content is subject to
change or termination without notice in the editorial discretion of General
Code. All rights not expressly granted herein are reserved to General Code and
the municipalities.
The Content on this Website is for your personal use
only and not for commercial exploitation. You may not decompile, reverse
engineer, disassemble, rent, lease, loan, sell, sublicense, or create
derivative works from this Website or the Content. You may not copy, modify,
reproduce, republish, distribute, display, or transmit for commercial,
non-profit or public purposes all or any portion of this Website, except to the
extent permitted by these Terms and Conditions of Use.
When using this Website, information will be transmitted
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Accordingly, General Code assumes no liability for or relating to the delay,
failure, interruption, or corruption of any data or other information
transmitted in connection with use of this Website.
The Website and the content are provided on an "as
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OTHERWISE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF
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PARTICULAR PURPOSE. Without limiting the foregoing, General Code makes no
representations or warranties about the accuracy, reliability, completeness,
currentness, or timeliness of the Content, software, text, graphics, links, or
communications provided on or through the use of this Website.
In no event shall General Code or any third parties
mentioned on this Website be liable for any damages (including, without
limitation, actual, indirect, incidental, punitive or consequential damages, lost
profits, or damages resulting from lost data or business interruption) arising
from the use of or inability to use this Website or the Content, whether based
on warranty, contract, tort, or any other legal theory, and whether or not
General Code or any third parties mentioned on this Website are advised of the
possibility of such damages. To the extent this limitation of liability is
prohibited or fails in its essential purpose, General Code’s sole obligation
shall be to pay actual damages incurred by you, not to exceed $1,000.
General Code may provide links to third-party websites.
General Code does not recommend and does not endorse the content on any
third-party websites. General Code is not responsible for the content of linked
third-party websites or websites framed within this Website and does not make
any representations regarding their content or accuracy. Your use of
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conditions of use for such websites.
You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold General Code,
its officers, managers, members, employees, agents, licensors, and suppliers,
harmless from and against any claims, actions or demands, liabilities and
settlements including without limitation, reasonable legal fees, resulting
from, or alleged to result from, your violation of these Terms and Conditions
of Use.
You expressly agree that exclusive jurisdiction for any
dispute with General Code, or in any way relating to your use of the Website,
resides in the courts of the State of New York and you further agree and
expressly consent to the exercise of personal jurisdiction in the courts of the
State of New York in connection with any such dispute including any claim
involving General Code or its affiliates, subsidiaries, employees, contractors,
officers, managers, members, telecommunication providers, and content
providers.
These Terms and Conditions of Use are governed by the
laws of the State of New York, without respect to any conflict of laws
principles. If any provision of these Terms and Conditions is found to be
invalid by any court having competent jurisdiction, the invalidity of such
provision shall not affect the validity of the remaining provisions of these
Terms and Conditions, which shall remain in full force and effect. No waiver of
any of these Terms and Conditions shall be deemed a further or continuing
waiver of such term or condition or any other term or condition.
If you believe any materials accessible on or from this
Website infringe your copyright, you may request removal of those materials (or
access thereto) from this Website by contacting General Code's copyright agent
(identified below) and providing the following information:
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Identification
of the copyrighted work that you believe to be infringed. Please describe the
work, and where possible include a copy or the location (e.g., URL) of an
authorized version of the work.
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Identification
of the material that you believe to be infringing and its location. Please
describe the material, and provide us with its URL or any other pertinent
information that will allow us to locate the material.
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A statement that
you have a good faith belief that the complained of use of the materials is not
authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law.
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A statement that
the information that you have supplied is accurate, and indicating that
"under penalty of perjury," you are the copyright owner or are
authorized to act on the copyright owner's behalf.
General Code's agent for copyright issues relating to
this Website is Barry Keesan.
In an effort to protect the rights of copyright owners, General Code
maintains a policy for the termination, in appropriate circumstances, of
subscribers and account holders of this Website who are repeat infringers.