[Amended 12-6-1994 by Ord. No. 2171]
In the construction of this chapter, amendments thereof and supplements thereto, words or phrases shall be read and construed within their context and shall, unless inconsistent with the manifest intent of the Health Officer or unless another or different meaning is expressly indicated, be given their generally accepted meaning according to the approved usage of the language. Technical words and phrases, and words and phrases having a special or accepted meaning in the law, shall be so construed in accordance with such technical or special and accepted meaning.
Unless it be otherwise hereinafter expressly provided or there is something in the subject or context repugnant to such construction, the following words and phrases, when used in this chapter and in any amendments thereof or supplements thereto, shall have the meanings herein given to them:
CITY
The City of Garfield.
HEALTH OFFICER
The licensed Health Officer duly appointed by the Board.
PERSON
Includes corporations, companies, associations, societies, firms, partnerships and joint-stock companies as well as individuals, unless restricted by context to an individual as distinguished from a corporate entity or specifically restricted to one or some of the above-enumerated synonyms.
REGISTRAR
The duly appointed Registrar of Vital Statistics.
SANITARY INSPECTOR
The licensed Sanitary Inspector duly appointed by the City Manager to aid in the enforcement of the sanitary laws of this state and the rules, regulations and ordinances of the City of Garfield.
SMALL ANIMALS
Includes rabbits, cats, dogs, guinea pigs, chickens, excluding roosters, and any other small animal kept or raised for private food consumption or for hobby.
[Amended 9-27-2022 by Ord. No. 2954]
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Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I).
The provisions of this chapter not inconsistent with those of prior ordinances shall be construed as a continuation of such ordinances.
The classification and arrangement of the several sections of this chapter have been made for the purpose of convenience, reference and orderly arrangement, and therefore no implication or presumption of a legislative construction is to be drawn therefrom.
In the construction of this chapter or any part thereof, no outline or analysis of the contents of any article, section or other part thereof, no cross-references or cross-reference note and no headnote or source note to any section of this chapter shall be deemed to be part of the chapter.
The repeal by the enactment of this chapter of any ordinance or part of any ordinance shall not in any way affect, impair or invalidate any act done or right or limitation tested or accrued, or in any way annul, invalidate, take away, impair, limit, disturb or affect the right, title, estate, privilege, immunity or power or conveyance in, to or of either real or personal property acquired, given, conferred, had or made under or by virtue of, or validated by, any ordinance or part of ordinance so repealed.
No action, proceeding or matter of any kind whatsoever of a civil nature begun in any of the courts of this state or before any body, board or tribunal whatsoever at the time when this chapter shall become effective, by virtue or under authority of any act or part of any act repealed by the adoption, shall be abated or discontinued because of such a repeal; but the same may and shall be prosecuted to final judgment, decree or decision in accordance with the practice and procedure in force at the time when such action or procedure for the enforcement of a right or the prosecution of a suit shall have accrued; actions now pending or hereafter shall be conducted as near as may be in accordance with such altered practice or procedure as may be provided for.
No offenses committed and no liability, penalty or forfeiture, either civil or criminal, incurred previous to the time of the repeal or alteration of any ordinance or part of any ordinance by the adoption of this chapter or by any ordinance heretofore adopted, shall be discharged, released or affected by the repeal or alteration of the ordinance under which such offense, liability, penalty or forfeiture was incurred unless it is expressly declared in the ordinance by which such repeal or alteration is effectuated that an offense, liability, penalty or forfeiture already committed or incurred shall be commenced or continued and be proceeded with in all respects as if the ordinance or part of an ordinance had not been altered, except that when this chapter or other ordinance by which such repeal or alteration is effectuated shall relate to mere matter of practice or mode of procedure, the proceeding had thereafter on the complaint, indictment or the prosecution for such offenses, liabilities, penalties or forfeitures shall be in such respects, as far as is practicable, in accordance with the provisions of this chapter or such subsequent ordinance.
[Amended 4-25-2006 by Ord. No. 2457]
Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of this chapter for which a penalty is not provided by state law or otherwise specifically provided shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished by one or more of the following: a fine not exceeding $2,000; imprisonment for a term not exceeding 90 days; and/or a period of community service not exceeding 90 days.