The various chapters of the 1986 Franklin Municipal Code and subsequent ordinances and resolutions of the City of Franklin of a general and permanent nature adopted by the City Council of the City of Franklin, as revised, codified and consolidated into chapters and sections by General Code Publishers Corp., and consisting of Chapters
1 through
368, are hereby approved, adopted, ordained and enacted as the "Code of the City of Franklin," hereinafter referred to as the "Code."
This ordinance and the Code shall supersede the 1986 Franklin Municipal
Code and all other general and permanent legislation enacted prior to the
enactment of this Code, except such legislation as is hereinafter expressly
saved from repeal or continued in force.
The provisions of the Code, insofar as they are substantively the same
as those of the legislation in force immediately prior to the enactment of
the Code by this ordinance, are intended as a continuation of such legislation
and not as new enactments, and the effectiveness of such provisions shall
date from the date of adoption of the prior legislation.
This ordinance shall take effect immediately upon passage and publication
according to law.
Any and all additions, deletions, amendments or supplements to the Code,
when adopted in such form as to indicate the intention of the City Council
to make them a part thereof, shall be deemed to be incorporated into such
Code so that reference to the "Code of the City of Franklin" shall be understood
and intended to include such additions, deletions, amendments or supplements.
Whenever such additions, deletions, amendments or supplements to the Code
shall be adopted, they shall thereafter be printed and, as provided hereunder,
inserted in the loose-leaf book containing said Code as amendments and supplements
thereto.
The Clerk of the City of Franklin, pursuant to law, shall cause to be
published, in the manner required by law, a copy of this Adoption Ordinance.
Sufficient copies of the Code shall be maintained in the office of the Clerk
for inspection by the public at all times during regular office hours. The
enactment and publication of this ordinance, coupled with the availability
of a copy of the Code for inspection by the public, shall be deemed, held
and considered to be due and legal publication of all provisions of the Code
for all purposes.
It shall be the duty of the City Clerk, or someone authorized and directed
by the Clerk, to keep up-to-date the certified copy of the book containing
the Code required to be filed in the Clerk's office for use by the public.
All changes in said Code and all legislation adopted subsequent to the effective
date of this codification which shall be adopted specifically as part of the
Code shall, when finally adopted, be included therein by reference until such
changes or new ordinances are printed as supplements to said Code book, at
which time such supplements shall be inserted therein.
Copies of the Code may be purchased from the Clerk upon the payment
of a fee to be set by the City Council, and the City Council may also arrange
for procedures for the periodic supplementation thereof.
It shall be unlawful for anyone to improperly change or amend, by additions
or deletions, any part or portion of the Code or to alter or tamper with such
Code in any manner whatsoever which will cause the law of the City of Franklin
to be misrepresented thereby. Anyone violating this section or any part of
this ordinance shall be subject, upon conviction, to a fine of not more than
$1,000.
All legislation or parts of legislation of a general and permanent nature
adopted and in force on the date of the adoption of this ordinance and not
contained in the Code are hereby repealed as of the effective date of this
Adoption Ordinance, except as hereinafter provided.
The adoption of this Code and the repeal of legislation provided for in §
1-12 of this ordinance shall not affect the following ordinances, rights and obligations, which are hereby expressly saved from repeal:
A. Any legislation adopted subsequent to January 1, 1998.
B. Any right or liability established, accrued or incurred
under any legislative provision prior to the effective date of this ordinance
or any action or proceeding brought for the enforcement of such right or liability.
C. Any offense or act committed or done before the effective
date of this ordinance in violation of any legislative provision or any penalty,
punishment or forfeiture which may result therefrom.
D. Any prosecution, indictment, action, suit or other proceeding
pending or any judgment rendered prior to the effective date of this ordinance
brought pursuant to any legislative provision.
E. Any franchise, license, right, easement or privilege
heretofore granted or conferred.
F. Any ordinance providing for the laying out, opening,
altering, widening, relocating, straightening, establishing grade, changing
name, improvement, acceptance or vacation of any right-of-way, easement, street,
road, highway, park or other public place or any portion thereof.
G. Any ordinance appropriating money or transferring funds,
promising or guaranteeing the payment of money or authorizing the issuance
and delivery of any bond or other instruments or evidence of the city's
indebtedness.
H. Ordinances authorizing the purchase, sale, lease or transfer
of property or any lawful contract or obligation.
I. The levy or imposition of taxes, assessments or charges.
J. The annexation or dedication of property or approval
of preliminary or final subdivision plats.
K. All currently effective ordinances pertaining to the
rate and manner of payment of salaries and compensation of officers and employees.
L. Any legislation relating to or establishing a pension
plan or pension fund for municipal employees.
M. Rules and regulations pertaining to the Franklin Fire
Department.