[Adopted 4-9-2012 by Ord. No. O-12-2012]
The various chapters and sections of the 1992 and 2007 Code of Ordinances of the City of Glenarden, and subsequent ordinances of the City of Glenarden of a general and permanent nature adopted by the City Council of the City of Glenarden, as revised, codified and consolidated into chapters and sections by General Code and consisting of Chapters 1 through 160, attached, are hereby approved, adopted, ordained and enacted as the "Code of the City of Glenarden," hereinafter known and referred to as the "Code."
This ordinance and the Code shall supersede the 1992 and 2007
Code of Ordinances of the City of Glenarden and all other general
and permanent ordinances enacted prior to the enactment of this Code,
except such ordinances as are hereinafter expressly saved from repeal
or continued in force.
All provisions of this ordinance and of the Code shall be in
full force and effect on or after the passage and approval of this
ordinance to the extent not otherwise provided herein.
A copy of the Code in loose-leaf or post binder form has been
filed in the office of the City Clerk and shall remain there for use
and examination by the public until final action is taken on this
ordinance, and if this ordinance shall be adopted, such copy shall
be certified to by the City Clerk of the City of Glenarden by impressing
thereon the Seal of the City, and such certified copy shall remain
on file in the office of the City Clerk of the City, to be made available
to persons desiring to examine the same during all times while the
Code is in effect.
Any and all additions, amendments or supplements to the Code,
when passed and adopted in such form as to indicate the intent 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 Glenarden" shall be understood and intended to include such
additions and amendments. Whenever such additions, amendments or supplements
to the Code shall be adopted, they shall thereafter be printed and,
as provided hereunder, inserted in the loose-leaf or post binder book
containing said Code as amendments and supplements thereto.
The City Council of the City of Glenarden, pursuant to law,
shall cause to be published, in the manner required, a notice of the
passage of this ordinance in a newspaper of general circulation in
the City. Sufficient copies of the Code shall be maintained in the
office of the City Clerk for inspection by the public at all times
during regular office hours. Publication of such notice, coupled with
availability of copies 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 City Clerk, to keep up-to-date the certified copy
of the book containing the Code required to be filed in the City Clerk's
office for the use of the public. All changes in said Code and all
ordinances 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 books, at
which time such supplements shall be inserted therein.
Copies of the Code book containing the Code may be purchased
from the City Clerk upon the payment of a fee to be set by resolution
of the City Council, which may also arrange, by resolution, 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 Glenarden to be misrepresented thereby. Any
violation of this section shall be punishable as a misdemeanor, the
penalty for which shall be a fine not to exceed $1,000 or imprisonment
for a term not to exceed one year, or both such fine and imprisonment.
Each section of the Code and every part of each section is an
independent section or part of a section, and the holding of any section
or a part thereof to be unconstitutional, void or ineffective for
any cause shall not be deemed to affect the validity or constitutionality
of any other section or part thereof.
Each section of this ordinance is an independent section, and
the holding of any section or part thereof to be unconstitutional,
void or ineffective for any cause shall not be deemed to affect the
validity or constitutionality of any other section or part thereof.
All ordinances or parts of ordinances 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 adopting ordinance, except as hereinafter provided.
The adoption of this Code and repeal of ordinances 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 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.
B.
Any offense or act committed or done before the effective date of
this ordinance in violation of any legislative provisions or any penalty,
punishment or forfeiture which may result therefrom.
C.
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.
D.
Any franchise, license, right, easement or privilege heretofore granted
or conferred.
E.
Any ordinance providing for the laying out, opening, altering, widening,
relocating, straightening, establishing of grade, changing of name,
improvement, acceptance or vacation of any right-of-way, easement,
street, road, highway, park or other public place or any portion thereof.
F.
Any ordinance or resolution 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.
G.
Ordinances authorizing the purchase, sale, lease or transfer of property
or any lawful contract or obligation.
H.
The levy or imposition of taxes, assessments or charges.
I.
Ordinances establishing the amount and manner of payment of salaries
or compensation of officers and employees, establishing workdays and
working hours of certain employees and providing for holidays and
vacations for employees and keeping of employment records.
J.
Any legislation relating to or establishing a pension plan or pension
fund for municipal employees.
K.
The dedication of property or approval of preliminary or final subdivision
plats.
L.
Any legislation relating to the various departments and commissions
of the City, including Ord. Nos. O-06-99 and O-07-99.
M.
Any legislation relating to noise.
N.
Any ordinance adopted subsequent to January 28, 2007.
A.
In compiling and preparing the ordinances for adoption and revision
as part of the Code, certain grammatical changes and other minor changes
were made in one or more of said ordinances. It is the intention of
the City Council that all such changes be adopted as part of the Code
as if the ordinances so changed had been previously formally amended
to read as such.
B.
Throughout the Code, where appropriate, references to the "Town"
are changed to "City."
C.
In addition, the following changes, amendments or revisions are made
herewith, to become effective upon the effective date of this ordinance
as set forth in Schedule A[1] attached hereto and made a part hereof (chapter and section
number references are to the ordinances as they have been renumbered
and appear in the Code).
[1]
Editor's Note: In accordance with § 1-14C, the chapters, parts and sections which were added, amended, adopted or repealed by this ordinance are indicated throughout the Code by a footnote referring to Chapter 1, General Provisions, Article I. During routine supplementation, footnotes indicating amendments, additions or deletions will be replaced with the following history: "Amended (added, repealed) 4-9-2012 by Ord. No. O-12-2012." Schedule A, which contains a complete description of all changes, is on file in the City offices.
Pursuant to § 9A of Article 23A of the Maryland Code,
a copy of the Code of the City of Glenarden containing the Charter
shall be deposited with the Maryland Department of Legislative Reference.
