[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council of the Borough of Wilson as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Adopted 1-22-1996 by Ord. No. 654, approved 1-22-1996]
Be it enacted and ordained by the Borough Council of the Borough of Wilson, County of Northampton, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and it is enacted and ordained as follows:
The codification of a complete body of ordinances of the Borough of Wilson, County of Northampton, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, as revised, codified and consolidated into titles, chapters and sections by General Code Publishers Corp., is hereby approved adopted, ordained and enacted as the "Code of the Borough of Wilson," hereinafter known and referred to as the "Code," pursuant to Section 1008(b) of the Borough Code, 53 P.S. § 46008(b).[1]
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Editor's Note: Section 1008(b) of the Borough Code was repealed by 2012, May 17, P.L. 262, No. 43. See now 53 P.S. § 48301.5(a) through (d).
All provisions of the Code shall be in full force and effect on and after the effective date of this ordinance.
All ordinances or parts of ordinances of a general and permanent nature adopted by the Borough of Wilson and in force on the date of the adoption of this ordinance and not contained in the Code are hereby repealed as of the effective date of this ordinance, except as hereinafter provided.
The adoption of this Code and the repeal of ordinances provided for in § 1-3 of this ordinance shall not affect the following ordinances, rights and obligations, which are hereby expressly saved from repeal:
A. 
Any ordinance adopted subsequent to April 11, 1994.
B. 
Any right or liability established, accrued or incurred under any legislative provision of the Borough 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 of the Borough 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 of the Borough.
E. 
Any franchise, license, right, easement or privilege heretofore granted or conferred by the Borough.
F. 
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.
G. 
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 of the Borough or other instruments or evidence of the Borough's indebtedness.
H. 
Any ordinance authorizing the purchase, sale, lease or transfer of property or any lawful contract or obligation.
I. 
Any ordinance annexing land to the Borough.
J. 
Any ordinance designating the boundaries of water districts.
K. 
The levy or imposition of taxes, special assessments or charges.
L. 
The dedication of property.
M. 
Any currently effective ordinance or resolution establishing the salaries or rates of compensation of officers and employees of the Borough.
N. 
Ordinance No. 477, adopted February 8, 1971, to establish a Code Hearing Board.
O. 
Ordinance No. 576, adopted February 14, 1983, pertaining to a Northampton County Solid Waste Management Plan.
P. 
Ordinance No. 556, adopted June 9, 1980, to establish an Educational Service Agency.
Q. 
Ordinance No. 566, adopted March 8, 1982, pertaining to participation in an investment trust.
R. 
Ordinance No. 584, adopted February 27, 1984, pertaining to a sewer user charge system.
S. 
Ordinance No. 587, adopted May 14, 1984, regulating building construction in areas subject to flooding.
T. 
Any currently effective ordinance regulating traffic or parking in the Borough.
All ordinances of a general and permanent nature adopted subsequent to the date given in § 1-4A and/or the date of adoption of this ordinance are hereby deemed to be a part of the Code and shall, upon being printed, be included therein. Attested copies of all such legislation shall be temporarily placed in the Code until printed supplements are included.
A. 
In compiling and preparing the ordinances of the Borough of Wilson 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 Borough 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. 
Certain changes of a substantive nature have been made to various ordinances found within the Code, and certain new materials have been added to the Code. These changes and additions have been made to bring the provisions of the Code into conformity with the desired policies of the Borough Council, and it is the intent of the Borough Council that all such changes and additions be adopted as part of the Code as if the ordinances so changed or added had been previously formally amended or adopted to read as such. Such changes and additions are cited within the historical statements by the terms "amended at time of adoption of Code" or "adopted at time of adoption of Code" and are as follows.[1]
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Editor's Note: In accordance with § 1-6B, the chapters, parts and sections which were added, amended, adopted or deleted 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 or additions will be replaced with the following wording: "amended (added) 1-22-1996 by Ord. No. 654." A complete description of all changes is on file in the Borough offices.
A copy of the Code in a post-bound volume has been filed in the office of the Borough Secretary 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 Borough Secretary, as provided by law, and such certified copy shall remain on file in the office of the Borough Secretary, available to persons desiring to examine the same during all times while said Code is in effect.
Any and all additions, deletions, amendments or supplements to the Code, when passed and adopted in such form as to indicate the intention of the Borough Council to be a part thereof, shall be deemed to be incorporated into such Code so that references to the Code shall be understood and intended to include such changes. 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 post-bound book containing said Code, as amendments and supplements thereto.
It shall be the duty of the Borough Secretary, or someone authorized and directed by the Borough Secretary, to keep up-to-date the certified copy of the book containing the Code required to be filed in the office of the Borough Secretary for use by the public. All changes in said Code and all ordinances adopted by the Borough Council subsequent to the effective date of this codification, which the Borough Council shall adopt 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 book containing the Code may be purchased from the Borough Secretary upon the payment of a fee to be set by resolution of the Borough Council, which may also arrange by resolution for procedures for the periodic supplementation thereof.
The Borough Secretary, pursuant to law, shall cause to be published, in the manner required, a notice of the adoption of this ordinance adopting the Code in a newspaper of general circulation in the Borough. Sufficient copies of the Code shall be maintained in the office of the Borough Secretary for inspection by the public at all times during regular office hours. The enactment and application of this ordinance adopting the Code, 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.
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 sections or parts 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 sections or parts 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 Borough to be misrepresented thereby. Any person violating this section of this ordinance shall, upon conviction thereof, be punishable for each offense by a fine of not more than $300 and costs of prosecution or, upon default in payment of the fine and costs, by imprisonment in the County jail for a period not to exceed 30 days.