The codification of a complete body of resolutions, policies, regulations and bylaws for York County, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, as revised, codified and consolidated into chapters, Articles and sections by General Code Publishers Corp., and consisting of Parts II and III of the Code, Chapters
129 through
347, are hereby approved, adopted, ordained and enacted as a single resolution of York County, which shall be known and is hereby designated as Parts II and III of the "York County Code," hereinafter referred to as the "Code."
The provisions of this Code, insofar as they are substantively the same as those of resolutions, policies, regulations and bylaws in force immediately prior to the enactment of this resolution, are intended as a continuation of such resolutions, policies, regulations and bylaws and not as new enactments, and the effectiveness of such provisions shall date from the date of adoption of the prior resolutions, policies, regulations and bylaws. All such provisions are hereby continued in full force and effect and are hereby reaffirmed as to their adoption by the Board of Commissioners of York County, and it is the intention of said Board of Commissioners that each such provision contained within Parts II and III of the Code is hereby reenacted and reaffirmed as it appears in said Code. Only changed provisions, as described in §
1-20 below, shall be deemed to be enacted from the effective date of this Code, as provided in §
1-28 below.
All resolutions, policies, regulations and bylaws of a general
and permanent nature adopted subsequent to June 28, 1995 and/or prior
to the date of adoption of this resolution are hereby deemed to be
a part of Parts II and III of the Code and shall, upon being printed,
be included therein. Attested copies of all such resolutions, policies,
regulations and bylaws shall be temporarily placed in the Code until
printed supplements are included.
In interpreting and applying the provisions of Parts II and
III of the Code, they shall be held to the minimum requirements for
the promotion of the public health, safety, comfort, convenience and
general welfare. Where the provisions of Parts II and III of the Code
impose greater restrictions or requirements than those of any statute,
other ordinance, resolution or regulation, the provisions of the Code
shall control. Where the provisions of any statute, other ordinance,
resolution or regulation impose greater restrictions or requirements,
the provisions of such statute, other ordinance, resolution or regulation
shall control.
Three copies of Parts II and III of the Code in a post-bound
volume, shall be filed in the office of the Administrator/Chief Clerk
and shall remain there for use and examination by the public. Upon
adoption, such copies shall be certified to by the Administrator/Chief
Clerk, as provided by law, and such certified copies shall remain
on file in the office of the Administrator/Chief Clerk, 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 Parts II and III of the Code, when passed and adopted in such form
as to indicate the intention of the Board of Commissioners to be a
part thereof, shall be deemed to be incorporated into Parts II and
III of such Code so that reference to Parts II and III of the Code
shall be understood and intended to include such changes. Whenever
such additions, deletions, amendments or supplements to Parts II and
III of the Code shall be adopted, they shall thereafter be printed
and, as provided hereunder, inserted in the post-bound book containing
Parts II and III of said Code as amendments and supplements thereto.
It shall be the duty of the Administrator/Chief Clerk or someone
authorized and directed by him or her to keep up-to-date the certified
copies of the book containing Parts II and III of the Code required
to be filed in the office of the Administrator/Chief Clerk for the
use of the public. All changes in Parts II and III of said Code and
all resolutions, policies, regulations and bylaws adopted by the Board
of Commissioners subsequent to the effective date of Parts II and
III of this codification which the Board of Commissioners shall adopt
specifically as part of the Code shall, when finally adopted, be included
therein by reference until such changes or new resolutions, policies,
regulations and bylaws are printed as supplements to said Code books,
at which time such supplements shall be inserted therein.
It shall be unlawful for anyone to improperly change or amend,
by additions or deletions, or to alter or tamper with Parts II and
III of the Code or any part or portion thereof, in any manner whatsoever,
which will cause the law of the county to be misrepresented thereby.
Anyone violating this section of this resolution shall, upon conviction
thereof, be punished by a fine not exceeding $600, plus costs of prosecution,
and, in default of payment thereof, by imprisonment for a term not
exceeding 30 days.
The provisions of this resolution and of Parts II and III of
the Code adopted hereby are severable, and if any clause, sentence,
subsection, section, Article, chapter or part thereof shall be adjudged
by any court of competent jurisdiction to be illegal, invalid or unconstitutional,
such judgment or decision shall not affect, impair or invalidate the
remainder thereof but shall be confined in its operation and application
to the clause, sentence, subsection, section, Article, chapter or
part thereof rendered. It is hereby declared to be the intent of the
Board of Commissioners that this resolution and Parts II and III of
the Code would have been adopted if such illegal, invalid or unconstitutional
clause, sentence, subsection, section, Article, chapter or part thereof
had not been included therein.
All provisions of this resolution and of Parts II and III of
the Code shall take effect immediately.