[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Council of the Town of Elkton
as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Adopted 12-18-2000]
In accordance with § 15.2-1433 of the Code of Virginia, the ordinances of the Town of Elkton, as codified by General Code Publishers Corp., and consisting of Chapters 1 through 170, together with an Appendix, shall be known collectively as the Code of the Town of Elkton, hereafter termed the "Code." Wherever reference is made in any of the ordinances contained in the Code of the Town of Elkton to any other ordinance appearing in said Code, such reference shall be changed to the appropriate chapter title, chapter number, article number or section number appearing in the Code as if such ordinance had been formally amended to so read.
The provisions of the Code, insofar as they are substantively
the same as those of the 1980 Code (adopted 6-19-1980) or ordinances
in force immediately prior to the enactment of the Code by this ordinance,
are intended as a continuation of same ordinances and not as new enactments,
and the effectiveness of such provisions shall date from the date
of adoption of the prior ordinance or 1980 Code. All such provisions
are hereby continued in full force and effect and are hereby reaffirmed
as to their adoption by the Town Council of the Town of Elkton, and
it is the intention of said Council that each such provision contained
within the Code is hereby reaffirmed as it appears in said Code.
A.
All
ordinances of a general and permanent nature of the Town of Elkton
in force on the date of the adoption of this ordinance which are inconsistent
with any provisions and not contained in the Code of the Town of Elkton
or recognized and continued in force by reference therein are hereby
repealed from and after the effective date of this ordinance.
B.
When
an ordinance which has repealed another shall itself be repealed,
the previous ordinance shall not be revived without express words
to that effect.
C.
The
following ordinances and provisions from the 1980 Code are specifically
repealed:
(1)
The following chapters and sections of the 1980 Code are repealed:
(a)
Chapter 1 of Title 1 (Secs. 1-1-1 through 1-1-8) pertaining to use and construction and penalties.
(b)
Section 2-3-5 pertaining to fiscal year and budget year.
(c)
Sections 2-2-1 through 2-2-9 pertaining to the Town Superintendent.
(d)
Sections 6-4-21 through 6-4-37 pertaining to construction permits.
(e)
Sections 6-4-41 through 6-4-45 pertaining to construction of buildings.
(f)
Sections 6-4-51 through 6-4-54 pertaining to installation of electrical
wiring.
(g)
Section 6-4-101 pertaining to plumbing permits.
(h)
Sections 6-4-11 through 6-4-15 pertaining to registration of contractors.
(i)
Sections 3-2-21 through 3-2-32 pertaining to general fire regulations.
(j)
Sections 3-2-33 through 3-2-38 pertaining to fireworks and explosives.
(k)
Sections 9-3-11 through 9-3-16 pertaining to handbills.
(l)
Section 9-2-1 through 9-2-24 pertaining to nuisances.
(m)
Sections 7-1-1 through 7-1-38 pertaining to the BPOL tax.
(n)
Sections 7-4-1 through 7-4-74 pertaining to vehicles for hire.
(o)
Sections 8-2-1 through 8-2-4 pertaining to inoperable vehicles.
If any clause, sentence, paragraph, section, article, chapter
or part of this ordinance or of any ordinance included in this Code
now or through supplementation shall be adjudged by any court of competent
jurisdiction to be invalid, such judgment shall not affect, impair
or invalidate the remainder thereof but shall be confined in its operation
to the clause, sentence, paragraph, section, article, chapter or part
thereof directly involved in the controversy in which such judgment
shall have been rendered.
A copy of the Code, in loose-leaf form, has been filed in the
office of the Town Clerk of the Town of Elkton 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 by the Town Clerk of the Town of Elkton by impressing
thereon the Seal of the Town, and such certified copy shall remain
on file in the office of said Town Clerk to be made available to persons
desiring to examine the same during all times while said Code is in
effect. 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.
Any and all additions, deletions, amendments or supplements
to any of the ordinances known collectively as the "Code of the Town
of Elkton" or any new ordinances, when enacted or adopted in such
form as to indicate the intention of the Town Council to be a part
thereof, shall be deemed to be incorporated into such Code so that
reference to the Code 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 enacted or adopted, they shall thereafter be printed and, as provided
hereunder, inserted in the loose-leaf book containing said Code as
amendments and supplements thereto. Nothing contained in this ordinance
shall affect the status of any ordinance contained herein, and such
ordinances may be amended, deleted or changed from time to time as
the Town Council deems desirable.
It shall be the duty of the Town Clerk to keep up-to-date the
certified copy of the book containing the Code of the Town of Elkton
required to be filed in the office of the Town Clerk for use by the
public. All changes in said Code and all ordinances adopted by the
Town Council subsequent to the enactment of this ordinance in such
form as to indicate the intention of said Council to be a part of
said Code shall, when finally enacted or adopted, be included therein
by temporary attachment of copies of such changes or ordinances until
such changes or 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 Town Clerk of the
Town of Elkton upon the payment of a fee to be set by resolution of
the Town Council, which Council may also arrange by resolution for
procedures for the periodic supplementation thereof.
The catchlines of the sections of this Code are intended as
mere catchwords to indicate the contents of the sections and shall
not be deemed or taken to be titles of such sections, nor as any part
of any section, nor, unless expressly so provided, shall they be so
deemed when any section, including its catchline, is amended or reenacted.
Any person who, without authorization from the Town Clerk, changes
or amends, by additions or deletions, any part or portion of the Code
of the Town of Elkton or who alters or tampers with such Code in any
manner whatsoever which will cause the legislation of the Town of
Elkton to be misrepresented thereby or who violates any other provision
of this ordinance shall be guilty of an offense and shall, upon conviction
thereof, be subject to a fine not to exceed $250.
A.
In compiling and preparing the ordinances for publication as the Code of the Town of Elkton, no changes in the meaning or intent of such ordinances have been made, except as provided for in Subsection B hereof. In addition, certain grammatical changes and other minor nonsubstantive changes were made in one or more of said pieces of legislation. It is the intention of the Town Council that all such changes be adopted as part of the Code as if the ordinances had been previously formally amended to read as such.
B.
Global changes. Certain changes have been made throughout the Code
of the Town of Elkton:
(1)
Statutory references. Code of Virginia references have been updated
as necessary to the current statutory reference.
(2)
Gender-neutral language. Gender-neutral language has been employed
where possible without wholesale rewording of sections. Use of "his
or her," "he or she," "him or his," and simple conversions such as
"Chairman" to "Chair" and "policeman" to "police officer" and "fireman"
to "firefighter" have been used to achieve gender-neutrality.
(3)
Violations and penalties. Penalties have either been added or amended
throughout the Code making violations subject to maximum fines and
imprisonment terms as provided below. Further, each day's continued
violation shall be a separate offense.
(a)
In the following sections, the penalties have been amended or added to provide a fine of not more than $250: §§ 50-3; 53-4; 53-8; 77-4; 92-3; 125-23; 148-38.
(b)
In the following sections, the penalties have been amended or added to provide a fine of not more than $500: §§ 59-4; 73-7; 89-3; 108-3; 139-18; 139-30; 143-8; 143-25; 143-30; 143-35.
C.
In addition, certain amendments and/or additions are made herewith and are hereby adopted as Schedule A, attached to and made a part of this ordinance, to become effective upon the effective date of this ordinance. The sections or chapters which have been amended or added are noted using an Editor's Note stating: "Amended (or added) at time of adoption of Code; see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. I."[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: During routine supplementation, footnotes
indicating amendments, additions or deletions will be replaced with
the following history: "Amended (added, deleted) 12-18-2000." Schedule
A, which contains a complete description of all changes, is on file
in the Town Clerk's office.
