Upon adoption by the Board of Trustees, this Code, as amended
from time to time, shall be and shall constitute the official "Municipal
Code of Lincolnwood." The passage of this Code or portions thereof
shall not affect the continuing validity of prior ordinances of the
Village with which this Code is not in conflict. Any reference made
to the number of any section contained in this Code shall be understood
to refer to the position of the same under its appropriate chapter
and article heading, and to the general penalty clause relating thereto,
as well as the section itself, when reference is made to this Code
by title in any document.
This Code shall hereafter be received without further proof
in all courts and in all administrative tribunals of this state as
the ordinances of the Village of Lincolnwood of general and permanent
effect.
Any additions or amendments to this Code, when passed in such
form as to indicate the intention of the Board of Trustees to make
the same a part hereof, shall be deemed to be incorporated in this
Code so that a reference to the "Municipal Code of Lincolnwood" shall
be understood as including them.
The Village Clerk shall keep at least one copy of this Code.
For all sections of this Code other than those set forth in Chapter
15 (Zoning Code), each section number shall consist of three component parts separated by a dash. The first figure shall refer to the chapter number, the second figure shall refer to the article number and the third figure shall refer to the position of the section within the article. Sections of this Code set forth in Chapter
15 (Zoning Code) shall be numbered as set forth in Chapter
15.
All general ordinances of the Village passed prior to the adoption
of this Code and in conflict with the provisions herein or which are
in conflict with amendments to this Code are hereby repealed.
When any ordinance repealing a former ordinance, clause, or
provision shall be itself repealed, such repeal shall not be construed
to revive the former ordinance, clause, or provision.
If any provision, part, section, sentence or clause of this
Code, or the application thereof, is held by a court of competent
jurisdiction to be invalid, void, or unenforceable, the remainder
of this Code shall remain in full force and effect and shall in no
way be affected, impaired, or invalidated.
This Code, as amended, shall be construed to be an exercise
of the home rule powers granted to the Village pursuant to Article
VII, Section 6 of the Illinois Constitution of 1970.
The Board of Trustees shall annually adopt a resolution setting
forth the applicable fees and charges due for the various licenses,
permits and services authorized by this Code and by other ordinances
of the Village. Whenever reference is made in this Code to the "Annual
Fee Resolution," such reference shall mean the most current annual
resolution adopted pursuant to this section. By this reference, the
Annual Fee Resolution, as the same may, from time to time, be amended,
is hereby incorporated herein as if fully set forth herein.