[Adopted 5-8-2012 by Ord. No. 14-12]
The ordinances of the Township of Jackson of a general and permanent nature adopted by the Township Council of the Township of Jackson, as revised, codified and consolidated into chapters and sections by General Code, as set forth in the Derivation Table included at the end of the Code, and as renumbered to consist of Chapters 1 through 443, together with an Appendix, are hereby approved, adopted, ordained and enacted as the "Code of the Township of Jackson," hereafter known and referred to as the "Code."
In compiling and preparing the ordinances and 1972 Code for publication as the 2012 Code of the Township of Jackson, no changes in the meaning or intent of such legislation have been made. Certain grammatical changes and other minor nonsubstantive changes were made in one or more of said pieces of legislation. Chapters, articles and sections have been renumbered pursuant to the Derivation Table included at the end of the Code, including all internal references and cross-references. It is the intention of the Township Council of the Township of Jackson that all such changes be adopted as part of the Code as if the ordinances had been previously formally amended to read as such.
A. 
The provisions of this Code, insofar as they are substantively the same as those of ordinances and the 1972 Code in force immediately prior to the enactment of this Code by this ordinance, are intended as a continuation of such ordinances and not as new enactments, and the effectiveness of such provisions shall date from the date of adoption of the prior ordinance. All such provisions are hereby continued in full force and effect and are hereby reaffirmed as to their adoption by the Township Council of the Township of Jackson, and it is the intention of said Township Council that each such provision contained within the Code is hereby reaffirmed as it appears in said Code.
B. 
For purposes of transition from the 1972 Code to this Code, any reference to a chapter or section number from the 1972 Code on or in any form, license, permit, ticket or other Township document shall be deemed to refer to the corresponding chapter or section in this Code until such form, license, permit, ticket or other Township document is revised or reprinted to refer to the numbering in this Code.
This ordinance shall take effect immediately upon passage and publication according to law.