[Adopted 10-15-2018 by Ord. No. 2018-05]
Pursuant to the authority contained in Section 602(7) of the Town Charter, the ordinances of the Town of North Brentwood of a general and permanent nature, adopted by the Town Council of the Town of North Brentwood, as revised, codified and consolidated into chapters and sections by General Code, LLC, and consisting of Chapters 1 through 339, together with an Appendix, are hereby approved, adopted, ordained and enacted as the "Code of the Town of North Brentwood," hereinafter known and referred to as the "Code."
This ordinance and the Code shall supersede all other general
and permanent ordinances enacted prior to the enactment of this Code,
except such ordinances as are hereinafter expressly saved from repeal
or continued in force.
The provisions of the Code, insofar as they are substantively
the same as those of the ordinances in force immediately prior to
the enactment of the 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
ordinances.
A copy of the Code in loose-leaf form has been filed in the
office of the Clerk of the Town of North Brentwood 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 Clerk of the Town of North
Brentwood by impressing thereon the Seal of the Town, and such certified
copy shall remain on file in the office of the Clerk, to be made available
to persons desiring to examine the same during all times while said
Code is in effect.
Any and all additions, amendments or supplements to the Code,
when passed and adopted in such form as to indicate the intent of
the Town Council to make them a part thereof, shall be deemed to be
incorporated into such Code so that reference to the "Code of the
Town of North Brentwood" shall be understood and intended to include
such additions and amendments. Whenever such additions, amendments
or supplements to the Code shall be adopted, they shall thereafter
be printed and, as provided hereunder, inserted in the loose-leaf
book containing said Code as amendments and supplements thereto.
The Clerk of the Town of North Brentwood, pursuant to law, shall
cause this Adopting Ordinance to be posted on an official bulletin
board to be maintained by the Council in a public place until it is
approved or disapproved. Sufficient copies of the Code shall be maintained
in the office of the Clerk for inspection by the public at all times
during regular office hours. The enactment and publication of this
Adopting Ordinance, 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.
It shall be the duty of the Clerk or someone authorized and
directed by the Clerk to keep up-to date the certified copy of the
book containing the Code required to be filed in his or her office
for the use of the public. All changes in said Code and all ordinances
adopted subsequent to the effective date of this codification which
shall be adopted 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 Code may be purchased from the Clerk upon the
payment of a fee to be established by the Town Council, which may
also arrange, by resolution, for procedures for the periodic supplementation
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 Town of North Brentwood to be misrepresented thereby.
Any violation of this section shall be punishable as a municipal infraction.
A.
Severability of Code provisions. 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 or its application
to any person or circumstance 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.
B.
Severability of ordinance provisions. Each section of this ordinance
is an independent section, and the holding of any section or part
thereof or its application to any person or circumstance 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.
Except as provided in § 1-28, Ordinances saved from repeal, below, all ordinances or parts of ordinances inconsistent with the provisions contained in the Code adopted by this ordinance are hereby repealed; provided, however, that such repeal shall only be to the extent of such inconsistency, and any valid legislation of the Town of North Brentwood which is not in conflict with the provisions of the Code shall be deemed to remain in full force and effect.
The adoption of this Code and the repeal of ordinances provided for in § 1-27 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 October 2, 2017.
B.
Any right or liability established, accrued or incurred under any
legislative provision 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 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.
E.
Any franchise, license, right, easement or privilege heretofore granted
or conferred.
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 or any portion thereof.
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 or other instruments or evidence
of the Town's indebtedness.
H.
Ordinances authorizing the purchase, sale, lease or transfer of property
or any lawful contract, agreement or obligation.
I.
The levy or imposition of taxes, assessments or charges or the approval
of the municipal budget.
J.
The dedication of property or approval of preliminary or final subdivision
plats.
K.
All currently effective ordinances pertaining to the rate and manner
of payment of salaries and compensation of officers and employees.
L.
Any ordinance relating to or establishing a pension plan or pension
fund for municipal employees.
M.
Any ordinance or portion of an ordinance establishing or amending
a specific fee amount for any license, permit or service obtained
from the Town.
In compiling and preparing the ordinances for revision as part
of the Code, certain grammatical changes and other non-substantive
minor changes were made in one or more of said ordinances. In addition,
chapter and section number references to the ordinances may have been
renumbered for consistency. It is the intention of the Town 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.
A.
Pursuant to Md. Ann. Code, LG Article, § 4-111 and unless
the provisions of this Code of Ordinances expressly state otherwise,
the Town is generally exempt from all legislation heretofore or hereafter
enacted by the County relating to any subject upon which the Town
has been heretofore or is hereafter granted legislative authority
to act, either by public general law or by the Town Charter, and upon
which subject the Town in fact acts. Legislation of Prince George's
County pertaining to a subject as to which the Town has not acted
shall be in effect in the Town unless and until the Town specifically
exempts itself therefrom.
B.
Whenever, in this Code, the Town adopts or incorporates by reference,
or otherwise subjects itself or persons within its boundaries to the
ordinances or regulations of Prince George's County, Maryland,
it is the intention of the Town Council to adopt any amendments that
might subsequently be enacted by the Prince George's County Council,
such that the most current version of such ordinance or regulation
then in effect in the unincorporated areas of Prince George's
County shall be effective within the Town.
Pursuant to § 4-109 of the Local Government Article
of the Annotated Code of Maryland, a copy of the Code of the Town
of North Brentwood containing the Charter shall be deposited with
the Maryland Department of Legislative Services.
