The Tigard Municipal Code is adopted as the official city code of the City of Tigard. The code shall be cited as the "Tigard Municipal Code," published under general authority of the City Council and maintained as provided in this chapter by the City Recorder.
(Ord. 72-61 §1; Ord. 01-19 §1)
In any prosecution for the violation of any provisions of the Tigard Municipal Code, or in any legal proceeding within the purview thereof, it shall be sufficient to refer to the applicable title, chapter, section or subsection of the Tigard Municipal Code, and all such references shall apply to the applicable numbered title, chapter, section or subsection as it appears in the Tigard Municipal Code.
Any ordinance adding to, amending, correcting or repealing all or any portion of a section of the code shall refer to and designate the applicable title, chapter, section or subsection of the Tigard Municipal Code, and whenever reference is made to any portion of the code, the reference shall apply and be applicable to amendments, corrections or additions heretofore or hereafter enacted by the City of Tigard.
(Ord. 72-61 §2)
Title, chapter and section headings contained herein shall not be deemed to govern, limit, modify or in any manner affect the scope, meaning or intent of the provisions of any title, chapter or section hereof.
(Ord. 72-61 §3)
The provisions of this code shall not in any manner affect matters of record which refer to, or are otherwise connected with ordinances which are therein specifically designated by number or otherwise and which are included within the code, but such reference shall be construed to apply to the corresponding provisions contained within this code.
(Ord. 72-61 §4)
Neither the adoption of this code nor the repeal or amendments hereby of any ordinance or part or portion of any city ordinance shall in any manner affect the prosecution for violations of ordinances, which violations were committed prior to November 8, 1972, nor be construed as a waiver of any license, fee or penalty at November 8, 1972, due and unpaid under such ordinances, nor be construed as affecting any of the provisions of such ordinances relating to the collection of any such license, fee or penalty, on the penal provisions applicable to any violation thereof, nor to affect the validity of any bond or cash deposit in lieu thereof required to be posted, filed or deposited pursuant to any ordinance and all rights and obligations thereunder appertaining shall continue in full force and effect.
(Ord. 72-61 §5)
If any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this code is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this code. The council declares that it would have passed this code, and each section, subsection, sentence, clause and phrase thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, subsections, sentences, clauses or phrases had been declared invalid or unconstitutional.
(Ord. 72-61 §6; Ord. 01-19 §3)
The ordinance codified in this chapter, and the Tigard Municipal Code of 1972, hereby adopted, shall be and shall become effective on and after the 31st day of the adoption of the ordinance codified in this chapter by the council and approval by the mayor.
(Ord. 72-61 §7)
In preparing the codified editions of ordinances for publication and distribution the City Recorder shall not alter the sense, meaning, effect or substance of any ordinance, but, with such limitations, may renumber sections and parts of sections of the ordinances, change the wording of headings, rearrange sections, change reference numbers to agree with renumbered chapters, sections or other parts, substitute the proper subsection, section or chapter or other division numbers, strike out figures or words that are merely repetitious, change capitalization for the purpose of uniformity, and correct manifest clerical or typographical errors. Ordinances codified after December 31, 2010, shall be composed under the guidelines established by the Associated Press (AP) Stylebook for grammar and punctuation insofar as the application of the AP Stylebook guidelines do not alter the sense, meaning, effect or substance of any ordinance.
(Ord. 01-19 §2; Ord. 11-05 §1)