(1) 
Except for Ordinance No. 5862 adopted by the city of Springfield on September 15, 1997 the Springfield Code adopted in 1965, as subsequently amended, is hereby repealed.
(2) 
The provisions of the document marked and designated as the “Springfield Municipal Code” (hereinafter referred to as “code”) are hereby enacted as a general and permanent law of the city of Springfield.
(3) 
The adoption of Ordinance No. 5862 is hereby reaffirmed and it shall be incorporated into the Springfield Municipal Code, and the section numbers as set forth in the ordinance adjusted to conform to the section number system set forth in the code.
[Section 1.000 amended by Ordinance No. 5866, enacted November 17, 1997]
The provisions of the code adopted in section 1.000 are the laws of the city of Springfield and not merely prima facie evidence of the law.
[Section 1.001 added by Ordinance No. 5866, enacted November 17, 1997]
The provisions of this code adopted in section 1.000 take effect at 10:30 a.m. on November 18, 1997.
[Section 1.005 amended by Ordinance No. 5866 enacted November 17, 1997]
(1) 
The code adopted in section 1.000 shall not affect rights and duties that matured, penalties that were incurred and proceedings that were begun before the effective date in section 1.005.
(2) 
The repealing provision of the Springfield Code, 1965, shall not affect or impair any act done, offense committed or liability, penalty, forfeiture or punishment incurred before the effective date in section 1.005.
[Section 1.006 added by Ordinance No. 5866, enacted November 17, 1997]
(1) 
The provisions of this code that are the same in substance as code or ordinance provisions that are in effect immediately before this code becomes effective are construed as restatements and continuations of the prior provisions.
(2) 
For purposes of adoption of this code, the members of all city boards, committees, or commissions created under a code or ordinance provision repealed by this code shall continue to hold office for the period of time specified in the repealed provision.
(3) 
A person who holds a license, permit, right or privilege granted under a prior code provision repealed by this code may continue to operate under and use such license, permit, right or privilege until expiration thereof according to the terms of the code provision under which the license, permit, right or privilege was issued, unless the same is revoked sooner by the city.
[Section 1.007 added by Ordinance No. 5866, enacted November 17, 1997]
The sections, subsections, paragraphs, provisions, clauses, phrases, and words of this code are severable. If a section, subsection, paragraph, provision, clause, phrase, or word of this code is declared by a court of competent jurisdiction to be unconstitutional or invalid, the judgment shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this code. Every other section, subsection, paragraph, provision, clause, phrase or word of this code enacted, irrespective of the enactment or validity of the portion declared unconstitutional or invalid, is valid.