The provisions of the document marked and designated as the "Rainier Municipal Code" (hereinafter referred to as the "code"), and marked as Exhibit "A," are hereby enacted as the general and permanent law of the city of Rainier.
(Ord. 985 § 1, 2000)
This code shall be known as the Rainier Municipal Code and it shall be sufficient to refer to such code as the Rainier Municipal Code in any prosecution for the violation of any provision thereof or in any proceeding at law or equity. It shall be sufficient to designate any ordinance adding to, amending, correcting or repealing all or any part or portion thereof as an addition to, amendment to, correction or repeal of the Rainier Municipal Code. Further reference may be had to the titles, chapters, sections and subsections of the Rainier Municipal Code, and such references shall apply to that numbered title, chapter, section or subsection as it appears in the code.
(Ord. 985 § 2, 2000)
This code consists of all the regulatory and penal ordinances and certain of the administrative ordinances of the city.
(Ord. 985 § 3, 2000)
This code consists of all ordinances through Ordinance 973. The following ordinances, passed subsequent to Ordinance 973, but prior to adoption of this code, are adopted and made a part of this code: Ordinances 974 through 984.
(Ord. 985 § 4, 2000)
Whenever a reference is made to this code as the Rainier Municipal Code or to any portion thereof, or to any ordinance of the city, the reference shall apply to all amendments, corrections and additions thereto, now or hereafter made.
(Ord. 985 § 5, 2000)
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. 985 § 6, 2000)
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 herein 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. 985 § 7, 2000)
Neither the adoption of this code nor the repeal or amendment hereby of any ordinance or part or portion of any ordinance of the city shall in any manner affect the prosecution for violations of ordinances, which violations were committed prior to the effective date of the ordinance codified in this chapter, nor be construed as a waiver of any license, fee or penalty at such effective date 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, or 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. 985 § 8, 2000)
This code shall become effective on the date the ordinance adopting this code as the Rainier Municipal Code shall become effective.
(Ord. 985 § 9, 2000)
The provisions of the 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. For purposes of adoption of the code, the members of all city boards, committees, or commissions created under a code or ordinance provision repealed by the ordinance codified in this chapter shall continue to hold office for the period of time specified in the repealed provision. A person who holds a license, permit, right or privilege granted under a prior ordinance provision repealed by the ordinance codified in this chapter may continue to operate under and use such license, permit, right or privilege until expiration thereof according to the terms of the ordinance provision under which the license, permit, right or privilege was issued, unless the same is revoked sooner by the city.
(Ord. 985 § 10, 2000)
In any prosecution for the violation of any provisions of the Rainier 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 Rainier Municipal Code, and all such references shall apply to the applicable numbered title, chapter, section or subsection as it appears in the Rainier 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 Rainier 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 Rainier.
(Ord. 985 § 11, 2000)
If any section, subsection, 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, and if for any reason this code should be declared invalid or unconstitutional, then the original ordinance or ordinances shall be in full force and effect.
(Ord. 985 § 12, 2000)