[Adopted 9-27-2004 by Ord. No. 247]
The ordinances of the Town of a general and permanent nature, adopted by the Mayor and Council of the Town, as revised, codified and consolidated into chapters and sections by General Code Publishers Corp. and consisting of Chapters 1 through 180, are hereby approved, adopted, ordained and enacted as the "Code of the Town of Sykesville," 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.
This ordinance was introduced at the Town meeting
held on the 13th day of September 2004, and approved for passage by
the Council on the 27th day of September 2004, and became effective
21 days from the date of passage.
[Amended 6-11-2007 by Ord. No. 268]
A copy of the Code in loose-leaf or post binder
form has been filed in the office of the Town Manager (or such other
staff member who may be designated by the Town Manager) 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 Town Manager of the Town by
impressing thereon the Seal of the Town, and such certified copy shall
remain on file in the office of the Town Manager (or such other staff
member who may be designated by the Town Manager), to be made available
to persons desiring to examine the same during all times while the
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 Mayor and 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 Sykesville" 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 or post binder book containing said Code as amendments
and supplements thereto.
[Amended 6-11-2007 by Ord. No. 268]
The Town Manager (or such other staff member
who may be designated by the Town Manager) pursuant to law, shall
cause to be published, in the manner required, a notice of the passage
of this ordinance in a newspaper of general circulation in the Town.
Sufficient copies of the Code shall be maintained in the office of
the Town Manager (or such other staff member who may be designated
by the Town Manager) for inspection by the public at all times during
regular office hours. Publication of such notice 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.
[Amended 6-11-2007 by Ord. No. 268]
It shall be the duty of the Town Manager (or
such other staff member who may be designated by the Town Manager)
to keep up-to-date the certified copy of the book containing the Code
required to be filed in the Town Manager's office (or such other staff
member's office who may be designated by the Town Manager) 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 books, at which time such
supplements shall be inserted therein.
[Amended 6-11-2007 by Ord. No. 268]
Copies of the Code book containing the Code
may be purchased from the Town Manager (or such other staff member
who may be designated by the Town Manager) upon the payment of a fee
to be set by resolution of the Mayor and 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 to be misrepresented thereby.
Any violation of this section shall be punishable as a misdemeanor,
the penalty for which shall be a fine not to exceed $1,000 or imprisonment
for a term not to exceed six months.
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 to be unconstitutional, void or ineffective
for any cause shall not be deemed to affect the validity or constitutionality
of any other section or parts thereof.
Each section of this ordinance is an independent
section, and the holding of any section or part thereof 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.
All ordinances or parts of ordinances of a general
and permanent nature adopted and in force on the date of the adoption
of this ordinance and not contained in the Code which are inconsistent
with any ordinance contained in the Code are hereby repealed as of
the effective date of this adopting ordinance, except as hereinafter
provided.
The adoption of this Code and repeal of ordinances provided for in § 1-12 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 January 12, 2004.
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 provisions
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 or obligation.
I.
The levy or imposition of taxes, assessments or charges.
J.
The dedication of property or approval of preliminary
or final subdivision plats.
K.
Ordinances establishing the amount and manner of payment
of salaries or compensation of officers and employees, establishing
workdays and working hours of certain employees and providing for
holidays and vacations for employees and keeping of employment records.
L.
All ordinances pertaining to Zoning Map changes.
M.
Ordinance No. 87.
A.
In compiling and preparing the ordinances for adoption
and revision as part of the Code, certain grammatical changes and
other minor changes were made in one or more of said ordinances. It
is the intention of the Mayor and 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.
B.
In addition, the changes, amendments or revisions
to the Code enumerated in Schedule A attached hereto and made a part
hereof are made herewith, to become effective upon the effective date
of this ordinance. (Chapter and section number references are to the
ordinances as they have been renumbered and appear in the Code.)[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: In accordance with § 1-25B, the chapters, parts and sections which were added, amended, adopted or deleted by this ordinance are indicated throughout the Code by a footnote referring to Chapter 1, General Provisions, Article II. During routine supplementation, footnotes indicating amendments, additions or deletions will be replaced with the following history: "Amended (added, deleted) 9-27-2004 by Ord. No. 247." Schedule A, which contains a complete description of all changes, is on file in the Town offices.
Pursuant to § 9A of Article 23A of
the Maryland Code, a copy of the Code of the Town of Sykesville containing
the Charter shall be deposited with the Maryland Department of Legislative
Services.
