[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council of the Borough of
West Conshohocken as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted
where applicable.]
[Adopted 7-8-1975 by Ord. No. 305]
The codification of a complete body of ordinances for the Borough of West Conshohocken, County of Montgomery, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, revised, codified and consolidated into titles, chapters and sections by General Code Publishers Corp. and consisting of Chapters 1 through 109, together with an Index, are hereby approved, adopted, ordained and enacted as the "Code of the Borough of West Conshohocken," hereinafter known and referred to as the "Code," pursuant to § 1008(b) of the Borough Code.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: See now 8 Pa.C.S.A. § 3301.5.
All provisions of the Code shall be in full force and effect
on and after July 8, 1975.
All ordinances or parts of ordinances of a general and permanent
nature, adopted by the Borough of West Conshohocken and in force on
the date of the adoption of this ordinance, and not contained in the
Code are hereby repealed as of the effective date of this ordinance,
except as hereinafter provided.
The adoption of this Code and the repeal of ordinances provided for in § 1-3 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 February 11, 1975.
B.
Any
right or liability established, accrued or incurred under any legislative
provision of the Borough 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 of the Borough
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 of the Borough.
E.
Any
franchise, license, right, easement or privilege heretofore granted
or conferred by the Borough.
F.
Any
ordinance providing for the laying out, opening, altering, widening,
relocating, straightening, establishing grade, changing name, improvement,
acceptance or vacation of any right-of-way, easement, street, road,
highway, park or other public place.
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 of the Borough, or other instruments
or evidence of the Borough's indebtedness.
H.
Any
ordinance authorizing the purchase, sale, lease or transfer of property,
or any lawful contract or obligation.
I.
Any
ordinance annexing land to the Borough.
J.
Any
ordinance designating the boundaries of water districts.
K.
The
levy or imposition of taxes, special assessments or charges.
L.
The
dedication of property.
All ordinances of a general and permanent nature adopted subsequent to the date given in § 1-4A and/or the date of adoption of this ordinance are hereby deemed to be a part of the Code and shall, upon being printed, be included therein. Attested copies of all such legislation shall be temporarily placed in the Code until printed supplements are included.
A.
In
compiling and preparing the ordinances of the Borough of West Conshohocken
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 Borough 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.
Certain
changes of a substantive nature were made to various ordinances found
within the Code. These changes were made to bring the provisions into
conformity with the desired policies of the Borough Council and it
is the intent of the Borough 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. Such changes are cited within the
historical statements by the term "revised during codification."[1]
A copy of the Code in a post-bound volume has been filed in
the office of the Borough Secretary and shall remain there for the
use and examination of 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 Borough Council, as provided by law, and such
certified copy shall remain on file in the office of the Borough Secretary
available to persons desiring to examine the same during all times
while the said Code is in effect.
Any and all additions, deletions, amendments or supplements
to the Code when passed and adopted in such form as to indicate the
intention of the Borough Council to be a part thereof, shall be deemed
to be incorporated into such Code so that reference to the Code shall
be understood and intended to include such changes. Whenever such
additions, deletions, amendments or supplements to the Code shall
be adopted, they shall thereafter be printed and, as provided hereunder,
inserted in the post-bound book containing the said Code, as amendments
and supplements thereto.
It shall be the duty of the Borough Secretary, or someone authorized
and directed by the Borough Secretary, to keep up-to-date the certified
copy of the book containing the Code required to be filed in the office
of the Borough Secretary for the use of the public. All changes in
said Code and all ordinances adopted by the Borough Council subsequent
to the effective date of this codification which the Borough Council
shall adopt 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 book containing the Code may be purchased from
the Borough Secretary upon the payment of a fee to be set by resolution
of the Borough Council, which may also arrange, by resolution, for
procedures for the periodic supplementation thereof.
The Borough Secretary, pursuant to law, shall cause to be published
in the manner required a notice of the adoption of this ordinance
adopting the Code in a newspaper of general circulation in the Borough.
Sufficient copies of the Code shall be maintained in the office of
the Borough Secretary for inspection by the public at all times during
regular office hours. The enactment and application of this ordinance
adopting the Code, 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.
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.
It shall be unlawful for anyone to improperly change or amend,
by additions or deletions, any part or portion thereof, or to alter
or tamper with such Code in any manner whatsoever, which will cause
the law of the Borough to be misrepresented thereby. Any person violating
this section of this ordinance shall, upon conviction thereof before
a District Justice having jurisdiction, be guilty of a summary offense
and shall be punishable for each offense by a fine of not more than
$300 or by imprisonment for not more than 90 days, or both.
