[Adopted 2-7-2005 by Ord. No. 862]
The adoption of omnibus corrections of certain technical, outdated, and typographical errors to limited portions of the Code, as set forth in the Draft prepared by General Code Publishers, dated December 2004, and as approved by motion of the City Council, be and the same are adopted.
This ordinance and the Code shall supersede all 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.
All amendments of the provisions of the ordinances shall be in full force and effect on or after the passage and approval of this ordinance to the extent not otherwise provided herein.
A copy of the Code outlining the technical, outdated, and typographical errors to limited portions of the Code affected shall be available in loose-leaf form at the front desk of City Hall and shall be made available to persons desiring to examine the same during all times while the Code is pending, subject to photocopying fees as allowed by the Maryland Public Records Act.
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 City of Havre de Grace 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, or both such fine and imprisonment.
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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 part thereof.
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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 section or part thereof.
All ordinances or parts of ordinances of a general, permanent nature adopted and in force on the date of the adoption of this ordinance and not contained in the Code are hereby repealed as of the effective date of this adopting ordinance, except as hereinafter provided.
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.
The adoption of this ordinance and repeal of ordinances or any parts thereof shall not affect the following ordinances, rights and obligations, which are hereby expressly saved from repeal:
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Any legislative provisions or any penalty, punishment or forfeiture which may result therefrom;
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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;
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A franchise, license, right, easement or privilege heretofore granted or conferred;
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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;
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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 City’s indebtedness;
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Ordinances authorizing the purchase, sale, lease or transfer of property or any lawful contract or obligation;
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The levy or imposition of taxes, assessments or charges;
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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; or
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Any legislation relating to or establishing a pension plan or pension fund for municipal employees.