There is hereby adopted by the city that certain Code entitled "The
Charter and Revised Ordinances of Derby, Connecticut" containing certain ordinances
of a general and permanent nature as compiled, consolidated, codified and
indexed in Chapters 1 to 25, both inclusive, of which Code not less than three copies have been and are now
filed in the office of the City Clerk.
The provisions of such Code shall be in force on and after September
28, 1976, and all ordinances of a general and permanent nature adopted on
final reading and passage on or before April 1, 1976, and not contained in
such Code are hereby repealed from and after September 28, 1976, except as
hereinafter provided.
The repeal provided for in the preceding section of this article shall
not affect any offense or act committed or done or any penalty or forfeiture
incurred or any contract or right established or accruing before September
28, 1976; nor shall it affect any prosecution, suit or proceeding pending
or any judgment rendered prior to September 28, 1976; nor shall such repeal
affect any ordinance or resolution promising or guaranteeing the payment of
money for the city or authorizing the issue of any bonds of the city or any
evidence of the city's indebtedness or any contract or obligation assumed
by the city; nor shall it affect the annual tax levy; nor shall it affect
any right or franchise conferred by ordinance or resolution of the city on
any person or corporation; nor shall it affect any ordinance adopted for purposes
which have been consummated; nor shall it affect any ordinance which is temporary,
although general in effect, or special, although permanent in effect; nor
shall it affect any ordinance relating to the salaries of the city officers
or employees; nor shall it affect any ordinance annexing territory to the
city; nor shall it affect any ordinance naming, renaming, opening, accepting
or vacating streets or alleys in the city; nor shall it affect any ordinance
adopted on final reading and passage after April 1, 1976.
It is hereby declared to be the intention of the city that the sections,
paragraphs, sentences, clauses and phrases of this article and the Code hereby
adopted are severable, and if any phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph or section
of this article or the Code hereby adopted shall be declared unconstitutional
or otherwise invalid by the valid judgment or decree of a court of competent
jurisdiction, such unconstitutionality or invalidity shall not affect any
of the remaining phrases, clauses, sentences, paragraphs and sections of this
article or the Code hereby adopted.