[HISTORY: Adopted by the Commissioners of the Town of Ridgely as
indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Adopted 2-1-1999 by Ord. No. 182]
The ordinances of the Commissioners of Ridgely of a general and permanent nature, adopted by the Commissioners of Ridgely, as revised, codified and consolidated into chapters and sections by General Code Publishers Corp. and consisting of Chapters 1 through 185, are hereby approved, adopted, ordained and enacted as the "Code of the Town of Ridgely," 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.
All provisions of this ordinance of the Code shall be in full force
and effect on and after February 1, 1999.
A copy of the Code in loose-leaf or post binder form has been filed
in the office of the Town Clerk 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 Clerk/Treasurer of
the Commissioners of Ridgely by impressing thereon the Seal of the town, and
such certified copy shall remain on file in the office of the Clerk of the
town, 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 Commissioners of
Ridgely 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 Ridgely" 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.
Sufficient copies of the Code shall be maintained in the office of the
Clerk/Treasurer 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.
It shall be the duty of the Clerk/Treasurer, or someone authorized and
directed by the Clerk, to keep up-to-date the certified copy of the book containing
the Code required to be filed in the Clerk/Treasurer's office 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.
Copies of the Code book containing the Code may be purchased from the
Clerk/Treasurer upon the payment of a fee to be set by resolution of the Commissioners
of Ridgely, 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 Commissioners
of Ridgely 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.
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 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 10-5-1998.
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.
Any legislation relating to or establishing a pension
plan or pension fund for municipal employees.
M.
The Subdivision Regulations (Ordinance No. 149) and all
amendments thereto.
N.
The Zoning Ordinance (Ordinance No. 143) and all amendments
thereto.
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 Commissioners of Ridgely 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.
C.
In addition, the amendments and/or additions as set forth
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]
[Added 5-3-1999 by Ord. No. 187]
[1]
Editor's Note: In accordance with § 1-14C, 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 I. During routine supplementation, footnotes indicating amendments or additions will be replaced with the following wording: "amended (added) 5-3-1999 by Ord. No. 187. 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 Ridgely containing the Charter shall be deposited
with the Maryland Department of Legislative Reference.
[Adopted 7-6-1998 by Ord. No. 170]
Whenever in this Code any act is prohibited or is made or declared to
be a misdemeanor or whenever in this Code the doing of any act is required
and the failure to do such act is declared to be a misdemeanor, where no specific
penalty is provided therefor, a violation of any such provision of this Code
shall be punishable by a fine not exceeding $1,000 or by imprisonment for
not more than six months, or both such fine and imprisonment, in the discretion
of the court.
Whenever in this Code or whenever in any rule, regulation or order promulgated by any officer or agency of the town under authority vested in such officer or agency by this Code any act is prohibited or is made or declared to be unlawful or an offense but is not expressly declared in this Code to be a misdemeanor, or whenever in this Code or whenever in any rule, regulation or order so promulgated the doing of any act is required and the failure to do such act is declared to be unlawful or an offense but is not expressly declared in this Code to be a misdemeanor, then such offense shall constitute a municipal infraction, punishable as a civil offense. A fine not to exceed $1,000 may be imposed for each municipal infraction. The fine is payable to the town by the person charged in the citation within 20 calendar days of service of the citation in the manner prescribed and subject to the limitations set forth in Article 23A, § 3, of the Annotated Code of Maryland, or corresponding future provision thereof.
Whether an offense is declared to be a misdemeanor or a municipal infraction,
in each such event each day that a violation shall continue of any provision
of this Code or of any rule, regulation or order promulgated by any officer
or agency of the town under authority vested in such officer or agency by
this Code shall constitute a separate offense, and a conviction (in the case
of a misdemeanor) or a judgment (in the case of a municipal infraction) for
one violation shall not be a bar to a conviction or judgment (as the case
may be) for a continuation of the offense subsequent to the first or succeeding
convictions or judgments.
In the event that the maximum penalties set forth in Article 23A, § 3, of the Annotated Code of Maryland are hereafter increased or decreased by the State Legislature, the maximum penalties hereunder shall be automatically adjusted to the maximum allowed by such legislation without action by the Council.
