0456 Revising the City Code 1982•
ORDINANCE NO. 456
AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING AND ENACTING A NEW CODE FOR THE CITY OF OKEECHOBEE,
FLORIDA; ESTABLISHING THE SAME; PROVIDING FOR THE REPEAL OF CERTAIN
ORDINANCES NOT INCLUDED THEREIN; PROVIDING FOR THE MANNER OF AMENDING
AND SUPPLEMENTING SUCH CODE: AND PROVIDING WHEN SUCH CODE AND THIS
ORDINANCE SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF OKEECHOBEE, FLORIDA AS
FOLLOWS:
Section 1: That the Code of Ordinances, consisting of Chapters 1 to
19, each inclusive, is hereby adopted and enacted as the "Okeechobee, Florida
Code of Ordinances," which Code shall supersede all general and permanent
ordinances of the city adopted on or before October 31, 1981, to the extent
provided in Section 2 hereof.
Section 2: That all provisions of such Code shall be in full force and
effect from and after April 13, 1982, and all ordinances of a general and
permanent nature of the city adopted on final passage on or before October
31, 1981, and not included in such Code or recognized and continued in force
by reference therein, are hereby repealed from and after the effective date
of such Code.
Section 3: That the repeal provided for in Section 2 hereof shall not
be construed to revive any ordinance or part thereof that has been repealed by
a subsequent ordinance which is repealed by this ordinance.
'Section 4: Unless another penalty is expressly provided, a violation
of any provision of such Code, or any provision of any rule or regulation
adopted or issued pursuant thereto, shall be punished by a fine of not more
than five hundred ($500), or imprisonment for not more than sixty (60) days,
or both such fine and imprisonment, as provided in Section 1-9 of such Code.
Section 5: Any and all additions and amendments to such Code, when passed
in such form as to indicate the intention of the city council to make the same
a part of such Code, shall be deemed to be incorporated in such Code, so that
reference to such Code shall be understood and intended to include such additions
and amendments.
Section 6: That in case of the amendment of any section of such Code
for which a penalty is not provided, the general penalty, as provided in Section 4
of this ordinance and in Section 1-9 of such Code shall apply to the section as
amended, or in case such amendment contains provisions for which a penalty, other
than the aforementioned general penalty, is provided in another section in the
same chapter, the penalty so provided in such other section shall be held to relate
to the section so amended, unless such penalty is specifically declared inapplicable.
• Section 7: Any ordinance adopted after October 31, 1981, which amends
or refers to ordinances which have been codified in such Code, shall be construed
as if they amend or refer to like provisions of such Code.
Section 8: This ordinance and the Code adopted hereby, shall become effective
immediately upon its adoption.
Introduced ~4QGd on first reading this 9th day of March
1982.
ATTEST :
City Clerk
Mayor
Introduced and passed on second and final reading this 13th day of
April , 1982. y
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City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
City Attorney
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Mayor