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ORDINANCE NO. 10(p
AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING AND ENACTING A NEW CODE OF
ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF McHENRY. ILLINOIS:
ESTABLISHING THE SAME: PROVIDING FOR THE
REPEAL OF CERTAIN ORDINANCES NOT INCLUDED
THEREIN. EXCEPT AS HEREIN EXPRESSLY PROVIDED:
PROVIDING FOR THE MANNER OF AMENDING SUCH
CODE OF ORDINANCES: AND PROVIDING WHEN THIS
ORDINANCE SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
McHE NR Y:
Section L That this ordinance, consisting of Chapters 1
through 4 inclusive, is hereby adopted and enacted as the "Municipal
Code, City of McHenry, Illinois." and shall be treated and considered
as a new and original comprehensive ordinance which shall supersede
all other general and permanent ordinances passed by the City Council
on or before July 19. 1976. except such as by reference thereto are
expressly saved from repeal or continued in force and effect for any
purpose.
Section 2. That all provisions of such Code shall be in full
force and effect from and after October 1 197. and
all ordinances of a general and permanent nature of the City of
McHenry, enacted on final passage on or before July 19. 1976. and not
in such Code or recognized and continued in force by reference therein
are hereby repealed from and after the effective date of such Code,
except as hereinafter provided.
Section 3. That the repeal provided for in Section 2 hereof
shall not affect any of the following:
(1) Any offense or act committed or done or any penalty or
forfeiture incurred or any contract or right established
or accruing before the effective date of such Code;
(2) Any ordinance or resolution promising or guaranteeing
the payment of money for the City, or authorizing the
issuance of any bonds of the City or any evidence of the
City's indebtedness, or any contract or obligations
assumed by the City;
(3) The administrative ordinances or resolutions of the
City Council not in conflict or inconsistent with the
provisions of such Code;
(4) Any right or franchise granted by any ordinances of
the City;
(5) Any ordinance dedicating, naming, establishing, locating,
relocating, opening, paving, widening, vacating, etc., or
otherwise affecting any specific street or public way in
the City;
(6)q Any appropriation ordinances;
(7) Any ordinance levying or imposing taxes;
(8) Any ordinance establishing or prescribing grades in
the City;
(9) Any ordinance providing for local improvements and
making assessments therefor;
(10) Any ordinance dedicating or accepting any plat or
subdivision in the City;
(11) Any ordinance extending or contracting the boundaries
of the City;
(12) Any ordinance prescribing the number, classification
of compensation of any city officers or employees, not
inconsistent herewith;
Such repeal 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. That any and all additions or amendments to such
Code, when passed in such form as to indicate the intention of the
City Council to make the same a part thereof, shall be deemed to be
incorporated in such Code so that reference to the H!l4unicipal Code,.
City of McHenry, Illinois" shall be understood as intended to include
such additions and amendments.
Section 5. That a copy of such Code shall be kept on file in
the office of the City Clerk, preserved in looseieaf form. It shall be
the express duty of the City Clerk, or someone authorized by him,
to insert in their designated places all amendments or ordinances which
indicate the intention of the City Council to make the same a part of
such Code when the same have been printed or reprinted in page form,
and to extract from such Code all provisions which may from time to
time be repealed by the City Council. This copy of such Code shall be
available for all persons desiring to examine the same and shall be
considered the official Code of Ordinances of McHenry, Illinois.
Section 6. Whenever in such Code or in any ordinance of the
City any act is prohibited or is made or declared to be unlawful or a
misdemeanor, or whenever in such Code or ordinance the doing of any
act is required or the failure to do any act is declared to be unlawful or
a misdemeanor, where no specific penalty is provided therefor, the
violation of any such provision of this Code or any ordinance shall be
punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500. 00).
Each day any violation of any provisions of this Code or of any ordi-
nance shall continue shall constitute a separate offense.
Section 7. That in case of the amendment of any section of
l such Code for which a penalty is not provided, the general penalty
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as provided in Section 6 of this ordinance and Section 1-8 of such
Code shall apply to the section as amended or in case such amendment
contains provisions for which a penalty, other than the aforementicned
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
repealed therein.
Section 8. That all ordinances or parts of ordinances in
conflict herewith are, to the extent of such conflict, hereby repe ',,d.
Section 9. That this ordinance shall be in full force and of=ect
from and after October 1 1977•
Section 10. That this ordinance and the Code adopted hereby
shall be printed and published in book or pamphlet form by the
authority of the Mayor and City Council of the City of McHenry,
Illinois.
PASSED this 1st day of August , 197 7
Voting Aye:
Voting Nay:
Absent:
/s/
Mayor
ATTEST:
/s/
City Clerk