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ORDINANCE NO. 2261
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AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING AND ENACTING A NEW CODE
OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF CLEARWATER, FLORIDA;
ESTABLISHING THE SAME; PROVIDING FOR THE REPEAL OF
CERTAIN ORDINANCES NOT INCLUDED THEREIN; PROVIDING
FOR THE MANNER OF AMENDING SUCH CODE; rROVIDING
FOR THE SEPARABILITY OF THE PROVISIONS HEREOF;
PROVIDING FOR PROPER NOTICE OF PROPOSED ENACT-
MENT; AND PROVIDING WHEN SUCH CODE AND THIS
ORDINANCE SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE
CITY OF CLEARWATER, FLORIDA:
Section 1. The Code of Ordinances, consisting of Titles I to XIl,
each inclusive, is hereby adopted and enacted as the "Code of Ordinances,
City of Clearwater", and shall be treated and considered as a new and original
comprehensive ordinance which shall supersede all general and permanent
ordinances of the City adopted on or before August 16, 1979, to the extent
provided in Section 2 hereof.
Section 2. All provisions of such Code shall be in full force and
effect from and after February 9, .1981, and all ordinances of a general and
permanent nature of the City of Clearwater, adopted on final passage on or
before August 16, 1979, and not included in such Code or recognized and
continued in force by reference therein, are hereby repealed from and after
February 9, ,1981,
Section 3. The repeal provided for in Section 2 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to revive any ordinance or part thereof that has been repealed by a subsequent
ordinance which is repealed by this ordinance.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 Dollars ($500.00) and costs of prosecution, or by im-
prisonment for not more than sixty (60) days, or by both such fine and
imprisonment, as provided in Section 1, 08 of such Code.
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Section S. Any and all additions and amendments to such Code,
when passed in such form as to indicate the intention of the City Commission
to make the same a part of such Code, shall be deemed to be incorporated
in such Code so that reference to the "Code of Ordinances, City of Clearwater",
shall be understood and intended to include such additions and amendments.
Section 6. 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 Section 1. 08 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 repealed therein.
Section 7. A copy of such Code shall be kept on file in the office
of the City Clerk preserved in looseleaf form, or in such other form as the
City Clerk may consider most expedient. It'shall be the express duty of
the City Clerk, or someone authorized by the Clerk, to insert in their
designated places all amendments or ordinances which indicate the intention
of the City Commission 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 .
Commission. This copy of such Code shall be available for all persons
desiring to examine the same.
Section 8. It shall be unlawful for any person to change or amend,
by additions or deletions, any part of or portion thereof, or to alter or tamper
with such Code in any manner whatsoever which will cause the law of the
'City'of Clearwater to be misrepresented thereby. Any person violating
this section shall be punished as provided in Section 4 of this ordinance.
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Section 9_._ Should any part or provision of this ordinance be declared
by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, the same shall not affect
the validity of the ordinance as a whole, or any part thereof other than the
part declared to be invalid.
Section 10. Notice of the proposed enactment of this ordinance has
been properly advertised in a newspaper of general circulation in accordance
with Section 166.041, Florida Statutes.
Section 11. That this ordinance shall become effective on February 9,
1981.
PASSED ON FIRST READING November 20, 1980
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PASSED ON SECOND AND FINAL
READING AND ADOPTED December 11, 1980
C;4ayr-Commissioner
Attest:
City Clerk
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