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ORDINANCE NO.
5866 (GENERAL)
AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING A REVISED CODE OF THE CITY OF SPRINGFIELD
ENTITLED THE "SPRINGFIELD MUNICIPAL CODE" AND DECLARING AN
EMERGENCY.
THE CITY OF SPRINGFIELD ORDAINS AS FOLLOWS:
section 1. Ado~tion of Springfield Municipal Code.
(a) Except for Ordinance No. 5862 adopted by the City of
Springfield on September 15, 1997 the Springfield Code adopted in
1965, as subsequently amended is hereby repealed.
(b) The provisions of the document marked and designated as the
"Springfield Municipal Code" (hereinafter referred to as "Code")
and marked as Exhibit "A" are hereby enacted as a general and
permanent law of the city of Springfield.
(c) The adoption of Ordinance No. 5862 is hereby reaffirmed and
it shall be incorporated into the Springfield Municipal Code as
set forth in Exhibit A, and the section numbers as set forth in
the Ordinance adjusted to conform to the section number system
set forth in Exhibit A.
section 2. Code provisions as Law. The provisions of the
Code adopted in Section 1 of this Ordinance are the laws of the
city of Springfield and not merely prima facie evidence of the
law.
Section 3. Effective Date of Code. The provisions of this
Ordinance and the Code adopted in section 1 take effect at 10:30
a.m. on November 18, 1997.
Section 4. General Savings Provision.
(a) This Ordinance and the Code adopted in Section 1 shall not
affect rights and duties that matured, penalties that were
incurred and proceedings that were begun before the effective
date in Section 3 of this Ordinance.
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(b) The repealing provision of the springfield Code 1965 shall
not affect or impair any act done, offense committed or
liability, penalty, forfeiture or punishment incurred before the
effective date in section 3 of this Ordinance.
section 5. Continuity of Existing Provisions.
(1) The provisions of the Code that are the same in substance as
Code or Ordinance provisions that are in effect immediately
before this Code becomes effective are construed as restatements
and continuations of the prior provisions.
(2) For purposes of adoption of the Code, the members of all
city boards, committees, or commissions created under a Code or
Ordinance provision repealed by this Ordinance shall continue to
hold office for the period of time specified in the repealed
provision.
(3) A person who holds a license, permit, right or privilege
granted under a prior code provision repealed by this Ordinance
may continue to operate under and use such license, permit, right
or privilege until expiration thereof according to the terms of a
code provision under which the license, permit, right or
privilege was issued, unless the same is revoked sooner by the
City.
section 6. Emergency Clause. This Ordinance being enacted
by the Council in the exercise of its police power and for the
purpose of meeting an emergency, and being necessary for the
immediate preservation of the public peace, health and safety, an
emergency is hereby declared to exist and this Ordinance shall
become effective immediately upon its adoption by the Council and
approval by the Mayor.
Adopted by the Common Council of the City of Springfield
this 17 day of November, 1997, by a vote of ~ in favor and ~
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Approved by the Mayor of
day of November, 1997.
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