HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance No. 4377 - Second Reading: Ordinance Adopting & Enacting New Code for City of Rochester
ORDINANCE NO __________
AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING AND ENACTING A NEW CODE FOR THE
CITY OF ROCHESTER, MINNESOTA; PROVIDING FOR THE REPEAL
OF CERTAIN ORDINANCES NOT INCLUDED THEREIN; PROVIDING A
PENALTY FOR THE VIOLATION THEREOF; PROVIDING FOR THE
MANNER OF AMENDING SUCH CODE; AND PROVIDING WHEN SUCH
CODE AND THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE.
THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ROCHESTER DO ORDAIN:
Section 1. The Code entitled "Rochester City Code," published by Municipal Code
Corporation, consisting of titles 1 through 12, each inclusive, is adopted.
Section 2. All ordinances of a general and permanent nature enacted on or before
January 23, 2019, and not included in the Code or recognized and continued in force by
reference therein, are repealed.
Section 3. 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revive any ordinance or part thereof that has been repealed by a subsequent ordinance
that is repealed by this ordinance.
Section 4. Except as otherwise provided by law or ordinance and unless declared
to be a petty misdemeanor, a violation of the Code shall be a misdemeanor punishable
by a fine not to exceed $1,000.00, imprisonment in the city or county jail for a period not
to exceed 90 days, or both such fine and imprisonment. Petty misdemeanors shall be
punishable by a fine not to exceed $300.00. A person convicted of a violation of the Code
shall pay the costs of prosecution. Except as otherwise provided by law or ordinance: (i)
With respect to violations of the Code that are continuous with respect to time, each day
that the violation continues is a separate offense; and (ii) With respect to violations of the
Code that are not continuous with respect to time, each act is a separate offense. The
imposition of a penalty does not prevent suspension or revocation of a license, permit or
franchise or other administrative sanctions. Violations of the Code that are continuous
with respect to time are a public nuisance and may be abated by injunctive or other
equitable relief. The imposition of a penalty does not prevent injunctive relief.
Section 5. Additions or amendments to the Code when passed in such form as to
indicate the intention to make the same a part of the Code shall be deemed to be
incorporated in the Code, so that reference to the Code includes the additions and
amendments.
Section 6. Ordinances adopted after January 23, 2019, that amend or refer to
ordinances that have been codified in the Code shall be construed as if they amend or
refer to like provisions of the Code.
Section 7. This ordinance shall be effective from and after the date of its
publication.
PASSED AND ADOPTED BY THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
ROCHESTER, MINNESOTA, THIS __________ DAY OF _______________, 2019.
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PRESIDENT OF SAID COMMON COUNCIL
ATTEST: __________________________
CITY CLERK
APPROVED THIS _____ DAY OF ______________________, 2019.
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MAYOR OF SAID CITY
(Seal of the City of
Rochester, Minnesota)
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