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HomeMy Public PortalAbout1976_01_14_O001 Adopting a new TCORDINANCE NO. 76-O-1 ADOPTED January 14, 1976 AN ORDINANCE: ADOPTING AND ENACTING A NEW CODE FOR THE TOWN OF LEESBURG, VIRGINIA; ESTABLISHING THE SAME; PRO- VIDING FOR THE REPEAL OF CERTAIN ORDINANCES NOT INCLUDED THEREIN; PROVIDING FOR THE MANNER OF AMENDING SUCH CODE; AND PROVIDING WHEN SUCH CODE AND THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF LEESBURG, VIRGINIA: Section 1. That the Code of Ordinances, consisting of Chap- ters 1 to 20, each inclusive, is hereby adopted and enacted as the "Town Code of Leesburg, Virginia," and shall be treated and considered as a new and original comprehensive ordinance which shall supersede all general and permanent ordinances of the Town adopted on or before September 24, 1975 to the ex- tent provided in Section 2 hereof. Section 2. That all provisions of such Code shall be in full ~orce and effective from and after the 14th day of February, 1976, and all ordinances of a general and permanent nature of the Town of Leesburg, adopted on final passage on or be- fore September 24, 1975, and not included in such Code or recognized and continued in force by reference therein, are hereby repealed from and after the 14th day of February, 1976. Section 3. That the repeal provided for in Section 2 hereof shall not be construed to revise any ordinance or part thereof that has been repealed by a subsequent ordinance which is re- pealed by this ordinance. Section 4. That whenever in such Code an act is prohibited or is made or declared to be unlawful or an offense or a mis- demeanor or whenever in such Code the doing of any act is re- quired or the failure to do any act is declared unlawful, and no specific penalty is provided therefor, the violation of any such provision of such Code shall be punished by a fine of not more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), or by im- prisonment for a period of not exceeding Twelve (12) months, or by both such fine and imprisonment, as provided in Sec- tion 1-13 of such Code. Section 5. That any and all additions and amendments to such Code, when passed in such form as to indicate the intention of the Council to make the same a part of such Code, shall be deemed to be incorporated in such Code so that reference to the "Town Code of Leesburg, Virginia," shall be understood and intended to include such additions and amendments. Section 6. That in case of the amendment of any section of s~ch Code for which a penalty is not provided, the general penalty as provided in Section 4 of this ordinance and Sec- tion 1-13 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. All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are, to the extent of such conflict, hereby repealed. Section 8. This ordinance shall become effective on the 14th day of February, 1976. ADOPTED this 14th day of January, 1976. G. Dewe~ Hil~l,/M~y~l~ Town of Leesbdrg ATTEST: Clerk of th~ 'Council ,?