HomeMy Public PortalAboutOrd 588 Recodification 2015 Edition(First published in The Ark Valley News on January 1,2016.)
ORDINANCE NO: 588
AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING THE RECODIFICATION OF ORDINANCES OF
THE CITY OF BEL AIRE, KANSAS, 2015 EDITION, PROVIDING FOR THE
EFFECTIVE DATE THEREOF, PROVIDING FOR THE REPEAL OF CERTAIN
OTHER ORDINANCES NOT INCLUDED THEREIN, SAVING CERTAIN
ORDINANCES FROM REPEAL AND SAVING CERTAIN ACCRUED RIGHTS
AND LIABILITIES.
Be it ordained by the Governing Body of the City of Bel Aire, Kansas:
Section L The recodification of ordinances of the City of Bel Aire, Kansas, as authorized
by K.S.A. 12-3014 and K.S.A. 12-3015 and amendments thereto, as set out in Chapters I
to XX, inclusive, and entitled the "Code of the City of Bel Aire, Kansas, 2015," is hereby
adopted. Codification includes the compilation and revision of the general ordinances of
the city; the changing of sections of the Code deemed advisable; the omission of sections
of the Code deemed unnecessary; the addition of new provisions; and the adoption of the
whole by this ordinance and publication in perrnanently bound or loose-leaf book form.
When the ordinance and the codification, along with a certificate of the City Clerk that
the same are true and correct copies are published in book form or in loose-leaf binders,
the codification shall take effect. At least one (1) copy of the published book of codes
shall be kept on file in the office of the City Clerk and remain available for inspection by
the public at all reasonable business hours.
Section 2. All ordinances and parts of ordinances of a general nature passed on or before
December 15,2015, in force and effect at the effective date of the "Code of the City of
Bel Aire, Kansas, 2015" are hereby repealed as of the date of publication of this
Ordinance, and all such legislated acts are hereby incorporated within the Code of the
City of Bel Aire.
Section 3. In construing this ordinance, the following ordinances shall not be considered
or held to be ordinances of a seneral nature:
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
Ordinances pertaining to the acquisition of property or interests
property by gift, purchase, devise, bequest, appropriation
condemnation;
Ordinances opening, dedicating, widening, vacating or narrowing streets,
avenues, alleys and boulevards, changing or establishing zoning
regulations;
Ordinances establishing and changing grades of streets, avenues, alleys
and boulevards;
Ordinances naming or changing the names of streets, avenues and
boulevards;
Ordinances authorizing or directing public improvements to be made;
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(f) Ordinances creating districts for public improvements of whatsoever kind
or nature;(g) Ordinances levying general taxes;(h) Ordinances levying special assessments or taxes;(i) Ordinances granting any rights, privileges, easements or franchises therein
mentioned to any person, firm, corporation or other entity, such franchise
agreements shall no longer be set forth within the Code but shall continue
in full force in effect;
0) Ordinances authorizing the issuance of bonds and other instruments of
indebtedness by the City;(k) Ordinancesauthorizingcontracts;(l) Ordinances establishing the limits of the City or pertaining to annexation
or exclusion of territory;(m) Ordinances relating to compensation of officials, officers and employees
of the City and;(n) Ordinances of a temporary nature;(o) Charter ordinances.
Provided, that the above enumeration of exceptions shall not be held or deemed to
be exclusive, it being the purpose and intention to exempt from repeal any and all
ordinances not of a general nature and general ordinances specifically excepted by the
section.
Section 4. The arrangement and classification of the several chapters, arlicles and
sections of the Bel Aire Municipal Code adopted by Section I of this ordinance and the
headnotes and footnotes at the ends of the sections, are made for the purpose of
convenience and orderly arrangement, and do not constitute a parl of the ordinances, and
therefore, no implication or presumption of legislative intent or construction is to be
drawn therefrom. Chapters may be combined or renumbered or organized, without
changing content, to best fit within the Municipal Code.
Section 5. If for any reason any chapter, article, section, subsection, sentence,
portion or part of the "Code of the City of Bel Aire, Kansas, 2015," or the application
thereof to any person or circumstance is declared to be unconstitutional or invalid, such
determination will not affect the validity of the remaining portions of said code.
Section 6. This ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after the
publication of the "Code of the City of Bel Aire, Kansas, 2015" as provided in K.S.A. l2-
3015 and as provided by this ordinance.
Passed by the City Council this 5th day of January,2016.
Approved by the Mayor this 5th day of January,2016.
OR, David Austin
ATTEST:
SEAL