CITY OF GRAND JUNCTION, COLORADO
ORDINANCE NO. 4379
AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR A CROSS REFERENCE
BETWEEN THE 1994 CODE OF ORDINANCES OLD NUMBERING SYSTEM
AND THE NEW NUMBERING SYSTEM
Recitals.
The City's Ordinances were last codified November 16, 1994. The process of codification includes evaluation of the provisions of the existing Code for applicability and the deletion and/or amendment of antiquated and obsolete provisions.
The 1994 Code of Ordinances (1994 Code) was subsequently supplemented through Ordinance No. 3626, adopted on May 4, 2004.
In 2005, the City contracted with Code Publishing, Inc. to review, analyze, reformat and reprint the 1994 Code, as amended, and to combine into one set all manuals and the other regulatory “Code” books of the City.
As part of the reformatting, the 1994 Code will be renumbered to establish a consistent system for all the manuals and thus provide a single indexing and citation system.
The City Council has determined that it is necessary to ensure that the transition from the old numbering system to the new numbering system is seamless. To ensure that any reference to one section equally applies to the other numbering system, the City Council does hereby authorize and direct a single system of indexing and citation as provided herein.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GRAND JUNCTION, COLORADO:
Section 1. Pursuant to the authority conferred by the Charter of the City and the Colorado Revised Statutes, Title 31, Article 16, Part 2, there is hereby accepted that certain Code, entitled the "Code of Ordinances, City of Grand Junction, Colorado," together with all ancillary codes and manuals duly described in the Code of Ordinances and incorporated therein by reference, hereinafter the “Code” as renumbered and reformatted.
Section 2. All ordinances of a general and permanent nature enacted on or before the effective date of this ordinance, and not included in the Code or recognized and continued in force by reference therein are hereby repealed unless otherwise provided.
Section 3. Section 2 hereof shall not be construed to revive any ordinance or any part thereof that had been previously repealed by any ordinance being repealed by this ordinance.
Section 4. Nothing in this ordinance shall affect any offense or act committed or done, or any penalty or forfeiture incurred, or any contract or right established or occurring before the effective date hereof. References to the 1994 Code sections will by this provision be construed to refer to the corresponding section in the Code. City employees shall have jurisdiction and authority to cite and enforce any ordinance violation by or according to the Code section. No person may claim or assert a defense to enforcement of the Code because of renumbering and/or change or indexing as provided in this ordinance.
Section 5. One (1) copy of the Code is on file in the City Clerk's office and is available for public inspection. The complete text of the Code is available to the public via the internet.
Section 6. Additions or amendments to the Code, when passed in the form as to indicate the intention of the City Council 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. The City Clerk shall develop and implement a numbering and indexing system as provided in the ordinance in her discretion.
Section 7. Ordinances adopted after the effective date of this ordinance, that amend or refer to ordinances that have been codified the Code, shall be construed as if they amend or refer to those provisions of the Code and will be incorporated into said Code.
Section 8. This ordinance shall become effective thirty days after final publication.
Introduced and ordered published on first reading this 3rd day of August 2009.
Adopted on second reading this 17th day of August 2009.
City of Grand Junction
/s/ Bruce Hill
President of the Council
ATTEST:
/s/ Stephanie Tuin
City Clerk