[Adopted 7-7-2014 by Ord. No. 14-05-19]
The ordinances and certain resolutions of the City of Socorro, as codified by General Code, LLC, and consisting of Chapters 1 through 250, together with an Appendix, shall be known collectively as the "Code of the City of Socorro," hereafter termed the "Code." Wherever reference is made in any of the ordinances and resolutions contained in the "Code of the City of Socorro" to any other ordinance or resolution appearing in said Code, such reference shall be changed to the appropriate chapter title, chapter number, article number or section number appearing in the Code as if such ordinance or resolution had been formally amended to so read.
The provisions of the Code, insofar as they are substantively the same as those of the 1977 Code and ordinances and resolutions in force immediately prior to the enactment of the Code by this ordinance, are intended as a continuation of such provisions and not as new enactments, and the effectiveness of such provisions shall date from the date of adoption of the prior ordinance or resolution. All such provisions are hereby continued in full force and effect and are hereby reaffirmed as to their adoption by the City Council of the City of Socorro, and it is the intention of said City Council that each such provision contained within the Code is hereby reaffirmed as it appears in said Code. Only such provisions of the former 1977 Code and ordinances and/or resolutions as are omitted from this Code shall be deemed repealed or abrogated by the provisions of § 1-3 below.
All ordinances of a general and permanent nature of the City
of Socorro in force on the date of the adoption of this ordinance
which are inconsistent with any provisions of the Code and not contained
herein or recognized and continued in force by reference therein are
hereby repealed from and after the effective date of this ordinance.
The repeal of ordinances provided for in § 1-3 of this ordinance shall not affect the following classes of ordinances, rights and obligations, which are hereby expressly saved from repeal:
A.
Any
right or liability established, accrued or incurred under any legislative
provision of the City of Socorro prior to the effective date of this
ordinance or any action or proceeding brought for the enforcement
of such right or liability.
B.
Any
offense or act committed or done before the effective date of this
ordinance in violation of any legislative provision of the City of
Socorro or any penalty, punishment or forfeiture which may result
therefrom.
C.
Any
prosecution, indictment, action, suit or other proceeding pending
or any judgment rendered prior to the effective date of this ordinance
brought pursuant to any legislative provision of the City of Socorro.
D.
Any
agreement entered into or any franchise, license, right, easement
or privilege heretofore granted or conferred by the City of Socorro.
E.
Any
ordinance of the City of Socorro providing for the laying out, opening,
altering, widening, relocating, straightening, establishing grade,
changing name, improvement, acceptance or vacation of any right-of-way,
easement, street, road, highway, park or other public place within
the City of Socorro or any portion thereof.
F.
Any
ordinance of the City of Socorro appropriating money or transferring
funds, promising or guaranteeing the payment of money or authorizing
the issuance and delivery of any bond of the City of Socorro or other
instruments or evidence of the City's indebtedness.
G.
Ordinances
authorizing the purchase, sale, lease or transfer of property or any
lawful contract, agreement or obligation.
H.
The
levy or imposition of special assessments or charges.
I.
The
annexation or dedication of property.
J.
Any
ordinance relating to salaries and compensation.
K.
Any
ordinance amending the Zoning Map.
L.
Any
ordinance relating to or establishing a pension plan or pension fund
for City employees.
M.
Any
ordinance or portion of an ordinance establishing a specific fee amount
for any license, permit or service obtained from the City.
If any clause, sentence, paragraph, section, article, chapter
or part of this ordinance or of any ordinance or resolution included
in this Code now or through supplementation shall be adjudged by any
court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such judgment shall
not affect, impair or invalidate the remainder thereof but shall be
confined in its operation to the clause, sentence, paragraph, section,
article, chapter or part thereof directly involved in the controversy
in which such judgment shall have been rendered.
A copy of the Code has been filed in the office of the Clerk
of the City of Socorro and shall remain there for use and examination
by the public until final action is taken on this ordinance; and,
if this ordinance shall be adopted, such copy shall be certified by
the Clerk of the City of Socorro by impressing thereon the Seal of
the City, and such certified copy shall remain on file in the office
of said Clerk to be made available to persons desiring to examine
the same during all times while said Code is in effect. The enactment
and publication of this ordinance, coupled with the availability of
a copy of the Code for inspection by the public, shall be deemed,
held and considered to be due and legal publication of all provisions
of the Code for all purposes.
Any and all additions, deletions, amendments or supplements
to any of the ordinances and resolutions known collectively as the
"Code of the City of Socorro" or any new ordinances or resolutions,
when enacted or adopted in such form as to indicate the intention
of the City Council to be a part thereof, shall be deemed to be incorporated
into such Code so that reference to the Code shall be understood and
intended to include such additions, deletions, amendments or supplements.
Whenever such additions, deletions, amendments or supplements to the
Code shall be enacted or adopted, they shall thereafter be published
as amendments and supplements thereto. Nothing contained in this ordinance
shall affect the status of any ordinance or resolution contained herein,
and such ordinances or resolutions may be amended, deleted or changed
from time to time as the City Council deems desirable.
It shall be the duty of the City Clerk to keep up-to-date the
certified copy of the Code of the City of Socorro required to be filed
in the office of the City Clerk for use by the public.
Copies of the Code, or any chapter or portion of it, may be
purchased from the City Clerk, or an authorized agent of the Clerk,
upon the payment of a fee to be set by resolution of the City Council.
The Clerk may also arrange for procedures for the periodic supplementation
of the Code.
Any person who, without authorization from the City Clerk, changes or amends, by additions or deletions, any part or portion of the Code of the City of Socorro or who alters or tampers with such Code in any manner whatsoever which will cause the legislation of the City of Socorro to be misrepresented thereby or who violates any other provision of this ordinance shall be guilty of an offense and shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished as set forth in Chapter 1, Article III, Penalties, of the Code.
A.
In compiling and preparing the ordinances and resolutions for publication as the Code of the City of Socorro, no changes in the meaning or intent of such ordinances and resolutions have been made, except as provided for in Subsection B hereof. In addition, certain grammatical changes and other minor nonsubstantive changes were made in one or more of said pieces of legislation. It is the intention of the City Council that all such changes be adopted as part of the Code as if the ordinances and resolutions had been previously formally amended to read as such.
B.
In addition, the amendments and/or additions as set forth in Schedule
A attached hereto and made a part hereof are made herewith, to become
effective upon the effective date of this ordinance. (Chapter and
section number references are to the ordinances and resolutions as
they have been renumbered and appear in the Code.)[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: In accordance with 1-11B, the chapters, parts and sections which were added, amended, adopted or deleted by this ordinance are indicated throughout the Code by a footnote referring to Chapter 1, General Provisions, Article I. During routine supplementation, footnotes indicating amendments, additions or deletions will be replaced with the following history: "Amended (added, repealed) 7-7-2014 by Ord. No. 14-05-19." Schedule A, which contains a complete description of all the changes, is on file in the City offices.
This ordinance shall take effect 30 days from the date of recording
by the City Clerk of a copy authenticated by the Clerk's signature,
following public hearing and adoption by the City Council.
