In accordance with §
30 of the Charter of the City of Harrington, the ordinances of the City of Harrington, County of Kent, State of Delaware, of a general and permanent nature, adopted by the Mayor and Council of the City of Harrington, as revised, codified and consolidated into chapters and sections by General Code, LLC, and consisting of Chapters
1 through
440, are hereby approved, adopted, ordained and enacted as "The Code of the City of Harrington," hereinafter known and referred to as the "Code."
The provisions of the Code, insofar as they are substantively
the same as those of the legislation in force immediately prior to
the enactment of the Code by this ordinance, are intended as a continuation
of such legislation and not as new enactments, and the effectiveness
of such provisions shall date from the date of adoption of the prior
legislation.
A copy of the Code, in loose-leaf form, has been filed in the
office of the City Clerk 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 to
by the City Clerk, and such certified copy shall remain on file in
the office of said City Clerk to be made available to persons desiring
to examine the same during all times while said Code is in effect.
Any and all additions, deletions, amendments or supplements
to the Code, when adopted in such form as to indicate the intention
of the Mayor and Council to make them a part thereof, shall be deemed
to be incorporated into such Code so that reference to the "Code of
the City of Harrington" 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 adopted, they shall thereafter be published and, as provided hereunder,
included in the Code as amendments and supplements thereto.
It shall be the duty of the City Clerk, or someone authorized
and directed by the Clerk, to keep up-to-date the certified copy of
the book containing the Code required to be filed in the Clerk's office
for use by the public. All changes in said Code and all ordinances
adopted subsequent to the effective date of this codification which
shall be adopted specifically as part of the Code shall, when finally
adopted, be included therein by reference until such changes or new
ordinances are incorporated into the Code.
Copies of the Code, or any chapter or portion of it, may be
purchased from the Clerk or an authorized agent of the Clerk upon
the payment of a fee to be set by the Mayor and Council. The Clerk
may also arrange for procedures for the periodic supplementation of
the Code.
It shall be unlawful for anyone to improperly change or amend,
by additions or deletions, any part or portion of the Code or to alter
or tamper with such Code in any manner whatsoever which will cause
the law of the City of Harrington to be misrepresented thereby. Anyone
violating this section or any part of this ordinance shall be subject,
upon conviction, to a fine of not more than $100.
All ordinances or parts of ordinances of the City of Harrington
of a general and permanent nature in force on the date of the adoption
of this ordinance which are inconsistent with any provisions of the
Code are hereby repealed from and after the effective date of this
ordinance.
This ordinance shall take effect upon passage and publication
as required by law.