[HISTORY: Adopted by the City Council of the City of Altoona as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Adopted 4-8-1975 by Ord. No. 4393 (Ch. 202, Secs. 202.04, 202.08, 202.09, 202.10, 202.11 and 202.99, of the 1974 Codified Ordinances)]
A. 
In the construction of the Codified Ordinances the following rules shall control, excepting those inconsistent with the manifest intent of Council as disclosed in a particular provision, section or chapter:
(1) 
Adopting Ordinance. "Adopting Ordinance" means the ordinance of the City adopting the Codified Ordinances of Altoona, Pennsylvania, in conformity with the Third Class City Code of Pennsylvania, and this article.
(2) 
Authority. Whenever in the Codified Ordinances authority is given to an officer or an act is required to be performed, such authority may be exercised and such act may be performed, at the instance of such officer, by a deputy or subordinate, unless contrary to law or to the clear intent of any such particular provision.
(3) 
Bond. When a bond is required, an obligation in writing under seal is sufficient.
(4) 
Calendar; computation of time. "Month" and "year" mean the calendar month or year. The time expressed in days within which an act is to be done or a period is to expire shall be computed by excluding the first and including the last day except, if the last is Sunday, it shall be excluded. If time is expressed in hours, the whole of Sunday shall be excluded.
(5) 
City and municipality. "City" and "Municipality" mean the City of Altoona, Pennsylvania.
(6) 
Conjunctions. "And" includes "or" and "or" includes "and" if the sense so requires.
(7) 
Council. "Council" means the Council of the City of Altoona, Pennsylvania.
(8) 
County. "County" means the County of Blair, Pennsylvania.
(9) 
Fire Department. "Fire Department" means the Fire Department of the City of Altoona, Pennsylvania.
(10) 
Gender. Words importing the masculine shall extend and be applied to the feminine and neuter genders.
(11) 
General rule. Except as otherwise provided in this section, words and phrases shall be construed according to the common usage of language; provided, however, that technical words and phrases and such others as may have acquired a special meaning in the law shall be construed according to such technical or special meaning.
(12) 
In the City. "In the City" means and includes any territory, jurisdiction of which for the exercise of its regulatory power, has been conferred on the City by public and private law.
(13) 
Joint authority. Words giving authority to a board, commission, authority or to three or more officers or employees or other persons shall be construed as giving authority to a majority thereof, unless otherwise specifically provided.
(14) 
Keeper or proprietor. "Keeper" or "proprietor" means and includes persons, firms, associations, corporations, clubs and copartnerships, whether acting by themselves or as a servant, agent or employee.
(15) 
Land or real estate. "Land" or "real estate" includes rights and easements of incorporeal nature.
(16) 
May. "May" is permissive.
(17) 
Number. Words in the plural include the singular and in the singular include the plural numbers.
(18) 
Oath. "Oath" includes affirmation. When an oath is required or authorized by law, an affirmation in lieu thereof may be taken by a person having conscientious scruples to taking an oath. An affirmation has the same force and effect as an oath.
(19) 
Owner. "Owner," when applied to property, includes a part owner, joint owner or tenant in common, of the whole or any part of such property.
(20) 
Person. "Person" shall extend to and be applied to associations, clubs, corporations, firms, partnerships and bodies politic, as well as to individuals.
(21) 
Police Department. "Police Department" means the Police Department of the City of Altoona, Pennsylvania.
(22) 
Preceding, following. "Preceding" and "following" mean next before and next after, respectively.
(23) 
Premises. "Premises," when used as applicable to property, extends to and includes land and buildings.
(24) 
Property. "Property" includes real and personal, and any mixed and lesser estates or interests therein. "Personal property" includes every kind of property except real property. "Real property" includes lands, tenements and hereditaments.
(25) 
Public grounds. "Public grounds" means and includes parks and all public lands owned by the City and those parts of public places which do not form travelled parts of the streets.
(26) 
Reasonable time. In all cases where provision is made for an act to be done or notice to be given within a "reasonable time," it shall be deemed to mean such time only as may be necessary for the prompt performance of such act or giving of such notice.
(27) 
Shall. "Shall" is mandatory.
(28) 
Sidewalk. "Sidewalk" means any portion of a street between the curbline and the adjacent property line, intended for the use of pedestrians, excluding parkways.
(29) 
Signature, subscription. "Signature" and "subscription" include a mark when a person cannot write, his name being written near it, and being witnessed by a person who writes his own name as a witness.
(30) 
State or commonwealth. "State" or "commonwealth" means the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
(31) 
Statute. "Statute" means a statute of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Whenever reference is made, for example, to 53 Purdon's Statutes, Sec. 35101, it shall be construed to refer to Title 53 of Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes, Section 35101, as amended, or whatever title and section are cited.
(32) 
Street. "Street" shall be construed to include alleys, avenues, boulevards, lanes, roads, streets and other public ways in the City.
(33) 
Tenant or occupant. "Tenant" or "occupant," as applied to building or land, shall extend and be applied to any person holding a written or oral lease of or who occupied the whole or any part of a building or land, alone or with others.
(34) 
Tenses. The use of any verb in the present tense includes the future.
(35) 
Third Class City Code. "The Third Class City Code" means the Pennsylvania Act of June 28, 1951 (P.L. 662), as amended.[1]
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Editor's Note: See 53 P.S. § 35101 et seq.
(36) 
Written. "Written" or "in writing" shall be construed to include any representation of words, letters or figures, whether by printing or otherwise.
All officers and employees of the City shall enforce obedience to such ordinances, resolutions, rules, regulations and provisions of these Codified Ordinances as may relate to their regular duties, and to any other ordinances, resolutions, rules, regulations or provisions of these Codified Ordinances with the enforcement of which they are properly chargeable, by any measures provided therein, by the proper report of any violation thereof, and by instituting such proceedings as may be necessary to such enforcement.
Except as otherwise provided in these Codified Ordinances, no person shall violate any rule, regulation or order promulgated by any officer or agency of the City under authority vested in him or it by law or ordinance, or under the provisions of these Codified Ordinances.
A. 
Any violation of any of the provisions of these Codified Ordinances, or of any other ordinance, by any officer, agent or other person acting for or employed by any corporation, company, society or association, while acting within the scope of his office or employment, shall in every case also be deemed to be a violation by such corporation, company, society or association.
B. 
Any officer, agent or other person acting for or employed by any corporation, company, society or association shall be subject and liable to punishment as well as such corporation, company, society or association, for the violation by it of any provision of these Codified Ordinances or any other ordinance where such violation was the act or omission, or the result of the act, omission or order, of any such person.
All fines and penalties for the violation of any provision of these Codified Ordinances or of any other ordinance, resolution, rule or regulation shall, when received, inure to the use of the City, unless otherwise directed by statute or ordinance.
[Amended 6-12-2013 by Ord. No. 5639]
Whenever in the Code of the City of Altoona or in any ordinance of the City any act is prohibited or is made or declared to be unlawful or an offense, or whenever in the Code of the City of Altoona or in any ordinance the doing of any act is required or the failure to do any act is declared to be unlawful, where no specific penalty is provided therefor, the violator of any such provision or any ordinance shall be subject to the following penalties, in accordance with 53 P.S. § 39131.1:
A. 
Except as provided for in Subsection B of this section, the penalty for violation of a building ordinance, housing ordinance, property maintenance ordinance, fire prevention ordinance, electrical ordinance and plumbing ordinance shall be a fine not exceeding one per month on a property and limited to no more than $1,000 for the first two continual and uncorrected violations of the same subsection of such ordinance on the same property and not exceeding $5,000 for the third and any subsequent continual and uncorrected violation of the same subsection of such ordinance on the same property.
B. 
If a violation of the building ordinance, the housing ordinance, the property maintenance ordinance, the fire prevention ordinance, the electrical ordinance or the plumbing ordinance is found to pose a threat to the public's health, safety or property, then penalties of fine may be provided for as follows:
(1) 
Not exceeding one citation per five calendar days for a continual and uncorrected violation of the same subsection of such ordinance on the same property;
(2) 
Limited to no less than $500 and no more than $1,000 for the first two continual and uncorrected violations of the same subsection of such ordinance on the same property and no less than $1,000 and not exceeding $10,000 for the third and any subsequent continual and uncorrected violation of the same subsection of such ordinance on the same property, or imprisonment for any term not exceeding 90 days, or both.
C. 
For violations of any ordinance not specified in Subsection A or B, a penalty may be imposed on any person who violated such ordinance which shall include a fine of not more than $1,000, or a term of imprisonment of not more than 90 days, or both.
D. 
A separate offense shall be deemed committed each day during or on which a violation occurs or continues.
E. 
(Reserved)
F. 
For violation of any part of the Code of the City of Altoona and/or violation of any ordinance of the City, all such violations may, in addition to any other remedy and/or penalty available to the City, be enforced by the City through an action in equity brought in the Court of Common Pleas of Blair County, Pennsylvania.
[Added 8-8-2018 by Ord. No. 5722]
[Adopted 6-12-2013 by Ord. No. 5639]
Pursuant to Section 1014.1 (53 P.S. § 36014.1) of the Third Class City Code, the codification of a complete body of legislation for the City of Altoona, County of Blair, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, as revised, codified and consolidated into titles, chapters and sections by General Code, and consisting of Chapters 1 through 711, together with an Appendix, are hereby approved, adopted, ordained and enacted as a single ordinance of the City of Altoona, which shall be known and is hereby designated as the “Code of the City of Altoona,” hereinafter referred to as the “Code.”
The provisions of this Code, insofar as they are substantively the same as those of ordinances and resolutions in force immediately prior to the enactment of this ordinance, are intended as a continuation of such ordinances and resolutions 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 Altoona, and it is the intention of said City Council that each such provision contained within the Code is hereby reenacted and reaffirmed as it appears in said Code. Only such provisions of former ordinances as are omitted from this Code shall be deemed repealed or abrogated by the provisions of § 1-9 below, and only new or changed provisions, as described in § 1-12 below, shall be deemed to be enacted from the effective date of this Code, as provided in § 1-21 below.
A. 
Except as provided in § 1-10, Legislation saved from repeal; matters not affected by repeal, below, all ordinances or parts of ordinances inconsistent with the provisions contained in the Code adopted by this ordinance are hereby repealed as of the effective date given in § 1-21; provided, however, that such repeal shall only be to the extent of such inconsistency, and any valid legislation of the City of Altoona which is not in conflict with the provisions of the Code shall be deemed to remain in full force and effect.
B. 
Repeal of specific ordinances. The City Council of the City of Altoona has determined that the following ordinances are no longer in effect and hereby specifically repeals the following legislation:
(1) 
Sewers amendments: Ord. No. 4824, adopted 1-24-1984; Ord. No. 4826, adopted 3-13-1984; Ord. No. 4834, adopted 6-26-1984; Ord. No. 4866, adopted 2-26-1985; Ord. No. 4887, adopted 6-11-1985; Ord. No. 4911, adopted 1-14-1986; Ord. No. 4925, adopted 3-4-1986; Ord. No. 4937, adopted 7-8-1986.
(2) 
Vehicles and traffic amendments: Ord. No. 4949, adopted 10-28-1986; Ord. No. 4951, adopted 10-28-1986; Ord. No. 5064, adopted 11-22-1988; Ord. No. 5073, adopted 12-20-1988; Ord. No. 5369, adopted 5-10-1995.
(3) 
Ord. No. 4854, Smoking, adopted 11-27-1984.
(4) 
Ord. No. 4966, Electrical Standards (electricians), adopted 12-16-1986, and Ord. No. 5252, adopted 9-9-1992; Ord. No. 5395, Electrical Standards (1996), adopted 2-14-1996; Ord. No. 5485, Electrical Standards (1999), adopted 9-26-2001.
(5) 
Ord. No. 4972, Medical Review Hearing Board, adopted 3-24-1987.
(6) 
Ord. No. 5049, Bureau of Fire (rules, regulations, policies and procedures), adopted 7-26-1988.
(7) 
Ord. No. 5275, Meetings, adopted 1-13-1993.
(8) 
Ord. No. 5383, Alarm systems (protective signaling systems), adopted 1-24-1996.
(9) 
Food and food establishments: Ord. No. 5393, adopted 2-14-1996; Ord. No. 5508, adopted 6-26-2002.
(10) 
Ord. No. 5450, Real estate rental lists, adopted 11-18-1998.
(11) 
Ord. No. 5460, Loitering (drug-related), adopted 8-26-1999.
(12) 
Ord. No. 5507, Streets and sidewalks (dumpsters and waste containers), adopted 6-26-2002.
(13) 
Ord. No. 5551, Contractors, adopted 12-14-2005.
(14) 
Ord. No. 5560, Immigrants (undocumented alien control), adopted 9-27-2006.
(15) 
Former Part Two, Title Six, Ch. 222, Mayor, Section 222.02, Sale of property purchased by City at tax sales, of the 1974 Codified Ordinances.
(16) 
Former Part Two, Title Six, Ch. 226, City Treasurer, Section 226.01, Surety bond, of the 1974 Codified Ordinances.
(17) 
Former Part Two, Title Six, Ch. 228, City Engineer; Real Estate Registration, of the 1974 Codified Ordinances.
(18) 
Former Part Two, Title Six, Ch. 230, City Solicitor, of the 1974 Codified Ordinances.
(19) 
Former Part Two, Title Six, Ch. 238, Department of Public Affairs, Section 238.03, Educational Service Agency, of the 1974 Codified Ordinances.
(20) 
Former Part Two, Title Six, Ch. 240, Bureau of Police, Section 240.07, Abusing police dogs; interference, of the 1974 Codified Ordinances.
(21) 
Former Part Two, Title Twelve, Ch. 298, Mayor’s Police Court, of the 1974 Codified Ordinances.
(22) 
Former Part Four, Title Two, Ch. 440, Operation generally, of the 1974 Codified Ordinances.
(23) 
Former Part Four, Title Two, Ch. 448, Bicycles, of the 1974 Codified Ordinances.
(24) 
Former Part Four, Title Four, Ch. 472, Parking meters, of the 1974 Codified Ordinances.
(25) 
Former Part Six, Ch. 604, Administration, enforcement and penalty, of the 1974 Codified Ordinances.
(26) 
Former Part Six, Ch. 608, Animals, of the 1974 Codified Ordinances.
(27) 
Former Part Six, Ch. 616, Fraud, of the 1974 Codified Ordinances.
(28) 
Former Part Six, Ch. 632, Minors, of the 1974 Codified Ordinances.
(29) 
Former Part Six, Ch. 644, Offenses against the flag, of the 1974 Codified Ordinances.
(30) 
Former Part Six, Ch. 648, Offenses relating to persons, of the 1974 Codified Ordinances.
(31) 
Former Part Six, Ch. 652, Offenses relating to property, of the 1974 Codified Ordinances.
(32) 
Former Part Six, Ch. 656, Peace disturbances, of the 1974 Codified Ordinances.
(33) 
Former Part Six, Ch. 660, Railroads and public conveyances, of the 1974 Codified Ordinances.
(34) 
Former Part Six, Ch. 672, Safety, of the 1974 Codified Ordinances.
(35) 
Former Part Six, Ch. 680, Sunday trading, of the 1974 Codified Ordinances.
(36) 
Former Part Six, Ch. 688, Weapons, of the 1974 Codified Ordinances.
(37) 
Former Part Eight, Title Two, Ch. 802, Licenses in general, of the 1974 Codified Ordinances.
(38) 
Former Part Eight, Title Two, Ch. 808, Amusements, theaters and shows, of the 1974 Codified Ordinances.
(39) 
Former Part Eight, Title Two, Ch. 810, Auctioneers, of the 1974 Codified Ordinances.
(40) 
Former Part Eight, Title Two, Ch. 812, Automobile service stations, of the 1974 Codified Ordinances.
(41) 
Former Part Eight, Title Two, Ch. 814, Banks, of the 1974 Codified Ordinances.
(42) 
Former Part Eight, Title Two, Ch. 816, Billiard and pool rooms, of the 1974 Codified Ordinances.
(43) 
Former Part Eight, Title Two, Ch. 818, Bowling alleys, of the 1974 Codified Ordinances.
(44) 
Former Part Eight, Title Two, Ch. 820, Cabarets and restaurants, of the 1974 Codified Ordinances.
(45) 
Former Part Eight, Title Two, Ch. 822, Coal sales, of the 1974 Codified Ordinances.
(46) 
Former Part Eight, Title Two, Ch. 826, Dance halls, ballrooms and academies, of the 1974 Codified Ordinances.
(47) 
Former Part Eight, Title Two, Ch. 827, Deliveries or transfers of commodities, of the 1974 Codified Ordinances.
(48) 
Former Part Eight, Title Two, Ch. 828, Express companies, of the 1974 Codified Ordinances.
(49) 
Former Part Eight, Title Two, Ch. 830, Ice sales, of the 1974 Codified Ordinances.
(50) 
Former Part Eight, Title Two, Ch. 832, Installment plan sales, of the 1974 Codified Ordinances.
(51) 
Former Part Eight, Title Two, Ch. 838, Peddlers and solicitors, of the 1974 Codified Ordinances.
(52) 
Former Part Eight, Title Two, Ch. 840, Protective signaling devices, of the 1974 Codified Ordinances.
(53) 
Former Part Eight, Title Two, Ch. 842, Real estate agents, of the 1974 Codified Ordinances.
(54) 
Former Part Eight, Title Two, Ch. 844, Shooting galleries, of the 1974 Codified Ordinances.
(55) 
Former Part Eight, Title Two, Ch. 846, Sound trucks, of the 1974 Codified Ordinances.
(56) 
Former Part Eight, Title Two, Ch. 848, Stables, of the 1974 Codified Ordinances.
(57) 
Former Part Eight, Title Two, Ch. 850, Stockbrokers, of the 1974 Codified Ordinances.
(58) 
Former Part Eight, Title Two, Ch. 852, Street railway or traction companies, of the 1974 Codified Ordinances.
(59) 
Former Part Eight, Title Two, Ch. 854, Taxicabs and other vehicles for hire, of the 1974 Codified Ordinances.
(60) 
Former Part Eight, Title Two, Ch. 858, Utilities, of the 1974 Codified Ordinances.
(61) 
Former Part Ten, Title Two, Ch. 1020, Streets and sidewalks generally, of the 1974 Codified Ordinances.
(62) 
Former Part Ten, Title Two, Ch. 1026, Trees, of the 1974 Codified Ordinances.
(63) 
Former Part Ten, Title Four, Ch. 1042, Water, of the 1974 Codified Ordinances.
(64) 
Former Part Ten, Title Four, Ch. 1044, Sewers, of the 1974 Codified Ordinances.
(65) 
Former Part Ten, Title Six, Ch. 1064, Sanitary landfill areas, of the 1974 Codified Ordinances.
(66) 
Former Part Fourteen, Title Two, Sections 1412.02 and 1412.99, Use registration permits, of the 1974 Codified Ordinances.
(67) 
Former Part Fourteen, Title Six (Chs. 1440 through 1448), Electricity, of the 1974 Codified Ordinances.
(68) 
Former Part Fourteen, Title Eight, Ch. 1462, House numbering, of the 1974 Codified Ordinances.
(69) 
Former Part Fourteen, Title Eight, Ch. 1464, Moving of buildings, of the 1974 Codified Ordinances.
(70) 
Former Part Fourteen, Title Eight, Ch. 1466, Tents, of the 1974 Codified Ordinances.
(71) 
Former Part Fourteen, Title Eight, Ch. 1468, Trailers and trailer parks, of the 1974 Codified Ordinances.
(72) 
Former Part Fourteen, Title Ten, Ch. 1484, Multifamily dwellings, of the 1974 Codified Ordinances.
(73) 
Former Part Fourteen, Title Ten, Ch. 1486, Section 1486.01, Bureau of Housing and Housing Code Enforcement, and Section 1486.02, Board of Housing Appeals, of the 1974 Codified Ordinances.
(74) 
Former Part Sixteen, Ch. 1620, Electricity, of the 1974 Codified Ordinances.
(75) 
Former Part Sixteen, Ch. 1624, Explosives and blasting, of the 1974 Codified Ordinances.
(76) 
Former Part Eighteen, Ch. 1804, Air pollution, of the 1974 Codified Ordinances.
(77) 
Former Part Eighteen, Ch. 1816, Food and food handlers, of the 1974 Codified Ordinances.
The adoption of this Code and the repeal of ordinances provided for in § 1-9 of this ordinance shall not affect the following ordinances, rights and obligations, which are hereby expressly saved from repeal; provided, however, that the repeal of ordinances pursuant to § 1-9 or the saving from repeal of ordinances pursuant to this section shall not be construed so as to revive any ordinance previously repealed, superseded or no longer of any effect:
A. 
Any ordinance adopted subsequent to 12-19-2012.
B. 
Any right or liability established, accrued or incurred under any legislative provision of the City prior to the effective date of this ordinance or any action or proceeding brought for the enforcement of such right or liability or any cause of action acquired or existing.
C. 
Any offense or act committed or done before the effective date of this ordinance in violation of any legislative provision of the City or any penalty, punishment or forfeiture which may result therefrom.
D. 
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.
E. 
Any franchise, license, right, easement or privilege heretofore granted or conferred by the City or any lawful contract, obligation or agreement.
F. 
Any ordinance appropriating money or transferring funds, promising or guaranteeing the payment of money or authorizing the issuance and delivery of any bond of the City or other instruments or evidence of the City's indebtedness.
G. 
Any ordinance adopting an annual budget or establishing an annual tax rate.
H. 
Any ordinance providing for the levy, imposition or collection of special taxes, assessments or charges.
I. 
Any ordinance authorizing the purchase, sale, lease or transfer of property or acquiring property by acceptance of deed, condemnation or exercise of eminent domain.
J. 
Any ordinance annexing land to the City.
K. 
Any ordinance providing for or requiring the construction or reconstruction or opening of sidewalks, curbs and gutters.
L. 
Any ordinance or part of an ordinance providing for laying out, opening, altering, widening, relocating, straightening, establishing grade, changing name, improvement, acceptance or vacation of any right-of-way, easement, street, road, highway, sidewalk, park or other public place or property or designating various streets as public highways.
M. 
Any ordinance establishing water, sewer or other special purpose districts and designating the boundaries thereof; providing for a system of sewers or water supply lines; or providing for the construction, extension, dedication, acceptance or abandonment of any part of a system of sewers or water supply lines.
N. 
Any ordinance providing for the making of public improvements.
O. 
Any ordinance providing for the salaries and compensation of officers and employees of the City or setting the bond of any officer or employee.
P. 
Any ordinance concerning changes and amendments to the Zoning Map.
Q. 
Any ordinance relating to or establishing a pension plan or pension fund for municipal employees.
R. 
Any ordinance or portion of an ordinance establishing a specific fee amount for any license, permit or service obtained from the City.
All ordinances and resolutions of a general and permanent nature adopted subsequent to the date given in § 1-10A and/or prior to the date of adoption of this ordinance are hereby deemed to be a part of the Code and shall, upon being printed, be included therein. Attested copies of all such ordinances and resolutions shall be temporarily placed in the Code until printed supplements are included.
A. 
Nonsubstantive grammatical changes. In compiling and preparing the ordinances and resolutions of the City for adoption and revision as part of the Code, certain nonsubstantive grammatical and style changes were made in one or more of said ordinances and resolutions. 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 so changed had been previously formally amended to read as such.
B. 
Substantive changes and revisions. In addition to the changes and revisions described above, the changes and revisions of a substantive nature as set forth in Schedule A attached hereto and made a part hereof are hereby made to various ordinances and resolutions included in the Code. These changes are made to bring provisions into conformity with the desired policies of the City Council, and it is the intent of the City Council that all such changes be adopted as part of the Code as if the legislation so changed have been previously formally amended to read as such. All such changes and revisions shall be deemed to be in effect as of the effective date of the Code specified in § 1-21.[1]
[1]
Editor’s Note: In accordance with § 1-12B, 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 II. During routine supplementation, footnotes indicating amendments, additions or deletions will be replaced with the following history: “Amended (added, deleted) 6-12-2013 by Ord. No. 5639.” Schedule A, which contains a complete description of all changes, is on file in the City offices.
In interpreting and applying the provisions of the Code, they shall be held to be the minimum requirements for the promotion of the public health, safety, comfort, convenience and general welfare. Where the provisions of the Code impose greater restrictions or requirements than those of any statute, other ordinance, resolution or regulation, the provisions of the Code shall control. Where the provisions of any statute, other ordinance, resolution or regulation impose greater restrictions or requirements, the provisions of such statute, other ordinance, resolution or regulation shall control.
A. 
Chapter and article titles, headings and titles of sections and other divisions in the Code or in supplements made to the Code are inserted in the Code and may be inserted in supplements to the Code for the convenience of persons using the Code and are not part of the legislation.
B. 
Editor's notes indicating sources of sections, giving other information or referring to the statutes or to other parts of the Code are inserted in the Code and may be inserted in supplements to the Code for the convenience of persons using the Code and are not part of the legislation.
At least one copy of the Code in a post-bound volume shall be filed with the Ordinance Book in the office of the City Clerk and shall remain there for use and examination by the public. Upon adoption, such copy or copies shall be certified to by the City Clerk, as provided by law, and such certified copy or copies shall remain on file in the office of the City Clerk, 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 passed and 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 changes. Whenever such additions, deletions, amendments or supplements to the Code shall be adopted, they shall thereafter be printed and, as provided hereunder, inserted in the post-bound book containing said Code as amendments and supplements thereto.
It shall be the duty of the City Clerk or someone authorized and directed by him or her to keep up-to-date the certified copy or copies of the book containing the Code required to be filed in the office of the City Clerk for the use of the public. All changes in said Code and all legislation adopted by the City Council subsequent to the effective date of this codification which the City Council shall adopt specifically as part of the Code shall, when finally adopted, be included therein by reference until such changes or new legislation are printed as supplements to said Code books, at which time such supplements shall be inserted therein.
The City Clerk, pursuant to law, shall cause to be published in the manner required a notice of the introduction and of the adoption of the Code in a newspaper of general circulation in the City. The enactment and application of this ordinance, coupled with the publication of the notices of introduction and adoption, as required by law, and the availability of a copy or copies 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.
It shall be unlawful for anyone to improperly change or amend, by additions or deletions, or to alter or tamper with the Code or any part or portion thereof, in any manner whatsoever, which will cause the law of the City to be misrepresented thereby. Anyone violating this section of this ordinance shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished by a fine not exceeding $1,000, plus costs of prosecution, and, in default of payment thereof, by imprisonment for a term not exceeding 90 days.
The provisions of this ordinance and of the Code adopted hereby are severable, and if any clause, sentence, subsection, section, article, chapter or part thereof shall be adjudged by any court of competent jurisdiction to be illegal, invalid or unconstitutional, such judgment or decision shall not affect, impair or invalidate the remainder thereof but shall be confined in its operation and application to the clause, sentence, subsection, section, article, chapter or part thereof rendered illegal, invalid or unconstitutional. It is hereby declared to be the intent of the City Council that this ordinance and the Code would have been adopted if such illegal, invalid or unconstitutional clause, sentence, subsection, section, article, chapter or part thereof had not been included therein.
All provisions of this ordinance and of the Code shall be in force and effect on and after June 12, 2013.