[Ord. No. 97-216 §1, 12-31-1997]
The codification of ordinances of St. Charles County, Missouri,
consisting of Titles I through VI inclusive, is hereby adopted and
enacted. All provisions of that codification shall be in full force
and effect from and after the effective date of this ordinance as
set forth herein.
[Ord. No. 97-216 §2, 12-31-1997]
This codification may be known and cited as the "Ordinances
of St. Charles County, Missouri".
[Ord. No. 97-216 §3, 12-31-1997]
The provisions appearing in the "Ordinances of St. Charles County,
Missouri", so far as they are in substance the same as those of ordinances
or orders existing at the time of the adoption of this codification,
shall be considered as a continuation of those existing ordinances
or orders and not as new enactments.
[Ord. No. 97-216 §4, 12-31-1997]
The "Ordinances of St. Charles County, Missouri", contains all
ordinances of a general and permanent nature of St. Charles County,
Missouri, enacted since January 1, 1993, including all ordinances
dealing with administration, elections, building and property regulation,
business and occupations, health and sanitation, public order, and
similar objects. The "Ordinances of St. Charles County, Missouri",
also contains certain orders of a general and permanent nature approved
on or by December 31, 1992, by the former St. Charles County Commission
or Court, including orders dealing with administration, elections,
building and property regulation, business and occupations, health
and sanitation, public order, and similar objects.
[Ord. No. 97-216 §5, 12-31-1997]
Exclusion of any ordinance or order from the "Ordinances of
St. Charles, Missouri", does not constitute the repeal of that ordinance
or order.
[Ord. No. 97-216 §6, 12-31-1997]
A.
Ordinances
and orders excluded from the "Ordinances of St. Charles County, Missouri",
include the following:
1.
Ordinances
or orders promising or guaranteeing the payment of money for the County,
or authorizing the issuance of any bonds or notes of the County or
any other evidence of the County's indebtedness, or authorizing any
contract or obligation assumed by the County;
2.
Ordinances
or orders levying taxes or making special assessments;
3.
Ordinances
or orders appropriating funds or establishing salaries and compensation,
and providing for expenses;
4.
Ordinances
or orders granting franchises or rights to any person, firm or corporation;
5.
Ordinances
or orders relating to the dedication, opening, closing, naming, establishment
of grades, improvement, altering, paving, widening or vacating of
streets, alleys, sidewalks or public places;
6.
Ordinances
or orders authorizing or relating to particular public improvements;
7.
Ordinances
or orders respecting the conveyance or acceptance of real property
or easements in real property;
8.
Ordinances
or orders dedicating, accepting, or vacating any plat or subdivision
in the County or any part thereof, or providing regulations for the
same;
9.
Zoning
ordinances or orders not previously repealed and not contained in
this Code;
10.
Ordinances
or orders establishing TIF districts or redevelopment districts.
[Ord. No. 97-216 §7, 12-31-1997]
A.
No offense
committed and no fine, penalty or forfeiture incurred, or prosecution
commenced or pending previous to or at the time when any ordinance
provision is repealed or amended, shall be affected by the repeal
or amendment, but the trial and punishment of all such offenses, and
the recovery of the fines, penalties or forfeitures shall be had,
in all respects, as if the provision had not been repealed or amended,
except that:
1.
All
such proceedings shall be conducted according to existing procedural
laws; and
2.
If the
penalty or punishment for any offense is reduced or lessened by an
alteration of the law creating the offense prior to original sentencing,
the penalty or punishment shall be assessed according to the amendatory
ordinance.
[Ord. No. 97-216 §8, 12-31-1997]
A.
Unless
otherwise expressly provided, an ordinance that repeals a former ordinance,
clause or provision does not:
1.
Revive
that former ordinance, clause or provision; or
2.
Abate,
annul or in any other way affect any proceedings had or commenced
under or by virtue of the ordinance so repealed, but the same shall
be as effectual and shall be proceeded on to final judgment and termination
as if the repealing ordinance had not passed.
[Ord. No. 97-216 §9, 12-31-1997]
The Official Copy of the "Ordinances of St. Charles County,
Missouri", bearing the signatures of the Chair of the Council and
of the County Executive and the attestation of the County Registrar
as to its adoption, shall be kept on file in the office of the County
Registrar. It shall be the express duty of the County Registrar or
of someone authorized by that officer to insert in their designated
places all amendments and all ordinances or resolutions which indicate
the intention of the County Council to make the same part of the "Ordinances
of St. Charles County, Missouri", when the same have been printed
or reprinted in page form, and to extract from the "Ordinances of
St. Charles County, Missouri", all provisions which from time to time
may be repealed by the County Council. This Official Copy of the "Ordinances
of St. Charles County, Missouri", and an extra copy of same, shall
be available to all persons desiring to examine it.
[Ord. No. 97-216 §10, 12-31-1997]
Each Section number in the "Ordinances of St. Charles County,
Missouri", shall consist of two (2) parts separated by a period, the
figure before the period referring to the Chapter number, and the
figure after the period referring to the position of the Section in
the Chapter. Both figures shall consist of three (3) digits.
[Ord. No. 97-216 §11, 12-31-1997]
The headings of the Sections and Chapters of the "Ordinances
of St. Charles County, Missouri", are intended as guides and not as
part of this codification for purposes of interpretation or construction.
[Ord. No. 97-216 §12, 12-31-1997]
It is hereby declared to be the intention of the County Council
that all of the chapters, sections, paragraphs, sentences, clauses
and phrases of the "Ordinances of St. Charles County, Missouri", shall
be severable. In the event that any such provision of this Codification
is found by a court of competent jurisdiction to be unconstitutional
or unlawful, the remaining provisions are valid unless the court finds
that a valid provision is so essentially and inseparably connected
with and so dependent upon the void one that it cannot be presumed
that the County Council could have enacted the valid provision without
the void one; or unless the court finds that the valid provision,
standing alone, is incompetent and incapable of being executed in
accordance with legislative intent.
[Ord. No. 97-216 §13, 12-31-1997]
This ordinance shall be in full force and effect on January
1, 1998.
