[HISTORY: Adopted by the City Council of the City of Hometown
as Ch. 30 of the 2001 Code. Amendments noted where applicable.]
This ordinance, the Municipal Code of Hometown, is authorized
to be and shall be printed and published in book form.
All of the printed copies of the Municipal Code of Hometown
belonging to the City shall be deposited with the City Clerk. He shall
deliver one copy thereof to each member of the Council and copies
to such other persons as the Council may direct.
The Council shall have the power to extend to or reciprocate
courtesies of other municipalities by presenting them with a copy
of the Municipal Code of Hometown, bound at the expense of the City,
as to it may seem suitable and it shall also have the power to present
two copies of this Code to the Illinois Municipal League.
[Added 11-22-2016 by Ord.
No. 7-2016]
The provisions of the 2016 Municipal Code, insofar as they are substantively the same as those of the 2001 Code and ordinances and resolutions in force immediately prior to the enactment of the 2016 Code by this ordinance, are intended as a continuation of the 2001 Code and 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 Code, 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 Hometown, and it is the intention of said Council that each such provision contained within the Code is hereby reaffirmed as it appears in said Code. Only such provisions of the 2001 Code and former ordinances as are omitted from this Code shall be deemed repealed or abrogated by the provisions of § 30.11 below.
All portions of the 2001 Code and ordinances of a general and
permanent nature of the City of Hometown in force on the date of the
adoption of this ordinance, inconsistent with the provisions contained
therein, and not contained in the 2016 Code 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in force by reference therein are hereby repealed from and after the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 § 30.11 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 Hometown 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 Hometown 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 Hometown.
(D)
Any agreement entered into or any franchise, license, right, easement
or privilege heretofore granted or conferred by the City of Hometown.
(E)
Any ordinance of the City of Hometown 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 Hometown or any portion thereof.
(F)
Any ordinance of the City of Hometown 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 Hometown 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 adopted subsequent to October 11, 2016.
A copy of the Code, in loose-leaf form, has been filed in the
office of the City Clerk of the City of Hometown 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 of the City of Hometown
by impressing thereon the Seal of the City of Hometown, 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. 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.
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 Hometown or who alters or tampers with such Code in any manner whatsoever which will cause the legislation of the City of Hometown to be misrepresented thereby or who violates any other provision of this ordinance shall be subject to a penalty in accordance with Chapter 1, Article 1, of the Code. The court may, in addition to assessing a fine, impose a requirement that the defendant perform some reasonable public service work such as, but not limited to, the picking up of litter in public parks or along public streets or highways or the maintenance of public facilities.
(A)
In compiling and preparing the prior Code and ordinances and resolutions
for publication as the 2016 Code of the City of Hometown, no changes
in the meaning or intent of such prior Code, ordinances and resolutions
have been made. In addition, certain grammatical changes, administrative
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 2016 Code
as if the prior Code, 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[1] attached hereto and made a part hereof are made herewith,
to become effective upon the effective date of this ordinance.
[1]
Editor's Note: In accordance with § 30.16(B), the chapters, articles and sections which were added, amended, adopted or deleted by this ordinance are indicated throughout the Code by a footnote referring to Chapter 30, General Provisions, Article 2. During routine supplementation, footnotes indicating amendments, additions or deletions will be replaced with the following history: "Amended (added, deleted) 11-22-2016 by Ord. No. 7-2016." Schedule A, which contains a complete description of all changes, is on file in the City offices.
This ordinance shall be in full force and effect 10 days following
publication as provided by law.
