[Adopted 8-21-2017 by Ord. No. 2018-4]
The ordinances of the City of Melrose, consisting of Chapters 1 through 235, together with an Appendix, adopted by Ordinance No. 02-060A on December 16, 2002, as amended, supplemented and republished by General Code, LLC, shall be known collectively as the "Code of the City of Melrose, Massachusetts," hereafter termed the "Code." Wherever reference is made in any of the ordinances contained in the Code of the City of Melrose, Massachusetts, to any other ordinance 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 had been formally amended to so read.
The provisions of the Code, insofar as they are substantively the same as those of ordinances in force immediately prior to the revision of the Code by this ordinance, are intended as a continuation of such ordinances and not as new enactments, and the effectiveness of such provisions shall date from the date of adoption of the prior ordinance. 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 Melrose, 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.
A copy of the updated Code has been filed in the office of the City Clerk of the City of Melrose 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 City Clerk of the City of Melrose by impressing thereon the Seal of the City of Melrose, 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.
A. 
In preparing the 2002 Code and subsequent ordinances for republication, no changes in the meaning or intent of such ordinances 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 had been previously formally amended to read as such.
B. 
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.[1]
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Editor's Note: All sections of the Code which were amended or added by this ordinance contain the following history "8-21-2017 by Ord. No. 2018-4." Schedule A, which contains a complete description of all changes, is on file in the office of the City Clerk.
All ordinances or parts of ordinances inconsistent with the provisions contained in the Code are hereby repealed; provided, however, that such repeal shall only be to the extent of such inconsistency, and any valid legislation of the City of Melrose which is not in conflict with the provisions of the Code shall be deemed to remain in full force and effect.
Each section of this ordinance is an independent section, and the holding of any section or part thereof to be unconstitutional, void or ineffective for any cause shall not be deemed to affect the validity or constitutionality of any other sections or parts thereof.
This ordinance shall take effect upon passage and publication as required by law.