[Adopted 4-17-2001 by Ord. No. 00-15]
Pursuant to § 66.0103, Wis. Stats., the various chapters and sections of the 1978 Pierce County Code, and subsequent ordinances of a general and permanent nature adopted by the Board of Supervisors of Pierce County, as revised, codified and consolidated into chapters and sections by General Code Publishers Corp., and consisting of Chapters 1 through 240, are hereby approved, adopted, ordained and enacted as the "Code of Pierce County," hereinafter referred to as the "Code."
This ordinance and the Code shall supersede
the 1978 Pierce County Code and all other general and permanent ordinances
enacted prior to the enactment of this Code, except such ordinances
as are hereinafter expressly saved from repeal or continued in force.
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 County Clerk and shall remain there
for use and examination by the public for at least two weeks, in accordance
with § 66.0103, Wis. Stats., and until final action is taken
on this ordinance, and, if this ordinance shall be adopted, such copy
shall be certified to by the County Clerk, and such certified copy
shall remain on file in the office of said County 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 Board of Supervisors to make them a part thereof,
shall be deemed to be incorporated into such Code so that reference
to the "Code of Pierce County" 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 printed and, as provided hereunder,
inserted in the loose-leaf book containing said Code as amendments
and supplements thereto.
The Clerk of Pierce County, pursuant to law,
shall cause to be published, in the manner required by law, a copy
of this Adoption Ordinance. Sufficient copies of the Code shall be
maintained in the office of the Clerk for inspection by the public
at all times during regular office hours. 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.
It shall be the duty of the County Clerk, or
someone authorized and directed by the County 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 printed as supplements to
said Code book, at which time such supplements shall be inserted therein.
Copies of the Code, or any chapter or portion
of it, may be purchased from the County Clerk or an authorized agent
of the Clerk upon the payment of a fee to be set by the Board of Supervisors.
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 Pierce County 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 $500, in the
discretion of the Judge imposing the same.
Each section of the Code and every part of each
section is an independent section or part of a section, and the holding
of any section or a 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.
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.
All ordinances or parts of ordinances of a general
and permanent nature adopted and in force on the date of the adoption
of this ordinance and not contained in the Code are hereby repealed
as of the effective date of this Adoption Ordinance, except as hereinafter
provided.
The adoption of this Code and the repeal of ordinances provided for in § 1-12 of this ordinance shall not affect the following ordinances, rights and obligations, which are hereby expressly saved from repeal:
A.
Any ordinance adopted subsequent to September 1, 2000.
B.
Any right or liability established, accrued or incurred
under any legislative provision prior to the effective date of this
ordinance or any action or proceeding brought for the enforcement
of such right or liability.
C.
Any offense or act committed or done before the effective
date of this ordinance in violation of any legislative provision 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.
E.
Any franchise, license, right, easement or privilege
heretofore granted or conferred.
F.
Any ordinance 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 or any
portion thereof.
G.
Any ordinance appropriating money or transferring
funds, promising or guaranteeing the payment of money or authorizing
the issuance and delivery of any bond or other instruments or evidence
of the county's indebtedness.
H.
Ordinances authorizing the purchase, sale, lease or
transfer of property or any lawful contract or obligation.
I.
The levy or imposition of taxes, assessments or charges.
J.
The annexation or dedication of property or approval
of preliminary or final subdivision plats.
K.
Ordinances providing for local improvements or assessing
taxes or special assessments therefor.
L.
All currently effective ordinances pertaining to the
rate and manner of payment of salaries and compensation of officers
and employees.
M.
Any legislation relating to or establishing a pension
plan or pension fund for municipal employees.
N.
Charter ordinances.
O.
Water and sewer rates, rules and regulations.
A.
In compiling and preparing the ordinances for publication as the Code of Pierce County, no changes in the meaning or intent of such ordinances have been made, except where indicated by histories or footnotes in the text of the chapters and as provided for in Subsection B. 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 Board of Supervisors 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 following changes are made throughout the Code:
(1)
References to specific chapters and sections of the
Wisconsin statutes are revised to reflect the numbering of the statutes
as of the publication of this Code.
(2)
References to the "Wisconsin Department of Health
and Social Services" are amended to read "Wisconsin Department of
Health and Family Services."
(3)
References to the "Zoning Board of Adjustment" are
amended to read "Board of Adjustment."
(4)
References to the "Department of Land Management and
Records" are amended to read "Department of Land Management."
This ordinance shall take effect upon passage
and publication as required by law.
