HomeMy WebLinkAbout1237 Amending Code of Ordinances BILL NO. 2013 -060 ORDINANCE NO. /a 3 7
An ordinance adopting and enacting a new Code of Ordinances of the City of Riverside; establishing the
same; providing for the repeal of certain ordinances not included therein, except as herein expressly
provided; providing for the manner of amending such Code of Ordinances; providing penalty for the
violation thereof; and providing when this ordinance shall become effective.
Be it ordained by the Board of Aldermen of the City of Riverside as follows:
Section I. That pursuant to Section 71.943 of the Revised Statutes of Missouri, the codification of
ordinances, as set out in Titles I through VII, each inclusive, of the "Code of Ordinances of the City
of Riverside" is hereby adopted and enacted as the "Code of Ordinances of the City of Riverside";
which shall supersede all other general and permanent ordinances of the City passed on or before
April 16, 2013, to the extent provided in Section 3 hereof.
Section 2. That all provisions of such Code shall be in full force and effect from and after the
effective date of this ordinance as set forth herein.
Section 3. That all ordinances of a general and permanent nature of the City adopted on final
passage on or before April 16, 2013, and not included in such Code or recognized and continued in
force by reference therein, are hereby repealed from and after the effective date of this ordinance,
except those which may be specifically excepted by separate ordinance, and except the following
which are hereby continued in full force and effect, unless specifically repealed by separate
ordinance:
a. Ordinances promising or guaranteeing the payment of money for the City, or authorizing
the issuance of any bonds or notes of the City or any other evidence of the City's indebtedness,
or authorizing any contract or obligation assumed by the City;
b. Ordinances levying taxes or making special assessments;
c. Ordinances appropriating funds or establishing salaries and compensation, and providing
for expenses;
d. Ordinances granting franchises or rights to any person, firm or corporation;
e. Ordinances relating to the dedication, opening, closing, naming, establishment of grades,
improvement, altering, paving, widening or vacating of streets, alleys, sidewalks or public
places;
f. Ordinances authorizing or relating to particular public improvements;
g. Ordinances respecting the conveyances or acceptance of real property or easements in real
property;
h. Ordinances dedicating, accepting or vacating any plat or subdivision in the City or any part
thereof, or providing regulations for the same;
i. Ordinances annexing property to the City;
j. All zoning and subdivision ordinances not specifically repealed and not included herein;
k. Ordinances establishing TIF districts or redevelopment districts;
I. Ordinances relating to traffic schedules (i.e. stop signs, parking limits, etc.);
m. All ordinances relating to personnel regulations (i.e. pensions, retirement, job descriptions and
insurance, etc.);
n. Ordinances authorizing the establishment of industrial development corporations;
o. Ordinances establishing tax rates for the City.
That the repeal provided for in this Section shall not be construed to revive any ordinance or part
thereof that has been repealed by a subsequent ordinance which is repealed by this ordinance.
That the repeal provided for in this Section shall not affect any offense or act committed or done or
any penalty or forfeiture incurred or any contract or right established or accruing before the effective
date of this ordinance, nor shall it affect any prosecution, suit or proceeding pending or any judgment
rendered prior to such date.
Section 4. That any and all additions and amendments to such Code when passed in such form as to
indicate the intention of the Board of Aldermen to make the same a part thereof shall be deemed to
be incorporated in such Code so that reference to the "Code of Ordinances of the City of Riverside"
shall be understood and intended to include such additions and amendments.
Section 5.
a. Except as hereinafter provided, whenever in any rule, regulation or order promulgated
pursuant to such ordinances of the City, any act is prohibited or is made or declared to be
unlawful or an offense or a misdemeanor, or whenever in such City ordinance, rule, regulation
or order 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 violation of any such ordinance of the City,
or of any rule, regulation or order promulgated pursuant to such City ordinance, shall be
punished by a fine of not less than five dollars ($5.00) and not more than five hundred dollars
($500.00) or by imprisonment for a period not to exceed ninety (90) days, or by both such fine
and imprisonment.
b. Whenever any provision of the Revised Statutes of Missouri or other Statute of the State limits
the authority of the City to punish the violation of any particular provision of these ordinances
or rules, regulations or orders promulgated pursuant thereto to a fine of less amount than that
provided in this Section or imprisonment for a shorter term than that provided in this Section,
the violation of such particular provision of these ordinances or rules, regulations or orders shall
be punished by the imposition of not more than the maximum fine or imprisonment so
authorized, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
c. Whenever any provision of the Revised Statutes of Missouri or other Statute of the State
establishes a penalty differing from that provided by this Section for an offense similar to any
offense established by these ordinances, rules, regulations or other orders of the City, the
violation of such City law, ordinance, rule, regulation or order shall be punished by the fine or
imprisonment established for such similar offense by such State law.
d. Each day any violation of these ordinances, rules, regulations or orders promulgated
pursuant thereto shall continue shall constitute a separate offense, unless otherwise provided.
e. Whenever any act is prohibited by this Code, by an amendment thereof, or by any rule or
regulation adopted thereunder, such prohibition shall extend to and include the causing,
securing, aiding or abetting of another person to do said act. Whenever any act is prohibited by
this Code, an attempt to do the act is likewise prohibited.
Section 6. That in case of the amendment by the Board of Aldermen of any Section of such Code for
which a penalty is not provided, the general penalty as provided in Section 5 of this ordinance shall
apply to the Section as amended; or in case such amendment contains provisions for which a penalty
other than the aforementioned general penalty is provided in another Section in the same Chapter,
the penalty so provided in such other Section shall be held to relate to the Section so amended, unless
such penalty is specifically repealed therein.
Section 7. That a copy of such Code shall be kept on file in the office of the City Clerk, preserved in
looseleaf form or in such other form as the City Clerk may consider most expedient. It shall be the
express duty of the City Clerk, or someone authorized by said officer, to insert in their designated
places all amendments and all ordinances or resolutions which indicate the intention of the Board of
Aldermen to make the same part of such Code when the same have been printed or reprinted in page
form and to extract from such Code all provisions which from time to time may be repealed by the
Board of Aldermen. This copy of such Code shall be available for all persons desiring to examine the
same.
Section 8. That it shall be unlawful for any person to change or alter by additions or deletions any
part or portion of such Code, or to insert or delete pages or portions thereof, or to alter or tamper
with such Code in any manner whatsoever which will cause the law of the City of Riverside to be
misrepresented thereby. Any person violating this Section shall be punished as provided in Section 5
of this ordinance.
Section 9. It is hereby declared to be the intention of the Board of Aldermen that the Sections,
paragraphs, sentences, clauses and phrases of this ordinance and the Code hereby adopted are
severable, and if any phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph or Section of this ordinance or the Code
hereby adopted shall be declared unconstitutional or otherwise invalid by the valid judgment or
decree of a court of competent jurisdiction, such unconstitutionality or invalidity shall not affect any
of the remaining phrases, clauses, sentences, paragraphs and Sections of this ordinance or the Code
hereby adopted.
Section 10. This ordinance and the Code adopted hereby shall become effective e �' / , 2013.
PASSED by the Board of Aldermen of the City of Riverside thisc/0 day of , 2013.
APPROVED by the Mayor of the City of Riverside this r� day o D .u s t 2013.
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ATTEST"
City Clerk "
Journal of "ayes" and "nays"
First reading
Board Member Votes
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Journal of "ayes" and "nays"
Second reading
Board Member Votes
Aye Nay