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6. Ordinance 1295 - Adoption of Revised Kalispell City Codes - 1st ReadingORDINANCE NO. 1295 ADOPTION OF CODE AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF KALISPELL, MONTANA, ADOPTING A REVISION AND CODIFICATION OF THE ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF KALISPELL ENTITLED "THE CODE OF THE CITY OF KALISPELL, MONTANA," PROVIDING FOR THE REPEAL OF CERTAIN ORDINANCES NOT INCLUDED THEREIN, WITH CERTAIN EXCEPTIONS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES HEREINAFTER SET OUT. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KALISPELL, MONTANA: Section 1. There is hereby adopted by the City Council that certain Code entitled "The Code of the City of Kalispell, Montana," containing certain ordinances of a general and permanent nature as compiled, consolidated, codified and indexed in Chapters 1 to 27, both inclusive, of which Code not less than three copies have been and are now filed in the office of the Clerk of Council. Section 2. The provisions of such Code shall be in force and effect on and after December 7, 1998, and all ordinances of a general and permanent nature adopted on or before October 19, 1998, and not contained in such Code are hereby repealed from and after December 7, 1998, except as hereinafter provided. Section 3. The repeal provided for in the preceding section of this ordinance 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 December 7, 1998; nor shall it affect any prosecution, suit or proceeding pending or any judgment rendered prior to December 7, 1998; nor shall such repeal affect any ordinance or resolution promising or guaranteeing the payment of money for the City or authorizing the issue of any bonds of the City or any evidence of the City's indebtedness or any contract or obligation assumed by the City; nor shall it affect the annual tax levy; nor shall it affect any right or franchise conferred by ordinance or resolution of the City on any person or corporation; nor shall it affect any ordinance adopted for purposes which have been consummated; not shall it affect any ordinance which is temporary, although general in effect, or special, although permanent in effect; nor shall it affect any ordinance relating to the salaries of the City officers or employees; nor shall it affect any ordinance annexing territory to the City; nor shall it affect E:\wp\ord\codes.wpd 1 any ordinance naming, renaming, opening, accepting or vacating streets or alleys in the City; nor shall it affect any ordinance adopted on final reading and passage after October 19, 1998. Section 4. Whenever in the Code adopted by this ordinance or in any other ordinance of the City or in any rule, regulation or order promulgated by any officer or agency of the City under authority duly vested in him or if any act is prohibited or is made or declared to be unlawful or an offense or a misdemeanor, or the doing of any act is required or the failure to do any act is declared to be unlawful or an offense or a misdemeanor, where no specific penalty is provided therefor, the violation of any such provision of such Code or any other ordinance of the City or such rule, regulation or order shall be punished by a fine not exceeding three hundred dollars or imprisonment for a term not exceeding ninety days, or by both such fine and imprisonment. Except where otherwise provided, every day any violation of such Code or any other ordinance of the City or such rule, regulation or order shall constitute a separate offense. Section 5. It is hereby declared to be the intention of the City Council that the sections, paragraphs, sentences, clauses and phrases of this ordinance and the Code hereby adopted are severable, and 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 unconstitution- ality or invalidity shall not affect any of the remaining phrases, clauses, sentences, paragraphs and sections of this ordinance or the Code hereby adopted. PASSED AND APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KALISPELL AND SIGNED BY THE MAYOR THIS DAY OF , 1998. Wm. E. Boharski, Mayor P-AN0934irk Theresa White Clerk of Council E:\wp\ord\codes.wpd 2