Livingston Municipal Code Ch. 1 Official City Code

Upon adoption by the City Council, this code is hereby declared to be and shall hereafter constitute the official code of the city. This code of ordinances shall be known and cited as the Livingston City Code, and it is hereby published by authority of the Council and shall be kept up to date as provided in § 1-1-3 of this chapter. Any reference to the number of any section contained herein shall be understood to refer to the position of the same number, its appropriate chapter and title heading, and to the general penalty clause, relating thereto, as well as to the section itself, when reference is made to this code by title in any legal documents.

(Ord. 331, passed 5-19-1987)

This code, as hereby presented in printed form, shall hereafter be received without further proof in all courts and in all administrative tribunals of this state as the ordinances of the city of general and permanent effect, except the excluded ordinances enumerated in § 1-2-1 of this title.

(Ord. 331, passed 5-19-1987)

Any ordinance or resolution amending this code shall set forth the title, chapter and section number of the section or sections to be amended, and this shall constitute sufficient compliance with any statutory requirements pertaining to the amendment or revisions by ordinance or resolution of any part of this code. All such amendments or revisions by ordinance or resolution shall be immediately forwarded to the codifiers or resolution material shall be prepared for insertion in its proper place in each copy of this code. Each such replacement page shall be properly identified and shall be inserted in each individual copy of this code.

(Ord. 331, passed 5-19-1987)

It shall be deemed unlawful for any person to alter, change, replace or deface in any way any section or any page of this code in such a manner that the meaning of any phrase or order may be changed or omitted. Replacement pages may be inserted according to the official instructions when so authorized by the City Council. The Clerk shall see that the replacement pages are properly inserted in the official copies maintained in the office of the Clerk. Any person having in his or her custody an official copy of this code shall make every effort to maintain said code in an up to date and efficient manner. He or she shall see to the immediate insertion of new or replacement pages when such are delivered to him or her or made available to him or her through the office of the City Clerk. Said code books, while in actual possession of officials and other interested persons, shall be and remain the property of the city and shall be returned to the office of the Clerk when directed to do so by order of the City Council.

(Ord. 331, passed 5-19-1987)