CODE OF ORDINANCES TOWN OF AMITE CITY, LOUISIANA

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Ordained and Published
by Authority of the
Town Board of
Aldermen

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Adopted, December 13, 1976

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Published by:
Louisiana Municipal Association
Suite 100—White House Inn
Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 70821
Supplement Service, commencing in 1987 with Supplement No. 1 by:
 

OFFICIALS

OF THE

TOWN OF AMITE CITY, LOUISIANA

 

Mayor
Dr. R. E. Goldsby

 

Board of Aldermen
Johnny Ballard
Vince LaBarbera (Mayor Pro Tem)
Joseph Currier
Weldon Russell
J. O. Williams

 

Town Clerk
Edward B. Walsh

 

Town Attorney
Charles M. Reid

FOREWORD

This code of ordinances is provided by the Louisiana Municipal Association as a part of its services program for cities, towns and villages in Louisiana. Technical staff assistance has been provided by PRM Law Publishers of Atlanta, Georgia, which was responsible for the organization, codification, indexing and printing of this code.

This codification provides a complete revision and codification of all ordinances of a general and permanent nature of the Town of Amite City. All obsolete, illegal or superseded ordinances have been repealed as a part of the codification. All amended ordinances are brought up to date. The code also includes certain new ordinances that were prepared to fill in gaps not covered by existing ordinances.

The code includes several features that will facilitate its use. The various chapters and articles of the code follow one another in a natural, logical order. The Table of Contents with a complete outline of this order, will often provide sufficient reference points for the reader. In addition, the reader may consult the alphabetical index at the end of the volume. At the beginning of each chapter there is a section-by-section analysis of the articles within the chapter.

Non-textual provisions such as severability clauses, repeals, and enacting clauses are omitted from the text but are covered in Part 1 of the code that applies to the entire code. In most instances, references to "this ordinance" in the text of an ordinance have been changed to "this chapter" or "article" as deemed appropriate. Various editorial notes, state law references, and amendment notes have been included throughout the code to clarify its provisions.

The citations included at the end of sections apply to the original source and approval date of ordinances. Sections of the code which do not have a citation represent new ordinances that have been added to fill in gaps or to replace ordinances which have become outdated.

The new code is published in loose-leaf form so that all new ordinances may be printed for inclusion therein on a regular basis. The Louisiana Municipal Association has available a periodic updating service. Such service can be secured through an agreement between the Municipality and the Association under which the town clerk would send new ordinances, and amendments to ordinances, and the Association would provide new and replacement pages for the code.

We gratefully acknowledge the cooperation and assistance rendered by the town officials in the preparation of this code.

Charles J. Pasqua
Executive Director
Louisiana Municipal Association

ADOPTING ORDINANCE

AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING AND ENACTING A CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE TOWN OF AMITE CITY, LOUISIANA; PROVIDING FOR THE REPEAL OF CERTAIN ORDINANCES NOT INCLUDED THEREIN, EXCEPT AS HEREAFTER PROVIDED AND PROVIDING WHEN THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE.

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND BOARD OF ALDERMEN OF THE TOWN OF AMITE CITY, LOUISIANA:

Section 1.  A code and revision of the ordinances of the Town of Amite City is hereby adopted as the "Code of Ordinances, Town of Amite City, Louisiana."

Section 2.  This code shall be treated and considered as a new and comprehensive ordinance of the town which shall supersede all other general and permanent ordinances enacted by the Board prior to December 13, 1976, except such as by references thereto are expressly saved from repeal or continued in force and effect for any purpose.

Section 3.  All provisions of this code shall be in full force and effect 30 days from the date this ordinance becomes law and all ordinances of a general and permanent nature of the town enacted on final passage on or before December 13, 1976, and not in such code or recognized and continued in force by reference herein and which are in conflict herewith are hereby repealed from and after the effective date of this chapter, except as hereinafter provided.

Section 4.  The repeal provided for in section 3 hereof 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 such repeal affect any ordinance or resolution promising or guaranteeing the payment of money for the town or authorizing the issuance of any bonds of the town or any evidence of the town's indebtedness, or any contract or obligation assumed by the town, nor shall such repeal affect the administrative regulations or resolutions of the mayor and board of aldermen not in conflict or inconsistent with the provisions of the code; nor shall such repeal affect any right or franchise granted by any ordinance or resolution of the mayor and board of aldermen to any person, firm or corporation; nor shall such repeal affect any ordinance dedicating, naming, establishing, locating, relocating, opening, widening, vacating, etc., any street or public way in the town; nor shall such repeal affect the annual budget ordinance; nor shall such repeal affect any ordinance levying or imposing taxes; nor shall such repeal affect any ordinance establishing and prescribing the street grades of any street in the town, nor shall such repeal affect any ordinance providing for local improvements and assessing charges therefor; nor shall such repeal affect any ordinance dedicating or accepting any plat or subdivision in the town; nor shall such repeal affect any ordinance extending the limits of the town; nor shall such repeal be construed to revive any ordinance or part thereof that has been repealed by a subsequent ordinance which is repealed by this ordinance.

Section 5.  The provisions appearing in this code, so far as they are the same as those ordinances existing at the time of the effective date of this code, shall be considered as continuations thereof and not as new enactments.

Section 6.  A copy of the code shall be kept on file in the office of the town clerk, preserved in loose leaf form, or in such other form as the clerk may consider expedient. It shall be the express duty of the clerk or someone authorized thereby to insert in their designated places all amendments or ordinances which indicate the intention of the mayor and board of aldermen to make the same a part of the code when the same have been printed or reprinted in page form, and to extract from such code all provisions which may from time to time be repealed by the mayor and board of aldermen. This copy of the code shall be available for all persons desiring to examine it; it shall be considered the official code of ordinances of the town, and shall be so certified by the town clerk.

The above ordinance has been read and considered by section, and upon a vote being taken, the following result was had:

YEAS:
Aldermen Ballard, Currier, LaBarbera, Russell, Williams

NAYS:
None

ABSENT:
None

Whereupon the mayor declared said ordinance to be duly adopted on the 13th day of December A.D., 1976.

R. E. Goldsby, M.D

ATTEST:

Edward B. Walsh, Clerk