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TO APPROVE CURRENT REPLACEMENT PAGES TO THE GAHANNA CODIFIED ORDINANCES, AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
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WHEREAS, certain provisions within the Codified Ordinances should be amended to conform with current State law as required by the Ohio Constitution; and
WHEREAS, various ordinances of a general and permanent nature have been passed by Council which should be included in the Codified Ordinances; and
WHEREAS, the City has heretofore authorized the Walter H. Drane Company to prepare and publish such revision which is before Council; and
WHEREAS, for the preservation of the public peace, health and safety of the Municipality and its inhabitants there exists an imperative necessity for the earliest publication and distribution of current Replacement Pages to the officials and residents of the Municipality, so as to facilitate administration, daily operation and avoid practical and legal entanglements;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GAHANNA, STATE OF OHIO:
Section 1: That the ordinances of the City of Gahanna, Ohio, of a general and permanent nature, as revised, recodified, rearranged and consolidated into component codes, titles, chapters and sections within the 2003 Replacement Pages to the Codified Ordinances are hereby approved and adopted.
Section 2: That the following sections and chapters are hereby added, amended or repealed as respectively indicated in order to comply with current State law.
Traffic Code:
301.20 Motor Vehicle. (Amended)
301.51 Vehicle Defined. (Amended)
331.24 Right of Way of Funeral Procession. (Amended)
333.01 Driving While Under the Influence. (Amended)
371.12 Electric Personal Assistive Mobility Devices. (Added)
371.99 Penalty for Pedestrian Violations. (Added)
General Offenses Code:
501.01 General Code Definitions. (Amended)
501.99 Penalties for Misdemeanors. (Amended)
505.071 Cruelty to Companion Animals. (Added)
509.06 Inducing Panic. (Amended)
509.07 Making False Alarms. (Amended)
513.01 Definitions. (Amended)
517.01 Gambling Definitions. (Amended)
517.02 Gambling. (Amended)
517.04 Public Gaming. (Amended)
517.05 Cheating. (Amended)
517.06 Methods of Conducting a Bingo Game. (Amended)
517.07 Instant Bingo Conduct. (Added)
517.08 Raffles. (Added)
517.09 Charitable Instant Bingo Organizations. (Added)
517.10 Location of Instant Bingo. (Added)
517.11 Bingo or Game of Chance Records. (Amended)
517.13 Bingo Exceptions. (Amended)
517.14 Instant Bingo Conduct By a Veteran's or Fraternal
Organization. (Added)
525.05 Failure to Report a Crime, Injury or Knowledge of
Death. (Amended)
525.08 Obstructing Justice. (Amended)
529.01 Liquor Control Definitions. (Amended)
529.02 Sales to and Use by Underage Persons. (Amended)
529.021 Purchase by Minor. (Amended)
529.07 Open Container Prohibited. (Amended)
529.08 Hours of Sale or Consumption. (Amended)
533.01 Obscenity and Sex Offenses Definitions. (Amended)
533.02 Presumption of Knowledge; Actual Notice and
Defense. (Amended)
533.05 Importuning. (Repealed)
537.14 Domestic Violence. (Amended)
537.16 Illegal Distribution of Cigarettes or Other Tobacco
Products. (Amended)
541.09 Vehicular Vandalism. (Added)
545.21 Identity Fraud. (Amended)
553.04 Railroad Vandalism. (Added)
553.05 Railroad Grade Crossing Device Vandalism. (Added)
Section 3: That the complete text of the sections listed above are set forth in full in the current replacement pages to the Codified Ordinances which are hereby attached to this ordinance as EXHIBIT A. Notice of adoption of each new section by reference to its title shall constitute sufficient publication of new matter contained therein.
Section 4: That for the reasons set forth in the preamble herein above, this ordinance is declared emergency legislation, and shall be in full force and effect immediately after passage by this Council and upon date of signature approval by the Mayor.