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TO APPROVE CURRENT REPLACEMENT PAGES TO THE GAHANNA CODIFIED ORDINANCES; AND TO DECLARE 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, COUNTY OF FRANKLIN, 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 2015 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Section 2: That the following sections and chapters are hereby added, amended or repealed as respectively indicated in order to comply with current State law.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
303.081 Impounding Vehicles on Private Residential Property. (Amended)
303.082 Tow Away Zones. (Amended)
331.44 Vehicular Operation on Street Closed Due to Rise in Water Level. (Added)
335.072 Driving Under Financial Responsibility Law Suspension or Cancellation. (Amended)
335.074 Driving Under License Forfeiture or Child Support Suspension. (Amended)
337.17 Focus and Aim of Headlights. (Amended)
339.01 Oversize or Overweight Vehicle on State Routes. (Amended)
351.03 Prohibited Standing or Parking Places. (Amended)
General Offenses Code
501.07 Requirements For Criminal Liability. (Amended)
501.08 Culpable Mental States. (Amended)
521.08 Littering and Deposit of Garbage and Junk. (Amended)
525.05 Failure to Report a Crime, Injury or Knowledge of Death. (Amended)
533.09 Soliciting. (Amended)
533.14 Unlawful Advertising of Massage. (Added)
537.05 Aggravated Menacing. (Amended)
537.051 Menacing by Stalking. (Amended)
537.06 Menacing. (Amended)
545.01 Theft and Fraud Definitions. (Amended)
545.02 Determining Property Value in Theft Offense. (Amended)
545.05 Petty Theft. (Amended)
545.15 Securing Writings by Deception. (Amended)
549.01 Weapons Definitions. (Amended)
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 hereinabove, this Ordinance is declared emergency legislation, and shall be in full force and effect immediately upon passage by this Council and approval by the Mayor.