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File #: Ord. 2023-022    Version: 1 Name: 2022 Codification
Type: Ordinance Status: Adopted
File created: 5/10/2023 In control: City Council
On agenda: 6/12/2023 Final action: 6/26/2023
Title: AN ORDINANCE APPROVING THE RECODIFICATION, EDITING, AND INCLUSION OF CERTAIN ORDINANCES AS PARTS OF THE VARIOUS COMPONENT CODES OF THE CODIFIED ORDINANCES OF GROVEPORT, OHIO AND THE DECLARATION OF AN EMERGENCY
Sponsors: Jean Ann Hilbert

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AN ORDINANCE APPROVING THE RECODIFICATION, EDITING, AND INCLUSION OF CERTAIN ORDINANCES AS PARTS OF THE VARIOUS COMPONENT CODES OF THE CODIFIED ORDINANCES OF GROVEPORT, OHIO AND THE DECLARATION OF AN EMERGENCY

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WHEREAS, various ordinances of a general and permanent nature have been passed which should be included in the Codified Ordinances of Groveport, Ohio; and,

 

WHEREAS, numerous sections in the Traffic and General Codes need to be updated or enacted in order to comply with State law.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GROVEPORT, FRANKLIN COUNTY, OHIO, A MAJORITY OF ITS MEMBERS CONCURRING:

 

Section 1That the recodification, editing, arrangement and numbering or renumbering of the following ordinances and parts of ordinances are hereby approved as parts of the various component codes of the Codified Ordinances of Groveport, Ohio, so as to conform to the classification and numbering system of the Codified Ordinances, to-wit:

 

 

Ord. No.                     Date                     C.O. Section

2022-015                                                     4-25-22                                                               2022 Replacement Pages

2022-029                                                     8-22-22                                                929.01 to 929.05, 929.99

 

 

Section 2:   That the following sections and chapters are hereby added, amended or repealed as respectively indicated in order to comply with current State law.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       

                     303.082                          Private Tow-Away Zones.  (Amended)

                     303.083                          Impounding Vehicles on Public Property.  (Added)

                     337.10                         Lights, Emblems, and Reflectors on Slow-Moving Vehicles, Farm Machinery, Agricultural Tractors,
                                                                    and Animal-Drawn Vehicles.  (Amended)

                     337.16                          Number of Lights; Limitations on Flashing, Oscillating or Rotating Lights.  (Amended)

 

 

                                              General Offenses Code

                     513.01                     Drug Abuse Control Definitions.  (Amended)                     

                     513.15                     Sale of Dextromethorphan.  (Added)

                     529.01                     Liquor Control Definitions.  (Amended)

                     529.07                     Open Container Prohibited.  (Amended)

                     537.19                     Hazing Prohibited.  (Added)

 

 

                     

                                                    General Offenses Code (Cont.)

 

                     549.02                     Carrying Concealed Weapons.  (Amended)

                     549.04                     Improperly Handling Firearms in a Motor Vehicle.  (Amended)

                     549.12                     Possessing Replica Firearm in School.  (Amended)

                     549.14                     Concealed Handgun Licenses; Possession of Revoked or Suspended License; Additional Restrictions;                                                                Posting Signs Prohibiting Possession.   (Added))

 

Section 3:  That the complete text of the Traffic and General Offenses Code sections listed above are set forth in full in the 2023 Replacement Pages to the Codified Ordinances which are hereby attached to this ordinance as Exhibit A. Any summary publication of this Ordinance shall include a complete listing of these sections.  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 stated in the preamble hereto which are made a part hereof, this Ordinance is hereby declared to be an emergency measure, necessary for the preservation of the health, safety and general welfare of the community to the extent that various City agencies will not be able to enforce specific provisions of the Codified Ordinances unless this Ordinance is enacted in a timely manner; WHEREFORE, this Ordinance shall take effect and be in full force upon passage by Council and signature of the Mayor.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Lance Westcamp, Mayor

 

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Mindy Kay

Clerk of Council

 

Approved as to form:

 

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Kevin C. Shannon, Law Director