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Timestamp: 2017-09-22 20:49:38
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Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 46008', '§ 1', '§ 1', '§ 1', '§ 1', '§ 1', '§ 1']

Borough of Honesdale, PA General Provisions
Pursuant to Section 1008(b) of the Borough Code [53 P.S. § 46008(b)], the codification of a complete body of ordinances and resolutions for the Borough of Honesdale, County of Wayne, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, as revised, codified and consolidated into chapters, Articles and sections by General Code Publishers Corp., and consisting of Chapters 1 through 210, together with an Appendix, are hereby approved, adopted, ordained and enacted as a single ordinance of the Borough of Honesdale, which shall be known and is hereby designated as the "Code of the Borough of Honesdale," hereinafter referred to as the "Code."
The provisions of this Code, insofar as they are substantively the same as those of ordinances and resolutions in force immediately prior to the enactment of this ordinance, are intended as a continuation of such ordinances and resolutions and not as new enactments, and the effectiveness of such provisions shall date from the date of adoption of the prior ordinance or resolution. All such provisions are hereby continued in full force and effect and are hereby reaffirmed as to their adoption by the Borough Council of the Borough of Honesdale, and it is the intention of said Borough Council that each such provision contained within the Code is hereby reenacted and reaffirmed as it appears in said Code. Only such provisions of former ordinances as are omitted from this Code shall be deemed repealed or abrogated by the provisions of § 1-3 below, and only changed provisions, as described in § 1-6 below, shall be deemed to be enacted from the effective date of this Code, as provided in § 1-15 below.
All ordinances or parts of ordinances of a general and permanent nature adopted by the Borough of Honesdale and in force on the date of the adoption of this Code and not contained in the Code are hereby repealed as of the effective date given in § 1-15 below, except as hereinafter provided.
Any ordinance adopted subsequent to November 12, 1996.
Any ordinance relating to or establishing a pension plan or pension fund for municipal employees including police pension.
Any ordinance regulating subdivision and land development in the borough.
Any ordinance regulating zoning in the borough.
Substantive changes and revisions. In addition to the changes and revisions described above, the changes and revisions of a substantive nature as set forth in Schedule A attached hereto and made a part hereof are hereby made to various ordinances and resolutions included in the Code. These changes are made to bring provisions into conformity with the desired policies of the Borough Council, and it is the intent of the Borough Council that all such changes be adopted as part of the Code as if the ordinances and resolutions so changed have been previously formally amended to read as such. All such changes and revisions shall be deemed to be in effect as of the effective date of the Code specified in § 1-15.[1]
Editor's Note: In accordance with § 1-6B, the chapters, parts and sections which were added, amended, adopted or deleted by this ordinance are indicated throughout the Code by a footnote referring to Chapter 1, General Provisions, Article I. During routine supplementation, footnotes indicating amendments or additions will be replaced with the following wording: "amended (added) 12-8-1997 by Ord. No. 564." A complete description of all changes is on file in the borough offices.
Nomenclature changes. Throughout the Code, references to certain titles have been updated, as follows: "Department of Environmental Resources" is amended to read "Department of Environmental Protection"; "Justice of the Peace" and "District Magistrate" are amended to read "District Justice"; and "Department of Highways" is amended to read "Department of Transportation."
Gender-neutral language. Throughout the Code, references indicating only the masculine gender have been updated to be inclusive of the feminine gender or have been made gender-neutral.
Three (3) copies of the Code in a post-bound volume shall be filed with the Ordinance Book in the office of the Borough Secretary and shall remain there for use and examination by the public. Upon adoption, such copies shall be certified to by the Borough Secretary, as provided by law, and such certified copies shall remain on file in the office of the Borough Secretary, available to persons desiring to examine the same during all times while said Code is in effect.
It shall be unlawful for anyone to improperly change or amend, by additions or deletions, or to alter or tamper with the Code or any part or portion thereof, in any manner whatsoever, which will cause the law of the borough to be misrepresented thereby. Anyone violating this section of this ordinance shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished by a fine not exceeding six hundred dollars ($600.), plus costs of prosecution, and, in default of payment thereof, by imprisonment for a term not exceeding thirty (30) days.
All provisions of this ordinance and of the Code shall be in force and effect on and after December 8, 1997.