DOUGLAS TOWNSHIP
ORDINANCE NUMBER 2024-01
AN ORDINANCE ENACTING A CODE OF ORDINANCES FOR DOUGLAS TOWNSHIP, MINNESOTA, AMENDING, RESTATING, UPDATING, CODIFYING AND COMPILING CERTAIN ORDINANCES OF THE TOWNSHIP DEALING WITH THE SUBJECTS EMBRACED IN THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, AND PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR THE VIOLATION OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES.
THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF DOUGLAS TOWNSHIP ORDAINS:
WHEREAS, Minnesota Statutes Section 415.021 authorizes the township to cause its ordinances to be codified and printed in a book,
NOW, THEREFORE, the Board of Supervisors of Douglas Township, Minnesota, ordains:
Section 1. The general ordinances of the Township, as amended, restated, revised, updated, codified and compiled in book form, including penalties for the violations of various provisions thereof, are hereby adopted and shall constitute the “Douglas Township Code.” This Code of Ordinances also adopts by reference certain statutes and administrative rules of the State of Minnesota as named in the Code of Ordinances.
Section 2. All prior ordinances, pertaining to the subjects treated in the Code of Ordinances, shall be deemed repealed from and after the effective date of this ordinance, except as they are included and re-ordained in whole or in part in the Code of Ordinances; provided, this repeal shall not affect any offense committed or penalty incurred or any right established prior to the effective date of this ordinance, nor shall this repeal affect the provisions of ordinances levying taxes, appropriating money, annexing or detaching territory, establishing franchises, or granting special rights to certain persons, authorizing public improvements, authorizing the issuance of bonds or borrowing of money, authorizing the purchase or sale of real or personal property, granting or accepting easements, plat or dedication of land to public use, vacating or setting the boundaries of streets or other public places; nor shall this repeal affect any other ordinance of a temporary or special nature or pertaining to subjects not contained in or covered by the Code of Ordinances. All fees established in prior ordinances codified in this Code shall remain in effect unless amended in this Code or until an ordinance adopting a fee schedule is adopted or amended.
Section 3. This ordinance adopting the Code of Ordinances shall be a sufficient publication of any ordinance included in it and not previously published in the Township’s official newspaper. The official copy of this Code of Ordinances shall be marked and be kept in the office of the Township Clerk.
Section 4. The Code of Ordinances is declared to be prima facie evidence of the law of the Township and shall be received in evidence as provided by Minnesota Statutes by the Courts of the State of Minnesota.
PASSED AND DULY ADOPTED this 5 day of May, 2024 by the Board of Supervisors of Douglas Township, Minnesota.
DOUGLAS TOWNSHIP
BY: Jeff Reed, Supervisor
ATTEST:
Molly Weber, Township Clerk
Published in Cannon Falls Beacon and Hastings Journal on May 23, 2024
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