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AN ORDINANCE
Adopting "The Evanston City Code, 2012"
WHEREAS, the City of Evanston, Cook County, Illinois, (the "City") is a
home rule unit of government under the Illinois Constitution of 1970; and
WHEREAS, Article VII, Section 6a of the Illinois Constitution of 1970
confers certain powers upon home rule units, among which are the powers to regulate for
the protection of the public health, safety, and welfare; and
WHEREAS, in 1979, the City adopted a municipal code ("City Code") for
the purposes of carrying into effect and discharging all powers and duties conferred by
law upon the City, its officers, and employees, and to promote the public health, safety,
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WHEREAS, the City Council hereby finds and determines that the current
City Code needs to be significantly amended and updated to satisfy its purposes; and
WHEREAS, the City Council hereby finds and determines that the
purposes of the City Code will be accomplished by adopting the 2011 amendments and
revisions to said Code, which are attached hereto as Exhibit A and incorporated herein
by reference, and were provisionally adopted pursuant to Ordinances 47-0-11, 48-0-
11, 49-0-11, and 50-0-11, which the City Council adopted, respectively, on June 13,
2011, July 11, 2011, September 12, 2011, and September 26, 2011; and
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
0 CITY OF EVANSTON, COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS, THAT:
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SECTION 1: The foregoing recitals are hereby found as fact and 6
incorporated herein by reference.
SECTION 2: The City Council hereby adopts "The Evanston City Code,
2012", to read as set forth in Exhibit A, with the following exceptions: Title 6, which shall
remain unchanged from the current City Code; ordinances adopted during 2011 and/or
2012 that would amend or otherwise revise any of the contents of Exhibit A; and any
references or citations contained in Exhibit A, which shall be updated in the course of
the republication process.
SECTION 3: All general ordinances or parts of general ordinances in
conflict with the provisions of said Evanston City Code, 2012, except those specifically
saved from repeal or otherwise excepted by the terms of said Evanston City Code,
2012, as set forth therein, are hereby repealed. 16
SECTION 4: This Ordinance 8-012 shall be in full force and effect from
and after its passage, approval, and publication in the manner provided by law.
SECTION 5: The findings and recitals herein are declared to be prima
facie evidence of the law of the City and shall be received in evidence as provided by
the Illinois Compiled Statutes and the courts of the State of Illinois.
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Introduced: 2012 Approved:
Adopted: , 2012 �%P o2J� , 2012
Eliz. th B. Tisdahl, Mayor
Attest: Approved as to form:
ed"neyGre-f%City, Clerk .-Grant Farrar, Corporation Counse
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EXHIBIT A
Amended City Code Titles 1-5, 7-11
as Provisionally Adopted Pursuant to
Ordinances 47-0-11, 48-0-11, 49-0-11, and 50-0-11
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