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AN ORDINANCE
Provisionally Adopting, Enacting, and Re-enacting New and Amended
Code Provisions to Titles 3 and 7 of the City of Evanston Code of
Ordinances; Providing for the Repeal of Certain Ordinances Not
Included Therein; Providing for the Manner of Amending Such Title;
and Providing When Such Title and this Ordinance Become Effective
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, the City adopted an Evanston City Code in 1979 for the
purpose of carrying into effect and discharging all powers and duties conferred by law
upon the City and its officers, employees, and residents-, and to promote the public
health, safety, and welfare of its residents; and
• WHEREAS, the City Council finds and determines that the current City
Code needs to be significantly amended and updated to satisfy its purpose; and
WHEREAS, the City Council finds and determines that the purpose of the
City Code will be accomplished by provisionally adopting these 2011 amendments and
revisions-, and
WHEREAS, these provisional approvals and enactments are intended to
be subject to a final City Council review and approval, and the City Council will adopt a
revision and codification of the entire City Code (excepting Title 6), later this year.
NOW BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
EVANSTON, COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS:
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SECTION 1: That Title 3 and 7 of the Evanston City Code of 1979, as •
amended, are hereby provisionally amended as set forth, respectively, in Exhibit A,
"Title 3 Amendments and Revisions", and Exhibit B, "Title 7 Amendments and
Revisions", attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference.
SECTION 2: All ordinances of a general and permanent nature enacted
on or before the date of this provisional adoption continue in full force and effect and are
not repealed or affected by this Council action.
SECTION 3: Additions or amendments to the Code when passed in such
form as to indicate the intent of the City Council to make the same a part of the Code
shall be deemed to be incorporated in the Code, so that reference to the Code includes
the additions and amendments.
SECTION 4: Section 2 hereof shall not be construed to revive any
ordinance or part thereof that has been adopted or repealed by a subsequent •
ordinance.
SECTION 5: This Ordinance shall not become effective. It is a
provisional policy expression which is expressly subject to and conditioned upon final
review and recommendation by the City Council. Upon such final review and
recommendation by the City Council, the amendments and revisions in Section 1 hereof
shall be adopted via a subsequent and separate ordinance "Adopting the Evanston City
Code, 2011."
SECTION 6: That the findings and recitals contained 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: , 2011
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Adopted: N4, 2011
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Approved:
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Eliz th B. Tisdahl, Mayor
Approved as to form:
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ney Gr e , City Clerk W. Grant Farrar, yCrporat-ion Counsel
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EXHIBIT A
Title 3 Amendments and Revisions
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• EXHIBIT B
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Title 7 Amendments and Revisions
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