CODE OF ORDINANCES CITY OF LANETT, ALABAMA

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GENERAL ORDINANCES OF THE CITY

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Published by Order of the City Council

OFFICIALS

of the

CITY OF LANETT, ALABAMA

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Jonathan Kyle McCoy
Mayor

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Tony D. Malone
Jamie Heard
Charles Looser
Angela Thomas
Shirley B. Motley
Councilmembers

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Deborah Gilbert
City Clerk/Treasurer

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W. Gregory Ward
City Attorney

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PREFACE

This Code constitutes a complete republication of the ordinances of the City of Lanett of a general and permanent nature.

Source materials used in the preparation of the Code where the 1966 Lanett City Code, as supplemented through June 4, 1984 (Supplement No. 20), and ordinances subsequently adopted by the council. The source of each section is included in the history note appearing in parentheses at the end thereof. The absence of such a note indicates that the section is new and was adopted for the first time with the adoption of the Code. By use of the Comparative Tables appearing in the back of this volume, the reader can locate any section of the 1966 Code, as so supplemented, and any subsequent ordinance included herein.

The chapters of the Code are arranged in alphabetical order and the sections within each chapter are catchlined to facilitate usage. Footnotes which tie related sections of the Code together and which refer to relevant state laws have been included. A table listing the state law citations and setting forth their location within the Code is included at the back of this volume.

Numbering System

The numbering system used in this Code is the same system used in many state and municipal codes. Each section number consists of two component parts separated by a dash, the figure before the dash representing the chapter number and the figure after the dash indicating the position of the section within the chapter. Thus, the first section of Chapter 1 is numbered 1-1 and the second section of Chapter 2 is 2-2. Under this system, each section is identified with its chapter and, at the same time, new sections or even whole chapters can be inserted in their proper places, simply by using the decimal system for amendments. By way of illustration: If new material consisting of three sections that would logically come between sections 5-2 and 5-3 is desired to be added, such new sections would be numbered 5-2.1, 5-2.2 and 5-2.3, respectively. New chapters may be included in the same manner. If the new material is to be included between Chapters 12 and 13 it will be designated as Chapter 12.5. Care should be taken that the alphabetical arrangement of chapters is maintained when including new chapters. New articles and new divisions may be included in the same way or, in the case of articles, may be placed at the end of the chapter embracing the subject, and in the case of divisions, may be placed at the end of the article embracing the subject, the next successive number being assigned to the article or division.

Index

The index has been prepared with the greatest of care. Each particular item has been placed under several headings, some of the headings being couched in lay phraseology, others in legal terminology and still others in language generally used by municipal officials and employees. There are numerous cross references within the index which stand as guideposts to direct the user to the particular item in which he is interested.

Looseleaf Supplements

A special feature of this Code is the looseleaf system of binding and supplemental service, by which the Code will be kept up-to-date periodically. Upon the final passage of amendatory ordinances, they will be properly edited and the page or pages affected will be reprinted. These new pages will be distributed to holders of copies of the Code, with instructions for the manner of inserting the new pages and deleting the obsolete pages.

The successful maintenance to keep this Code up-to-date at all times will depend largely upon the holder of the volume. As revised sheets are received it will then become the responsibility of the holder to have the amendments inserted according to the attached instructions. It is strongly recommended by the publishers that all such amendments be inserted immediately upon receipt to avoid misplacing them and, in addition, that all deleted pages be saved and filed for historical reference purposes.

Acknowledgments

The publication of this Code was under direct supervision of Dennis Sinnett, Vice President, of the Municipal Code Corporation, Tallahassee, Florida. Credit is gratefully given to the other members of the publisher's staff for their sincere interest and able assistance throughout the project.

The publishers are most grateful to Ms. Deborah Daniel, City Clerk, for her cooperation and assistance during the progress of the work on this Code. It is hoped that her efforts and those of the publishers have resulted in a Code of Ordinances which will make the active law of the city readily accessible to all citizens and which will be a valuable tool in the day-to-day administration of the city's affairs.

MUNICIPAL CODE CORPORATION
Tallahassee, Florida

ORDINANCE NO. 9-86-1

An Ordinance Adopting and Enacting a New Code for the City of Lanett, Alabama; Providing for the Repeal of Certain Ordinances not Included Therein; Providing a Penalty for the Violation Thereof; Providing for the Manner of Amending Such Code; and Providing When Such Code and This Ordinance Shall Become Effective.

Be It Ordained by the City Council of Lanett, Alabama, as Follows:

Section 1. The Code of Ordinances, consisting of Chapters 1 to 25, each inclusive, and a printed copy of which is now before this council bound in book form, is hereby adopted and enacted as the "Code of Ordinances, City of Lanett, Alabama," which Code shall supersede all general and permanent ordinances of the City of Lanett adopted on or before October 14, 1985.

Section 2. All ordinances of a general and permanent nature of the City of Lanett, adopted on final passage on or before October 14, 1985, and not included in such Code or recognized and continued in force by reference therein are repealed.

Section 3. The repeal provided for in section 2 hereof shall not be construed to revive any ordinance or part thereof that has been repealed by a subsequent ordinance that is repealed by this ordinance.

Section 4. Unless another penalty is expressly provided, a violation of any provision of such Code, shall be punishable as prescribed in section 1-14 thereof.

Section 5. Additions or amendments to the Code, when passed in such form as to indicate the intention of the 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 6. In case of the amendment of any section of such Code for which a penalty is not provided, the general penalty, as provided in section 1-14 of such Code shall apply to the section as amended, or in case such amendment contains provisions for which a penalty other than the aforementioned general penalty, is provided in another section in the same chapter, the penalty so provided in such other section shall be held to relate to the section so amended, unless such penalty is specifically repealed therein.

Section 7. Any ordinance adopted after October 14, 1985, which amends or refers to ordinances which have been codified in such Code, shall be construed as if they amend or refer to like provisions of such Code.

Section 8. This ordinance and the Code adopted hereby, shall become effective upon publication as required by law.

Adopted this 22nd day of September, 1986.

	/s/ Mac H. Langley       Mayor

ATTEST:

/s/ Linda Hamby       City Clerk