19791106 1979-24 ORDINANCE NO. 1979 - 24
AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING A REVISION AND
CODIFICATION OF THE ORDINANCES OF THE CITY
OF FAIRFAX, VIRGINIA, ENTITLED "THE 1978
CODE OF THE CITY OF FAIRFAX, VIRGINIA,"
PROVIDING FOR THE REPEAL OF CERTAIN ORDINANCES
NOT INCLUDED THEREIN, WITH CERTAIN EXCEPTIONS,
AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES HEREINAFTER SET OUT.
BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of Fairfax,
Virginia, as follows:
Section 1. There is hereby adopted by the City Council that
certain Code entitled "The 1978 Code of the City of Fairfax,
Virginia," containing certain ordinances of a general and permanen
nature as compliled, consolidated, codified and indexed in Chapter
1 to 26, both inclusive, of which Code not less than three copies
have been and are now filed in the office of the City Clerk.
Section 2. The provisions of the 1978 Code of the City of
Fairfax, Virginia, shall be in force on and after November 7, 1979,
and Ordinance No. 1978-17, and all ordinances of a general and
permanent nature adopted on final reading and passage on or befor
May 11, 1978, and not contained in such Code are hereby repealed
from and after November 7, 1979, except as hereinafter provided.
Section 3. The repeal provided for in the preceding section
of this Ordinance shall not affect any offense or act committed
or done or any penalty or forfeiture incurred or any contract or
right established or accruing before November 7, 1979; nor shall
it affect any prosecution, suit or proceeding pending or any
judgment rendered prior to November 7, 1979;nor shall such repeal
affect any ordinance or resolution promising or guaranteeing the
payment of money for the City or authorizing the issue of any
bonds of the City or any evidence of the City's indebtedness or
any contract or obligation assumed by the City; nor shall it
affect any annual tax levy; nor shall it affect any right or
franchise conferred by ordinance or resolution of the City on any
person, association, partnership or corporation; nor shall it
affect any ordinance adopted for purposes which have been con-
summated; nor shall it affect any ordinance which is temporary,
although general in effect, or special, although permanent in
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effect; nor shall it affect any ordinance relating to the salaries
of the City's officers or employees; nor shall it affect any ord-
inance annexing territory to the City; nor shall it affect any~*
ordinance naming, renaming, opening, accepting or vacating street
or alleys in the City; nor shall it affect any ordinance relating
to the zoning map; nor shall it affect any ordinance adopted on
final reading and passage after May 11, 1978, except Ordinance No
1978-17; nor shall it affect any of the following ordinances or
amendments thereto: Ordinance No. 1977-24, Chapter 19 of the
1966 Code of the City of Fairfax, Virginia, and Sections 24-1,
24-3, 24-5, 24-6, 24-7, 24-8, 24-9, 24-10 and 24-12 of Chapter 24
of the 1966 Code of the City of Fairfax, Virginia.
Section 4. It is hereby declared to be the intention of the
City Council that the sections, paragraphs, sentences, clauses an¢
phrases of this Ordinance and the Code hereby adopted are sever-
able, and if any phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph or section
of this Ordinance or the Code hereby adopted shall be declared
unconstitutional or otherwise invalid by a valid judgment or
decree of a court of competent jurisdiction, such unconstitu-
tionality or invalidity shall not affect any of the remaining
phrases, clauses, sentences, paragraphs and sections of this
Ordinance or the Code hereby adopted.
This Ordinance shall take effect immediately upon its
adoption.
Introduced: October 9, 1979
Adopted:
November 6, 1979
Mayor
ATTEST:
IDe~d~Y City Clerk -