AN ORDINANCE TO REVISE, CONSOLIDATE,

AND CODIFY THE GENERAL ORDINANCES

OF SHEBOYGAN COUNTY

THE COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF SHEBOYGAN COUNTY DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:

Section 1.  Adoption of Code.  The ordinances of Sheboygan County which are hereafter set forth are by the adoption of this Ordinance revised and consolidated into a Code of General Ordinances to be effective upon the date of the adoption of this enabling Ordinance.

Section 2.  Saving Clause.

1.         All vested rights, pending actions, and prosecutions shall continue as though no revision or change has been made in the General Ordinances.

2.         Processes issued or proceedings commenced shall be unaffected by the revision and all such proceedings commenced or pending may be continued and concluded under the provisions of the Ordinance applicable at the time they were commenced.

3.         This "Code of General Ordinances" shall not in any way alter or affect any special franchise ordinances, ordinances providing for the issue and sale of bonds or other securities or other ordinance of a nature other than general, as the same any be now existing; all such ordinances shall continue in full force and effect as before the passage of this Ordinance.

Section 3.  Repeal.  Except as hereinabove specifically exempted from the operation of this Ordinance, all Ordinances of Sheboygan County inconsistent with the provisions of this Ordinance are hereby repealed, except that all ordinances adopted prior hereto to which there is no reference made in the herein ordinance and which are not inconsistent with the provisions of this Ordinance shall remain in full force and effect.

Section 4.  Penalty for Violation of Ordinances.  Any person who is convicted of violating any Ordinance contained in this Code for which a penalty is not expressly provided in the Code shall forfeit and pay to the County a penalty of not more than Fifty Dollars ($50.00) for each such violation together with the costs of prosecution, and in default of such payment, shall be imprisoned in the County Jail for such time as the Court deems fit not exceeding thirty (30) days unless such judgment is sooner paid.

Section 5.  Severability of Provisions.  It is the intention of the County Board of Sheboygan County that each section, paragraph, sentence, clause, and provision of this Code is severable, and if any provision shall be held unconstitutional or invalid for any reason, such decision shall not affect the remainder of the Code nor any part thereof other than those affected by such decision.

Section 6.  Procedure.  Pursuant to the provisions of Wis. Stat. § 66.035 (1969), this "Code of General Ordinances" need not be printed at length in the official journal or in the official newspaper or in pamphlet form showing County Board proceedings but shall be referred to therein by title, and after the enactment and passage of this "Code of General Ordinances" the same shall be published in book form.  A copy of such Code shall be kept permanently on file and open for public inspection in the office of the County Clerk; likewise the Chairperson and County Clerk of the County Board shall provide for the distribution and sale of copies thereof to the public generally at a reasonable cost.

Section 7.  Name and Application.  This Code shall be referred to as the "Code of General Ordinances" of Sheboygan County, and all Ordinances of a general nature are hereby revised and consolidated into such Code as follows:

                                                                                                                                   Enacted:  April 18, 1974