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ORDINANCE NUMBER 23-2591 AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND CHAPTER 10, SECTION 10- 3-6 OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE OF THE CITY OF HOOVER, ALABAMA. BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of Hoover at a regular meeting, duly assembled, a quorum being present that the Municipal Code of the City of Hoover, Alabama is hereby amended as follows: Section 1. MODIFICATION OF CHAPTER 10 – MUNICIPAL COURT, SECTION 10-3. Chapter 10, Section 10-3 of the Municipal Code of the City of Hoover, Alabama is hereby amended as follows: 1. The following amendments shall be made to Section 10-3: Delete the following: The municipal court shall hold court at such times and place as the governing body may determine with the advice of the municipal judge. Add the following: The municipal court shall hold court at such times and place as the governing body may determine. Section 3. ORDINANCES REPEALED. All other ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are also hereby repealed. Section 4. SEVERABILITY. That if any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this ordinance is, for any reason, held to be unconstitutional, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this ordinance. The City declares that it would have passed this ordinance, and each section, subsection, clause or phrase thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, subsections, sentences, clauses and phrases be declared unconstitutional. Section 5. LEGAL RIGHTS NOT IMPAIRED. That nothing in this Ordinance or in the Code hereby adopted shall be construed to affect any suit or proceeding impending in any court, or any rights acquired, or liability incurred, or any cause or causes of action acquired or existing, under any act or ordinance hereby repealed as cited in Section 3 of this Ordinance; nor shall any just or legal right or remedy of any character be lost, impaired or affected by this Ordinance. ---PAGE BREAK--- Section 6. PUBLICATION OF ORDINANCE. That the City Clerk of the City of Hoover is hereby ordered and directed to cause this Ordinance to be published and that a copy of this Ordinance be entered upon the minutes of the meeting of the City Council. Section 7. EFFECTIVE DATE OF ORDINANCE. That this Ordinance and the rules, regulations, provisions, requirements, orders and matter established and adopted hereby shall be in full force and effect after its adoption and publication and shall continue in full force and effect from month to month and year to year from its effective date until repealed. THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED, that the City Council of the City of Hoover does hereby enact the foregoing Ordinance for the City of Hoover. ADOPTED this the 6th day of February 2023. John B. Lyda, Council President APPROVED BY: Frank V. Brocato, Mayor ATTESTED BY: Wendy Dickerson, City Clerk