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CODE OF ORDINANCES CITY OF LEWISTON, MAINE Published by Order of the City Council Approved February 7, 1995 Effective March 9, 1995 ---PAGE BREAK--- OFFICIALS of the CITY OF LEWISTON, MAINE AT THE TIME OF THIS CODIFICATION John T. Jenkins Mayor Paul J. Poliquin Frank J. Kelly Lionel R. Goulet Normand Poulin George R. Ricker Peter R. Grenier Barry J. Putnam City Council Robert J. Mulready City Administrator Isaacson & Raymond City Attorney Gerald P. Berube City Clerk ---PAGE BREAK--- No. 95-3 Effective: 3/9/1995 AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING AND ENACTING A NEW CODE FOR THE CITY OF LEWISTON THE CITY OF LEWISTON HEREBY ORDAINS: A new Code of Ordinances for the City of Lewiston is hereby adopted including provisions for the repeal of certain ordinances not included therein; provisions for a penalty for the violation thereof; and provisions for the manner of amending such code. CODE OF ORDINANCES CITY OF LEWISTON, MAINE Section 1. The Code entitled "Code of Ordinances, City of Lewiston, Maine," published by Municipal Code Corporation, consisting of Chapters 1 through 82, each inclusive, is adopted. Section 2. All ordinances of a general and permanent nature enacted on or before July 19, 1994, and not included in the Code or recognized and continued in force by reference therein are repealed.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repeal provided for in Section 2 hereof shall not be construed to revive any ordinance or part thereof that has been repealed by a subsequent ordinance that is repealed by this ordinance.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, every person convicted of a violation of any provision of the Code or any ordinance, rule or regulation adopted or issued in pursuance thereof shall be punished by a fine of not more than $1,000.00. Each act of violation and each day upon which any such violation shall occur shall constitute a separate offense. The penalty provided by this section, unless another penalty is expressly provided, shall apply to the amendment of any Code section whether or not such penalty is reenacted in the amendatory ordinance. In addition to the penalty prescribed above, the council may pursue other remedies such as abatement of nuisances, injunctive relief and revocation of licenses or permits. Section 5. Additions or amendments to the Code, when passed in the 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. Ordinances adopted after July 19, 1994, that amend or refer to ordinances that have been codified in the Code shall be construed as if they amend or refer to like provisions of the Code.