CODE OF ORDINANCES CITY OF SELMA, ALABAMA
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CHARTER LAWS
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GENERAL ORDINANCES OF THE CITY____________
ADOPTED FEBRUARY 22, 1971
EFFECTIVE APRIL 1, 1971
Reprinted as supplemented through July 11, 1994
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PUBLISHED IN 1994 BY ORDER OF THE CITY COUNCIL
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OFFICIALS
OF THE
CITY OF SELMA, ALABAMA____________
JOE T. SMITHERMAN
Mayor____________
CARL C. MORGAN, JR.
President of City Council____________ GLENN SEXTON
RITA SIMS FRANKLIN
JEAN T. MARTIN
NANCY G. SEWELL
MARK V. WEST
WILLIAM C. KING
MCARTHUR WILLIAMS
YUSUF ABDUS-SALAAM
City Council____________
MARY C. RAMSEY
City Clerk____________
W. MCLEAN PITTS
City AttorneyPREFACE
A schedule or table of the Charter of the City and amendatory Acts and related special, local or population Acts of the State Legislature are included in Part I of this volume. Part II, the Code of Ordinances, is a revision and codification of all ordinances of a general and permanent nature that were deemed advisable to be included.
As expressed in the Adopting Ordinance, the Code supersedes all ordinances not included herein or expressly saved from repeal. It should be noted, however, that the Code contains only general and permanent ordinances and does not include, nor does it affect, special or temporary ordinances. Also, for various reasons, it was felt advisable to omit and save from repeal certain general and permanent ordinances. For an enumeration of the type of ordinances which are not included herein, see Section 3 of the Adopting Ordinance.
The Code is conveniently arranged in alphabetical order and the various sections within each chapter have been appropriately catchlined to facilitate usage. Attention is also directed to the footnotes which tie related sections of the Code together. The source of each section is included in the history note 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 this Code.
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 referring to the chapter number and the figure after the dash referring to the position of the section within the chapter. Thus, the first section of Chapter 1 is numbered 1-1 and the fourteenth section of Chapter 8 is 8-14. Under this system, each section is identified with its chapter and at the same time new sections 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 4-4 and 4-5 is desired to be added, such new sections would be numbered 4-4.1, 4-4.2 and 4-4.3 respectively. Sections have been reserved at the end of articles and divisions to provide for future expansion.
New chapters may be included by the addition of a fraction after the chapter number; e.g., if new material is to be included between Chapters 12 and 13, it will be designated as Chapter 12½. 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.
A special feature of this Code to which the attention of the user is especially directed is the innovation of the looseleaf system of binding and supplemental servicing for the Code. With this looseleaf system, the Code will be kept up-to-date periodically. Upon the final passage of amendatory ordinances, they will be properly edited and the appropriate page or pages of the Code and the index affected will be reprinted. These new pages will be distributed to the holders of the Codes with instructions for the manner of inserting the new pages and deleting the obsolete pages. Each such subsequent amendment when incorporated into this Code may be cited as a part hereof as provided in Section 5 of the Adopting Ordinance.
The successful maintenance of 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 misplacement, and in addition, that all deleted pages be saved and filed for historical reference purposes.
The index of the Code 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 city officials and employees. There are numerous cross references within the index itself which stand as guideposts to direct the user to the particular item in which he is interested.
The publishers are most grateful to all city officers and employees for their supervision, cooperation and interest during the preparation of this Code. Special appreciation is due the Honorable Joe T. Smitherman, Mayor; Mr. McLean Pitts, City Attorney; and Ms. Mary C. Ramsey, City Clerk.
The publication of this Code was under direct supervision of George R. Langford, President, and B. Meade White, Editor, 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.
This Code, reprinted as supplemented through July 11, 1994, is presented for the use and benefit of the citizens of the City of Selma.
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