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of land to public use; or vacating or setting the boundaries of streets or other public places. Furthermore, nothing in this Ordinance or the Code is to be construed to modify, abrogate or abridge: (i) the rights, duties, liabilities, privileges or immunities of the City; (ii) the qualifications or terms of office of City officers as they existed prior to adoption; or (iii) any special ordinance or franchise not embodied in the Code. The Code is declared to be prima facie evidence of the law of the City and shall be received in evidence as provided by Minnesota Statutes by the courts of the State of Minnesota. Section 6. General Penalty. Unless another penalty is expressly provided in the Code, 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 up to the maximum permitted or required by law. Each act of violation and each day upon which any such violation shall continue or occur shall constitute a separate offense. The penalty provided herein, 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 City Council may pursue other remedies, including without limitation, abatement of nuisances, injunctive relief and revocation of licenses or permits. Section 7. Amendments. Additions or amendments to the Code when passed in such form as to indicate the intention of the City Council to make the same part of the Code shall be deemed to be incorporated in the Code, so that reference to the Lake Elmo Municipal Code includes such additions and amendments. Section 8. Corrections. Given the size of this project and refinements made as part of the Code, the City Council recognizes the Code may contain certain errors, such as cross-references to changed subsections, typographical errors, and other non -substantive matters that may be discovered once the Code is placed in use. The City Council hereby authorizes the City Clerk to work with the City Attorney and Municode, as necessary, to make any non -substantive corrections to the Code as may be needed upon discovery. Such corrected provisions shall be incorporated in and made part of the official Code without further action by the City Council. Section 9. Summary Publication. The City Council determines that publication of the title and a summary of this Ordinance would clearly inform the public of its intent and effect, and so City staff shall have the following summary printed in the official City newspaper in lieu of the complete ordinance: On November 3, 2021, the City Council of the City of Lake Elmo adopted Ordinance No. 08-253 which adopted a recodification of the City's ordinances. City staff and Municode undertook an extensive process to review and update the Lake Elmo City Code so that the City's ordinances could be incorporated into a new code book, which was reformatted as a single unified Lake Elmo Municipal Code. The purpose of the recodification was not to implement substantive revisions to local laws and policies, but rather to remove outdated and unnecessary code language, reformat the code, update staff titles, and modernize the LA515-4-758074.0