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ARTICLE V. Effect. The Code shall be controlling and shall supersede and replace previously adopted ordinances pertaining to the same subjects contained within the Code, which are hereby repealed as of the effective date of this ordinance. Such repeal shall not affect: (i) any offense committed, penalty incurred, or process initiated or understaken under the previous code; (ii) any rights vested prior to the effective date of this ordinance; or (iii) the provisions of ordinances levying taxes, appropriating money, annexing or detaching territory, establishing franchises, granting special rights to certain persons, authorizing public improvements, authorizing the issuance of bonds or borrowing of money, authorizing the purchase or sale of real or personal property, granting or accepting easements, plat or dedication 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. ARTICLE VI. 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 may be punished for a misdemeanor violation, as defined in state law, and with a fine and/or incarceration 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 in the Code, 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. ARTICLE VII. 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 in so that reference to the Mounds View Municipal Code includes such additions and amendments. ARTICLE VIII. 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 into use. The City Council hereby authorizes the City Clerk to work with city consultants, 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 Mounds View Municipal Code without further action by the City Council. ARTICLE IX. Updated Fee Schedule. As part of the recodification contemplated herein, City staff also reviewed various fees that were previously expressed within the code. References to such fees were replaced with reference to the City of Mounds View's Fee Schedule, which shall hereby be amended by adding the fees contained on the attached Exhibit A. ARTICLE X. Summary Publication. In accordance with the Mounds View City Charter, section 2 MU210-54-693801.v1