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CITY OF HUGO ORDINANCE NO. 2008-422 AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING AND ENACTING A NEW CODE FOR THE CITY OF HUGO; PROVIDING FOR THE REPEAL OF CERTAIN ORDINANCES NOT INCLUD- ED THEREIN; PROVIDING A PENALTY FOR THE VIOLATION THEREOF; PROVID- ING FOR THE MANNER OF AMENDING SUCH CODE; AND PROVIDING WHEN SUCH CODE AND THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE. THE CITY COUNCIL OF HUGO, MINNESOTA, ORDAINS Section 1. The Code entitled "Hugo, Minnesota City Code," published by Municipal Code Corporation, consisting of chapters 1 through 90, each inclusive, is adopted. Section 2. All ordinances of a general and permanent nature enacted on or before January 7, 2008, and not included in the Code or recognized and continued in force by reference therein, are repealed.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repeal provided for in section 2 hereof shall not be construed to revive any ordinance or part thereof that has been repealed by a subsequent ordinance that is repealed by this ordinance.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. Except as otherwise provided by law or ordinance, a person convicted of a violation of such Code shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and be punished by a fine of not more than $1,000.00, imprisonment for a term not exceeding 90 days, or any combination thereof; provided, however, that if the violation is declared to be a petty misdemeanor the penalty shall be a fine not exceeding $300.00. In any case a per- son convicted of a violation of this Code shall pay the costs of prosecution. Except as otherwise provided by law or ordinance, with respect to violations of this Code that are continuous with respect to time, each day that the violation continues is a separate offense and with respect to violations that are not continuous with respect to time, each act is a separate offense. Each act of violation and each day upon which any such violation shall continue or 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 city 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 such form as to indicate an intention of 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 January 7, 2008, that amend or refer to ordi- nances that have been codified in the Code shall be construed as if they amend or refer to like provisions of the Code. Section 7. This ordinance shall become effective immediately upon its passage and publication according to law. PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Hugo on this 15th day of September, 2008. APPROVED: Fran Miron, Mayor ATTEST: Michele Lindau, City Clerk Published one time in The Citizen on October 1, 2008.