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To adopt a new Code of the City of Richmond, Virginia; to repeal the Code of the City of Richmond, Virginia, 2015; to prescribe the effect of such repeal; and to provide for the manner of amending the new City Code.
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THE CITY OF RICHMOND HEREBY ORDAINS:
§ 1. Contents and Designation of Code. The ordinances of the City of Richmond, Virginia, of a general and permanent nature, as revised and codified in Chapters 1 through 30 of the document entitled “Code of the City of Richmond, Virginia, 2020,” a copy of which is maintained in both paper and electronic format by the Office of the City Clerk, are hereby adopted and constitute the Code of the City of Richmond, Virginia, 2020, as of the first moment of December 15, 2020.
§ 2. Repeal of Prior Code. All ordinances comprising The Code of the City of Richmond, Virginia, 2015, including all amendments thereof and additions thereto, in force and effect on December 14, 2020, are hereby repealed as of the last moment of December 14, 2020, subject to the limitations set forth in section 3 of this ordinance.
§ 3. Limitations on Repeal of Prior Code. The repeal effected by section 2 of this ordinance shall not:
(a) Be construed to revive any ordinance or part thereof that has been repealed by a subsequent ordinance that is repealed by this ordinance; or
(b) Affect or impair:
(1) Any act done, forfeiture effective, offense committed, penalty incurred, or right established or accrued before the first moment of December 15, 2020; or
(2) Any prosecution, suit, or other proceeding pending on or any judgment or decree rendered on or before December 15, 2020.
References in contracts or other documents to provisions of The Code of the City of Richmond, Virginia, 2015, shall be construed to refer to like provisions of the Code of the City of Richmond, Virginia, 2020.
§ 4. Additions or Amendments to New Code. Additions or amendments to the Code of the City of Richmond, Virginia, 2020, when adopted in such form as to indicate the intention of the City to make the same a part of the Code of the City of Richmond, Virginia, 2020, shall be deemed to be incorporated into the Code of the City of Richmond, Virginia, 2020, so that reference to the Code includes all such additions and amendments.
§ 5. Ordinances Adopted after September 28, 2020. Ordinances adopted after September 28, 2020, that amend or refer to ordinances that have been codified in The Code of the City of Richmond, Virginia, 2015, shall be construed as if they amend or refer to like provisions of the Code of the City of Richmond, Virginia, 2020.
§ 6. Effective Date of Ordinance. This ordinance shall be in force and effect upon adoption.