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ORDINANCE NO.09 -XX CITY OF RAMSEY ANOKA COUNTY STATE OF MINNESOTA AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING AND ENACTING A NEW CODE FOR THE CITY OF RAMSEY; PROVIDING FOR THE REPEAT. OF CERTAIN ORDINANCES NOT INCLUDED THEREIN; PROVIDING FOR THE MANNER OF AMENDING SUCH CODE; AND PROVIDING WHEN SUCH CODE AND THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE The City of Ramsey Ordains: SECTION 1. The Code entitled " "Ramsey, Minnesota City Code ", published by Municipal Code Corporation, consisting of chapters 1 through 117, each inclusive, is adopted. SECTION 2. All ordinances of a general and permanent nature enacted on or before after May 12, 2004, and not included in the Code or recognized and continued in force by reference therein, are repealed.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repeal provided for in section. 2 hereof shall not be construed to revive any ordinance or part thereof that has been repealed by a subsequent ordinance that is repealed by this ordinance.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. Unless another penalty is expressly provided, 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 shall be punished by a fine as established by state statute, 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 as established by state statute. In any case, a person convicted of a violation of this Code shall pay the costs of prosecution. (Except as otherwise provided by law or ordinance: (1) 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 (2) With respect;to violations that are not continuous with respect to time, each act is 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.