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ORDINANCE NO. 77-82 BY: Brown, Gallagher, Graham, McBride, Salmon, Wendling AN ORDINANCE to approve, adopt and enact a new Zoning Code of the Codified Ordinances of the City of Lakewood and to repeal ordinanceS in conflict therewith. WHEREAS, the basic provisions of the present Zoning Code of the City of Lakewood were enacted in 1973, and WHEREAS, the Planning Commission has been working on revising and updating the existing Zoning Code of the City of Lakewood which has had many amendments since its enactment in 1973, and is desirous of incorporating more modern concepts of zoning which have been developed over the recent years; now, therefore, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE couNCIL OF THE CITY OF LAKEWOOD, STATE OF OHIO: Section 1. That a new Zoning Code of the City of Lakewood be and the same is hereby approved, adopted and enacted as follows: Zoning Code on file in the Office of the Clerk of Council of the City of Lakewood Lakewood City Hall 12650 Detroit Avenue Lakewood, Ohio 44107 Section 2. That said Zoning Code be enacted as Title 3 of Part Eleven Planning and Zoning Code of the Codified Ordinances of the City of Lakewood. Section 3. That all provisions of the present Zoning Code of the City of Lakewood enacted as Ordinance 55-73 passed July 2, 1973, and as amended from time to time thereafter and all ordinances and resolutions or part thereof which are in conflict or inconsistent with any provisions of the new Zoning Code are hereby repealed as of the effective date of this ordinance. Section 4. It is found and determined that all formal actions of this Council concerning and relating to the passage of this ordinance were adopted in an open meeting of this Council, and that all such deliberations of this Council and of any of its committees that resulted in such formal action, were in meetings open to the public, in compliance with all legal requirements including Section 121.22 of the Ohio Revised. Section 5. That this ordinance is hereby declared to be an emergency measure for the reasons stated in the preamble hereof and provided it receives the affirmative vote of two-thirds of all members elected to Council, it shall take effect and be in force immediately upon its adoption and approval by the Mayor; otherwise, it shall take effect and be in force after the earliest period allowed by law. /PRESIDENT