41-11 Modifies several sections to modernize Code, Repeals Chpt 761

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Placed on first reading & referred to the Rules and Ordinances Committee 9/6/11, second reading 9/19/11; recommended for adoption 10/3/11; please substitute for the original. ORDINANCE NO.41-11 BY: Anderson, Bullock, Juris, Madigan, Nowlin, Powers, Smith. AN ORDINANCE modifying Secfions 149.15, 516.03, 771.01, 771.02, 771.04, 771.06, 771.07, 771.08, 901.02, 902.09, 1783.12 and 1783.13 and repealing Chapter 761 of the Lakewood Codified Ordinances to modernize the code by revising or eliminating outmoded titles and other language. WHEREAS, the Lakewood Codified Ordinances contain several titles and de- scriptions of city officials that, over time, have become obsolete and stand to be replaced with titles and descriptions that match the current organizational structure of Lakewood municipal government; and WHEREAS, Sections 149.15, 771.02, 771.04, 771.06, 771.07 and 771.08 of the Codified Ordinances place certain responsibilities into the hands of a Superintendent of the Division of Parks and Public Grounds or a Parks Superintendent, an official the City does not otherwise ordain; and WHEREAS, Section 516.03 places certain responsibilities into the hands of a Di- rector of Community Development, an official the City has not ordained of late; and WHEREAS, Chapter 761 of the Lakewood Codified Ordinances, Smoke, which regulates construction and operation of furnaces and combustion devices and the emis- sion of smoke, and which requires the oversight of an obsolete Smoke Inspector within the Division of Smoke Inspection and Regulation, is no longer necessary as such issues are now regulated by the Ohio and United States Environmental Protection Agency, and all similar language in the charter has long since been repealed by the citizens of Lake- wood; and WHEREAS, Sections 771.01, 771.06, 771.07 and 901.02 of the Lakewood Codi- fied Ordinances place certain responsibilities into the hands of a Division of Permits, a division the City otherwise does not ordain; and WHEREAS, Section 902.09 of the Lakewood Codified Ordinances places certain responsibilities into the hands of a Water Department Superintendent, anofficial the City does not ordain; and WHEREAS, Sections 1783.12 and 1783.13 of the Lakewood Codified Ordinances places certain responsibilities into the hands of a Service Director or Director of Service, an official the City does not ordain; and