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General
Code may revise and update these Terms and Conditions at any time. Your
continued usage of this website will mean you accept those changes.
This
website, including all of its features, graphic design
and content (the "Website"), is a service made available by General
Code, LLC ("General Code") and all content, designs, information,
services ordered or provided on or through this Website ("Content")
may be used solely under these Terms and Conditions of Use.
As a
user of this Website you are granted a nonexclusive,
nontransferable, revocable, limited license to access and use this Website and
Content in accordance with these Terms and Conditions of Use. General Code may
terminate this license at any time for any reason.
The
on-line municipal codes ("E-Codes") and/or any other documents that
appear on this Website may not reflect the most current legislation adopted by
the municipality. General Code provides E-Codes for informational purposes
only. E-Codes should not be relied upon as the definitive authority for local
legislation. The official copy of any ordinances should be consulted prior to
any action or decision being taken.
For
further information regarding the official version of the local legislation or
other documents posted on this Website, please contact the municipality
directly. The Content may contain typographical errors or other errors or
inaccuracies and may not be complete. General Code reserves the right to
correct any errors, inaccuracies or omissions and to
change and update this Content at any time without prior notice. General Code
does not, however, guarantee that any errors, inaccuracies
or omissions will be corrected.
Content
is not intended to and does not constitute legal advice and no attorney-client
relationship is formed. The accuracy, completeness, adequacy
or currency of the Content is not warranted or guaranteed. Your use of Content
on this Website is at your own risk.
You are
solely responsible for any Content that you create, post, store or display on
this Web Site (a "User Generated Content") and for ensuring that your
User Generated Content does not violate the rights of any third party. You
agree that General Code does not have any obligation to review User Generated
Content and that General Code is not in any manner responsible for User
Generated Content. General Code may without notice to you, but shall have no
obligation to, refuse, edit and/or remove any User Generated Content that
General Code determines in its sole discretion to be unlawful, fraudulent,
defamatory, obscene or otherwise objectionable. By
providing User Generated Content, you grant General Code a royalty-free,
irrevocable, perpetual, world wide right to use,
distribute, display and create derivative works from your User Generated
Content.
General
Code is providing �Google Translate�, a free service provided by Google, as a
convenience to assist you in reading e-Codes in languages other than English.
Google Translate cannot translate all types of documents, and translations
should not be considered accurate or reliable. Anyone relying on information
obtained from Google Translate does so at his or her own risk. General Code
does not make any promises, assurances, or guarantees as to the accuracy of the
translations provided. General Code will not be liable for, and you hereby
release and discharge General Code from, any liability, damages or losses of
any kind arising out of, or in connection with, the use of Google Translates or
of any translation received from Google Translate.
Except
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herein shall be construed as conferring any license or right, by implication,
estoppel or otherwise, under copyright or other intellectual property rights.
The Content is protected by copyright under both United States and foreign
laws. Title to the Content remains with General Code, its licensors
or the municipalities. Any use of the Content not expressly permitted by these
Terms and Conditions of Use is a breach of these Terms and Conditions of Use
and may violate copyright, trademark, and other laws. Content is subject to
change or termination without notice in the editorial discretion of General
Code. All rights not expressly granted herein are reserved to General Code, its
licensors and the municipalities.
The
Content on this Website is for your personal use only and not for commercial
exploitation. You may not decompile, reverse engineer, disassemble, rent,
lease, loan, sell, sublicense, or create derivative works from this Website or
the Content. You may not copy, modify, reproduce, republish, distribute,
display, or transmit for commercial, non-profit or
public purposes all or any portion of this Website, except to the extent
permitted by these Terms and Conditions of Use.
When
using this Website, information will be transmitted over a medium that may be
beyond the control and jurisdiction of General Code. Accordingly, General Code
assumes no liability for or relating to the delay, failure, interruption, or
corruption of any data or other information transmitted in connection with use
of this Website.
The
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DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, STATUTORY OR OTHERWISE,
INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
NON-INFRINGEMENT OF THIRD PARTIES' RIGHTS, AND FITNESS FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
Without limiting the foregoing, General Code makes no representations or
warranties about the accuracy, reliability, completeness, currentness, or
timeliness of the Content, software, text, graphics, links, or communications
provided on or through the use of this Website.
In no
event shall General Code, or its licensors, the municipalities or any other
third parties mentioned on this Website be liable for any damages (including,
without limitation, actual, indirect, incidental, punitive or consequential
damages, or any lost profits, revenues, use or opportunities or damages
resulting from lost data or business interruption) arising from the use of or
inability to use this Website or the Content, whether based on warranty,
contract, tort, or any other legal theory, and whether or not General Code or
its licensors, the municipalities or any other third parties mentioned on this
Website are advised of the possibility of such damages. To the extent this
limitation of liability is prohibited or fails in its essential purpose, General
Code's sole obligation shall be to pay actual damages incurred by you, not to
exceed $1,000.
General
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and does not endorse the content on any third-party websites. General Code is
not responsible for the content of linked third-party websites or websites
framed within this Website and does not make any representations regarding
their content or accuracy. Your use of third-party websites is at your own risk
and subject to the terms and conditions of use for such websites.
You
agree to defend, indemnify, and hold General Code, its officers, managers,
members, employees, agents, licensors, and the municipalities, harmless from
and against any claims, actions or demands, liabilities and settlements
including without limitation, reasonable legal fees, resulting from, or alleged
to result from, your violation of these Terms and Conditions of Use.
You
expressly agree that exclusive jurisdiction for any dispute with General Code,
or in any way relating to your use of the Website, resides in the courts of the
State of New York and you further agree and expressly consent to the exercise
of personal jurisdiction in the courts of the State of New York in connection
with any such dispute including any claim involving General Code or its
affiliates, subsidiaries, employees, contractors, officers, managers, members,
telecommunication providers, and licensors.
These
Terms and Conditions of Use are governed by the laws of the State of New York,
without respect to any conflict of laws principles. If any provision of these
Terms and Conditions is found to be invalid by any court having competent
jurisdiction, the invalidity of such provision shall not affect the validity of
the remaining provisions of these Terms and Conditions, which shall remain in
full force and effect. No waiver of any of these Terms and Conditions shall be
deemed a further or continuing waiver of such term or condition or any other
term or condition.
If you
believe any materials accessible on or from this Website infringe your
copyright, you may request removal of those materials (or access thereto) from
this Website by contacting General Code's copyright agent (identified below)
and providing the following information:
General
Code's agent for copyright issues relating to this Website is Lynn Martin.
In an effort to protect the rights of
copyright owners, General Code maintains a policy for the termination, in
appropriate circumstances, of subscribers and account holders of this Website
who are repeat infringers.