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Corporation
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USE
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By using this website,
you agree to these Terms and Conditions of Use. If you do not agree to all of
these Terms and Conditions of Use, please do not use this website!
Municipal Code
Corporation 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 Municipal Code Corporation 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. Municipal Code Corporation may terminate this license at any
time for any reason.
The on-line municipal
codes ("MunicodeNEXT") and/or any other documents
that appear on this Website may not reflect the most current legislation
adopted by the municipality. Municipal Code Corporation provides MunicodeNEXT for informational purposes only. MunicodeNEXT should not be relied upon as the definitive
authority for local legislation. Additionally, the formatting and pagination of
MunicodeNEXT varies from the formatting and
pagination of the official copy. The official printed copy of a code of
ordinances should be consulted prior to any action or decision being taken.
For further information
regarding the official version of the code of ordinances 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. Municipal Code
Corporation reserves the right to correct any errors, inaccuracies or omissions
and to change and update this Content at any time without prior notice. Municipal
Code Corporation 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 Municipal Code Corporation does not have any obligation to review User
Generated Content and that Municipal Code Corporation is not in any manner
responsible for User Generated Content. Municipal Code Corporation
may without notice to you, but shall have no obligation to, refuse, edit and/or
remove any User Generated Content that Municipal Code Corporation determines in
its sole discretion to be unlawful, fraudulent,
defamatory, obscene or otherwise objectionable. By providing User
Generated Content, you grant Municipal Code Corporation a royalty-free,
irrevocable, perpetual, world wide right to use, distribute, display and create
derivative works from your User Generated Content.
Except as expressly
provided in these Terms and Conditions of Use, nothing contained 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 Municipal Code Corporation 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 Municipal Code Corporation. All rights
not expressly granted herein are reserved to Municipal Code Corporation 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 Municipal Code Corporation. Accordingly, Municipal Code
Corporation 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 Website and the
content are provided on an "as is", "as available" basis. TO THE
FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, MUNICIPAL CODE CORPORATION 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, Municipal Code Corporation 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 Municipal
Code Corporation or any third parties mentioned on this Website be liable for
any damages (including, without limitation, actual, indirect, incidental,
punitive or consequential damages, lost profits, 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 Municipal Code Corporation or any 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, Municipal Code Corporation's sole obligation shall be to
pay actual damages incurred by you, not to exceed $1,000.
Municipal Code
Corporation may provide links to third-party websites. Municipal Code
Corporation does not recommend and does not endorse the content on any
third-party websites. Municipal Code Corporation 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 Municipal Code Corporation, its officers, managers,
members, employees, agents, licensors, and suppliers, 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 Municipal Code Corporation, or in
any way relating to your use of the Website, resides in the courts of the State
of Florida and you further agree and expressly consent to the exercise of
personal jurisdiction in the courts of the State of Florida in connection with
any such dispute including any claim involving Municipal Code Corporation or
its affiliates, subsidiaries, employees, contractors, officers, managers,
members, telecommunication providers, and content providers.
These Terms and Conditions
of Use are governed by the laws of the State of Florida, 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 Municipal Code Corporation's copyright agent (identified below) and
providing the following information:
o Identification of the copyrighted work that you believe to be
infringed. Please describe the work, and where possible include a copy or the
location (e.g., URL) of an authorized version of the work.
o Identification of the material that you believe to be infringing
and its location. Please describe the material, and provide us with its URL or
any other pertinent information that will allow us to locate the material.
o A statement that you have a good faith belief that the complained
of use of the materials is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or
the law.
o A statement that the information that you have supplied is
accurate, and indicating that "under penalty of perjury," you are the
copyright owner or are authorized to act on the copyright owner's behalf.
Municipal Code
Corporation's agent for copyright issues relating to this Website is Rick Grant.
In an effort to protect the rights of copyright
owners, Municipal Code Corporation maintains a policy for the termination, in
appropriate circumstances, of subscribers and account holders of this Website
who are repeat infringers.