Ogden (Utah). City Council Ordinances, 1870-

4.10 cubic feet

These records are housed in the Utah State Archives' permanent storage room.

Historical Note

See history of the records' creator.

Summary of Records

This series contains the official record of legislative action taken by the city council or commission to regulate, require, prohibit, govern, control, or supervise any activity, business, conduct, or condition authorized by UCA 10-3-701 to 715 (1997). An ordinance typically includes a number, a title, preamble, an ordaining clause, the body or subject of ordinance, when applicable, penalty of violation, effective date, signature of mayor or acting mayor, and municipal seal. The documents in this series usually represent the official copy of the ordinance as adopted by the city council

Scope and Content

This series contains the official record of legislative action taken by the city council or commission to regulate, require, prohibit, govern, control, or supervise any activity, business, conduct, or condition authorized by UCA 10-3-701 to 715 (1997). An ordinance typically includes a number, a title, preamble, an ordaining clause, the body or subject of ordinance, when applicable, penalty of violation, effective date, signature of mayor or acting mayor, and municipal seal. The documents in this series usually represent the official copy of the ordinance as adopted by the city council or commission .

Arrangement

Chronological by adoption date.

Access Restrictions

This series is classified as Public.

Use Restrictions

These records are available for reproduction and use.

Preferred Citation

Cite the Utah State Archives and Records Service, the creating agency name, the series title, and the series number.

Acquisition Information

These records were acquired from the creating agency through established retention schedules.

Processing Information

This series was processed by Jim Kichas in November 2012. In January 2023 Alan Barnett moved the published, codified ordinances in the series to series 4442 and created series 30454 as a separate series for land use ordinance files that had been included in this series.

Related Material

Revised Ordinances from Ogden (Utah). City Council, Series 4442, contain the codified, published versions of ordinances.

City Council correspondence from Ogden (Utah). City Recorder, Series 9732, may contain correspondence that address specific city ordinances.

Annexation files from Ogden (Utah). City Recorder, Series 18487, may contain records that show how ordinances are applied.

Committee minutes from Ogden (Utah). City Recorder, Series 18494, may contain minute entries in which ordinances were discussed.

Council agendas from Ogden (Utah). City Recorder, Series 18496, may contain council records that relate to the drafting of ordinances.

Ordinance working files from Ogden (Utah). City Council, Series 18497, contain records related to the creation of ordinances.

Rezoning files from Ogden (Utah). City Recorder, Series 18522, may contain information that directly relates to city ordinances.

Indexing Terms

Container List

Box	Date	Description
1	1870-1881	Volume A
2	1882-1891	Volume B
3	1891-1898	Volume C
4	1898-1905	Volume D
5	1905-1908	Volume E
6	1909-1914	Volume F
7	1914-1915	Volume G
8	1916-1920	Volume H
9	1921-1928	Volume I
10	1929-1940	Volume J
11	1940-1947	Volume K
12	1948-1952	Volume L

Box	Date	Description
13	1945 Apr 26-1951 Jan 26	Ordinances 201-370
14	1951 Feb 8-1956 Dec 31	Ordinances 371-552

Box	Folder	Description
15	1	1970 Ordinances
15	2	1971 Ordinances
15	3	1972 Ordinances
15	4	1973 Ordinances
15	5	1974 Ordinances
15	6	1975 Ordinances
15	7	1976 Ordinances
15	8	1977 Ordinances
15	9	1978 Ordinances
15	10	1979 Ordinances
15	11	1980 Ordinances
15	12	1981 Ordinances
15	13	1982 Ordinances