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HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 79-14 - New Code of ORD342 ORDINANCE NO. 79-14 AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING AND ENACTING A NEW CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF GEORGETOWN, TEXAS; ESTABLISHING THE SAME; PROVIDING FOR THE REPEAL OF CERTAIN ORDINANCES NOT INCLUDET THEREIN, EXCEPT AS HEREIN EXPRESSLY PROVIDED, AND PROVIDIN( FOR THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF SUCH CODE AND A PENALTY FOR THE VIOLATION THEREOF; PROVIDING FOR THE MANNER OF AMENDING SUCH CODE; AND PROVIDING WHEN THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GEORGETOWN: Section 1. That the Code of Ordinances, consisting of Chapters 1 to 23, each inclusive, is hereby adopted and enacted as the "Code of Ordinances, City of Georgetown, Texas" and shall be treated and considered as a new and original comprehensive ordinance which shall supersede all other general and permanent ordinances passed by the City Council on or before April 11, 19781 to the extent provided in Section 2 hereof. Section 2. That all provisions of such Code shall be in fu force and effect from and after the 1st. day of July . 197911 and the substantive provisions of all ordin—,--es of a general and permanent nature of the City of Georgetown, nacted on final passage on or before April 11, 1978, and not imcluded in such Code or recognized and continued in forc, by Reference therein hereby repealed from and after the effective date of this ordinance, except as hereinafter provided. Resolutions of the City, not specifically mentioned, are not hereby repealed. Section 3. That the repeal provided for in Section hereof shall not affect any of the following: (a) Any offense or act committed or done or any penalty or forfeiture incurred or any contract or right established or accruing before the effective date of such Code; (b) Any ordinance promising or guaranteeing the payment of money for the City, or authorizing the issuance of any bond of the City or any evidence of the City's indebtedness; (c) Any contract or obligation assumed by the City; (d) Any right or franchise granted by the City, whether or not all or portions of such franchises are set out in such Code; (e) Any ordinance dedicating, naming, establishing, locating, opening, paving, widening, vacating, etc., any street or public way in the City; (f) Any ordinance relating to municipal street maintenance agreements with the State of Texas; (g) Any ordinance establishing or prescribing grades for streets in the City; (h) Any appropriation ordinance or ordinance providing for the levy of ad valorem taxes or other taxes not mentioned herein, or providing for an annual budget; (i) Any ordinance relating to local improvements and assessments therefor; or relating to urban renewal; (j) Any ordinance annexing territory to the City or disannexing territory from the City; (k) Any Ordinance dedicating or accepting any plat or subdivision in the City; (1) Ordinances prescribing traffic regulations, not in conflict herewith; (m) Any zoning ordinance, or any platting or subdivision ordinance; (n) Any administrative ordinance not in conflict with such code; (o) Any ordinance prescribing personnel policies, procedures, salaries, wages, retirement or social security; (p) Any ordinance prescribing rates or charges of utility companies, not included herein; (q) Any ordinance pertaining to cemeteries accepted, owned or controlled by the city; (r) Any ordinance in the nature of an assurance or agreement with the federal government or state government; (s) The preambles, recitals and findings of facts contained in all ordinances included in such code; (t) Any ordinance enacted after April 11, 1978. Provided, this ordinance may be amended from time to time to incorporate any of the matters listed above into the Code of Ordinances at which time said exception or exceptions will be deemed to be deleted, whether expressly done so or not. This ordinance shall not be construed to revive any previously repealed ordinance. Section 4. That whenever in such Code an act is prohibited or is made or declared to be unlawful or an offense or a misdemeanor, or whenever in such Code the doing of any act is required or the failure to do any act is declared to be unlawful and no specific penalty is provided therefor, the violation of any such provision of this Code shall be punished by a fine not exceeding two hundred dollars ($200.00), as provided in Section 1-6 of such Code. Section 5. That any and all additions and amendments to such Code, when passed in such form as to indicate the intention of the City Council to make the same a part thereof, shall be deemed to be incorporated in such Code so that reference to the "Code of Ordinances, City of Georgetown, Texas" shall be understood and intended to include such additions and amendments. 344 Section 6. In case of the amendment of any section of such Code for which a penalty is not provided, the general penalty as provided in Section 4 of this ordinance and Section 1-6 of such Code shall apply to the section as amended; or in case such amendment contains provisions for which a penalty, other than the aforementioned general penalty, is provided in another section in the same chapter, the penalty so provided in such other section shall be held to relate to the section so amended; unless such penalty is specifically repealed therein. Section 7. That a copy of such Code shall be kept on file in the office of the City Secretary preserved in looseleaf form, or in such form as the City Secretary may consider most expedient. It shall be the express duty of the City Secretary, or someone authorized by him to insert in their designated places all amendments or ordinances which indicate the intention of the City Council to make the same a part of such Code when the same have been printed or reprinted in page form, and to extract from such Code all provisions which may be from time to time repealed by the City Council. Thiscopyof such Code shall be available for all persons desiring to examine the same. Section 8. That it shall be unlawful for any person to change or amend, by additions or de eti� ons, any part or portion of such code, or to insert or delete pages or portions thereof, or to alter or tamper with such Code in any manner whatsoever which will cause the law of the City of Georgetown to be misrepresented thereby. Any person violating this section shall be punished as provided in Section 4 of this ordinance. Section 9. That all ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are, to the extent o-Fsuch conflict, hereby repealed. Section 10. That this ordinance shall be come effective on the lst day of July 1979. That the foregoing ordinance was read for the first time and passed toits second reading on this the 10th day of April 1979, by the following vote: AYES: Harry Gold, Carl Doering, William Shell, Lee Fulkes and Kenneth Olson NO ES: None That the foregoing ordinance was read for the second and final time and passed on this the 30th day of April 1979, by the following vote: AYES: Kenneth Olson, Lee Fulkes, Carl Doering, William Shell and Harry Gold NOES: NONE Passed and Approved this the 30th day of April, 1979. ATTEST: City Secretary � b 1 J n . Doerfler, Mayor ORDINANCE NO. It?- - // AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING AND ENACTING A NEW CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF GEORGETOWN, TEXAS; ESTABLISHING THE SAME; PROVIDING FOR THE REPEAL OF CERTAIN ORDINANCES NOT INCLUDED THEREIN, EXCEPT AS HEREIN EXPRESSLY PROVIDED, AND PROVIDING FOR THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF SUCH CODE AND A PENALTY FOR THE VIOLATION THEREOF; PROVIDING FOR THE MANNER OF AMENDING SUCH CODE; AND PROVIDING WHEN THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GEORGETOWN: Section 1. That the Code of Ordinances, consisting of Chapters 1 to 23, each inclusive, is hereby adopted and enacted as the "Code of Ordinances, City of Georgetown, Texas" and shall be treated and considered as a new and original comprehensive ordinance which shall supersede all other general and permanent ordinances passed by the City Council on or before April 11, 1978, to the extent provided in Section 2 hereof. Section 2. That all provisions of such Code shall be in full force and effect from and after the 1st, day of Tu3,v , 1979, and the substantive provisions of all ordinances of a general and permanent nature of the City of Georgetown, enacted on final passage on or before April 11, 1978, and not included in such Code or recognized and continued in force by reference therein are hereby repealed from and after the effective date of this ordinance, except as hereinafter provided. Resolutions of the City, not specifically mentioned, are not hereby repealed. Section 3. That the repeal provided for in Section 9 hereof shall not affect any of the following: (a) Any offense or act committed or done or any penalty or forfeiture incurred or any contract or right established or accruing before the effective date of such Code. (b) Any ordinance promising or guaranteeing the payment of money for the City, or authorizing the issuance of any bond of the City or any evidence of the City's indebtedness; Cal-` a C2 eor i t w+n (e) Any contract or obligation assumed by the City; (d) Any right or franchise granted by the City, whether or not all or portions of such franchises are set out in such Code; (e) Any ordinance dedicating, naming, establishing, locating, opening, paving, widening, vacating, etc., any street or public way in the City; (f) Any ordinance relating to municipal street mainte- nance agreements with the State of Texas; (g) Any ordinance establishing or prescribing grades for streets in the City; (h) Any appropriation ordinance or ordinance providing for the levy of ad valorem taxes or other taxes not mentioned herein, or providing for an annual. budget; M Any ordinance relating to local improvements and assessments therefor; or relating to urban renewal; (j) Any ordinance annexing territory to the City or di.sannexing territory from the City; (k) Any ordinance dedicating or accepting any plat or subdivision within the City or within its extra- territorial jurisdiction. - (1) Ordinances prescribing traffic regulations, not in conflict herewith; (m) .Any zoning ordinance, or any platting or subdivision ordinance; (n) Any administrative ordinance not in conflict with such Code; (o) Any ordinance prescribing personnel policies, procedures, salaries, wages, retirement or social security; (p� Any ordinance prescribing rates or charges of utility companies, not included herein; (q) Any ordinance pertaining to cemeteries accepted, owned or controlled by the city; (r) Any ordinance in the nature of an assurance or agreement with the federal government or state government; (s) The preambles, recitals and findings of facts contained in all ordinances included in such Code; M Any ordinance enacted after April 11, 1978. Provided, this ordinance may be amended from time to time to incorporate any of the matters listed above into the Code Df Ordinances at which time said exception or exceptions will ae deemed to be deleted, whether expressly done so or not. This ordinance shall not be construed to revive any previously repealed ordinance. Section 4. That whenever in such Code an act is prohibited Dr is made or declared to be unlawful or an offense or a ,misdemeanor, or whenever in such Code the doing of any act is required or the failure to do any act is declared to be unlawful and no specific penalty is provided therefor, the violation of any such provision of this Code shall be punished by a fine not exceeding two hundred dollars ($200.00), as provided in Section 1-6 of such Code. Section 5. That any and all additions and amendments to such Code, when passed in such form as to indicate the intention of the City Council to make the same a part thereof, shall be deemed to be incorporated in such Code so that reference to the "Code of Ordinances, City of Georgetown, Texas" shall be under- stood and intended to include such additions and amendments. Section 6. In case of the amendment of any section of such Code for which a penalty is not provided, the general penalty as provided in Section 4 of this ordinance and Section 1-6 of such Code shall apply to the section as amended; or in case such amendment contains provisions for which a penalty, other than the aforementioned general penalty, is provided in another section in the same chapter, the penalty so provided in such other section shall be held to relate to the section so amended; unless such penalty is specifically repealed therein. Section 7. That a copy of such Code shall be kept on file in the office of the City Secretary preserved in looseleaf form, or in such form as the City Secretary may consider most expedient, It shall be the express duty of the City Secretary, or someone authorized by him, to insert in their designated places all amendments or ordinances which indicate the intention of the City Council to make the same a part of such Code when the same have been printed or reprinted in page form, and to extract from such Code all provisions which may be from time to time repealed by the City Council. This copy of such Code shall be available for all persons desiring to examine the same. Section 8. That it shall be unlawful for any person to change or amend, by additions or deletions, any part or portion of such Code, or to insert or delete pages or portions thereof, or to alter or tamper with such Code in any manner whatsoever which will cause the law of the City of Georgetown to be misrep- resented thereby. Any person violating this section shall be punished as provided in Section 4 of this ordinance. Section 9. That all ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are, to the extent of such conflict, hereby repealed. Section 1.0. That this ordinance shall become effective on the let, day of July • 1979:. That the foregoing ordinance was read for the first time and passed to its second reading on this the loth day of wril , 1979, by the following vote: AVS Harry Gold! Carl Doerings William Shelly Twee IVlkes and Kenneth Olson NOES: NONE That the foregoing ordinance was read for the second and final time and passed on this the 30th. day of April , 1979, by the following vote: AYES: Kenneth Olson., Lee Fulkest Carl Doering.. WiL.Uam Shell and Harry Gold NOES: NONE PASSED AND APPROVED this the 30th day of April , 1979. ATTEST: 00100/ City Secretary a or ,., T e City of Georgetown Texas APPROVED.- THE PPROVEDi CERTIFICATE THE STATE OF TEXAS ) COUNTY OF ) I, the undersigned, City Secretary of the City of George- town, Texas, do certify that t foregoing is a true and correct I copy of Ordinance passed and approved by the City Council on April 30 , 1979, as same appears in the Official Records of the City of Georgetown, Texas, of which I am the lawful custodian. WITNESSETH MY HAND and the Official Seal of the City of Georgetown, Texas, this1st.day of May , 1979. C ty Secretary City of Georgetown, Texas