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HomeMy WebLinkAbout466 03-12-1974ORDINANCE NO. 466 AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING AND ENACTING A NEW CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF EULESS, TEXAS; ESTABLISHING THE SAME; PROVIDING FOR THE REPEAL OF CERTAIN ORDINANCES NOT INCLUDED THEREIN, EXCEPT AS HEREIN EXPRESSLY PROVIDED; PROVIDING A PENALTY FOR THE VIOLATION THEREOF; DECLARING AN EMERGENCY AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE WHEN THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EULESS, TEXAS: Section 1. That the Code of Ordinances, consisting of Chapters 1 to 16, each inclusive, is hereby adopted and exacted as the "Code of Ordinances, City of Euless, 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 March 14, 1972, 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 15th day of April, 1974 and all ordinances of a general and permanent nature of the City of Euless, enacted on final passage on or before March 14, 1972, and not included in such Code or recognized and continued in force by reference therein are hereby repealed from and after the 15th day of April, 1974, except as hereinafter provided. No resolution of the City, not specifically mentioned, is hereby repealed. Section 3. That the repeal provided for in Section 2 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 bonds 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; (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 taxes or for an annual budget; (i) Any ordinance relating to local improvements and assessments therefor; (j) Any ordinance annexing territory to the City or discontinuing territory as a part of the City; (k) Any ordinance dedicating or accepting any plat or subdivision in the City; (1) Ordinances prescribing traffic regulations for specific streets, such as ordinances establishing speed limits or designating one- way streets, no parking areas, truck routes, stop intersections, intersections where traffic is to be controlled by signals, etc.; (m) Any urban renewal ordinance; (n) Any zoning ordinance; or ordinance prescribing subdivision regulations; (o) Any ordinance prescribing personnel policies, procedures, or salaries and wages; (p) Any ordinance prescribing rates or charges of utility companies; (q) Any ordinance enacted after March 14, 1972. Provided, this ordinance may be amended from time to time to incor- porate 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. The repeal provided for in Section 2 hereof shall not be construed to revive any ordinance or part thereof that has been repealed by a subsequent ordinance which is repealed by this 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 such 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 Euless, Texas" shall be understood 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 her, 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 Euless to be mis- represented 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 10. That this ordinance shall become effective on the 15th day of April, 1974. Section 11. This ordinance shall become effective and be in full force and effect thirty (30) days following publication as by law provided. APPROVED AND ADOPTED on first and final reading at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Euless on the 12th day of March, 1974. APPROVED: p _ Mayor ATTEST: City Secretary