ADOPTING ORDINANCES
ORDINANCE NO. 1507-07
AN ORDINANCE ENACTING A CODE OF ORDINANCES FOR THE VILLAGE OF ANNA, OHIO, REVISING, AMENDING, RESTATING, CODIFYING AND COMPILING CERTAIN EXISTING GENERAL ORDINANCES OF THE POLITICAL SUBDIVISION DEALING WITH SUBJECTS EMBRACED IN SUCH CODE OF ORDINANCES, AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
WHEREAS, the present general and permanent ordinances of the political subdivision are inadequately arranged and classified and are insufficient in form and substance for the complete preservation of the public peace, health, safety and general welfare of the municipality and for the proper conduct of its affairs; and
WHEREAS, THE Acts of the Legislature of the State of Ohio empower and authorize the Village of Anna, Ohio ("Village") to revise, amend, restate, codify and compile any existing ordinances and all new ordinances not heretofore adopted or published and to incorporate such ordinances into one ordinance in book form; and
WHEREAS, the Council of the Village has authorized a general compilation, revision and codification of the ordinances of the Village of a general and permanent nature and publication of such ordinance in book form; and
WHEREAS, it is necessary to provide for the usual daily operation of the municipality and for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, safety and general welfare of the municipality that this ordinance take effect at an early date.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE VILLAGE, AT LEAST TWO-THIRDS OF THE MEMBERS ELECTED THERETO CONCURRING HEREIN;
Section 1. The general ordinances of the Village as revised, amended, restated, codified, and compiled in book form are hereby adopted as and shall constitute the "Code of Ordinances of the Village".
Section 2. Such Code of Ordinances as adopted in Section 1 shall consist of the Titles set forth in Exhibit "A", attached to and made a part of this ordinance.
Section 3. All prior ordinances pertaining to the subjects treated in such Code of Ordinances shall be deemed repealed from and after the effective date of this ordinance except as they are included and reordained in whole or in part in such Code; provided, such repeal shall not affect any offense committed or penalty incurred or any right established prior to the effective date of this ordinance, nor shall such repeal affect the provisions of ordinances levying taxes, appropriating money, annexing or detaching territory, establishing franchises, or granting special rights to certain persons, authorizing public improvements, authorizing the issuance of bonds or borrowing of money, authorizing the purchase or sale of real or personal property, granting or accepting easements, plat or dedication of land to public use, vacating or setting the boundaries of streets or other public places; nor shall such repeal affect any other ordinance of a temporary or special nature or pertaining to subjects not contained in or covered by the Code.
Section 4. Such Code shall be deemed published as of the day of its adoption and approved by the Legislative Authority and the Clerk of the Village is hereby authorized and ordered to file a copy of such Code of Ordinances in the Office of the Clerk.
Section 5. Such Code shall be in full force and effect as provided in Section 6, and such Code shall be presumptive evidence in all courts and places of the ordinance and all provisions, sections, penalties and regulations therein contained and of the date of passage, and that the same is properly signed, attested, recorded, and approved and that any public hearings and notices thereof as required by law have been given.
Section 6. This ordinance is declared to be an emergency measure necessary for the immediate preservation of the peace, health, safety and general welfare of the people of this municipality, and shall take effect at the earliest date provided by law.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Council of the Village on this 27th day of
November , 2007.
/s/
Julie L. Ehemann, Mayor
/s/
Dawn Pulfer, President of Council
ATTEST:
/s/
Kathleen Eshleman, Clerk of Council
VILLAGE OF ANNA, OHIO
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Chapter
TITLE I: GENERAL PROVISIONS
10. General Provisions
TITLE III: ADMINISTRATION
30. General Provisions
31. Village Officials
32. Village Boards and Commissions
33. Police Department
34. Fire Department
35. Income Tax Rules and Regulations
36. Finances
37. Village Policies
38. Personnel Policies
TITLE V: PUBLIC WORKS
50. Refuse and Recyclable Materials
51. Water
52. Sewers
53. Wellhead Protection Plan
TITLE VII: TRAFFIC CODE
70. General Provisions
71. Licensing Provisions
72. Traffic Rules
73. Motor Vehicle Crimes
74. Equipment and Loads
75. Bicycles, Motorcycles, and Off-Road Vehicles
76. Parking Regulations
Appendix A: Traffic Schedules
Appendix B: Parking Schedules
TITLE IX: GENERAL REGULATIONS
90. Animals
91. Parks and Recreation
92. Motor Vehicles
93. Bicycles
94. Grass and Weeds
95. Rights-of-Way
TITLE XI: BUSINESS REGULATIONS
110. Sexually Oriented Businesses
111. Sale of Tobacco Products
112. Door to Door Solicitation
113. Cablevision Franchise Procedure and Standards
TITLE XIII: GENERAL OFFENSES
130. General Provisions
131. Offenses Against Property
132. Offenses Against Public Peace
133. Sex Offenses
134. Gambling Offenses
135. Offenses Against Persons
136. Offenses Against Justice and Administration
137. Weapons Control
138. Drug Offenses
Appendix A: Local Regulations
TITLE XV: LAND USAGE
150. Building and Construction
151. Property Maintenance
152. Subdivisions
153. Zoning
TABLE OF SPECIAL ORDINANCES
Table
I. Streets Extensions
II. Dedications
III. Street Openings
IV. Abandonments
V. Street Name Changes
VI. Franchises
VII. Zoning
VIII. Lease of Property
IX. Sale of Property
X. Purchase of Property
XI. Vacations
XII. Appropriating Property
XIII. Annexations
XIV. Agreements
XV. Assessments
XVI. Bonds
XVII. Easements
PARALLEL REFERENCES
Historical References to Ohio Revised Code
References to Resolutions
References to Ordinances
INDEX