ADOPTING ORDINANCE

AN ORDINANCE ENACTING A CODE OF ORDINANCES FOR THE TOWN OF BOKCHITO, OKLAHOMA, REVISING, AMENDING, RESTATING, CODIFYING AND COMPILING CERTAIN EXISTING GENERAL ORDINANCES OF THE TOWN OF BOKCHITO, OKLAHOMA DEALING WITH SUBJECTS EMBRACED IN SUCH CODE OF ORDINANCES AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.

WHEREAS, the present general and permanent ordinances of the Town of Bokchito 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 Town and for the proper conduct of its affairs; and

WHEREAS, the Acts of the Legislature of the State of Oklahoma empower and authorize the Town of Bokchito 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 book form; and

WHEREAS, the Board of Trustees of the Town of Bokchito, Oklahoma has authorized a general compilation, revision and codification of the ordinances of the Town of Bokchito of a general and permanent nature and publication of such ordinances in book form; and

WHEREAS, it is necessary to provide for the usual daily operation of the Town of Bokchito and for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, safety and general welfare of the Town of Bokchito that this ordinance take effect at an early date.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE TOWN OF BOKCHITO, OKLAHOMA:

   Section 1.      The general ordinances of the Town of Bokchito, Oklahoma as revised, amended, restated, codified, and compiled in book form are hereby adopted as and shall constitute the Code of Ordinances of the Town of Bokchito, Oklahoma.

   Section 2.      Such Code of Ordinances as adopted in Section 1 shall consist of the following Titles:

            Title I: General Provisions       Title III: Administration

            Title V: Public Works       Title VII: Traffic Code

            Title IX: General Regulations   Title XI: Business Regulations

            Title XIII: General Offenses      Title XV: Land Usage

            Table of Special Ordinances

   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      All prior ordinances pertaining to the subjects treated in such Code of Ordinances shall be deemed repealed from and after the effective date of this ordinance except as they are included and reordained in whole or in part in such Code; provided, such repeal shall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 approval by the Board of Trustees of the Town of Bokchito, Oklahoma and the Town Clerk/Treasurer is hereby authorized and ordered to file a copy of such Code of Ordinances in the Office of the Town Clerk/Treasurer.

   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.      EMERGENCY CLAUSE

            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 the Town of Bokchito, Oklahoma, and shall take effect immediately upon its passage and approval.

THIS ORDINANCE IS HEREBY PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Board of Trustees of the Town of Bokchito, Oklahoma this 12th day of June 2023.

THE EMERGENCY CLAUSE DECLARING THIS ORDINANCE AN EMERGENCY MEASURE IS HEREBY PASSED AND APPROVED BY SEPARATE ACTION by the Board of Trustees of the Town of Bokchito, Oklahoma this 12th day of June 2023.

Signed: Cathey Keisey, MAYOR

ATTEST: Hayleh Lowrey, CLERK/TREASURER