ADOPTING ORDINANCE

CODE OF ORDINANCES 99-62

AN ORDINANCE ENACTING A CODE OF ORDINANCES FOR THE CITY OF CADIZ, KENTUCKY, 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 Legislature of the State of Kentucky empower and empower and authorize the political subdivision 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 legislative Authority of the Political Subdivision has authorized a general compilation, revision and codification of the ordinances of the Political Subdivision 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 LEGISLATIVE AUTHORITY OF THE POLITICAL SUBDIVISION OF THE CITY OF CADIZ, KENTUCKY.

Section 1.   The general ordinances of the Political Subdivision as revised, amended, restated, codified, and compiled in book form are hereby adopted as and shall constitute the "Code of Ordinances of the City of Cadiz, Kentucky."

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

Chapter

TITLE I: GENERAL PROVISIONS

   10.   Rules of Construction; General Penalty

TITLE III: ADMINISTRATION

   30.   Mayor-Council Plan

   31.   City Officials

   32.   City Council

   33.   Finance and Revenue

   34.   Public Records

   35.   Taxation

   36.   Departments and Commissions

   37.   Personnel

   38.   Code of Ethical Conduct

   39.   City Policy

TITLE V: PUBLIC WORKS

   50.   Sewers

   51.   Solid Waste

TITLE VII: TRAFFIC CODE

   70.   General Provisions

   71.   Traffic Rules

   72.   Parking Regulations

   73.   Bicycles, Motorcycles and Toy Vehicles

   74.   Parking Schedules

TITLE IX: GENERAL REGULATIONS

   90.   Animals

   91.   Streets and Sidewalks

   92.   Nuisances

   93.   Fireworks; Fire Prevention

   94.   Littering

   95.   Cemeteries

   96.   Abandoned Vehicles

TITLE XI: BUSINESS REGULATIONS

   110.   General Licensing Provisions

   111.   Peddlers, Itinerant Merchants, and Solicitors

   112.   Pawnbrokers

   113.   Insurance Companies

   114.   Cable TV

TITLE XIII: GENERAL OFFENSES

   130.   General Offenses

TITLE XV: LAND USAGE

   150.   Building Regulations

   151.   Zoning

TABLE OF SPECIAL ORDINANCES

Table

   I.   Agreements

   II.   Annexations

   III.   Dedications and Acceptances

   IV.   Franchises

   V.   Vacations

PARALLEL REFERENCES

   References to Kentucky Revised Statutes

   References to Resolutions

   References to Ordinances

Section 3.   All prior ordinances pertaining to the subject 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 Legislative Authority and the Clerk of the Political Subdivision 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 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 Legislative Authority of the Political Subdivision on this 7th day of September, 1999.

   Date of first public reading August 3, 19999

   Lyn Bailey /s/

   Mayor

Attest:   Jim Lancaster /s/

   City Clerk