ADOPTING ORDINANCES
TOWN OF CHANDLER ORDINANCE NO. 2008-9
AN ORDINANCE ENACTING A CODE OF ORDINANCES FOR THE TOWN OF CHANDLER, INDIANA, 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 Town of Chandler 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 of Chandler and for the proper conduct of its affairs; and
WHEREAS, the Acts of the Legislature of the State of Indiana empower and authorize the Town of Chandler 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 Town of Chandler has authorized a general compilation, revision and codification of the ordinances of the Town of Chandler 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 Town of Chandler and for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, safety and general welfare of the Town of Chandler that this ordinance take effect at an early date.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE TOWN COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF CHANDLER:
Section 1. The general ordinances of the Town of Chandler 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 Chandler, Indiana."
Section 2. Such Code of Ordinances as adopted in Section 1 shall consist of the following Titles:
CHANDLER, INDIANA
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Chapter
TITLE I: GENERAL PROVISIONS
10. General Provisions
TITLE III: ADMINISTRATION
30. Town Officials
31. Town Organizations
32. General Municipal Policies
TITLE V: PUBLIC WORKS
50. General Provisions
51. Sewers
52. Industrial Users; Pretreatment Program
53. Water
54. Storm Water Runoff; Construction Sites
TITLE VII: TRAFFIC CODE
70. General Provisions
71. Traffic Schedules
72. Parking Schedules
TITLE IX: GENERAL REGULATIONS
90. General Guidelines
91. Animals
92. Abandoned Vehicles
93. Streets and Sidewalks
94. Nuisances
95. Trees, Shrubs and Weeds
96. Unsafe Buildings
TITLE XI: BUSINESS REGULATIONS
110. General Provisions
TITLE XIII: GENERAL OFFENSES
130. 0ffenses Against Public Morals
TITLE XV: LAND USAGE
150. Building Regulations
151. Housing
152. Flood Hazard Areas
153. Subdivisions
154. Zoning
TABLE OF SPECIAL ORDINANCES
Table
I. Funds
II. Closing/Vacating Streets
III. Designating/Naming Streets
PARALLEL REFERENCES
INDEX
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 Town Council and the Clerk of the Town of Chandler is hereby authorized and ordered to file a copy of such Code of Ordinances in the Office of the Clerk of Warrick County, Indiana.
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 on November 1, 2008, as provided by law.
PASSED AND ADOPTED BY THE TOWN COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF CHANDLER ON THIS 17th DAY OF NOVEMBER, 2008.
Brian K. Lucas /s/
Board of Town Trustees
Bob Hess /s/
Board of Town Trustees
Jeanette Lance /s/
Jeanette Lance, Member
Board of Town Trustees
ATTEST:
Timothy D. Osha /s/
Timothy D. Osha
Clerk/Treasurer