ADOPTING ORDINANCE
AN ORDINANCE ENACTING A CODE OF ORDINANCES FOR THE TOWN OF COWLEY, WYOMING, REVISING, AMENDING, RESTATING, CODIFYING AND COMPILING CERTAIN EXISTING GENERAL ORDINANCES OF THE TOWN OF COWLEY, WYOMING DEALING WITH SUBJECTS EMBRACED IN SUCH CODE OF ORDINANCES, AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
WHEREAS, the present general and permanent ordinances of the Town of Cowley, Wyoming 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 Wyoming empower and authorize the Town of Cowley 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 Cowley has authorized a general compilation, revision, and codification of the ordinances of the Town of Cowley 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 TOWN OF COWLEY
Section 1. The general ordinances of the Town of Cowley 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 Cowley, Wyoming.”
Section 2. Such Code of Ordinances as adopted in Section 1 shall consist of the following titles:
TITLE I: GENERAL PROVISIONS
10. General Code Construction
11. Town Standards
TITLE III: ADMINISTRATION
30. Governing Body
31. Officials and Employees
32. Boards and Organizations
33. General Administrative Policies
34. Taxation
35. Municipal Court
TITLE V: PUBLIC WORKS
50. General Provisions
51. Water
52. Sewers
53. Garbage
TITLE VII: TRAFFIC CODE
70. General Provisions
TITLE IX: GENERAL REGULATIONS
90. Animals
91. Nuisances
TITLE XI: BUSINESS REGULATIONS
110. Business Licensing
111. Peddlers, Itinerant Merchants, and Solicitors
TITLE XIII: GENERAL OFFENSES
130. General Offenses
131. Weapons
132. Offenses Involving Minors
TITLE XV: LAND USAGE
150. General Provisions
151. Building Codes
152. Development Code
153. Unsafe Buildings
154. Mobile Homes
155. Trees and Plants
156. Streets and Sidewalks
TABLE OF SPECIAL ORDINANCES
I. Franchises
II. Contracts and Agreements
III. Grant Applications
IV. Vacating of Streets and Alleys
V. Transfer of Property
VI. Annexations and Deannexations
VII. Districts
VIII. Bonds
IX. Appropriations
PARALLEL REFERENCES
References of Wyoming Statutes
References of Resolutions
References of Ordinances
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 provision of ordinances levying taxes, appropriating money, annexing or detaching territory, establishing franchises, or granting special rights to certain person, 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 settling the boundaries of streets or other ordinance of a temporary or special nature or pertaining to subjects not contained on 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 Town of Cowley is hereby authorized and ordered to file a copy or such Code or 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 hearing 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 Town or Cowley on this 8th day of August 2023.
Joel Peterson /s/
Mayor Peterson
ATTEST:
Lisa Woodis /s/
Clerk/Treasurer Lisa Woodis