ADOPTING ORDINANCE

ORDINANCE No. 3-10

AN ORDINANCE ENACTING A CODE OF ORDINANCES FOR THE VILLAGE OF DALTON, 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 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 permanent nature and publication of such ordinance in book form, and

   WHEREAS, it is necessary to provided 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 VILLAGE OF DALTON, OHIO:

   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 Village of Dalton, Ohio."

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

TITLE I: GENERAL PROVISIONS

      10.   General Provisions

TITLE III: ADMINISTRATION

      30.   General Provisions

      31.   Executive Authority

      32.   Legislative Authority

      33.   Judicial Authority

      34.   Police Department

      35.   Fire Department

TITLE III: ADMINISTRATION (Cont’d)

      36.   Civil Actions Against the Municipality

      37.   Funds

      38.   Taxation

      39.   Village Policies

TITLE V: PUBLIC WORKS

      50.   General Provisions

      51.   Garbage

      52.   Sewers

      53.   Water

TITLE VII: TRAFFIC CODE

      70.   General Provisions

      71.   Licensing Provisions

      72.   Traffic Rules

      73.   Motor Vehicle Crimes

      74.   Equipment and Loads

      75.   Bicycles and Motorcycles

      76.   Parking Regulations

      77.   Traffic Schedules

      78.   Parking Schedules

TITLE IX: GENERAL REGULATIONS

      90.   Animals

      91.   Fireworks, Explosives, Fire Prevention

      92.   Intoxicating Liquors

      93.   Nuisances

      94.   Streets and Sidewalks

      95.   Unclaimed and Abandoned Vehicles

      96.   Cemetery Regulations

      97.   Parks

      98.   Trees

TITLE XI: BUSINESS REGULATIONS

      110.   Peddling and Soliciting

      111.   Scrap or Junk Yards

TITLE XIII: GENERAL OFFENSES

      130.   General Provisions

      131.   Offenses Against Property

      132.   Offenses Against Public Peace

TITLE XIII: GENERAL OFFENSES (Cont’d)

      133.   Sex Offenses

      134.   Gambling Offenses

      135.   Offenses Against Persons

      136.   Offenses Against Justice and Administration

      137.   Weapons Control

      138.   Drug Offenses

      139.   Miscellaneous Offenses

TITLE XV: LAND USAGE

      150.   Building Regulations

      151.   Planning

      152.   Subdivision Regulations

      153.   Zoning Code

TABLE OF SPECIAL ORDINANCES

   Table

      I.   Acceptances and Dedications

      II.    Annexations

      III.   Contracts and Agreements

      IV.   Franchises

      V.   Real Estate Transactions

      VI.   Vacations

   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 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 foil 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 Legislative Authority of the Political Subdivision on this 8th day of February, 2010.

ATTEST:

                         /s/
                        President

ATTEST:                     APPROVED:

/s/           /s/
Clerk                        Mayor