ADOPTING ORDINANCE

ORDINANCE NO. 2021-22

AN ORDINANCE ENACTING A CODE OF ORDINANCES FOR DUBOIS COUNTY, INDIANA, REVISING, AMENDING, RESTATING, COMPILING, AND CODIFYING THE EXISTING ORDINANCES OF DUBOIS COUNTY, INDIANA DEALING WITH SUBJECTS EMBRACED IN SUCH CODE OF ORDINANCES

   WHEREAS, I.C. 36-1-5-3 requires the legislative body of counties to codify its ordinances into a complete and simplified code;

   WHEREAS, the present general and permanent ordinances of Dubois County, Indiana 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 Indiana empower and authorize the Dubois County, Indiana 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 Board of Commissioners of Dubois County, Indiana has authorized a general compilation, revision and codification of the ordinances of the Dubois County, Indiana 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 Dubois County, Indiana 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 RESOLVED AND ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF DUBOIS COUNTY, INDIANA AS FOLLOWS:

Section 1.   The general ordinances of Dubois County, Indiana as revised, amended, restated, codified, and compiled in book form are hereby adopted as and shall constitute the "Code of Ordinances of Dubois County, Indiana."

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

   TITLE I: GENERAL PROVISIONS

    10.   General Provisions

   TITLE III: ADMINISTRATION

    30.   County Council and Board of Commissioners

    31.   Employees and Officials

    32.   Organizations

    33.   Emergency Management

    34.   Fees, Finances

    35.   Taxation

    36.   General Administrative Policies

   TITLE V: PUBLIC WORKS

    50.   Water

    51.   Waste, Sanitation

   TITLE VII: TRAFFIC CODE

    70.   General Provisions

    71.   Recreational Vehicles

    72.   Traffic Schedules

    73.   Parking Schedules

   TITLE IX: GENERAL REGULATIONS

    90.   Health and Sanitation

    91.   Recreation and Leisure

    92.   Nuisances; Property Maintenance

    93.   Animals

    94.   Fair Housing

   TITLE XI: BUSINESS REGULATIONS

    110.   Cable Television Rate Regulations

    111.   Retail Food, Bed and Breakfast Establishment

    112.   Sexually-Oriented Businesses

    113.   Tattoo, Body Piercing Businesses

   TITLE XIII: GENERAL OFFENSES

    130.   Offenses Against Public Peace

   TITLE XV: LAND USAGE

    150.   Building Regulations; Construction

    151.   Subdivision Standards; Platting

   TABLE OF SPECIAL ORDINANCES

    I.   Franchises and Agreements

    II.   Annexations and Disannexations

    III.   Vacations

   PARALLEL REFERENCES

    References to Indiana Code

    References to Resolutions

    References to 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 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 Commissioners of Dubois County and the Auditor of Dubois County, Indiana is hereby authorized and ordered to file a copy of such Code of Ordinances in the Office of the Auditor.

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 shall be effective from and after adoption by the Board of Commissioners of Dubois County and completion of any other legal requirements, all in the manner as provided by law.

   PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Board of Commissioners of Dubois County at a regularly scheduled public meeting held on this, the 7th day of June, 2021.

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   CHAD BLESSINGER, President

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   ELMER BRAMES, Commissioner

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   NICK HOSTETTER, Commissioner

ATTEST:

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SANDRA L. MORTON, AUDITOR OF

DUBOIS COUNTY, INDIANA