ORDINANCE NO. 0-2022-07
AN ORDINANCE ENACTING A CODE OF ORDINANCES FOR THE CITY OF DURANT, OKLAHOMA, 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 Oklahoma empower and authorize the City of Durant, Oklahoma 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 City Council of the City of Durant, Oklahoma has authorized a general compilation, revision and codification of the ordinances of the City of Durant, Oklahoma 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 CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DURANT, OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1.
The general ordinances of the City of Durant, Oklahoma 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 Durant, Oklahoma”.
SECTION 2.
Such Code of Ordinances as adopted in Section 1 shall consist of the following Titles:
DURANT, OKLAHOMA
CODE OF ORDINANCES
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Chapter
TITLE I: GENERAL PROVISIONS
10. General Provisions
11. Corporate and Ward Limits
TITLE III: ADMINISTRATION
30. Form of Government; City Council
31. City Officials
32. Departments, Boards, and Commissions
33. Police Department and Police Reserves
34. Fire Department and Services
35. Municipal Court
36. Personnel
37. Finance and Taxation
38. Public Records
39. Civil Emergencies
TITLE V: PUBLIC WORKS
50. General Utilities
51. Garbage System and Facilities
52. Water Service
53. Industrial Pretreatment
54. Sanitary Sewer System and Service
TITLE VII: TRAFFIC CODE
70. General Provisions
71. Traffic Regulations
72. Stopping, Standing, and Parking
73. Motorcycles
74. Bicycles
TITLE VII: TRAFFIC CODE (Cont’d)
75. Equipment
76. Railroads
TITLE IX: GENERAL REGULATIONS
90. Parks and Recreation
91. Lake Durant Regulations
92. Fair Housing
93. Fire Prevention
94. Abandoned Vehicles and Appliances
95. Health and Sanitation; Nuisances
96. Animals
97. Streets and Sidewalks
98. Cemeteries
TITLE XI: BUSINESS REGULATIONS
110. General Licensing and Business Regulations
111. Alcoholic Beverages, Marijuana, and Tobacco
112. Taxicabs
113. Oil and Gas Wells and Associated Facilities
TITLE XIII: GENERAL OFFENSES
130. General Offenses
131. Offenses Against Property
132. Offenses Against the Public
133. Offenses Against Health, Welfare, and Morals
134. Offenses Against Persons
135. Offenses Against Public Authority
TITLE XV: LAND USAGE
150. Building Regulations
151. Flood Damage Prevention
152. Manufactured Housing
153. Antenna and Antenna Support Structures
154. Airport Zoning Regulations
155. Subdivision Regulations
156. Zoning Code
157. Development Review Bodies and Administration
158. Sign Regulations
Table
TABLE OF SPECIAL ORDINANCES
I. Franchises
II. Annexations and Deannexations
III. Zoning Changes
IV. Street Name Changes
PARALLEL REFERENCES
References to Oklahoma Statutes
References to Prior 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 City Council and the Clerk of the City of Durant, Oklahoma 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 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. EMERGENCY.
This ordinance is declared to be an emergency measure necessary for the preservation of the peace, health, safety and general welfare of the people of this municipality, and shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage and approval, as provided by law.
PASSED AND APPROVED this 8th day of March, 2022, with the Emergency Clause passed separately.
CITY OF DURANT
/S/
Oden Grube, Mayor
ATTEST:
/S/
Cynthia J. Price, City Clerk