ADOPTING ORDINANCE
ORDINANCE NO. 4979
   AN ORDINANCE ENACTING A CODE OF ORDINANCES FOR THE CITY OF ELKHART, 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 City of Elkhart, Indiana (the "City") 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 City 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 Common Council for the City has authorized a general compilation, revision and codification of the ordinances of the City 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 City and for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, safety and general welfare of the City that this ordinance take effect at an early date.
   NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ELKHART, INDIANA, THAT:
   Section 1. The general ordinances of the City 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 Elkhart, Indiana."
   Section 2. Such Code of Ordinances as adopted in Section 1 shall consist of the following Titles:
   TITLE I: GENERAL PROVISIONS
      10.   Rules of Construction; General Penalty
   TITLE III: ADMINISTRATION
      30.   City Council
      31.   Departments
      32.   Public Employees
      33.   Municipal Funds
      34.   Reserved
      35.   Human Relations; Discriminatory Practices
      36.   Boards and Commissions
      37.   Affirmative Action Plan
      38.   Ordinance Violations Bureau
   TITLE V: PUBLIC WORKS
      50.   Water and Water Supply
      51.   Sewers and Privies
   TITLE VII: TRAFFIC CODE
      70.   General Provisions
      71.   Traffic Rules
      72.   Pedestrians
      73.   Bicycles; Skateboards; Animals
      74.   Trucks
      75.   Snow Routes
      76.   Parking; Parking Meters
      77.   Parking Schedules
      78.   Traffic Schedules
   TITLE IX: GENERAL REGULATIONS
      90.   Animals
      91.   Aviation
      92.   Cemeteries
      93.   Fair Housing
      94.   Fire Prevention
      95.   Nuisances; Noise Control
      96.   Public Parks
      97.   Streets, Sidewalks and Alleys
      98.   Trees
      99.   Garbage, Rubbish, Ashes, Filth and Recyclables
      100.   Miscellaneous Regulations
      101.   Open Burning
      102.   Parades and Public Assemblies
   TITLE XI: BUSINESS REGULATIONS
      110.   Advertising and Handbills
      111.   Amusements and Amusement Devices
      112.   Auctions and Auctioneers
      113.   Coin-Operated Businesses
      114.   Peddlers, Solicitors and Itinerant Merchants
      115.   Restaurants and Food Handlers; Milk
      116.   Taxicabs
      117.   Traveling Shows, Carnivals and Circuses
      118.   Ambulances
   TITLE XIII: GENERAL OFFENSES
      130.   Persons and Property
      131.   Public Peace
      132.   Morals and Gambling
   TITLE XV: LAND USAGE
      150.   Planning
      151.   Zoning Code
      152.   Subdivision Regulations
      153.   Building Code
      154.   Minimum Housing Requirements
      155.   Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning and Refrigeration
      156.   Plumbing Code
      157.   Electrical Code
      158.   Swimming Pool Regulations
      159.   Numbering of Houses and Out-Lot
   TABLE OF SPECIAL ORDINANCES
      I.   Acquisition and Disposal of Real Property
      II.   Boundaries and Annexations
      III.   Change of Street Names
      IV.   Franchises
      V.   Zoning Map Changes
      VI.   Vacations
      VII.   Contracts and Agreements
   PARALLEL REFERENCES
   References to Indiana Code
   References to 1979 Code
   References to Ordinances
   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 Common Council, and the City Clerk 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, of the date of passage, 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.
   ORDAINED this 21st day of August, 2006.
                              Brian A. Thomas /s/
                              Brian A. Thomas
                              President of the Common Council
ATTEST:
Sue M. Beadle /s/
Sue M. Beadle, City Clerk
   PRESENTED to the Mayor by me this 22nd day of August, 2006.
                              Sue M. Beadle /s/
                              Sue M. Beadle, City Clerk
   APPROVED by me this 22nd day of August, 2006.
                              David L. Miller /s/
                              David L. Miller, Mayor
ATTEST:
Sue M. Beadle /s/
Sue M. Beadle, City Clerk