ORDINANCE 2020-6
AN ORDINANCE ENACTING A CODE OF ORDINANCES FOR THE TOWN OF HANOVER, JEFFERSON COUNTY, INDIANA, REVISING, AMENDING, RESTATING, CODIFYING AND COMPILING CERTAIN EXISTING GENERAL ORDINANCE OF THE TOWN OF HANOVER DEALING WITH SUBJECTS EMBRACED IN SUCH CODE OF ORDINANCES, AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY
WHEREAS, the present general and permanent ordinances of the Town of Hanover 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 Town of Hanover 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 book form; and
WHEREAS, the Hanover Town Council of the Town of Hanover has authorized a general compilation, revision and codification of the ordinances of the Town of Hanover 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 May 6, 2020.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE TOWN COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF HANOVER, INDIANA:
Section 1.   The general ordinances of the Town of Hanover 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 Hanover."
Section 2.   Such Code of Ordinances as adopted in Section 1 shall consist of the following Titles:
   TOWN OF HANOVER, INDIANA
   TABLE OF CONTENTS
      Chapter
   TITLE I: GENERAL PROVISIONS
               10.   General Provisions
   TITLE III: ADMINISTRATION
               30.   Town Council
               31.   Town Organization
               32.   Police
               33.   Town Policies
               34.   Finances
               35.   Ordinance Violation Bureau
               36.   Personnel Policy and Procedures
   TITLE V: PUBLIC WORKS
               50.   Trash and Recyclables
               51.   Water
               52.   Sewer
   TITLE VII: TRAFFIC CODE
               70.   Recreational Vehicles
               71.   Traffic Schedules
               72.   Parking Schedules
   TITLE IX: GENERAL REGULATIONS
               90.   Animals
               91.   Nuisances
               92.   Public Places
               93.   Fair Housing
   TITLE XI: BUSINESS REGULATIONS
               110.   Business Permits
               111.   Sexually Oriented Businesses
               112.   Cable Television
   TITLE XIII: GENERAL OFFENSES
               130.   General Offenses
   TITLE XV: LAND USAGE
               150.   Building Codes
               151.   Subdivisions
               152.   Sewer Construction
               153.   Stormwater Master Plan
               154.   Flood Hazard Areas
               155.   Zoning
   TABLE OF SPECIAL ORDINANCES
      Table
               I.   Agreements
               II.   Franchises
               III.   Property Transfers
   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 preordained 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 o money, authorizing the purchase of sale of real or personal property, granting or accepting easements, plat or dedication of land to public use, vacating or setting 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 Hanover Town Council and the Hanover Clerk-Treasurer is hereby authorized and ordered to file a copy of such Code of Ordinances in the Office of the Clerk-Treasurer.
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 regulation 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 the Town of Hanover, and shall take effect at the earliest dated provided by law.
DULY PASSED AND ADOPTED this 6th of May, 2020 by the Town Council of the Town of Hanover, Jefferson County, Indiana, having been passed by a vote of 5 in favor and 0 opposed.
YES   NO
_X__   ____                              /s/ Debbie Kroger
                                    Debbie Kroger, President
_X__   ____                              /s/ Kenneth Garrett
                                    Kenneth Garrett, Councilmember
_X__   ____                              /s/ Treva Shelton
                                    Treva Shelton, Councilmember
_X__   ____                              /s/ Kathi Scroggins
                                    Kathi Scroggins, Councilmember
_X__   ____                              /s/ Denise Buxton
                                    Denise Buxton, Councilmember
Attest:
/s/ Keith Mefford
Keith Mefford, Clerk-Treasurer