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