ADOPTING ORDINANCES
Ordinance No. 2008-O-5
AN ORDINANCE ENACTING A CODE OF ORDINANCES FOR THE VILLAGE OF LINCOLN HEIGHTS AND REVISING, AMENDING, RESTATING, CODIFYING AND COMPILING CERTAIN EXISTING GENERAL ORDINANCES OF THE VILLAGE OF LINCOLN HEIGHTS DEALING WITH SUBJECTS EMBRACED IN SUCH CODE OF ORDINANCES, AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
   WHEREAS: The present general and permanent ordinances of the Village of Lincoln Heights are insufficient for the complete preservation of the public peace, health, safety and general welfare of the Village and for the proper conduct of its affairs; and
   WHEREAS: The Acts of the Legislature of the State of Ohio empower and authorize the Village of Lincoln Heights 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: Council for the Village of Lincoln Heights has authorized a general compilation, revision and codification of the ordinances of the Village 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 Village and for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, safety and general welfare of the Village that this Ordinance take effect at an early date.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the Council for the Village of Lincoln Heights, Hamilton County, Ohio as follows:
   SECTION I: The general ordinances of the Village of Lincoln Heights as revised, amended, restated, codified, and compiled in book form are hereby adopted as and shall constitute the “Code of Ordinances” for the Village of Lincoln Heights.
   SECTION II: Such Code of Ordinances as adopted in Section 1 shall consist of the following Titles:
   LINCOLN HEIGHTS, OHIO
   TABLE OF CONTENTS
   CHARTER
   Chapter
   TITLE I: GENERAL PROVISIONS
      10.   General Provisions
   TITLE III: ADMINISTRATION
   Part One: Administrative Code
      30.   General Provisions
      31.   Village Manager
      32.   Director of Legal Services
      33.   Police Department
      34.   Fire Department
      35.   Boards and Commissions
      36.   Officers and Employees
      37.   Personnel Policies and Procedures
   Part Two
      38.   Village Council
      39.   Taxation and Finance; Funds
      40.   Village Policies
      41.   Disaster and Emergency Planning
      42.   Charter Amendments
   TITLE V: PUBLIC WORKS
   [Reserved]
   TITLE VII: TRAFFIC CODE
      70.   General Provisions
      71.   Licensing Provisions
      72.   Traffic Rules
      73.   Motor Vehicle Crimes; Miscellaneous Offenses
      74.   Equipment and Loads
      75.   Bicycles, Motorcycles, and Off-road Vehicles; Toy Vehicles
      76.   Stopping, Standing and Parking
      77.   Traffic Schedules
   TITLE IX: GENERAL REGULATIONS
      90.   Animals
      91.   Fireworks and Explosives; Fire Prevention
      92.   Intoxicating Liquors
      93.   Nuisances; Junked Vehicles
      94.   Sanitation and Health
      95.   Streets and Sidewalks
      96.   Spot Blight
      97.   Parades, Marches or Processions
   TITLE XI: BUSINESS REGULATIONS
      110.   General Provisions
      111.   Advertising
      112.   Cable Television
      113.   Commercial Amusements
      114.   Junkyards
      115.   Hotels, Motels and Rooming Houses
      116.   Retirement Communities and Homes
      117.   Taxicabs
      118.   Solicitors and Peddlers
   TITLE XIII: GENERAL OFFENSES
      130.   General Provisions
      131.   Offenses Against Property
      132.   Offenses Against Public Peace
      133.   Sex Offenses
      134.   Gambling
      135.   Offenses Against Persons
      136.   Offenses Against Justice and Administration
      137.   Weapons Control
      138.   Drug Offenses
      139.   Miscellaneous
   TITLE XV: LAND USAGE
      150.   Building Regulations
      151.   Flood Insurance Program
      152.   Urban Renewal
      153.   Telecommunications, Antenna, Tower and Site Regulations
      154.   Storage of Wood
   TABLE OF SPECIAL ORDINANCES
   Table
      I.   Appropriation of Property
      II.   Dedications
      III.   Sale of Property
      IV.   Street Name Changes
      V.   Vacations
      VI.   Franchises
      VII.   Contracts and Agreements
      VIII.   Zoning
      IX   Bonds
   PARALLEL REFERENCES
   Historical References to Ohio Revised Code
   References to 1995 Code
   References to Resolutions
   References to Ordinances
   INDEX
   SECTION III: 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 of Ordinances; 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 of Ordinances.
   SECTION IV: Such Code of Ordinances shall be deemed published as of the day of its adoption and approval by the Council for the Village of Lincoln Heights and the Clerk of Council is hereby authorized and ordered to file a copy of such Code of Ordinances in the Office of the Clerk.
   SECTION V: Such Code of Ordinances shall be in full force and effect as provided in Section VI, and such Code of Ordinances 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 VI: 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 Village, and shall take effect immediately.
   Passed this 25th day of February, 2008.
/s/ LaVerne Mitchell
Mayor, Village of Lincoln Heights
/s/ Elizabeth Smith
Clerk of Council