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