ADOPTING ORDINANCE
ORDINANCE NO. 831
AN ORDINANCE ENACTING A CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF NEWCASTLE, OKLAHOMA, 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, adequate general and permanent ordinances of the City of Newcastle, Oklahoma, arranged and classified in sufficient form and substance, are necessary for the complete preservation of the public peace, health, safety and general welfare of the community and for the proper conduct of its affairs; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Title 11 O.S. § 14-108, the legislature of the State of Oklahoma has mandated, empowered and authorized municipalities, including the City of Newcastle, to revise, amend, restate, rearrange, renumber, reorganize, 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 Council of the City of Newcastle has authorized a general compilation, revision and codification of the ordinances of the City of Newcastle of a 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 community that this ordinance take effect upon its adoption.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEWCASTLE, OKLAHOMA:
Section 1. Title
The general ordinances of the City of Newcastle, Oklahoma, 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 Newcastle, Oklahoma".
Section 2. Content
The Code of Ordinances hereby adopted shall consist of the following Titles:
NEWCASTLE, OKLAHOMA
CODE OF ORDINANCES
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Chapter
TITLE I: GENERAL PROVISIONS
10. Rules of Construction; General Penalty
11. Boundaries
TITLE III: ADMINISTRATION
30. Form of Government
31. City Council
32. City Officials
33. Personnel
34. Finances
35. Taxation
36. City Policies
37. Organizations
38. Emergency Management
39. Municipal Court
TITLE V: PUBLIC WORKS
50. General Utility Provisions
51. Garbage
52. Water
53. Sewers
TITLE VII: TRAFFIC CODE
70. General Provisions
71. Traffic Rules
72. Parking Regulations
73. Bicycles
74. Pedestrians
75. Railroads
TITLE IX: GENERAL REGULATIONS
90. Animals
91. Fire Prevention
92. Health and Sanitation; Nuisances
93. Streets and Sidewalks
94. Abandoned Vehicles; Junked Vehicles
95. Parks and Recreation
96. City Library
TITLE XI: BUSINESS REGULATIONS
110. General Provisions
111. Peddlers
112. Fair Housing
113. Oil and Gas Drilling
114. Utilities
115. Alcoholic Beverages
116. Fireworks
117. Cable Television
118. Garbage Collectors
119. Massage Establishments
TITLE XIII: GENERAL OFFENSES
130. General Provisions
131. Offenses Against Public Morals
132. Offenses Against Public Peace
133. Offenses Against Persons
134. Offenses Against Public Authority
TITLE XV: LAND USAGE
150. Building Regulations; Construction
151. Mobile Homes and Manufactured Homes
152. Flood Damage Prevention
153. Subdivisions
154. Planning and Zoning
155. Sign Regulations
156. Transportation Impact Fees
TABLE OF SPECIAL ORDINANCES
Table
I. Annexations; Extensions
II. Franchise Agreements
III. Vacations
IV. Improvements
V. Zoning Map Changes
PARALLEL REFERENCES
References to Oklahoma Statutes
References to 2002 Code
References to Ordinances
INDEX
Section 3. Repeal
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 pubic 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. Publication
This Code of Ordinances shall be deemed published as of the date of its adoption and approval by the Council, and the Clerk of the City of Newcastle is hereby authorized and directed to file a copy of such Code of Ordinances in the Office of the County Clerk and to maintain at least three (3) copies in the Office of the City Clerk.
Section 5. Full Force and Effect
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 ordinances and all provisions, sections, penalties and regulations therein contained and the date of passage, and that the same is properly signed, attested, recorded, and approved and that any public hearings and notices thereof as requested by law have been given.
Section 6. Emergency
It being immediately necessary for the preservation of the public peace, health, safety, and welfare of the City of Newcastle and the inhabitants thereof that this ordinance be put into full force and effect an emergency is hereby declared to exist by reason of which this ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after the date of its passage and approval.
ADOPTED AND PASSED by the Council of the City of Newcastle, Oklahoma, on this 11th day of February, 2019, at a meeting duly convened under the provisions of the Oklahoma Open Meetings Act.
/s/ Gene C. Reid
Gene C. Reid, Mayor
ATTEST:
/s/ Camille Dowers
City Clerk
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