ADOPTING ORDINANCE

ORDINANCE NO. 2014-6

AN ORDINANCE ENACTING A CODE OF ORDINANCES FOR THE CITY OF PALM VALLEY, TEXAS REVISING, AMENDING, RESTATING, CODIFYING AND COMPILING CERTAIN EXISTING GENERAL ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF PALM VALLEY DEALING WITH SUBJECTS EMBRACED IN SUCH CODE OF ORDINANCES.

WHEREAS, the present general and permanent ordinances of the City of Palm Valley 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 Texas empower and authorize the City of Palm Valley 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, the City Council of the City of Palm Valley has authorized a general compilation, revision and codification of the ordinances of the City of Palm Valley of a general and permanent nature and publication of such ordinances 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 at an early date.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM VALLEY:

Section 1.   The general ordinances of the City of Palm Valley as revised, amended, restated, codified, and compiled in book form are hereby adopted as and shall constitute the "Code of the Ordinances of the City of Palm Valley, Texas".

Section 2.   Such Code of Ordinances as adopted in Section 1 shall consist of the following titles (See Exhibit A).

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   All prior ordinances pertaining to the subjects treated in such Code of Ordinances shall be deemed repealed from and after the effective date of this ordinance except as they are included and reordained in whole or in part in such Code; provided, such repeal shall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, or 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 street nor 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 approved by the City Council and the City Secretary is hereby authorized and ordered to file a copy of such Code of Ordinances in the Office of the City Secretary.

Section 5.   Such Code shall be in full force and effect and such Code 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, and approved and that any public hearings and notices thereof as required by law have been given.

Passed and adopted by the City Council of the City of Palm Valley, Texas, on this 15th day of July, 2014.

                        City of Palm Valley

                        By: John M. Cutney /s/

                         John M. Cutney, Mayor

Attest:

Sylvia R. Trevino /s/

Sylvia R. Trevino, City Secretary