ADOPTING ORDINANCES
ORDINANCE NO.  45-06
BY:  Mrs. Blakey
AN ORDINANCE ENACTING A CODE OF ORDINANCES FOR THE CITY OF TIPP CITY, OHIO, REVISING, AMENDING, RESTATING, CODIFYING AND COMPILING CERTAIN EXISTING GENERAL ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF TIPP CITY DEALING WITH SUBJECTS EMBRACED IN SUCH CODE OF ORDINANCES, AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY
   WHEREAS, the present general and permanent ordinances of the City of Tipp City 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 Ohio empowered and authorize the City of Tipp City to revise, amend, restate, codify and compile any existing ordinance 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 Tipp City has authorized a general compilation, revision and codification of the ordinances of the City of Tipp City 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 at an early date; and
   WHEREAS, Council has determined that this Ordinance should become effective immediately for the reasons set forth herein.
   NOW, THEREFORE, THE MUNICIPALITY OF TIPP CITY HEREBY ORDAINS:
   SECTION 1. That the general ordinances of the City of Tipp City as revised, amended, restated, codified, and compiled in book form are hereby adopted as and shall constitute the "Code of Ordinances of Tipp City, Ohio.
   SECTION 2. That such Code of Ordinances as adopted in Section 1 shall consist of the following Titles:
TITLE I: GENERAL PROVISIONS
      10. General Provisions
TITLE III: ADMINISTRATION
      30. General Provisions
      31. Legislative Authority
      32. Executive Authority
      33. Judicial Authority
      34. Municipal Administration; Departments
      35. Division of Public Safety; Police and Fire Divisions
      36. Boards and Commissions
      37. Municipal Employment
      38. Collective Bargaining
      39. Municipal Finances; Taxation
      40. Civil Actions Against the Municipality
      41. City Policy
TITLE V: PUBLIC WORKS
      50. General Provisions
      51. Water Regulations
      52. Sewer Regulations
      53. Electricity Regulations
      54. Industrial Sewer Use Regulations
      55. Garbage and Refuse
TITLE VII: TRAFFIC CODE
      70. General Provisions
      71. Licensing Provisions
      72. Traffic Rules
      73. Motor Vehicle Crimes
      74. Equipment and Loads
      75. Bicycles, Motorcycles, and Off-Road Vehicles
      76. Parking Regulations
      77. Traffic Schedules
TITLE IX: GENERAL REGULATIONS
      90. Animals
      91. Emergency Management
      92. Fire Prevention
      93. Equal Housing Opportunity
      94. Nuisances
      95. Streets and Sidewalks
      96. Public Lands, Parks, and Recreation
      97. Trees
      98. Abandoned and Junked Motor Vehicles
TITLE XI: BUSINESS REGULATIONS
      110. Solicitors and Peddlers
      111. Cable Broadband Communications System
      112. Sexually Oriented Business Regulations
      113. Hotel-Motel Tax
TITLE XIII: GENERAL OFFENSES
      130. General Provisions
      131. Offenses Against Property
      132. Offenses Against Public Peace
      133. Sex Offenses
      134. Gambling Offenses
      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. Comprehensive Land Use Plan
      152. Displacement Relocation Assistance
      153. Flood Damage Prevention
      154. Zoning Code
      155. Subdivision Regulations
      156. Wireless Telecommunications Facilities
TABLE OF SPECIAL ORDINANCES
      I. Acceptances
      II. Annexation
      III. Dedications
      IV. Easements
      V. Franchises
      VI. Transfer of Realty
      VII. Special Contracts
      VIII. Streets
      IX. Vacations
      X. Zoning Map Changes
      XI. Collective Bargaining Agreements
PARALLEL REFERENCES
References to Ohio Revised Code
References to 1974 Code
References to Resolutions
References to Ordinances
   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, 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.
   SECTION 4. Such Code shall be deemed published as of the day of its adoption and approval by the Legislative Authority and the Clerk of the City of Tipp City is hereby authorized and ordered to file a copy of such Code of Ordinances in the Office of the Clerk.
   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 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 the 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 this municipality, and for the further reason that Council has determined that having this Ordinance take effect immediately will benefit not only the City of Tipp City and its employees but also its citizens and therefore it shall take effect at the earliest date provided by law.
PASSED:    DEC 18 2006                                                /s/ George H. Lovett           
                                                President of Council
ATTEST: /s/  Misty Cheshire                               /s/ Joseph P. Moore             
      Clerk of Council                                 Director of Law