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