ADOPTING ORDINANCE

ORDINANCE NO. 32-2005

AN ORDINANCE ENACTING A CODE OF ORDINANCES FOR THE CITY OF VALPARAISO, INDIANA, REVISING, AMENDING, RESTATING, CODIFYING, AND COMPILING CERTAIN EXISTING GENERAL ORDINANCES OF THE CITY DEALING WITH SUBJECTS EMBRACED IN THE CODE

   WHEREAS, the present general and permanent ordinances of the City of Valparaiso 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 city and for the proper conduct of its affairs; and

   WHEREAS, the Acts of the Legislature of the State of Indiana empower and authorize the Common Council to revise, amend, restate, codify and to compile any existing ordinances and all new ordinances not heretofore adopted or published and to incorporate the ordinances into one ordinance in book form; and

   WHEREAS, the Common Council has authorized a general compilation, revision and codification of the ordinances of the city of a general and permanent nature and publication of such ordinances in book form;

   WHEREAS, it is necessary to provide for the usual daily operation of the city and for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, safety and general welfare of the city that this ordinance take effect at an early date.

   NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED, by the Common Council of the City of Valparaiso:

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

   Section 2. The Code as adopted in Section 1 shall consist of the following titles:

VALPARAISO, INDIANA
TABLE OF CONTENTS

      Chapter

TITLE I: GENERAL PROVISIONS

         10.   General Provisions

         11.   City Standards

TITLE III: ADMINISTRATION

         30.   City Government

         31.   Common Council

         32.   City Officials

         33.   Boards, Departments and Commissions

         34.   Personnel Policies

         35.   City Policies

         36.   Ethics Policies

         37.   Ordinance Violations Bureau

TITLE V: PUBLIC WORKS

         50.   Water Works

         51.   Sewers

         52.   Industrial Pretreatment

         53.   Refuse and Recycling

TITLE VII: TRAFFIC CODE

         70.   General Provisions

         71.   Traffic Regulations

            Appendix A: Explanation of citation

            Appendix B: Violation form

            Appendix C: Waiver allowing transfer

         72.   Parking Regulations

         73.   Traffic Schedules

         74.   Parking Schedules

TITLE IX: GENERAL REGULATIONS

         90.   Abandoned Vehicles

         91.   Animal Control Regulations

         92.   City Cemeteries

         93.   Public Health and Safety Standards; Public Nuisances

         94.   Fire Prevention

         95.   Streets and Sidewalks

            Appendix: Waiver of objection to installation of sidewalk and assessment thereof

         96.   Noise

            Appendix A: Scientific Definitions

            Appendix B: Octave-Band Breakdowns

TITLE XI: BUSINESS REGULATIONS

         110.   Auctions

         111.   Bowling and Billiards

         112.   Junk Dealers

         113.   Mobile Stores

         114.   Transient Merchants, Itinerant Merchants and Itinerant Vendors

         115.   Automobile Sales

         116.   Taxicab Operations

         117.   Theaters

         118.   Popcorn Festival and Other Charitable Activities

         119.   Cable Services

            Appendix: Credits to customers

         120.   Garage Sales, Porch Sales and Yard Sales

TITLE XIII: GENERAL OFFENSES

         130.   General Offenses

TITLE XV: LAND USAGE

         150.   Building Regulations

         151.   Trailers and Trailer Camps

         152.   Sign Regulations

         153.   Zoning

PARALLEL REFERENCES

INDEX

   Section 3. All prior ordinances pertaining to the subjects treated in the Code of Ordinances shall be deemed repealed from and after the effective date of the Code except as they are included and reordained in whole or in part in the Code; provided that 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 or plats, accepting dedications of land to public use, vacating or setting the boundaries of streets or other public places, nor shall such appeal affect any other ordinance of a temporary or special nature or pertaining to subjects not contained in or covered by the Code.

   Section 4. The Code shall be deemed published as of the day of its adoption and approval by the Common Council and the Clerk-Treasurer is hereby authorized and ordered to file a copy of the Code in the Office of the City Clerk-Treasurer.

   Section 5. The Code shall be in full force and effect from and after its date of passage, approval and publication as required by law. The 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 law have been given.

   PASSED by the Common Council of the City of Valparaiso, Indiana by a _____ vote of all members present and voting, this 11th day of July, 2005.

                                  /s/
                                    Jon Costas, Mayor

ATTEST:

/s/
Sharon E. Swihart, Clerk-Treasurer

   Presented by me to the Mayor of the City of Valparaiso, Indiana, this 11th day of July, 2005 at the hour of           o’clock P.M.

                                  /s/
                                    Jon Costas, Mayor

/s/
Sharon E. Swihart, Clerk-Treasurer