ORDINANCE NO. 07-09

AN ORDINANCE ENACTING A CODE OF ORDINANCES FOR THE CITY OF WAKE VILLAGE, TEXAS, REVISING, AMENDING, RESTATING, CODIFYING AND COMPILING CERTAIN EXISTING GENERAL ORDINANCES OF THE CITY DEALING WITH THE SUBJECTS EMBRACED IN THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.

WHEREAS, the present general and permanent ordinances of the City of Wake Village, Texas, 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 to revise, amend, restate, codify and compile any existing ordinances and allow 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 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; 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 WAKE VILLAGE, TEXAS:

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

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

TITLE I: GENERAL PROVISIONS

10. Rules of Construction; General Penalty

11. City Standards

TITLE III: ADMINISTRATION

30. Body of Government; Elected Officials

31. Appointed Officials

32. City Organizations

33. Public Records

34. Emergency Management; Police and Fire Departments

35. Taxation

36. City Finances; Funds and Fees

37. City Policies

38. Personnel Policies

TITLE V: PUBLIC WORKS

50. City Utilities

51. Solid Waste

52. Electricity Regulations

53. Gas Service Regulations

54. Water Regulations

55. Sewer Regulations

TITLE VII: TRAFFIC CODE

70. General Regulations

71. Parking Regulations

72. Traffic Schedules

73. Parking Schedules

TITLE IX: GENERAL REGULATIONS

90. Animals

91. Fire Prevention and Regulations

92. Nuisances, Sanitation and Environment

93. Junked and Abandoned Motor Vehicles

94. Smoking Prohibitions

95. Fair Housing

96. Streets and Parks

TITLE XI: BUSINESS REGULATIONS

110. General Regulations

111. Sales Regulations

112. Solicitors, Peddlers, Itinerant Merchants, Transient Vendors

113. Massage Parlors

114. Sexually Oriented Businesses

TITLE XIII: GENERAL OFFENSES

130. General Offenses

131. Curfew

TITLE XV: LAND USAGE

150. General Regulations

151. Dangerous Buildings

152. Trailer, Mobile Home, and Manufactured Home Parks

153. Flood Damage Prevention

154. Subdivision Regulations

155. Zoning Regulations

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 this ordinance, except as they are included and re-ordained in whole or in part in the Code of Ordinances or as this Code of Ordinances is hereafter amended either by previously or subsequently enacted ordinances that have not been included in this codification as of the date of its adoption; provided, this repeal shall not affect any offense committed or penalty incurred or any right established prior to the effective date of this ordinance, nor shall this 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 this repeal affect any other ordinance of a temporary or special nature or pertaining to subjects not contained in or covered by the Code of Ordinances.

Section 4. This Code of Ordinances shall be deemed published as of the day of its adoption and approval by the City Council and the Clerk of the City of Wake Village, Texas, is hereby authorized and ordered to file a copy of this Code of Ordinances in the Office of the Clerk.

Section 5. This Code of Ordinances shall be in full force and effect as provided in Section 6, and this Code of Ordinances 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.

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 shall take effect at the earliest date provided by law.

PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Wake Village, Texas, on this 13th day of July, 2009.

/s/ Mike Huddleston

Mike Huddleston, Mayor

ATTEST: APPROVED AS TO FORM:

/s/ Denise Miot /s/ J. Michael Brock

Denise Miot, City Secretary J. Michael Brock, City Attorney

TEXAS CERTIFICATION OF CODIFIED ORDINANCES

We, Mike Huddleston, Mayor, and Denise Miot, Secretary, of the Municipality of the City of Wake Village, Texas, pursuant to Tex. Loc. Gov’t Code § 53.006, hereby certify, authenticate and approve that the general and permanent ordinances of the Municipality of the City of Wake Village, Texas, as revised, rearranged, compiled, renumbered as to sections, codified and printed herewith in component codes and titles are correct as and constitute the Code of Ordinances for the Municipality of the City of Wake Village, Texas, as amended to the 13th day of July, 2009.

/s/ Mike Huddleston

Mike Huddleston, Mayor

/s/ Denise Miot

Denise Miot, City Secretary

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