ADOPTING ORDINANCES
ORDINANCE NO. 98-16
AN ORDINANCE ENACTING A CODE OF ORDINANCES FOR THE TOWN OF WATERLOO, INDIANA, REVISING, AMENDING, RESTATING, CODIFYING AND COMPILING CERTAIN EXISTING GENERAL ORDINANCES OF THE POLITICAL SUBDIVISION DEALING WITH SUBJECTS EMBRACED IN SUCH CODE OF ORDINANCES, AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
WHEREAS, the present general and permanent ordinances of the political subdivision 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 Indiana empower and authorize the political subdivision 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 Waterloo Town Council has authorized a general compilation, revision and codification of the ordinances of the Town of Waterloo 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.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE WATERLOO TOWN COUNCIL AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The general ordinances of the Political Subdivision as revised, amended, restated, codified, and compiled in book form are hereby adopted as and shall constitute the "Code of Ordinances of the Town of Waterloo, Indiana."
Section 2. Such Code of Ordinances as adopted in Section 1 shall consist of the following Titles:
WATERLOO, INDIANA
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Chapter
TITLE I: GENERAL PROVISIONS
10. General Provisions
11. Town Boundaries
TITLE III: ADMINISTRATION
30. Town Council
31. Town Officials
32. Departments, Boards and Commissions
33. Police Departments
34. [Personnel Policies]
35. Finance; Municipal Funds
36. Violations Bureau
37. Town Policies
TITLE V: PUBLIC WORKS
50. Garbage and Rubbish
51. Water and Sewer Service
TITLE VII: TRAFFIC CODE
70. General Provisions
71. Traffic Rules
72. Stopping, Standing and Parking
73. Bicycles
74. Traffic Schedules
75. Parking Schedules
TITLE IX: GENERAL REGULATIONS
90. Animals and Fowl
91. Cemetery
92. Fair Housing
93. Fire Prevention and Protection
94. Health and Safety
95. Junk Vehicles
96. Parks and Recreation
97. Streets and Sidewalks
98. Weeds and Trees
TITLE XI: BUSINESS REGULATIONS
110. Itinerant Vendors
TITLE XIII: GENERAL OFFENSES
130. General Offenses
131. Offenses Against Public Peace
TITLE XV: LAND USAGE
150. Building Code
151. Floodplain Management
152. Subdivisions
153. Zoning Code
TABLE OF SPECIAL ORDINANCES
I. Annexations
II. Disannexations
III. Economic Development Notes
IV. Financing and Construction
V. Franchises
VI. Grants
VII. Promotional Account
VIII. Purchase of Land and Water Works
IX. Sale of Property
X. Special Contracts
XI. Street, Alley, and Lot Vacations
XII. Street Name Changes
XIII. Tax Abatement
XIV. Easements
XV. Transfer of Real Estate
PARALLEL REFERENCES
References to Indiana Code
References to 1992 Code
References to Resolutions
References to Ordinances
INDEX
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 Town Council, and the Clerk-Treasurer of the Town of Waterloo is hereby authorized and ordered to file a copy of such Code of Ordinances in the Office of the Clerk-Treasurer.
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 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.
THIS ORDINANCE PASSED AND ADOPTED BY THE TOWN COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF WATERLOO, INDIANA, ON THIS 8th DAY OF DECEMBER, 1998.
Michael D. Rowe /s/ Shirley Ruegsegger /s/
Michael Rowe, President Shirley Ruegsegger
Paula Slentz-McGrath /s/ Robert Knott /s/
Paula Slentz-McGrath Robert J. Knott
ATTEST:
Marlene Sutton /s/
Andy David Marlene Sutton, Clerk-Treasurer