ADOPTING ORDINANCE

ORDINANCE NO. 10-0119

AN ORDINANCE ENACTING A CODE OF ORDINANCES FOR THE CITY OF WILLIS, TEXAS, 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 City of Willis, 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 of Willis, Texas 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 City Council of the City of Willis, Texas has authorized a general compilation, revision and codification of the ordinances of the City of Willis, Texas 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 CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WILLIS, TEXAS:

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

Section 2.   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.   City Policies

            31.   City Officials

            32.   City Organizations

            33.   Taxation and Finance

            34.   Code of Ethics

            35.   Records Management

            36.   Personnel

            37.   Emergency Management

      TITLE V:   PUBLIC WORKS

            50.   Solid Waste

            51.   Water and Sewer Rates and Charges

            52.   Discharges Into Sanitary Sewers

            53.   Sewer Use

      TITLE VII:   TRAFFIC CODE

            70.   General Provisions

            71.   Traffic Regulations

            72.   Parking Regulations

            73.   Traffic Schedules

            74.   Parking Schedules

      TITLE IX:   GENERAL REGULATIONS

            90.   Animals

            91.   Tow Trucks

            92.   Nuisances

            93.   Parks and Recreation

            94.   Parades

            95.   Public Rights-of-Way

            96.   Fair Housing

      TITLE XI:   BUSINESS REGULATIONS

            110.   Sexually-Oriented Businesses

            111.   Peddlers and Solicitors

            112.   Alcoholic Beverages

            113.   Oil and Gas

      TITLE XIII:   GENERAL OFFENSES

            130. General Offenses

      TITLE XV:   LAND USAGE

            150.   General Provisions

            151.   Manufactured Homes

            152.   Unsafe and Substandard Buildings

            153.   Flood Damage Prevention

            154.   Subdivision Regulations

            155.   Zoning Code

      TABLE OF SPECIAL ORDINANCES

            I.   Franchises

            II.   Annexations

            III.   Economic Development

            IV.   Vacations

            V.   Contracts and Agreements

      PARALLEL REFERENCES

            References to Texas Codes

            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 City of Willis, Texas and the City Secretary of the City of Willis, Texas is hereby authorized and ordered to file a copy of such Code of Ordinances in the Office of the City Secretary.

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.

PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Willis, Texas on this 19th day of January, 2010.

                           Leonard Reed /s/

                           MAYOR

ATTEST:

Brenda Burns /s/

City Secretary