ORDINANCE #692-16
ENACTING AS AN ORDINANCE, A CODE OF ORDINANCES FOR THE CITY OF WILMORE, REVISING, AMENDING, RESTATING, CODIFYING, AND COMPILING CERTAIN EXISTING GENERAL ORDINANCES OF THE CITY DEALING WITH SUBJECTS EMBRACED IN THE CODE.
WHEREAS, the present general ordinances of the City of Wilmore are incomplete and inadequate and the manner of arrangement, classification and indexing thereof is insufficient to meet the immediate needs of the City; and
WHEREAS, the Acts of the Legislature of the Commonwealth of Kentucky empower and authorize the Legislative Body of this City to revise, amend, restate, codify and to compile any existing ordinance or ordinances and all new ordinances not heretofore adopted or published and to incorporate the ordinances into one ordinance in book form; and
WHEREAS, the Legislative Body of the City of Wilmore 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;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the Legislative Body of the City of Wilmore that:
Section l. The general ordinances of the City of Wilmore as herein revised, amended, restated, codified, and compiled in book form are adopted as and shall constitute the “Code of Ordinances of the City of Wilmore.”
Section 2. The Code as adopted in Section 1 shall consist of the following titles:
TITLE I: GENERAL PROVISIONS
10. Rules of Construction; General Penalty
TITLE III: ADMINISTRATION
30. Council, Officials and Organizations
31. Finance and Revenue
32. Disaster and Emergency Services
33. Police Department
34. General Policies
35. Drug-Free Workplace Policy
36. Code of Ethics
37. Public Records
TITLE V: PUBLIC WORKS
50. Utilities Generally
51. Water
52. Sewers
53. Solid Waste
TITLE VII: TRAFFIC CODE
70. General Provisions
71. Parking Rules
72. Recreational Vehicles
73. Traffic Schedules
74. Parking Schedules
TITLE IX. GENERAL REGULATIONS
90. Trees
91. Fair Housing
92. Cemeteries
93. Health and Sanitation; Nuisances
94. Animals
95. Fire Prevention and Protection
TITLE XI: BUSINESS REGULATIONS
110. General Provisions
111. Occupational License Taxes and Fees
112. Insurance Companies
113. Peddlers, itinerant Merchants and Solicitors
114. Wrecker Services; Vehicle Storage Facilities
TITLE XIII: GENERAL OFFENSES
130. General Offenses
131. Weapons
132. Curfew
TITLE XV: LAND USAGE
150. Flood Damage Prevention
151. Streets and Public Property
152. Signs and Building Regulations
TABLE OF SPECIAL ORDINANCES
Table
I. Annexations and Boundaries
II. Zoning Map Changes
Ill. Franchises and Agreements
IV. Real Estate Transactions
V. Streets and Public Property
PARALLEL REFERENCES
References to Kentucky Revised Statutes
References to Ordinances
Section 3. All prior ordinances pertaining to the subjects treated in the Code 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 the Code, 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 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. The Code shall be deemed published as of the day of its adoption and approval by the City Legislative Body and the Clerk of the City of Wilmore is hereby authorized and ordered to file a copy of the Code in the Office of the City Clerk.
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.
Councilmember James made the motion, seconded by Councilmember Deyer to approve the first reading of the Ordinance 692-16 on October 17, 2016. Voting yes: Baier, Brumfield, Cooper, Deyer, Fitch and James. Voting no: 0.
Councilmember James made the motion, seconded by Councilmember Cooper to approve the second reading of the Ordinance 692-16 on November 21, 2016. Voting yes: Baier, Brumfield, Cooper, Deyer, Fitch and James. Voting no: 0
Harold L. Rainwater /s/
Harold L. Rainwater, Mayor
ATTEST:
Sharon Moore /s/
Sharon Moore, City Clerk
Published: 12-8-16