ORDINANCE 2020-1

AN ORDINANCE ENACTING A CODE OF ORDINANCES FOR THE TOWN OF WISTER, OKLAHOMA, 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 Town of Wister 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 Board of Trustee’s for the Town of Wister the State of Oklahoma 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 Board of Trustee’s for the Town of Wister authorized a general compilation, revision and codification of the ordinances of the Town of Wister of a general and permanent nature and publication of such ordinances in books 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 TOWN OF WISTER BOARD OF TRUSTEE’S:

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

Section 2. Such Code of Ordinances as adopted in Section 1 shall consist of the following Titles:

Chapter:

TITLE 1: ADMINISTRATION

1. Wister Town Code

2. Savings Clause

3. Definitions and Interpretations

4. General Penalty

5. Corporate and Ward Limits

6. Town Board of Trustees

7. Town Officers and Personnel

8. Specific Town Officials

9. Schedule of Fees and Charges

10. Municipal Court

TITLE 2: BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS

1. Planning Commission

2. Board of Adjustment

TITLE 3: FINANCE AND TAXATION

1. General Finance and Purchasing Procedures

2. Sales Tax

3. Telephone Exchange Fee

4. Utilities Tax

TITLE 4: BUSINESS AND LICENSE REGULATIONS

1. Occupational Licenses Generally

2. Alcoholic Beverages

3. Itinerant Merchants

4. Retail Marijuana Establishments

TITLE 5: HEALTH, SANITATION AND ENVIRONMENT

1. General Health Regulations

2. Nuisances

3. Food Regulations

4. Weeds and Trash

5. Fireworks Sale and Discharge

6. Junked, Wrecked Motor Vehicles

TITLE 6: POLICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY

1. Police Department

2. Fire Department

3. Civil Defense

4. Offenses and Crimes

5. Minors

6. Animal Control

7. Fair Housing; Nondiscrimination

TITLE 7: MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC

1. State Traffic Code; Administration; General Provisions

2. Vehicle Operation Generally

3. Parking Regulations

4. Turning and Signals; Right-of-Way

5. Bicycles

6. Vehicle Impoundment

TITLE 8: PUBLIC WAYS AND PROPERTY

1. Streets, Sidewalks, and Public Ways

2. Excavations

3. Library

4. Park and Recreation Facilities

TITLE 9: PUBLIC UTILITIES

1. Public Works Authority

2. Refuse Collection and Disposal

TITLE 10: BUILDING AND DEVELOPMENT

1. Building Code and Regulations

2. Plumbing Code and Regulations

3. Electrical Code and Regulations

4. Mechanical Code and Regulations

5. Fire Prevention Code

6. Liquefied Petroleum Gas and Gas Piping Codes

7. Prefab or Mobile Home Use as Residence

8. Zoning Regulations

9. Flood Damage Prevention

PARALLEL REFERENCES

References to Oklahoma Statutes

References to Prior Code

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, plats or 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. Such Code shall be deemed published as of the day of its adoption and approval by the Town of Wister Board of Trustees is hereby authorized and ordered to file a copy of such Code of Ordinances in the Office of the Clerk.

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 Town of Wister Board of Trustees on this 5 day of October, 2020.

/s/ Roger Brooks

Roger Brooks, Mayor

Attest:

/s/

Clerk

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