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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1981-1268 - Ordinance - 02/12/1981ORDINANCE NO. 1268 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, ADOPTING AND ENACTING A NEW CODE OF ORDINANCES; ESTABLISHING THE SAME: PROVIDING FOR THE REPEAL OF CERTAIN ORDINANCES NOT INCLUDED; PROVIDING EXCEPTIONS; PROVIDING FOR THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF SUCH CODE; PRO- VIDING FOR CODE DESIGNATIONS, CATCHLINES, DEFINITIONS, AMENDMENTS, SEVERABILITY; DESIGNATING A FISCAL YEAR; ADOPTING BY REFERENCE BUILDING PERMIT FEES, A PLUMBING CODE, ELECTRICAL INSPECTION FEES, PERSONNEL POLICIES, THE TEXAS UNIFORM ACT REGULATING TRAFFIC ON HIGHWAYS, AND COMPREHENSIVE ZONING REGULATIONS; ADOPTING ADDI- TIONAL TRAFFIC REGULATIONS PERTAINING TO TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES AND SPEED LIMITS; AND PROVIDING FOR A PENALTY NOT TO EXCEED TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS ($200.00). BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS: SECTION 1: That the Code of Ordinances, consisting of chapters 1 to 12, each inclusive, is hereby adopted and enacted as the "Code of Ordinances, City of College Station, Texas," and shall be treated and considered as a new and original comprehensive ordinance, which shall supersede all other general and permanent ordinances passed by the College Station City Council on or before January 22, 1981, to the extent provided herein. SECTION 2: That all provisions of such Code shall be in full force and effect from and after February 12, 1981, and all ordinances of a general and permanent nature of the City of College Station, enacted on final passage on or before January 22, 1981 and not included in this Code, or recognized and continued in force by reference herein, are hereby repealed from and after February 12, 1981, except as hereinafter provided. No resolution of the city is repealed by this ordinance. L I M !W49,% ORDINANCE NO. 1268 page 2 SECTION 3: That the repeal provided for in section 2 above shall not affect any of the following: (a) Any events or act committed or done, or any penalty or forfeiture incurred, or any contract or right established or accruing before the effective date of this Code; (b) Any ordinance providing or guaranteeing the payment of money for the city, or authorizing the issuance of any bonds of the city or any evidence of the city's indebtedness; (c) Any contract or obligation assumed by the city; (d) Any right or franchise granted by the city; (e) Any ordinance dedicating, naming, establishing, locating, relocating, opening, paving, widening, vacating, or affecting the right -of -way of any street or public way in the city; (f) Any ordinance relating to municipal street maintenance agreements with the State of Texas; (g) Any ordinance establishing or prescribing grades for streets in the city; (h) Any appropriation ordinance or ordinance providing for the levy of taxes or for an annual budget; (i) Any ordinance relating to local improvements and assessments therefor; (j) Any ordinance annexing territory to the city or dis- counting territory as a part of the city; (k) Any ordinance enacted after January 22, 1981. (1) Any ordinance pertaining to the holding of municipal elections or the establishing of voting districts; (m) Any ordinance amending the city zoning map; (n) Any ordinance pertaining to parking regulations, provided said ordinance does not conflict with chapter 10, section 4, of the Code reference in this Code of Ordinances. %PQ ORDINANCE NO. 1268 page 3 The repeal provided for in section 2 shall not be con- strued to revive any ordinance or part thereof that has been repealed by a subsequent ordinance which is repealed by this ordinance. SECTION 4: That wherever in such Code an act is prohibited or is made or declared to be unlawful or an offense, or a mis- demeanor, or whenever in such Code the doing of an act is required or the failure to do any act is declared un- lawful and no specific penalty is provided, the violation of any such provision of such Code shall be punished by a fine not to exceed the sum of two hundred dollars ($200.00) for each offense or for each day such offense shall continue, if it is one classified as a continuing offense; provided, however, that no penalty shall be greater or less than the penalty provided for the same or similar offense under the laws of the State of Texas. Any violation of any provisions of this Code which constitute& an immediate danger to the health, safety, and welfare of the public may be enjoined in a suit brought by the city for such purposes. SECTION 5: That any and all amendments and additions to such Code, when passes in such form as to indicate the intention of the city council to make the same a part of the Code, shall be deemed to be incorporated in such Code so that reference to the "Code of Ordinances, City of College Station, Texas," shall be understood and intended to in- clude such additions and amendments. SECTION 6: That in case of the amendment of any section of such Code for which a penalty is not provided, the general penalty as provided in section 4 of this ordinance shall apply to the section as amended, or, in case such amendment contains provisions for which a penalty, other than the aforementioned general penalty, is provided in another section of the same chapter, the penalty so provided in such other section shall be held to relate to the section so amended, unless penalty is specifically repealed therein. SECTION 7: That a copy of the Code shall be kept on file in the office of the city secretary in loose leaf form. It shall be the 0334. ORDINANCE NO. 12 6 8 express duty of the city secretary, or someone authorized by him, to insert in the designated places, all amendments or ordinances which indicate the intention of the city council to make the same a part of such Code, when the same has been printed or reprinted in page form, and to extract from such Code all provisions which may be from time to time repealed by the city council. Such copy of such Code shall be available for all persons desiring to examine the same at any time during regular business hours. SECTION 8: page 4 That it shall be unlawful for any person to change or amend, by additions or deletions any part or portion of this Code, or to insert or delete pages or portions thereof, or to alter, or tamper with such Code in any manner whatsoever which will cause the law of the City of College Station to be misrepresented thereby. Any person violating this section shall be punished as provided in section 4 of this ordinance. SECTION 9: That sections 1 -6 of chapter 1, pertaining to Code designations, catchlines, definitions, amendments, penalties, and severability; and that section 8 of chapter 1, designa- ting a fiscal year are hereby adopted as printed and in- cluded in this Code of Ordinances. SECTION 10: That section 1, subsection G of chapter 3, adopting build- ing permit fees by reference; and that section 3 of chapter 3, adopting a plumbing code by reference, are hereby adopted as printed and included in this Code of Ordinances. SECTION 11: That section 4, subsection E of chapter 5, adopting electrical inspection fees by reference, is hereby adopted as printed and included in this Code of Ordinances. SECTION 12: That section 1 of chapter 8, adopting personnel policies M ORDINANCE NO. 1268 page 5 by reference, is hereby adopted as printed and included in this Code of Ordinances. SECTION 13: That section 1 of chapter 10, adopting by reference Article 6701d of Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes, otherwise known as the Texas Uniform Act Regulating Traffic on Highways; that section 2 of chapter 10, pertaining to traffic control devices; and that section 3, subsections A -E(1) of chapter 10, pertaining to speed limits, are hereby adopted as printed and included in this Code of Ordinances. SECTION 14: That section 2 of chapter 12, adopting comprehensive zoning regulations by reference, is hereby adopted as printed and included in this Code of Ordinances. SECTION 15: That all ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are, to the extent of such conflict, hereby repealed. SECTION 16: That this ordinance shall take effect immediately from and after its passage in accordance with section 35 of the Charter of the City of College Station. PASSED AND APPROVED by the College Station City Council on this the I ;. day of f - F13 R uAR / , 1981. ATTEST: CITY SECRETARY F 7" "zw - - APPROVED AS TO FORM: CITY ATT RNEY L..L