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Home My WebLink About13121 ORD - 04/07/1976ORDINANCE NO. AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING AND ENACTING A NEW CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS; ESTABLISHING THE SAME; PROVIDING FOR THE REPEAL OF CERTAIN ORDINANCES NOT INCLUDED THEREIN, EXCEPT AS HEREIN EXPRESSLY PRO- VIDED, AND PROVIDING FOR THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF SUCH CODE AND A PENALTY FOR THE VIOLATION THEREOF; PROVIDING FOR THE MANNER OF AMENDING SUCH CODE; AND PROVIDING WHEN THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS: Section 1. That the Code of Ordinances, consisting of Chapters 1 to 59, each inclusive, is hereby adopted and enacted as the "Code of Ordinances, City of Corpus Christi, 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 City Council on or before June 13, 1973, to the extent provided in Section 2 hereof. Section 2. That all provisions of such Code shall be in full force and effect from and after the 7th day of May, 1976, and the substantive provisions of all ordinances of a general and permanent nature of the City of Corpus Christi, enacted on final passage on or before June 13, 1973, and not included in such Code or recognized and continued in force by reference therein are hereby repealed from and after the 7th day of May, 1976, except as hereinafter provided. Resolutions of the City, not specifically mentioned, are not hereby repealed. Section 3. That the repeal provided for in Section 2 hereof shall not affect any of the following: (a) Any offense or act committed or done or any penalty or forfeiture incurred or any contract or right established;or accruing before the effective date of such Code; �U1F,A 1J Su ND HU 3_ -iy ordinance promising or guaranteeing the payment of money \ar 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, whether or not all or portions of such franchises are set out in such Code; (e) Any ordinance dedicating, naming, establishing, locating, opening, paving, widening, vacating, etc., 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 ad valorem taxes or other taxes not mentioned herein, or providing for an annual budget; (i) Any ordinance relating to local improvements and assessments therefor; (j) Any ordinance annexing territory to the City or discontinuing territory as a part of the City; (k) Any ordinance dedicating or accepting any plat or subdivision in the City; (1) Ordinances prescribing traffic regulations, not in conflict herewith; -2- • ,o (m) Any zoning ordinance, or any platting ordinance; (n) Any administrative ordinance not in conflict with such Code; (o) Any ordinance prescribing personnel policies, pro- cedures, or salaries and wages; (p) Any ordinance prescribing rates or charges of utility companies, not included herein; (q) The preambles, recitals and findings of facts con- tained in all ordinances included in such Code; (r) Any ordinance enacted after June 13, 1973. Provided, this ordinance may be amended from time to time to incorporate any of the matters listed above into the Code of Ordinances, at which time said exception or exceptions will be deemed to be deleted, whether expressly done so or not. This ordinance shall not be construed to revive any previously repealed ordinance. Section 4. That whenever 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 any act is required or the failure to do any act is declared to be unlawful and no specific penalty is provided therefor, the violation of any such provision of this Code shall be punished by a fine not exceeding Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00), as provided in Section 1 -6 of such Code. Section 5. That any and all additions and amendments to such Code, when passed in such form as to indicate the inten- tions of the City Council to make the same a part thereof, shall be deemed to be incorporated in such Code so that reference to the "Code of Ordinances, City of Corpus Christi, Texas" shall be understood and intended to include such additions and amend- ments. -3- • Section 6. 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 and Section 1 -6 of such Code 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 in the same chapter, the penalty so provided in such other section shall be held to relate to the section so amended; unless such penalty is specifically repealed therein. I Section 7. That a copy of such Code shall be kept on file in the office of the City Secretary preserved in looseleaf form, or in such form as the City Secretary may consider most expedient. It shall be the express duty of the City Secretary, or someone authorized by him, to insert in their 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 have 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. This copy of such Code shall be available for all person desiring to examine the same. Section 8. That it shall be unlawful for any person to change or amend by additions or deletions any part or portion of such 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 Corpus Christi to be misrepresented thereby. Any person violating this section shall be punished as provided in Section 4 of this ordinance. -4- Section 9. That all ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are, to the extent of such conflict, hereby repealed. Section 10. That this ordinance shall become effective on the 1st day of June, 1976. THAT THE FOREGOING ORDINANCEE WAS READ FOR THE FI T TIME AND PASSED TO ITS SECOND READING ON THIS THE DAY OF v�� FOLLOWING VOTE: >' �9Lio BY THE JASON LuBY OP. BILL TIPTON EDUARDO DE ASES RUTH GILL BOB GULLEY IWASR GAGE LOZANO, SR. EDWARD L. SAMPLE THAT THE FOREGOING ORDINANCE FOR THE SEC ND TIME AND PASSED TO ITS THIRD READING ON THIS THE—?/" DAY OF FOLLOWING VOTE: i 19ZI BY THE JASON LUBY OR. BILL TIProR EDUARDO DE ASES RUTH GILL BOB GULLEY GABE LOZANO, SR. EDWARD L. SAMPLE THAT THE FOREG ING ORDIN FINALLY ON THIS THE DAY OF JASON LUBY DR. BILL TIPTON EDUARDO DE ASES RUTH GILL BOB GULLEY GASE LOZANO, SR. EDWARD L. SAMPLE PASSED AND APPROVED, THIS ATTEST: IT SECRETARY X A P D: TDAY OF�� 9.6 � E T IRD TIME AND PASSED 9 BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE: MAYOR CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, T S PUBLISHER'S AFFMAVIT NO _, _ TICE OF PASSAGE OF I DRDINCE.N0717111 J STATE OF TEXAS, _AN_ County of Nueces. }es: Before me, the undersigned, a Notary Public, this day personally Rowe -•�_C, _Vey asguez_ .................. who being first duly sworn, according to law, says that he is the ?�C91uit�.Cl _ ........... - ............. _........................... of the Corpus Christi Caller and The Corpus Christi Times, Daily Newspapers published at Corpus Christi, Texas, in said County and State, and that the publication of I 1 �EgA19_.... tQ�ZCk_.�E._P({Fj- ._0��{i I1JQNC� _NQ.a..l� �•.- e.aAHOPTI "1G -AdD ENACTING A NEW � CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF CC., Ti' of which the annexed is a true copy, was published in ....... GoLle.m-Times .......... ... ......... — v on the-10._.. day of ....... _.&Pr. 1..._......._... 197L.., nU&=MceMk---•.- -•.- --- ._.._. _— _.._....— . ._ ......... _ ... Times. 1 i Rowena . Vela" Accounting Subscribed and sworn to before me this 7 5...........day of. ........... _�!� ... ............... _. .. 19... 6 Eugenia S. Cortez -,_.. -r .__ - Notary Publi uecea County, Texas A—YTTNG AND 'ENACT. ING A NEW CODE OF ORDI- NANCES OR THE CITY OF;! CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS:.' ESTABLISHING THE - SAME ;PROVIDING FOR RE PEAL OF CERTAIN ORD1, NANCES NOT INCLUDED- THEREIN, EXCEPT ASS HEREIN EXPRESSLY PRO-, VIDEO, AND PROVIDIN& FOR THE EFFECTIVE OAT OP SUCH CODE AND A PEN -; ALTY FOR THE VIOLATION THEREOF; PROVIDING FOR SHE MANNER OF AMEND;, ING SUCH CODE) PROVIO• ING WHEN THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE WAS PASSED AND AP-1 PROVED by the City Council of the City of Corpus, Christi during the Regular Council Meeting, hold on April 7,1976 at 2:00 p.m., and p.m. and and provide that' It shell take effect on the let day of June, 1976, and that a penalty for violation of any such provl -. slon of this code shall be a file not exceeding Two Hundred, Dollars 321111) as provided In Section 14 of rich Cade. ISSUED UNDER MY HAND AND SEAL of the City of Corpusi Christi, Texas, this 11th day Dfj April, 1976. (s)BIII G. Read BILL G READ, City Secretary City of Corpus Christi, Texas (SEAL)