HomeMy WebLinkAbout13121 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therein are hereby repealed from and after the 7th day of May,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not specifically mentioned, are not hereby repealed.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;
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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;
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(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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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MAYOR
CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, T S
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STATE OF TEXAS, _AN_
County of Nueces. }es:
Before me, the undersigned, a Notary Public, this day personally
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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)