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Home My WebLink AboutOrdinance No. 230 ORDINANCE NO. 230 AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING AND ENACTING A NEW CITY CODE OF THE CITY OF FRIENDSWOOD, TEXAS; ESTABLISHING THE SAME; PROVIDING FOR THE REPEAL OF CERTAIN ORDINANCES NOT IN- CLUDED THEREIN, EXCEPT AS HEREIN EXPRESSLY PROVIDED; PROVIDING FOR THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF SUCH CODE; PROVIDING A PENALTY FOR THE VIOLATION THEREOF; PROVIDING FOR THE MANNER OF AMENDING SUCH CODE; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DAT E. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FRIENDSWOOD, STATE OF TEXAS: Section 1. That the Friendswood City Code, Part II, con- sisting of Chapters 1 to 18, each inclusive, together with Part I, The Charter, is hereby adopted and enacted as the "Friendswood City Code", and such Part II 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 November 20, 1972, to the extent provided in Section 2 hereof. Section 2. That all provisions of Part II of such Code shall be in full force and effect from and after the lst day of November, 1974, and all ordinances of a general and permanent nature of the City of Friendswood, enacted on final passage on or before November 20, 1972, and not included in such Code or recognized and continued in force by reference therein are hereby repealed from and after the lst day of November, 1974, except as hereinafter provided. No resolution of the City, not specifically mentioned, is hereby repealed.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 estab- lished or accruing before the effective date of such Code; (b) Any ordinance promising 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, locat- ing, 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 taxes or for an annual budget; (i) Any ordinance relating to local improvements and assess- ments therefor; (j) Any ordinance annexing territory to the City or discon- tinuing territory as a part of the City; (k) Any ordinance dedicating or accepting any plat or sub- division in the City; (1) Any urban renewal ordinance; (m) Any zoning ordinance or ordi.nance prescribing subdivision regulations; (n) Any ordinance prescribing personnel policies, procedures, or salaries and wages; (o) Any ordinance prescribing' rates or charges of utility companie s; (p) Any ordinance enacted after November 20, 1972, - 2 - provided, this ordinance may be amended from time to time to incor- porate any of the matters listed above into such Part II of such Code, at which time said exception or exceptions will be deemed to be deleted, whether expressly done so or not. The repeal provided for in Section 2 hereof 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 whenever in such Code an act is prohibited or is made or declared to be unlawful or an offense or a misdemeanor, 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 pro- vided therefor, the violation of any such provision of such Code shall be punishable by a fine not exceeding two hundred dollars ($200. 00), as provided in Section 1-6 of such Part II of such Code. Section 5. That any and all additions and amendments to such Code, when passed in such form as to indicate the intention of the City Council to make the same a part thereof, shall be deemed to be incor- porated in such Code so that reference to the "Friendswood City Code" shall be understood and intended to include such additions and amendments. Section 6. In case of the amendment of any section of such Part II of such Code for which a penalty is not provided, the general penalty as provided in Section 4 of this ordinance and Sections 1-6 of such Code shall apply to the section as amended; or, in case such amend- ment contains provision 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. - 3 - 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 her, 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 persons 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 Friendswood to be misrepresented thereby. Any person violating this section shall be punished as provided in Section 4 of this ordinance. 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 lst day of November, 1974. PASSED AND APPROVED on first reading at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Friendswood on the 9th day of September 1974. , PASSED AND APPROVED on second reading at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Friendswood on the ]th day of October , 1974. PASSED on third and final reading at a regular meeting of the - 4 - City Council of the City of Friendswood on the�� day of /�� so _� .,...: �y ,h./t � 1974. 1 � �,�, ��---� :�`- ayor �,�.�..-�"'"`'.,,,� F �� : ��" �' ••�`��. ••. i'• ,=�ri';. � Z`�� 5 ( / � if� �1.�.' , .r,. • , �,i �;'.,. �+a� �, , ., e�retary �� .�. ' � ,...(STAL) APPROVED AS TO FORM: City Attorney �_..��-_�-__._._ __ _.___