HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd 824-2019 Adopting and Enacting a New Code of OrdinancesAN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF ANNA, TEXAS, ADOPTING AND ENACTING
A NEW CODE OF ORDINANCES; PROVIDING FOR THE REPEAL OF CERTAIN
ORDINANCES NOT INCLUDED THEREIN; PROVIDING A PENALTY FOR THE
VIOLATION THEREOF NOT EXCEEDING $500 GENERALLY OR EXCEEDING
$2,000 FOR VIOLATIONS RELATING TO FIRE SAFETY, ZONING OR PUBLIC
HEALTH AND SANITATION OR EXCEEDING $4,000 FOR VIOLATIONS
RELATING TO DUMPING OF REFUSE; PROVIDING FOR THE AMENDMENT OF
SUCH CODE; AND PROVIDING WHEN SUCH CODE AND THIS ORDINANCE
SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ANNA, TEXAS:
Section 1. That the Code of Ordinances of the City of Anna, Texas, consisting of
Chapters 1 through 12, each inclusive, and Appendices, is hereby adopted and enacted
which shall supersede all other general and permanent ordinances of the City passed on
or before April 9, 2019.
Section 2. All ordinances of a general and permanent nature enacted on or before April
9, 2019, and not included in the Code or recognized and continued in force by reference
therein, are repealed.
Section 3. The codification consists of all ordinances as codified therein and as may be
revised pursuant to the ordinance codification process and as evidenced by the
memorandum of understanding provided as a part of said process.
Section 4. The repeal provided for in Section 2 hereof shall not be construed to revive
any ordinance or part thereof that has been repealed by a subsequent ordinance that is
repealed by this ordinance.
Section 5. Unless a differing penalty is expressly provided for within the Code, every
person convicted of a general violation of any provision of the Code or any rule,
ordinance, or police regulation of the City shall be punished by a fine not to exceed
$2,000.00 for violations of all such rules, ordinances and police regulations that govern
fire safety, zoning, or public health and sanitation, not to exceed $4,000.00 for violations
of all such rules, ordinances and police regulations that govern the dumping of refuse,
and not exceeding $500.00 for all other violations. Each act of violation and each day
upon which any such violation shall occur shall constitute a separate offense. The
penalty provided by this section, unless another penalty is expressly provided, shall apply
to the amendment of any Code section, whether or not such penalty is reenacted in the
amendatory ordinance. In addition to the penalty prescribed above, the City may pursue
other remedies such as abatement of nuisances, injunctive relief and revocation of
licenses or permits.
Section 6. Additions or amendments to the Code when passed in such form as to indicate
the intention of the City Council to make same a part of the Code shall be deemed to be
incorporated into the Code, so that reference to the Code includes the additions and
amendments.
Section 7. Ordinances adopted after April 9, 2019, that amend or refer to ordinances that
have been codified in the Code shall be construed as if they amend or refer to like
provisions of the Code.
Section 8. This ordinance and the Code adopted hereby shall become effective upon final
passage of this ordinance.
ADOPTED AND APPROV—EP BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ANNA,
TEXAS, ON THIS THE dam` DAY OF , 2019.
ATTEST:
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City Secretary