1966-035AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING AND ENACTING A NEW CODE OF ORDI-
NANCES OF THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS,
ESTABLISHING THE SAME, PROVIDING FOR
THE REPEAL OF CERTAIN ORDINANCES NOT
INCLUDED THEREIN, EXCEPT AS HEREIN
EXPRESSLY PROVIDED, 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 ORDI-
NANCE SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE
BE IT ORDAINED BY TIlE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DENTON,
TEXAS
Section 1 That the Code of Ordxnances, consisting of Chapters
1 through Z6, each inclusive, is hereby adopted and enacted as the "Code
of Ordinances, City of Denton, Texas" and shall be treated and considered
as a new and original comprehensive ordinance which shall supersede all
other genexal and permanent ordinances passed by the City Council on or
before November Z3, 1965, to the extent prowded in Section Z hereof
Section Z That all provis~ons of such Code shall be in full force
and effect from and after the 27th day of October , 1966, and all
ordinances of a general and permanent nature of the City of Denton, enacted
on final passage on or before November Z3, 1965, and not included in such
Code or recognized and continued ~n force by reference th~re~n are hereby
repealed from and after the 27th day of October , 1966, except
as hereinafter provided
Section 3 That the repeal provided for in Section Z hereof shall
not affect any of the following
(1) Any offense or act commttted or done or any penalty or
forfetture incurred or any contract or r~ght established or
accruing before the effective date of such Code,
(Z) 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,
(3) Any contract or obligation assumed by the City,
(4) Any right or franchise granted by the City,
(5) Any ordinance dedicating, naming, establishing, locating,
relocating, opening, pawng, w~dening, vacating, etc ,
any street or public way in the City,
(6) Any ordinance relating to municipal street maintenance
agreements with the State of Texas,
(7) Any ordinance establishing or prescribing grades for
streets in the City,
(8) .Any appropriation ordinance or ordinance providing for
the levy of taxes or for an annual budget,
(9) Any ordinance relating to local improvements and assess-
ments therefor,
(10) Any ordinance annexing territory to the City or discontinuing
territory as a part of the City,
(11) Ordinances prescribing traffic regulations for specific
streets, such as ordinances designating one-way streets,
no parking areas, truck routes, stop Intersections, inter-
sections where traffic is to be controlled by signals, etc ,
(12) Any ordinance approving plats of subdivisions or additions
to the City, prescribing restrictions or regulations for the
same, or otherwise relating to a specific subdiwslon or
addition,
(13) Ordinance No 61-19, adopted by the City Council on July
25, 1961, and being the City's zoning ordinance, and
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amendments thereto, and ordinances changing the classi-
fication of specific property or amending the zonir~ map,
(14) Chapter 13, Part 1 of the 1959 Code, being the City's
subdivision regulations,
(15) Ordinance No 64-35, adopted Jull~ 14, 1964, which added
]Part lA to the Cit!r's subdivision regulattons providing
for extraterritorial jurisdiction of the City,
(16)Any ordinance e~cted after November 23, 1965
The repeal provided for in Section 2 hereof shall not be c~nstrued
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 ts prohibited or
is made or declared to be unlawful or an offense or m~sdemeanor, or when-
ever in such Code the doing of an), act is required or the failure to do any
act xs declared to be unlawful and no specific penalty is provided therefor,
the violation of any such provision of such Code shall be punished by a fine
not exceeding two hundred dollars ($Z00 00), as provided ~n Section 1-5 of
such Code
Section 5 That an), and all additions and amendments to such
Code~ when passed in such form as to indicate the intentxon of the Cxt¥
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 Denton,
Texas" shall be understood and intended to include such additions and
amendments
Sectton 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 th~s ordinance and Section 1-5 of such Code shall apply to the
section as amended, or, in case such amendment contatns provisions for
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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
Section 7 That a copy of such Code shall be kept on file m the
office of the City Secretary preserved in looseleaf form, or in such other
form as the City Secretary may consider most expedient It shall be the
express duty of the City Secretary, or someone authortzed 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 thereof 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 portxon 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
Denton to be misrepresented thereby Any person violating this section
shall be punished as provided in Section 4 of this ordinance
Section 9 All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict
herewith are, to the extent of such conflict, hereby repealed
Section 10 This ordinance shall become effective the 2?th
day of ~)ctober , 1966
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SECTION 11
If any section, subsection, paragraph, sentence, clause
or phrase of this ordinance, or of the herein adopted new
Code of Ordinances, should be declared invalid for any reason
whatsoever, such decision shall not affect the remamn~ng por-
tmons, which shall remamn mn full force and effect, and to this
end the provmsmons of this ordinance are hereby declared to
be severable.
PABBED AND APPROVED at a regular meeting of the Cmty
Councml of the City of Denton, Texas, on thms the 27th day of
September, 1966, with all members present voting "aye" for the
passage of same
Warren Whltson, Jr., Mayor
C~ty of Denton, Texas
ATTEST
Brooks Holt, Cmty Secretary
City of Denton, Texas
APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM
ck Q Barton, City Attorney
~y of Denton, Texas
CERTIFICATE
THE STATE OF TEXAS ~
COUNTY OF DENTON ~
Thms Code of Cxvzl and Crzmmnal Ordmnances of the C~ty of
Denton~ adopted and enacted on the 27th day of September, 1966,
as the"Code of Ordmnances, Cmty of Denton, Texas" by ordinance
of the Cmty Councml effectmve the 27th day of October, 1966,
and after the adoptmon and publmcatzon of the adoptmng ordmn-
ance as requmred by law, ms hereby duly authentzcated and
approved
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscrmbed my name as
MAyor of the Czty of Denton, attested by the Cmty Secretary,
wmth ehe Seal of the Cmty affixed hereto, thms 27th day of
September, 1966
ATTEST Warren Whmtson, Jr , Mayor
City of Denton, Texas
~rooks Holt, Cmty Secretary
Cmty of Denton, Texas