CODE CITY OF TAYLOR, TEXAS

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CHARTER
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GENERAL ORDINANCES OF THE CITY

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Adopted, February 23, 1982

Effective, June 1, 1982

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Published in 1982 by Order of the City Council

Republished in 2014

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CURRENT OFFICIALS
of the
CITY OF TAYLOR, TEXAS

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Brandt Rydell
Mayor

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Christine Lopez
Mitchell Drummond
Brandt Rydell
Robert Garcia
Dwayne Ariola
City Council

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Isaac D. Turner
City Manager

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Dianna Barker
City Clerk

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Ted Hejl
City Attorney

OFFICIALS

of the

CITY OF TAYLOR, TEXAS

AT THE TIME OF THIS CODIFICATION

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George Ruzicka

Chairman

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Clifford Preuss, J. J. Crim, and Herbert Stoll

Board of Commissioners

Sherry Morrison

City Clerk

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Dan Mize

City Manager

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Tom Bullion

City Attorney

PREFACE

This Code is a codification of the ordinances of the City of Taylor, Texas, of a general and permanent nature. As expressed in the Adopting Ordinance, the Code supersedes all such ordinances not included therein or recognized as continuing in force by reference thereto.

The source of each section is included in the history note appearing in parentheses at the end thereof. The absence of such a note indicates that the section is new and was adopted for the first time with the adoption of the Code. By use of the Comparative Tables appearing in the back of this volume, the reader can locate any ordinance included herein.

The chapters of the Code have been conveniently arranged in alphabetical order and the various sections within each chapter have been catchlined to facilitate usage. Footnotes which tie related sections of the Code together and which refer to relevant state laws have been included. A table listing the state law citations and setting forth their location within the Code is included at the back of this volume.

Numbering System

The numbering system used in this Code is the same system used in many state and municipal codes. Each section number consists of two component parts separated by a dash, the figure before the dash referring to the chapter number and the figure after the dash referring to the position of the section within the chapter. Thus, the first section of Chapter 1 is numbered 1-1 and the tenth section of Chapter 17 is 17-10. Under this system, each section is identified with its chapter and at the same time new sections or even whole chapters can be inserted in their proper place simply by using the decimal system for amendments. By way of illustration: If new material consisting of three sections that would logically come between sections 6-4 and 6-5 is desired to be added, such new sections would be numbered 6-4.1, 6-4.2 and 6-4.3, respectively. New chapters may be included in the same manner. If new material is to be included between Chapters 12 and 13, it will be designated as Chapter 12.5. Care should be taken that the alphabetical arrangement of chapters is maintained when including new chapters. New articles and new divisions may be included in the same way or, in the case of articles, may be placed at the end of the chapters embracing the subject, and, in the case of divisions, may be placed at the end of the article embracing the subject, the next successive number being assigned to the article or division.

Index

The general index of the Code has been prepared with the greatest of care. Each particular item has been placed under several headings, some of the headings being couched in lay phraseology, others in legal terminology, and still others in language generally used by municipal officials and employees. There are numerous cross references within the index itself which stand as guideposts to direct the user to the particular item in which he is interested.

Looseleaf Supplements

A special feature of this Code to which the attention of the user is especially directed is the looseleaf system of binding and supplemental servicing for the Code. With this system, the Code will be kept up-to-date periodically. Upon the final passage of amendatory ordinances, they will be properly edited and the appropriate page or pages affected will be reprinted. These new pages will be distributed to holders of copies of the Code, with instructions for the manner of inserting the new pages and deleting the obsolete pages. Each such amendment, when incorporated into this Code, may be cited as a part hereof, as provided in Section 5 of the Adopting Ordinance.

The successful maintenance of this Code up-to-date at all times will depend largely upon the holder of the volume. As revised sheets are received, it will then become the responsibility of the holder to have the amendments inserted according to the attached instructions. It is strongly recommended by the publishers that all such amendments be inserted immediately upon receipt to avoid misplacing them and, in addition, that all deleted pages be saved and filed for historical reference purposes.

Acknowledgments

The publication of this Code was under direct supervision of George R. Langford, President, and Roger D. Merriam, Editor, of the Municipal Code Corporation, Tallahassee, Florida. Credit is gratefully given to the other members of the publisher's staff for their sincere interest and able assistance throughout the project.

The publishers are most grateful to Thomas M. Bullion, City Attorney, for his cooperation and assistance during the progress of the work on this Code. It is hoped that his efforts and those of the publishers have resulted in a Code of Ordinances which will make the active law of the city readily accessible to all citizens and which will be a valuable tool in the day-to-day administration of the city's affairs.

February, 1982

MUNICIPAL CODE CORPORATION

Tallahassee, Florida

ADOPTING ORDINANCE

An Ordinance Adopting and Enacting a New City Code For the City of Taylor, 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 Ordinance Shall Become Effective; And Declaring An Emergency In Its Enactment.

Be It Ordained By The City Of Taylor:

Section 1. That the Taylor City Code, consisting of Chapters 1 to 29, each inclusive, is hereby adopted and enacted as "The Taylor City Code," and shall be treated and considered as a new and original comprehensive ordinance which Code shall supersede all general and permanent ordinances of the City of Taylor adopted on or before June 3, 1981, 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 June 1, 1982, and all ordinances of a general and permanent nature of the City of Taylor, adopted on final passage on or before June 3, 1981 and not included in such Code or recognized and continued in force by reference therein, are hereby repealed from and after the effective date of such Code.

Section 3. That the repeal provided for in Section 2 hereof shall not affect any of the following:

(1)

Any offense or act committed or one or any penalty or forfeiture incurred or any contract or right established or accruing before the effective date of such Code;

(2)

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 obligations assumed by the City;

(4)

Any right or franchise granted by the City;

(5)

Any ordinance dedicating, naming, establishing, locating, relocating, opening, paving, widening, 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 assessments therefor;

(10)

Any ordinance annexing territory to the City or discontinuing territory as a part of the City;

(11)

Any ordinance dedicating or accepting any plat or subdivision in the City;

(12)

Ordinances or resolutions prescribing traffic regulations for specific streets, such as ordinances or resolutions designating one-way streets, no parking areas, truck routes, stop intersections where traffic is to be controlled by signals, etc.;

(13)

Any ordinance establishing or imposing any rates, charges or fees for water service or sewer or solid waste disposal service not inconsistent herewith;

(14)

The City's zoning ordinance and any amendment thereto;

(15)

Any ordinance dealing with personnel policies or pensions or retirement for city officers and employees;

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Any ordinance setting rates for electricity or natural gas;

(17)

Any administrative ordinance not inconsistent herewith;

(18)

Any ordinance enacted after June 3, 1981.

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 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 any 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 or is declared to [be] an offense or a misdemeanor 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 ($200.00), as provided in Section 1-8 of such Code, provided, however that no penalty shall be greater or less than the penalty provided for the same or a similar offense under the laws of the state.

Section 5. Any and all additions and amendments to such Code, when passed in such form as to indicate the intention of the Board of Commissioners to make the same a part of such Code, shall be deemed to be incorporated in such Code, so that reference to such Code shall be understood and intended to include such additions and amendments.

Section 6. That 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 in Section 1-8 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.

Section 7. A copy of such Code shall be kept on file in the office of the City Clerk preserved in looseleaf form, or in such other form as the City Clerk may consider most expedient. It shall be the express duty of the City Clerk, or someone authorized by him, to insert in their designated places all amendments or ordinances which indicate the intention of the Board of Commissioners 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 Board of Commissioners. This copy of such Code shall be available for all persons desiring to examine the same.

Section 8. 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 Taylor 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. An emergency exists necessitating the suspension of any rule requiring multiple readings of this ordinance and all multiple readings of this ordinance are hereby waived.

Section 11. This ordinance shall become effective on the first day of June, A.D., 1982.

INTRODUCED, PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED AS AN EMERGENCY MEASURE by the unanimous vote of all members of the City Commission of the City of Taylor on this the 23rd day of February, A.D., 1982.

/s/ George Ruzicka,
Chairman of the Board of Commissioners
of the City of Taylor

ATTEST:

/s/ Sherry Morrison
City Clerk

(SEAL)