O-79-585 - 2/22/1979ORDINANCE NO..5.6--
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF ROUND ROCK, TEXAS, ADOPTING AND
ENACTING A NEW CODE OF ORDINANCES; ESTABLISHING THE SAME;
PROVIDING FOR THE REPEAL OF CERTAIN ORDINANCES NOT INCLUDED;
PROVIDING EXCEPTIONS; PROVIDING FOR THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF
SUCH CODE; PROVIDING FOR CODE DESIGNATIONS, CATCHLINES,
DEFINITIONS, AMENDMENTS, SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING FOR A
PENALTY NOT TO EXCEED TWO HUNDRED ($200.00) DOLLARS; PRO-
VIDING FOR BEER REGULATIONS; PROVIDING FOR SWIMMING POOL
CHARGES; PROVIDING FOR REGULATION OF LIVESTOCK; PROVIDING
FOR STANDARD GAS, MECHANICAL AND FIRE CODE REGULATIONS;
PROVIDING FOR TRAFFIC CONTROL REGULATIONS; AND ADOPTING
THE 1978 EDITION OF THE NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CODE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ROUND ROCK, TEXAS:
Section 1. That the Code of Ordinances, consisting of Chapters 1
through 11, each inclusive, is hereby adopted and enacted as the "Code of
Ordinances, City of Round Rock, 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
December 28, 1978, to the extent provided herein.
Section 2. That all provisions of such Code shall be in full force
and effect from and after the 2nd day of March, 1979, and all ordinances of a
general and permanent nature of the City of Round Rock enacted on final passage
on or before December 28, 1979, and not included in this Code or recognized
and continued in force by reference herein, are hereby repealed from and after
the 2nd day of March, 1979, except as hereinafter provided. No resolution of
the City is repealed by this Ordinance.
Section 3. That the repeal provided for in Section 2 above shall
not effect any of the following:
(a) Any events or act committed or done, or any penalty of
forfeiture incurred, or any contract or right established or accruing before
the effective date of this 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, locating,
relocating, opening, paving, widening, vacating, or affecting the right-of-
way of 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 appropiration Ordinance or Ordinance providing for the levy
of taxes or 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) Any Ordinance enacted after December 28, 1978;
(m) Any Ordinance amending the City Zoning Map;
(n) Any Ordinance pertaining to the holding of municipal elections.
The repeal provided for in Section 2 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 wherever 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 an act is required or the failure to do any act is
declared to be unlawful and no specific penalty is provided, the violation of
any such provision of such Code shall be punished by a fine not to exceed the
sum of Two Hundred ($200.00) Dollars for each offense or for each day such
offense shall continue, if it is one classified as continuing offense; pro-
vided, however, that no penalty shall be greater or less than the penalty
provided for the same or similar offense under the laws of the State of Texas.
Section 5. That any and all amendments and additions to such Code,
when passed in such form as to indicate the intention of the City Council to
to make the same a part of the Code, shall be deemed to be incorporated in
such Code so that reference to the "Code of Ordinances, City of Round Rock,
Texas", shall be understood and intended to include such additions and
amendments.
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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 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 of the same Chapter, the penalty
so provided in such other Section shall be held to relate to the Section so
amended, unless penalty is specifically repealed therein.
Section 7. That a copy of the Code shall be kept on file in the
office of the City Secretary in loose-leaf form. It shall be the express duty
of the City Secretary, or someone authorized by the City Secretary, to insert
in the designated places all amendments or Ordinances which indicate the in-
tention of the City Council to make the same a part of such Code, when the same
has 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. Such
copy of such Code shall be available for all persons desiring to examine the
same at any time during regular business hours.
Section 8. That it shall be unlawful for any person to change or
amend, by additions or deletions, any part or portion of this 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 Round
Rock 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 Sections 1 through 6 of Chapter 1, pertaining to
How Code Designated, Catchlines, Definitions, Amendments, Penalties, and
Severability; Section 8 of Chapter 1, pertaining to Beer Regulations; and
Section 21 of Chapter 1, pertaining to Swimming Pool Charges are hereby adopted
as printed and included in this Code of Ordinances.
Section 11. That Section 1 of Chapter 2, pertaining to Livestock, is
hereby adopted as printed and included in this Code of Ordinances.
Section 12. That Section 5, Subsection B of Chapter 3, pertaining to
the Standard Gas Code; Section 6, Subsections B and C of Chapter 3, pertaining
to the Standard Mechanical Code, and Section 8, Subsection A of Chapter 3,
adopting the 1978 Edition of the National Electircal Code, are hereby adopted
as printed and included in this Code of Ordinances.
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Section 13. That Section 1, Subsection B of Chapter 5, pertaining to
the Standard Fire Code, is hereby adopted as printed and included in this Code
of Ordinances.
Section 14. That Sections 1 through 3 (D) of Chapter 9, pertaining
to the Uniform Traffic Act, Traffic Control Devices, and Speed Limits; and
Section 8 of Chapter 9, pertaining to Ratification of Existing Traffic Control
Devices are hereby adopted as printed and included in this Code of Ordinances.
Section 15. That all Ordinances or parts of Ordinances in conflict
herewith are, to the extent of such conflict, hereby repealed.
Section 16. That this Ordinance shall take effect from and after its
passage in accordance with Section 3.13 of the Home Rule Charter for the City
of Round Rock, Texas.
READ and APPROVED on first reading this the
1979.
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READ, APPROVED, and ADOPTED on second reading this oC day of
ATTEST:
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, 1979.
ROBERT G. GRIFFITH i yor
City of Round Rock, exas
E LAND, City Secretary
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