CODE OF ORDINANCES CITY OF SWEETWATER, TEXAS

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Adopted, December 11, 1984
Effective, December 11, 1984

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Published in 1984 by Order of the City Commission

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OFFICIALS

of the

City of

SWEETWATER, TEXAS

AT THE TIME OF THIS CODIFICATION

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Tom E. Wideman, Jr.

Mayor

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Britt A. Jolley

Mayor Pro tem

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Carroll L. Kearney

Larry S. May

Frankie So Relle

City Commission

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Charles Griggs

City Attorney

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Bob Hart

City Manager

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Kenneth Roussel

Director of Finance

CURRENT OFFICIALS

of the

City of

SWEETWATER, TEXAS

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Jim McKenzie

Mayor

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Larry May—Precinct 1

Jim Lee—Precinct 2

Ricky Castro—Precinct 3

Jerod Peek—Precinct 4

Council Members

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Peter Sheridan

City Attorney

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T. Daniel Santee of Denton Navarro Rocha Bernal & Zech, P.C.

Special Counsel

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David A. Vela, ICMA-CM

City Manager

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Patty Torres

City Secretary/Comptroller

PREFACE

This Code constitutes a complete recodification of the 1956 Code of the City of Sweetwater and subsequent ordinances of the city of a general and permanent nature.

Source materials used in the preparation of the Code were the 1956 Code and ordinances subsequently adopted by the Council. 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 section of the 1956 Code and any subsequent 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 6 is numbered 6-1 and the third section of Chapter 10 is 10-3. 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 15-5 and 15-6 is desired to be added, such new sections would be numbered 15-5.1, 15-5.2 and 15-5.3, respectively. New chapters may be included in the same manner. If the new material is to be included between Chapters 8 and 9, it will be designated as Chapter 8.5. 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 chapter 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.

Indices

The indices of the Code have 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 each index 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.

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 Thomas B. Calhoun, Supervising 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 Bob Hart, City Manager, Kenneth Roussel, Director of Finance and Charles Griggs, City Attorney, for their cooperation and assistance during the progress of the work on this Code. It is hoped that their 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.

MUNICIPAL CODE CORPORATION
Tallahassee, Florida

ORDINANCE NO. 84-29

An Ordinance adopting and enacting a new code of ordinances for the city of Sweetwater, Texas; establishing the same; providing for the repeal of certain ordinances not included therein; providing a penalty for the violation thereof; providing for the manner of amending such code; and providing when such code and this ordinance shall become effective, and declaring an emergency.

Be it ordained by the City Commission of the City of Sweetwater, Texas:

Section 1. The Code of Ordinances, consisting of Chapters 1 to 29, each inclusive, is hereby adopted and enacted as the "Code of Ordinance of the City of Sweetwater," which Code shall supersede all general and permanent ordinances of the City passed on or before December 13, 1983, to the extent provided in section 2 hereof.

Section 2. All provisions of the Code shall be in full force and effect from and after the 11th day of December, 1984, and all ordinances of a general and permanent nature enacted on final passage on or before December 13, 1983, and not included in the Code or recognized and continued in force by reference therein are hereby repealed from and after the effective date of the Code.

Section 3. 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. Unless another penalty is expressly provided, a violation of any provision of such Code, or any provision of any rule and regulation adopted or issued pursuant thereto, shall be punished by a fine in an amount not to exceed the maximum allowed by law as provided in Section 1-11 of such Code.

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

Section 6. In case of the amendment of any section of the Code for which a penalty is not provided, the general penalty as provided in Section 1-11 of such Code shall apply to the section as amended, or in case the 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 the other section shall be held to relate to the section so amended, unless the penalty is specifically repealed therein.

Section 7. All ordinances adopted after December 13, 1983, which amend or refer to ordinances which have been codified in such Code, shall be construed as if they amend or refer to like provisions of such Code.

Section 8. It being found by the City Commission that it is necessary for the immediate preservation of public business, public property and safety that this ordinance take effect immediately, an emergency is hereby declared and this ordinance shall become effective as of its first reading and adoption.

READ, PASSED AND ADOPTED this the 11th day of December, 1984.

 

	Tom E. Wideman, Jr., Mayor

ATTEST:

/s/  Kenneth T. Roussel, City Secretary

APPROVED AS TO FORM:

 

City Attorney, Charles Griggs

STATE OF TEXAS
COUNTY OF NOLAN
CITY OF SWEETWATER

I, Kenneth T. Roussel, City Secretary of the City of Sweetwater, hereby certify that the foregoing and annexed is a true and correct copy of an ordinance duly enacted by the City Commission on the 11th day of December, 1984.

WITNESS MY HAND AND OFFICIAL SEAL OF OFFICE this 11th day of December, 1984.

 

	City Secretary

City of Sweetwater