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 ADOPTING ORDINANCE

ORDINANCE NO. 32-2005  

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  • AN ORDINANCE ENACTING A CODE OF ORDINANCES FOR THE CITY OF VALPARAISO, INDIANA, REVISING, AMENDING, RESTATING, CODIFYING, AND COMPILING CERTAIN EXISTING GENERAL ORDINANCES OF THE CITY DEALING WITH SUBJECTS EMBRACED IN THE CODE
    WHEREAS, the present general and permanent ordinances of the City of Valparaiso are inadequately arranged and classified and are insufficient in form and substance for the complete preservation of the public peace, health, safety and general welfare of the city and for the proper conduct of its affairs; and
    WHEREAS, the Acts of the Legislature of the State of Indiana empower and authorize the Common Council to revise, amend, restate, codify and to compile any existing ordinances and all new ordinances not heretofore adopted or published and to incorporate the ordinances into one ordinance in book form; and
    WHEREAS, the Common Council has authorized a general compilation, revision and codification of the ordinances of the city of a general and permanent nature and publication of such ordinances in book form;
    WHEREAS, it is necessary to provide for the usual daily operation of the city and for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, safety and general welfare of the city that this ordinance take effect at an early date.
    NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED, by the Common Council of the City of Valparaiso:
    Section 1. The general ordinances of the City of Valparaiso as revised, amended, restated, codified, and compiled in book form are adopted as and shall constitute the "Code of Ordinances of the City of Valparaiso".
    Section 2. The Code as adopted in Section 1 shall consist of the following titles:
    VALPARAISO, INDIANA
    TABLE OF CONTENTS
    Chapter
    TITLE I: GENERAL PROVISIONS
    10. General Provisions
    11. City Standards
    TITLE III: ADMINISTRATION
    30. City Government
    31. Common Council
    32. City Officials
    33. Boards, Departments and Commissions
    34. Personnel Policies
    35. City Policies
    36. Ethics Policies
    37. Ordinance Violations Bureau
    TITLE V: PUBLIC WORKS
    50. Water Works
    51. Sewers
    52. Industrial Pretreatment
    53. Refuse and Recycling
    TITLE VII: TRAFFIC CODE
    70. General Provisions
    71. Traffic Regulations
    Appendix A: Explanation of citation
    Appendix B: Violation form
    Appendix C: Waiver allowing transfer
    72. Parking Regulations
    73. Traffic Schedules
    74. Parking Schedules
    TITLE IX: GENERAL REGULATIONS
    90. Abandoned Vehicles
    91. Animal Control Regulations
    92. City Cemeteries
    93. Public Health and Safety Standards; Public Nuisances
    94. Fire Prevention
    95. Streets and Sidewalks
    Appendix: Waiver of objection to installation of sidewalk and assessment thereof
    96. Noise
    Appendix A: Scientific Definitions
    Appendix B: Octave-Band Breakdowns
    TITLE XI: BUSINESS REGULATIONS
    110. Auctions
    111. Bowling and Billiards
    112. Junk Dealers
    113. Mobile Stores
    114. Transient Merchants, Itinerant Merchants and Itinerant Vendors
    115. Automobile Sales
    116. Taxicab Operations
    117. Theaters
    118. Popcorn Festival and Other Charitable Activities
    119. Cable Services
    Appendix: Credits to customers
    120. Garage Sales, Porch Sales and Yard Sales
    TITLE XIII: GENERAL OFFENSES
    130. General Offenses
    TITLE XV: LAND USAGE
    150. Building Regulations
    151. Trailers and Trailer Camps
    152. Sign Regulations
    153. Zoning
    PARALLEL REFERENCES
    INDEX
    Section 3. All prior ordinances pertaining to the subjects treated in the Code of Ordinances shall be deemed repealed from and after the effective date of the Code except as they are included and reordained in whole or in part in the Code; provided that such repeal shall not affect any offense committed or penalty incurred or any right established prior to the effective date of this ordinance, nor shall such repeal affect the provisions of ordinances levying taxes, appropriating money, annexing or detaching territory, establishing franchises or granting special rights to certain persons, authorizing public improvements, authorizing the issuance of bonds or borrowing of money, authorizing the purchase or sale of real or personal property, granting or accepting easements or plats, accepting dedications of land to public use, vacating or setting the boundaries of streets or other public places, nor shall such appeal affect any other ordinance of a temporary or special nature or pertaining to subjects not contained in or covered by the Code.
    Section 4. The Code shall be deemed published as of the day of its adoption and approval by the Common Council and the Clerk-Treasurer is hereby authorized and ordered to file a copy of the Code in the Office of the City Clerk-Treasurer.
    Section 5. The Code shall be in full force and effect from and after its date of passage, approval and publication as required by law. The Code shall be presumptive evidence in all courts and places of the ordinance and all provisions, sections, penalties and regulations therein contained, and of the date of passage, and that the same is properly signed, attested, recorded and approved and that any public hearings and notices thereof as required by law have been given.
    PASSED by the Common Council of the City of Valparaiso, Indiana by a _____ vote of all members present and voting, this 11th day of July, 2005.
    /s/
    Jon Costas, Mayor
    ATTEST:
    /s/
    Sharon E. Swihart, Clerk-Treasurer
    Presented by me to the Mayor of the City of Valparaiso, Indiana, this 11th day of July, 2005 at the hour of o’clock P.M.
    /s/
    Jon Costas, Mayor
    /s/
    Sharon E. Swihart, Clerk-Treasurer