ORDINANCE NO. 99-06-03-19

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AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CORINTH, TEXAS, ADOPTING SUPPLEMENT NO. 1 TO THE CODE OF ORDINANCES ADOPTED JUNE 4, 1992; PROVIDING FOR THE PRINTING THEREOF, AUTHENTICATION BY THE MAYOR AND ATTESTATION BY THE CITY SECRETARY; PROVIDING FOR THE REPEAL OF CERTAIN ORDINANCES; PROVIDING EXCEPTIONS TO REPEAL; PROVIDING PENALTIES; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

WHEREAS , the City Council of the City of Corinth, Texas, adopted a new Code of Ordinances for the City of Corinth on June 4, 1992; and

WHEREAS , said Code of Ordinances included Ordinances No. 1 through all ordinances passed through October 3, 1991; and

WHEREAS , the City Council has enacted additional ordinances amending the Code of Ordinances through and including Ordinance 98-12-17-34, passed on December 17, 1998; and

WHEREAS , it is necessary to supplement the Code of Ordinances to include those amendments within the body of the Code as provided by law; Now, Therefore,

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORINTH, TEXAS:

SECTION 1. That Supplement No. 1 to the Code of Ordinances of the City of Corinth heretofore approved by the City Council, be, and the same is hereby, adopted and shall hereafter constitute a supplement to the Code of Ordinances.

SECTION 2. That said Code of Ordinances, as heretofore adopted and amended, be, and the same is hereby rated and readopted in all respects as of June 4, 1992, except to the extent amended by this Supplement No. 1.

SECTION 3. That copies of Supplement No. 1, duly authenticated and approved by attachment to a certified copy of this ordinance, under facsimile signature of the Mayor and attested by the City Secretary, shall be printed and distributed to all holders of the Code of Ordinances in accordance with the current list kept for that purpose by the City Secretary.

SECTION 4. That said Code as supplemented hereby shall be admitted in evidence without further proof, and the City Secretary shall record this supplement adopted as amendments to said Code in the ordinance records of the city, and thereafter such Code, as amended and supplemented, shall serve as a record of the ordinances so codified, and it shall not be necessary in establishing the content of any particular ordinance so codified to go beyond said record.

SECTION 5. That all provisions of such Code, as amended and supplemented hereby, shall be in full force and effect from and after the date of this ordinance, and all ordinances of a general and permanent nature, enacted on final passage on or before December 17, 1998, and not included in such Code or recognized and enforced by reference therein, are hereby repealed from and after December 17, 1998, except as hereinafter provided. No resolution of the City Council not specifically mentioned herein is repealed.

SECTION 6. That the repeal provided for in Section 5 above shall not affect the following:

Any offense or act committed or done or penalty or forfeiture incurred or any contract or right established or accruing before the date of this supplement;

Any ordinance promising or guaranteeing the payment of money for the city, or authorizing the issuance of any bond of the city or any evidence of the city's indebtedness;

Any contract or obligation assumed by the city;

Any right or franchise granted by the city;

Any ordinance dedicating, naming, establishing, locating, relocating, opening, paving, widening, or vacating any street or public way in the city, including any ordinance adopting a master thoroughfare plan, or comprehensive master plan;

Any ordinances relating to municipal maintenance agreements with the State of Texas or any other political subdivision;

Any ordinance establishing or prescribing grades for streets in the city;

Any appropriation ordinance or ordinance providing for the levy of taxes or for an annual budget;

Any ordinance relating to local improvements and assessments therefor;

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

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

Any ordinance prescribing the rates to be charged by public utilities or public service corporations;

Any ordinance amending the zoning map or rezoning specific property;

Any ordinance enacted after December 17, 1998; and

Any ordinance calling an election for or adopting a home rule charter for the City of Corinth.

SECTION 7. It is the intention of the City Council to make this Supplement and the amendments incorporated within it part of the Code of Ordinances when printed or reprinted in page form, distributed to and incorporated within the original Code of Ordinance books distributed by the City Secretary. A copy of such Code as supplemented hereby shall be available for all persons desiring to examine the same in the office of the City Secretary during regular business hours. Ordinances passed subsequent to the enactment of this Supplement or December 17, 1998 shall be added to the body of the Code of Ordinances and incorporated within it by reference, so that reference to the Code of Ordinances of the City of Corinth shall be understood and intended to include such additions and amendments.

SECTION 8. Whenever in the Code of Ordinances an act is prohibited or is made or declared to be unlawful or an offense or a misdemeanor, or whenever such code is the doing of any act is required or the failure to do any act is declared to be unlawful, the violation of such provision of the Code by any person, firm or corporation shall be deemed to be a misdemeanor and, upon conviction in the Municipal Court of the City of Corinth, such person, firm or corporation shall be punished by a penalty of fine not to exceed the sum of Five Hundred ($500.00) Dollars for each offense, except where a different penalty has been established by state law for such offense, including traffic offenses, in which the penalty shall be that fixed by state law, and for any offense which is a violation of any provision that governs fire safety, zoning, public health and sanitation or dumping refuse as that term is defined by Chapter 365 of the Texas Health and Safety Code, as amended, known as the Texas Litter Abatement Act, the penalty shall be a fine not to exceed the sum of Two Thousand ($2,000.00) Dollars for each offense, and each and every day such offense is continued shall constitute a new and separate offense.

SECTION 9. This ordinance shall take effect immediately from and after its passage as the law and charter in such cases provide.

DULY PASSED by the City Council of the City of Corinth, Texas, the 3rd day of June , 1999.

APPROVED:

/s/ Shirley Spellerberg
Shirley Spellerberg
Mayor, City of Corinth, Texas

ATTEST:

/s/ Connie Bell
City Secretary, City of Corinth, Texas

APPROVED AS TO FORM:

/s/ Robert L. Dillard, III
Robert L. Dillard, III (5/27/99)
City Attorney

CERTIFICATE

STATE OF TEXAS §
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COUNTY OF DENTON §

This Supplement No. 1 to the Code of Ordinances of the City of Corinth, adopted and enacted on the 3rd day of June 1999, as "Supplement No. 1 to the Code of Ordinances, City of Corinth, Texas," by ordinance 99-06-03-19 of the City Council, and effective the same date, is hereby duly authenticated and approved.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name as Mayor of the City of Corinth, attested by the City Secretary, with the seal of the city affixed hereto, this day of 1999.

	/s/ Shirley Spellerberg Shirley Spellerberg, Mayor City of Corinth, Texas

ATTEST:

/s/ Connie Bell Connie Bell, City Secretary City of Corinth, Texas

ORDINANCE NO. 00-08-17-16

AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CORINTH, TEXAS, ADOPTING SUPPLEMENT NO. 2 TO THE CODE OF ORDINANCES ADOPTED JUNE 4, 1992; PROVIDING FOR THE PRINTING THEREOF, AUTHENTICATION BY THE MAYOR AND ATTESTATION BY THE CITY SECRETARY; PROVIDING FOR THE REPEAL OF CERTAIN ORDINANCES; PROVIDING EXCEPTIONS TO REPEAL; PROVIDING PENALTIES; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Corinth, Texas, adopted a new Code of Ordinances for the City of Corinth on June 4, 1992; and

WHEREAS, said Code of Ordinances included Ordinances No. 1 through all ordinances passed through October 3, 1991; and

WHEREAS, said Code of Ordinances was supplemented by Supplement No. 1 adopted by Ordinance No. 99-06-03-19 on June 3, 1999; and

WHEREAS, the City Council has enacted additional ordinances amending the Code of Ordinances through and including Ordinance 99-12-16-48, passed on December 16, 1999; and

WHEREAS, it is necessary to further supplement the Code of Ordinances to include those amendments within the body of the Code as provided by law; Now, Therefore,

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORINTH, TEXAS:

SECTION 1. That Supplement No. 2 to the Code of Ordinances of the City of Corinth heretofore approved by the City Council, be, and the same is hereby, adopted and shall hereafter constitute a supplement to the Code of Ordinances.

SECTION 2. That said Code of Ordinances, as heretofore adopted and amended, be, and the same is hereby ratified and readopted in all respects as of June 4, 1992, except to the extent amended by previous supplements and this Supplement No. 2.

SECTION 3. That copies of Supplement No. 2, duly authenticated and approved by attachment to a certified copy of this ordinance, under facsimile signature of the Mayor and attested by the City Secretary, shall be printed and distributed to all holders of the Code of Ordinances in accordance with the current list kept for that purpose by the City Secretary.

SECTION 4. That said Code, as heretofore supplemented and as supplemented hereby, shall be admitted in evidence without further proof, and the City Secretary shall record this supplement adopted as an amendment to said Code in the ordinance records of the city, and thereafter such Code, as amended and supplemented, shall serve as a record of the ordinances so codified, and it shall not be necessary in establishing the content of any particular ordinance so codified to go beyond said record.

SECTION 5. That all provisions of such Code, as amended and supplemented previously and hereby, shall be in full force and effect from and after the date of this ordinance, and all ordinances of a general and permanent nature, enacted on final passage on or before December 16, 1999, and not included in such Code or recognized and enforced by reference therein, are hereby repealed from and after December 16, 1999, except as hereinafter provided. No resolution of the City Council not specifically mentioned herein is repealed.