O77-17CITY OF KENNEDALE ORDINANCE NO. 77- 1.7
AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING AND ENACTING THE "KENNEDALE CITY CODE 1977", COMPILED
AND CODIFIED BY AUTHORITY OF THE CITY COUNCIL; CONTAINING THE PERMANENT GENERAL
ORDINANCES OF THE CITY; REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES AND PARTS OF ORDINANCES OF A
PERMANENT, GENERAL NATURE NOT INCLUDED IN THE CODE IN FULL OR BY REFERENCE; PRO-
VIDING A PENALTY FOR WRONGFULLY CHANGING OR TAMPERING WITH THE CODE; REGULATING
THE BRINGING OF THE CODE UP TO DATE; PROVIDING FOR CERTIFICATION OF COPIES OF
THE CODE, AND FOR SALE OF COPIES THEREOF; AND PRESCRIBING THE TIME WHEN THE CODE
SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE.
Be it ordained by the City Council of the City of Kennedale, Texas:
Sec. 1. Code adopted; how cited.
(a) The Code of Ordinances compiled and codified for the City of Kenne-
dale, Texas, by Charles F. Spencer of Ada, Oklahoma, by authority of the City
Council, entitled "Kennedale City Code 1977", consisting of chapters 1 to 17,
is hereby adopted and enacted for the City of Kennedale, Texas.
(b) The Code may be cited as "Kennedale City Code 1977" or "Kennedale
City Code" or other properly identifying designation. When A supplement or
supplements have been prepared and inserted in the Code as provided hereinbe-
low, the words "as amended" may be added to the citation or title when refer-
ring to the Code as amended.
Sec. 2. Permanent, general ordinances not included in Code are repealed.
All ordinances and parts of ordinances of a permanent, general nature
passed prior to the time this Code is adopted and in effect at the time the
Code is adopted, but not included in the Code in full or by reference, are
hereby repealed as of the time when the Code goes into effect.
Sec. 3. Repeal of ordinances not to affect any offense or act done prior to
time Code goes into effect, etc.
The repeal of ordinances and parts of ordinances of a permanent, general
nature by the above section of this ordinance shall not affect any offense com-
mitted or act done, or any contract, right,or obligation established prior to
the time when the ordinances and parts of ordinances are repealed.
Sec. 4. Temporary and/or special ordinances continue in effect, although
omitted from the Code.
(a) The continuance in effect of temporary and/or special ordinances and
parts of ordinances, although omitted form the Code, shall not be affected by
such omission therefrom; and the adoption of the Code shall not repeal or amend
any such ordinance or part of any such ordinance.
(b) Among the temporary and/or special ordinances not repealed or amended
by the adoption of the Code, are the following: Ordinances creating, opening,
dedicating, vacating, or closing specific streets, alleys, and other public
ways; relating to specific special easements; naming or changing the names of
specific streets and other public ways; establishing or changing the grades of
specific streets and other public ways;_ authorizing or relating, to specific
issues of bonds; creating or relating to specific sewer and paving districts
and other specific local improvement districts; annexing territory to, or dis-
annexing territory from, the City; calling or relating to a specific election;
appropriating money; making the annual tax levy; approving plats and dedication
deeds; approving, authorizing, or confining specific contracts with the State
or with others; authorizing a specific lease, sale, or purchase of property;
granting rights -of -way or other rights and privileges to specific railroad com-
panies or others; granting a specific public utility or other person, firm, or
corporation the right or privilege of constructing lines in the streets, alleys,
and other public areas, or of otherwise using such streets, alleys, and places;
granting a franchise to a specific public utility; changing the zoning classi-
fication of specific pieces of real property; and accepting specific street
improvements or other construction.
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other subdivisions of the Code printed in the supplement, and may make changes
in such catchlines and headings;
(3) assign appropriate numbers to sections and other subdivisions
inserted in the Code;
(4) change the words "this ordinance" or words of the same meaning
to "this chapter", "this article", "this division", etc., as the case may be,
or to "sections -- to --" (inserting section numbers to indicate the sections
of the Code which embody the substantive sections of the ordinances incor-
proated in the Code); and
(5) make other nonsubstantive changes necessary to preserve the
original meaning of ordinance sections inserted into the Code; but, in no
case, shall the codifier make any change in the meaning or effect of ordinance
material included in the supplement or already embodied in the Code.
(c) Each supplement shall include a new title page for the Code; and the
title page shall include a notation below the title indicating that the Code
contains all permanent, general ordinances passed prior to the date to which
the Code is brought up to date and still in effect.
(d) With prior approval of the City Attorney or City Council, a supplement
may include new materials in appendices to the Code for convenience of persons
using the Code.
(e) Every supplement shall include an index supplement if needed to in-
dex the materials in the supplement or supplements, or a new index to the Code.
(f) In preparing every supplement, the codifier shall be subject to the
direction and supervision of the City Attorney.
(g) After every supplement has been prepared and printed, a number of
copies of the supplement equal at least to the number of copies of the Code
still in existence, shall be deposited in the office of the City Secretary. On
request, the City Secretary shall furnish one copy of every supplement to each
holder of a copy of the Code without charge or at such charge as the Council
may determine.
Sec. 10. Penalty for altering or tampering with Code.
Any person, firm, or corporation who alters, changes, or amends the Code
of Ordinances adopted by this ordinance except in the manner prescribed by this
ordinance, or who alters or tampers with the Code in any manner so as to cause
the ordinances of the City to be misrepresented thereby, is guilty of a misde-
meanor, and upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not more than Two Hundred
Dollars ($200.00).
Sec. 11. Sale of copies of the Code.
The City Secretary is hereby authorized and directed,to sell copies of the
Code of Ordinances to the public at a price to be determined from time to time
by motion or resolution of the City Council.
Sec. 12. Separability.
If a part of the Code of Ordinances adopted by this ordinance or of this
ordinance is invalid, all valid parts which are severable from the invalid
parts remain in effect. If a part of this Code or of this ordinance is invalid
in one or more of its applications, the part remains in effect in all valid
applications which are severable from the invalid applications.
Sec. 13. Date of effect.
This ordinance and the Code of Ordinances adopted by it, shall take effect
and be in full force thirty (30) days from and after the passage, approval, and
publication of this ordinance.
PASSED AND APPROVED this the
C;,7ity Secretary ?
i City of Kennedale, Texas
;' EAT
AFFIDAVIT OF PUBLICATION
THE STATE OF TEXAS:
COUNTY OF TARRANT :
BEFORE IEE, the undersigned authority, on this day
perrsonally appeared (7 6N, publisher
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a weekly newspaper published in Tarrant
County, Texas, and of general circulation in the City of
Texas, who upon his oath swore that
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a true copy of such published notice },cs g hereto attached,
SUBSCRI3ED AND SWORN TO(efore me this o2 I day of
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CITY OF KENNEDALE
ORDINANCE NO. 77-18
AN ORDINANCE
PROVIDING FOR
UNIFORM RANGE OF
FINES FOR CONVICTION
OF A MISDEMEANOR
OFFENSE FOR
VIOLATION OF ANY
PROVISION OF ANY
ORDINANCE OF THE
CITY OF . KENNEDALE
HERETOFORE
PUNISHABLE BY FINE;
REPEALING ONLY THE
PROVISION RELATING
TO FINES IN ANY
EXISTING ORDINANCE
IN CONFLICT
HEREWITH, AND
AMENDING SUCH
PROVISION FOR FINES
IN ACCORDANCE WITH
THIS ORDINANCE; AND
PROVIDING AN EF-
FECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the City
Council of the City of
Kennedale, Texas, deems
it to be advantageous to
make the range of fines
uniform for all ordinances.
of the City of Kennedale,
Texas, for the purpose of
codification of ordinances
and enforcement thereof;
now, therefore:
BE IT ORDAINCEP BY
THE CITY COUNCIL'tOF
THE CITY OF KEN-
NEDALE, TEXAS:
1- That hereafter the
range of fines for
misdemeanor conviction of
violation of any provision
of any ordinance of the City
of Kennedale, Texas, now
providing punishment by
fine, shall be any sum not
to exceed Two Hundred
Dollars($200.00), for each
such conviction..
PASSED AND AP-
PROVED this 13th dayy of
October, 1977.
APPROVED: Steve
Radakovich, Mayor of the
City of Kennedale, Texas
ATTEST: Evelyn Tem-
pleton, City.Secreetary
CITY OF KENNEDALE
ORDINANCE NO. 77-17
AN ORDINANCE
ADOPTING AND
ENACTING THE
"KENNEDALE CITY
CODE 1977," COMPILED
AND CODIFIED BY
AUTHORITY OF THE
CITY COUNCIL;CON-
TAINING THE PER-
MANENT GENERAL
ORDINANCES OF THE.
CITY; REPEALING ALL
ORDINANCES AND
proval, and publication of
this ordinance -
PASSED' AND AP-
PROVED this the 13th day
of October, 1977.
Steve Radakovich, Mayor
of the City of Kennedale,
Texas
ATTEST: Evelyn Tem-
pleton, City Secretary
CITY OF KENNEDALE
ORDINANCE NO. 77-14
PARTS OF ORDINANCES
OF A PERMANENT, WHEREAS, the City of
GENERAL NATURE NOT Kennedale is incorporated
INCLUDED IN THE under Chapters 1-10, Title
CODE IN FULL OR BY 28, Revised Civil Statues of
REFERENCE; Texas, and can therefore
PROVIDING A PENALTY adopt an ordinance that
FOR WRONGFULLY requires the demolition or
CHANGING OR TAM- repair of a building that is
PERING WITH . THE dilapidated, substandard,
CODE; REGULATING unfit for human habitation,
THE BRINGING OF THE or a hazard to the health,
CODE UP TO DATE; safety, and welfare of
PROVIDING FOR Kennedale residents,
CERTIFICATION OF
COPIES OF THE CODE, BE IT ORDAINED BY
AND FOR SALE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF
COPIES THEREOF; AND THE CITY OF KEN -
PRESCRIBING THE NEDALE, TEXAS:
TIME WHEN THE CODE
SHALL BECOME EF- SECTION 5. LIEN.
FECTIVE. (a) Any officer abating a
nuisance under the
Be it ordained by the City provisions of this ordinance
Counr�l ‘of..., the -City9( Atha.l-40E►b�
Kennedale, 'Texas: Attorney a written
Sec. 10. Penalty for 'statement of any ' `ex -
altering or tampering with penditures made from city
Code. funds in connection
Any person, firm, or ` therewith, and it shall be.
corporation who alters, the duty of the City At
changes, or amends the Varney to proceed without
Code of Ordinances delay to foreclose such lien
adopted by this ordinance or otherwise compel the
except in the manner owner of such premises to
prescribed by this or- repay the amount thereof
dinance, or who alters or to the City, together with
tampers with the Code in ' all charges of collection.
any manner so as to cause PASSED AND AP -
the ordinances of the City . PROVED this 13th day .of
to be misrepresented October, 1977.
thereby, is guilty of a
misdemeanor, and upon Steve Radakovich, Mayor
conviction thereof, shall be " of the City of Kennedale,
fined not more than Two , Texas
Hundred Dollars ($200.00).
Sec. 13. Date of effect.
This ordinance and the
Code of Ordinances
adopted , by tt . kkali t
effect and be in full"force
thirty (30) days from and
after the passage, tip-
...
A'I'TFiST : Evelyn Tem-
pleton, City Secretary
James A. Arthur PTA-.-'
and Kennedale Middle and':
High. PTA are sponsoring a
Halloween. Party;. and .
Spook House again this
year. It=will be held at the.
City Hall, Monday, Oct. 31,
1977 from 5:30 pi, 8:30 p.m.
treats, crafts, movies, an
News Fro
aptist C
The ladies club of the
Kennedale Baptist Church
will have a bake sale on
November 22, 1977 at
Buddies, for the purpose of
raising money to buy candy
and fruit for the children. at,
Christmas time. All of the
ladies of the church are
asked to bring a cake or pie
or cookiesfor the bake
sale.
Bubba Wilson, son of
Rev. Mrs. Wilson has been
on the sick list, please
T, e.Boo s
At . omeCodn i1i
Heritage ---Books will be,=.r',
sold at the 1977 Kennedale
Ex. Homecoming held Nov..':
5; at the `Kennedale High
School cafeteria. These
Photograph Yo7
For insurance purposes,
photograph your property —
all of it, advises Miss
Elaine King, County Ex-
tension Agent.
A photographic record is .k
a vital supplement to an up-
to-date inventory of your
household goods. In the
event of loss from fire,
theft or natural disaster,
pictures will` help the
claims adjuster identify
property lost or destroyed
and determine quality and
-condition of-tbe roperty liy-
rjuestion.
Take exterior shots, too,
making sure that the