ADOPTING ORDINANCE
ORDINANCE NO. 02-02-11
AN ORDINANCE ENACTING A CODE OF ORDINANCES FOR THE CITY OF HOOKS, TEXAS, REVISING, AMENDING, RESTATING, CODIFYING AND COMPILING CERTAIN EXISTING GENERAL ORDINANCES OF THE POLITICAL SUBDIVISION DEALING WITH SUBJECTS EMBRACED IN SUCH 
CODE OF ORDINANCES, AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.                        
	WHEREAS, the present general and permanent ordinances of the political subdivision 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 municipality and for the proper conduct of its affairs; and
	WHEREAS, the Acts of the Legislature of the State of Texas empower and authorize the political subdivision to revise, amend, restate, codify and compile any existing ordinances and all new ordinances not heretofore adopted or published and to incorporate such ordinances into one ordinance in book form; and
	WHEREAS, the Legislative Authority of the Political Subdivision has authorized a general compilation, revision and codification of the ordinances of the Political Subdivision of a general and permanent nature and publication of such ordinance in book form; and
	WHEREAS, it is necessary to provide for the usual daily operation of the municipality and for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, safety and general welfare of the municipality that this ordinance take effect at an early date.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE LEGISLATIVE AUTHORITY OF THE POLITICAL SUBDIVISION OF THE CITY OF HOOKS, TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.	The general ordinances of the Political Subdivision as revised, amended, restated, codified, and compiled in book form are hereby adopted as and shall constitute the " Code of Ordinances of the City of Hooks, Texas."
	SECTION 2.	Such Code of Ordinances as adopted in Section 1 shall consist of the following Titles:
HOOKS, TEXAS
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Chapter
TITLE I:  GENERAL PROVISIONS
10.	General Provisions
11.	City Standards
TITLE III:  ADMINISTRATION
30.	City Government
31.	Boards and Commissions
32.	Police Protection
33.	Emergency Management
34.	Personnel Policies
35.	Taxation and Finance
36.	Records Management
TITLE V:  PUBLIC WORKS
50.	Garbage and Waste
51.	Water and Sewer Service
TITLE VII:  TRAFFIC CODE
70.	Traffic Regulations
71.	Parking Regulations
72.	Traffic Schedules
73.	Parking Schedules
TITLE IX:  GENERAL REGULATIONS
90.	Junked Vehicles
91.	Fire Protection and Prevention
92.	Nuisances
93.	Food Establishments
94.	Streets and Sidewalks
95.	Animals
96.	Parks
97.	Garage, Yard and Estate Sales
TITLE XI:  BUSINESS REGULATIONS
110.	General Business Regulations
111.	Alcoholic Beverages
112.	Peddlers, Solicitors and Itinerant Merchants
113.	Pawnbrokers and Dealers of Secondhand Merchandise
114.	Sexually Oriented Commercial Enterprises
115.	Taxicabs
116.	Telegraph, Telephone, Electric and Gas Companies
TITLE XIII:  GENERAL OFFENSES
130.	General Offenses
TITLE XV:  LAND USAGE
150.	Building Regulations
151.	Flood Damage Prevention
152.	Subdivision Code
153.	Zoning Code
154.	Comprehensive Plan
TABLE OF SPECIAL ORDINANCES
	Table
I.	Contracts and Agreements
II.	Dedications
III.	Easements
IV.	Franchises
V.	Sale of Property
 VI.	Vacations and Abandonments
PARALLEL REFERENCES
References to Texas Codes
References to Resolutions
References to Ordinances
	SECTION 3.	All prior ordinances pertaining to the subjects treated in such Code of Ordinances shall be deemed repealed from and after the effective date of this ordinance except as they are included and reordained in whole or in part in such Code or as this Code is hereafter amended either by previously or subsequently enacted ordinances that have not been included in this codification as of the date of its adoption; provided, 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, plat or dedication of land to public use, vacating or setting the boundaries of streets or other public places; nor shall such repeal affect any other ordinance of a temporary or special nature or pertaining to subjects not contained in or covered by the Code.
	SECTION 4.	Such Code shall be deemed published as of the day of its adoption and approval by the Legislative Authority and the Clerk of the Political Subdivision is hereby authorized and ordered to file a copy of such Code of Ordinances in the Office of the Clerk.
	SECTION 5.	Such Code shall be in full force and effect as provided in Section 6, and such 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.
	SECTION 6.	This ordinance is declared to be an emergency measure necessary for the immediate preservation of the peace, health, safety and general welfare of the people of this municipality, and shall take effect at the earliest date provided by law.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Legislative Authority of the Political Subdivision on this 11th day of February, 2002.
Ann Tillman /s/                                    
ANN TILLMAN, MAYOR
ATTEST:					APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Lisa Runnels /s/                                		J. Michael Brock /s/                               
LISA RUNNELS, CITY SECRETARY	J. MICHAEL  BROCK, CITY ATTORNEY