ORD 867 08/26/2008 ORDINANCE NO. 8 6 7
AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING AND ENACTING A CODE OF ORDINANCES
FOR THE CITY OF CIBOLO, TEXAS; PROVIDING FOR THE REPEAL OF
CERTAIN ORDINANCES NOT INCLUDED THEREIN; PROVIDING FOR THE
SAVING OF CERTAIN ORDINANCES OUTSIDE OF THE CODE;
PROVIDING A PENALTY FOR THE VIOLATION THEREOF; PROVIDING
FOR THE MANNER OF AMENDING SUCH CODE; AND PROVIDING FOR
AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the City of Cibolo was incorporated as a Type A General Law City in 1965; and
WHEREAS, the City of Cibolo adopted a home rule municipal charter on May 24, 2004; and
WHEREAS, in order to provide for good government,the protection of its citizens and the orderly
development of the City; since its inception the City has adopted hundreds of laws
pursuant to State and Federal Constitutional and statutory authority; and
WHEREAS, in order to provide for the continued growth of the City and organized management
of its records of laws the City retained the services of the Municipal Code
Corporation in December 2005; and
WHEREAS, Article III, Section 3.15(2) of the City of Cibolo City Charter, the City Council is
authorized and required to plan and budget for the codification of its ordinances;and
WHEREAS, City staff has reviewed all the Ordinances and found that certain Ordinances would
better serve the public by being separate and apart from a comprehensive Code of
Ordinances
NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CIBOLO,TEXAS, THAT:
SECTION 1.
The Code entitled "Code of Ordinances, City of Cibolo, Texas," published by Municipal Code
Corporation, consisting of chapters 1 through 78, each inclusive, is hereby adopted.
SECTION 2.
All ordinances of a general and permanent nature enacted on or before October 23, 2007, and not
included in the Code or recognized herein and continued in force by reference, are repealed.
SECTION 3.
The repeal provided for in section 2 hereof shall not be construed to revive any ordinance or part
thereof that has been repealed by a subsequent ordinance that is repealed by this ordinance.
SECTION 4.
The following Ordinances not included in the Code of Ordinances are hereby saved from repeal and
shall remain effective until expressly amended or repealed by subsequent action by the City Council:
Ordinance No. 622 Ordinance No. 52 Ordinance No. 542
Ordinance No. 426 Ordinance No. 784 Ordinance No. 779
Ordinance No. 717 Ordinance No. 307 Ordinance No. 507
Ordinance No. 660 Ordinance No. 508 Ordinance No. 213
Ordinance No. 724 Ordinance No. 234 Ordinance No. 522
Ordinance No. 420 Ordinance No. 786 Ordinance No. 361
Ordinance No. 659 Ordinance No. 34 Ordinance No. 379
Ordinance No. 492 Ordinance No. 710 Ordinance No. 2
Ordinance No. 751 Ordinance No. 10A Ordinance No. 249
Ordinance No. 563 Ordinance No. 473
SECTION 5
Unless another penalty is expressly provided,every person convicted of a violation of any provision
of the Code or any ordinance, rule or regulation adopted or issued in pursuance thereof shall be
punished by a fine not to exceed $500.00. However, violation of ordinances, rules, regulations, or
orders of the city that govern fire safety,zoning or public health and sanitation, including dumping of
refuse, shall be punished by a fine not to exceed $2,000.00. Each act of violation and each day
upon which any such violation shall continue or occur shall constitute a separate offense. The
penalty provided by this section, unless another penalty is expressly provided, shall apply to the
amendment of any Code section, whether or not such penalty is reenacted in the amendatory
ordinance. In addition to the penalty prescribed above,the City may pursue other remedies such as
abatement of nuisances, injunctive relief and revocation of licenses or permits.
SECTION 6
Additions or amendments to the Code when passed in such form as to indicate the intention of the
City Council to make the same a part of the Code shall be deemed to be incorporated in the Code,
so that reference to the Code includes the additions and amendments.
SECTION 7
Ordinances adopted after October 23, 2007 that amend or refer to ordinances that have been
codified in the Code shall be construed as if they amend or refer to like provisions of the Code.
SECTION 8
This ordinance shall become effective immediately upon passage and approval.
Passed and adopted by the City Council this 26th day of August, 2008.
4 nifer H rt an, ayor
ATTEST:
Peggy Cimics, City Secretary
Certificate of Adoption
I hereby certify that the foregoing is a true copy of the ordinance passed at the regular
meeting of the Cibolo City Council, held on the 26th day of August, 2008.
/Pe-ci*.e../2.,..,
Peggy Cimics, City Secretary