CODE OF ORDINANCES CITY OF EASTLAND, TEXAS

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Published 2006 by Order of the
Board of City Commissioners, City of Eastland

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OFFICIALS

of the

CITY OF EASTLAND, TEXAS

AT THE TIME OF THE 1988 CODIFICATION

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Grover Hallmark
Chairman of the
Board of City Commissioners

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Don Griffin
Grover Hallmark
C. W. Hoffmann, Jr.
Fred Keith
Dale Squiers
Board of City Commissioners

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Mike Siebert
City Attorney

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Paul Catoe
City Manager

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Paul Catoe
City Secretary

CURRENT OFFICIALS

of the

CITY OF EASTLAND, TEXAS

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Jerry Mathews
Chairman of the
Board of City Commissioners

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Patsy Alexander
Norman Owen
Mark Pipkin
(Office Vacant)
Board of City Commissioners

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Lois Rockefeller
City Attorney

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David Geeslin
City Manager

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Shirley Stuart
City Secretary

PREFACE

This Code constitutes a complete republication of the ordinances of the City of Eastland, Texas, of a general and permanent nature.

Source materials used in the preparation of the republished Code were the City's 2002 Code, and ordinances subsequently adopted by the board of city commissioners through Ordinance No. 670, adopted July 31, 2003. The source of each section is included in the history note appearing in parentheses at the end thereof. The absence of such a note indicates that the section was adopted for the first time with the adoption of the 1988 Code. By use of the Code Comparative Table appearing in the back of this volume, the reader can locate any section of the Code, as supplemented, and any subsequent ordinances included herein.

The chapters of the Code have been conveniently arranged in alphabetical order and the various sections within each chapter have been catchlined to facilitate usage. Footnotes which tie related sections of the Code together and which refer to relevant state laws have been included. A table listing the state law citations and setting forth their location within the Code is included at the back of this volume.

Numbering System

The numbering system used in this Code is the same system used in many state and municipal codes. Each section number consists of two component parts separated by a dash, the figure before the dash referring to the chapter number and the figure after the dash referring to the position of the section within the chapter. Thus, the first section of Chapter 3 is numbered 3-1 and the fifth section of Chapter 4 is 4-5. Under this system, each section is identified with its chapter and at the same time new sections or even whole chapters can be inserted in their proper place simply by using the decimal system for amendments. By way of illustration: If new material consisting of three sections that would logically come between sections 5-4 and 5-5 is desired to be added, such new sections would be numbered 5-4.1, 5-4.2 and 5-4.3 respectively. New chapters may be included in the same manner. If the new material is to be included between Chapters 6 and 7, it will be designated as Chapter 6.5. Care should be taken that the alphabetical arrangement of chapters is maintained when including new chapters. New articles and new divisions may be included in the same way or, in the case of articles, may be placed at the end of the chapter embracing the subject, and, in the case of divisions, may be placed at the end of the article embracing the subject, the next successive number being assigned to the article or division.

The page numbering system used in this Code is a prefix system. The letters to the left of the colon are an abbreviation which represents a certain portion of the volume. The number to the right of the colon represents the number of the page in that portion. In the case of a chapter of the Code, the number to the left of the colon indicates the number of the chapter. In the case of an appendix to the Code, the letter immediately to the left of the colon indicates the letter of the appendix. The following are typical parts of codes of ordinances, which may or may not appear in this Code at this time, and their corresponding prefixes:

CHARTER .....CHT:1

CODE .....CD1:1

APPENDIX A .....CDA:1

STATE LAW REFERENCE TABLE .....SLT:1

CODE COMPARATIVE TABLE .....CCT:1

CHARTER INDEX .....CHTi:1

CODE INDEX .....CDi:1

Index

The index of the Code has been prepared with the greatest of care. Each particular item has been placed under several headings, some of which are couched in lay phraseology, others in legal terminology, and still others in language generally used by municipal officers and employees. There are numerous cross references within the index itself which stand as guideposts to direct the user to the particular item in which he is interested.

Looseleaf Supplements

A special feature of this Code to which the attention of the user is especially directed is the looseleaf system of binding and supplemental servicing of the Code. With this system, the Code will be kept up-to-date. Subsequent amendatory legislation will be properly edited and the appropriate page or pages affected will be reprinted. These new pages will be distributed to holders of copies of the Code, with instructions for the manner of inserting the new pages and deleting the obsolete pages.

Successfully keeping this Code up-to-date at all times will depend largely upon the holder of the volume. As revised sheets are received, it will then become the responsibility of the holder to have the amendments inserted according to the attached instructions. It is strongly recommended by the publisher that all such amendments be inserted immediately upon receipt to avoid misplacing them and, in addition, that all deleted pages be saved and filed for historical reference purposes.

Acknowledgments

This publication of the Code was under the supervision of A. Lawton Langford, President, and Bonnie Mitchell, Supplement Editor, of the Municipal Code Corporation. Credit is gratefully given to the other members of the publisher's staff for their sincere interest and able assistance throughout the project.

The publisher is most grateful to Ms. Shirley Stuart, City Stuart, for her cooperation and assistance during the progress of the work on this Code. It is hoped that her efforts and those of the publisher have resulted in a Code of Ordinances which will make the active law of the city readily accessible to all citizens and which will be a valuable tool in the day-to-day administration of the city's affairs.