CODE OF ORDINANCES City of DUBLIN, GEORGIA

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THE CHARTER
AND
GENERAL ORDINANCES OF THE CITY

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Adopted: April 3, 1978
Effective: July 1, 1978

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Published in 1978 by Order of the Mayor and the City Council

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OFFICIALS

of the

CITY OF DUBLIN, GEORGIA

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PHIL BEST
Mayor

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WILLIAM C. BROWN, III
JERRY DAVIS
BENNIE JONES
GARY JOHNSON
GERALD SMITH, JR.
CURTIS EDWARDS, JR.
PAUL GRIGGS
Council Members

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JOSHUA POWELL
City Attorney

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HAROLD D. McLENDON
City Judge

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LANCE JONES
City Manager

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R. BLAKE DANIELS
Finance Director/City Clerk

PREFACE

This Code is a codification of the ordinances of Dublin of a general and permanent nature. As expressed in the Adopting Ordinance, the Code supersedes all such ordinances not included therein or recognized as continuing in force by reference thereto.

The chapters of the Code are arranged in alphabetical order and the sections within each chapter are catchlined to facilitate usage. Footnotes which tie related sections of the Code together and which refer to relevant provisions of the state law have been included. A table listing the state law citations setting forth their location within the Code volume is included at the back of this volume. The source of each section is indicated by the history note appearing in parentheses at the end thereof. The absence of such a note indicates that the section is new and was adopted for the first time with the adoption of the Code. By use of the Comparative Table also appearing in the back of the volume, any ordinance included herein can be readily found in the Code.

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 representing the chapter number and the figure after the dash indicating the position of the section within the chapter. Thus, the first section of Chapter 1 is numbered 1-1 and the third section of Chapter 6 is 6-3. 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 places, 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 4-2 and 4-3 is desired to be added, such new sections would be numbered 4-2.1, 4-2.2, 4-2.3, respectively. New chapters may be included in the same manner. If the new material is to be included between Chapters 12 and 13 it will be designated as Chapter 12½. 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 article embracing the subject, the next successive number being assigned to the article or division.

Indices

The indices have been prepared with the greatest of care. Each particular item has been placed under several headings, some of the headings being couched in lay phraseology, others in legal terminology, and still others in language generally used by municipal officials and employees. There are numerous cross references within the indices 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 is the looseleaf system of binding and supplemental service, by which the Code will be kept up-to-date periodically. Upon the final passage of amendatory ordinances, they will be properly edited and the page or pages affected will be reprinted. These new pages will be distributed to the holders of the Code with instructions for the manner of inserting the new pages and deleting the obsolete pages. Each such amendment, when incorporated into the Code, may be cited as a part thereof, as provided in Section 5 of the Adopting Ordinance.

The successful maintenance of 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 publishers 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

The publication of this Code was under the direct supervision of George R. Langford, President, and Ronald K. McLaughlin, Editor, of the Municipal Code Corporation, Tallahassee, Florida. Credit is gratefully given to the other members of the publisher's staff for their sincere interest and able assistance throughout the project.

Special appreciation is due to Mr. James V. Hilburn, City Attorney, and Mr. James H. Crowdis, III, City Manager, for their cooperation and interest during the preparation of this Code.

April, 1978

MUNICIPAL CODE CORPORATION
Tallahassee, Florida

ADOPTING ORDINANCE

An Ordinance Adopting and Enacting a New Code of Ordinances of the City of Dublin, Georgia; Establishing the Same; Providing for the Repeal of Certain Ordinances not Included Therein, Except as Herein Expressly Provided; Providing for the Effective Date of such Code and a Penalty for the Violation Thereof; Providing for the Manner of Amending Such Code; and Providing When This Ordinance Shall Become Effective.

Be it Ordained by the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the City of Dublin, Georgia:

Section 1.  That the Code of Ordinances, consisting of Chapters 1 to 24, each inclusive, is hereby adopted and enacted as the "Code of Ordinances of the City of Dublin, Georgia" and shall be treated and considered as a new and original comprehensive ordinance which shall supersede all other general and permanent ordinances passed by the Mayor and Board of Aldermen on or before June 28, 1976, to the extent provided in Section 2 hereof.

Section 2.  That all provisions of such Code shall be in full force and effect from and after the first day of July in the year 1978, and all ordinances of a general and permanent nature of the City of Dublin, enacted on final passage on or before June 28, 1976, and not included in such Code or recognized and continued in force by reference therein are hereby repealed from and after the first day of July in the year 1978, except as hereinafter provided. No resolution of the City, not specifically mentioned, is hereby repealed.

Section 3.  That the repeal provided for in Section 2 hereof shall not affect any of the following:

(a)

Any offense or act committed or done or any penalty or forfeiture incurred or any contract or right established or accruing before the effective date of such Code;

(b)

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

(c)

Any administrative ordinance of the City not in conflict or inconsistent with the provisions of such Code;

(d)

Any ordinance fixing salaries of officers or employees of the City;

(e)

Any appropriation ordinance;

(f)

Any right or franchise granted by the Mayor and Board of Aldermen to any person, firm or corporation;

(g)

Any ordinance dedicating, naming, establishing, locating, relocating, opening, closing, paving, widening, vacating, etc., any street or public way in the City;

(h)

Any ordinance establishing and prescribing the street grades of any street in the City;

(i)

Any ordinance providing for local improvements or assessing taxes therefor;

(j)

Any ordinance dedicating or accepting any plat or subdivision in the City or providing regulations for the same;

(k)

Any ordinance regulating zoning and subdivisions in the City; or any amendment thereto;

(l)

Any ordinance making any act or failure to do any act an offense against the City, when such ordinance is authorized under the state law and is not inconsistent with such Code;

(m)

Any ordinance fixing ad valorem taxes, or providing for the levying or collecting thereof;

(n)

Ordinances or resolutions prescribing traffic regulations for specific streets, such as speed limitations, parking prohibitions and restrictions, through streets, stop and/or yield intersections, truck routes, one-way streets, etc.;

(o)

Any ordinance enacted after June 28, 1976.

Such repeal shall not be construed to revive any ordinance or part of an ordinance which has been repealed by a subsequent ordinance which is repealed by this ordinance.

Section 4.  That whenever in such Code an act is prohibited or is made or declared to be unlawful or an offense by the Mayor and Board of Aldermen, or whenever in such Code the doing of any act is required or the failure to do any act is declared to be unlawful by the Mayor and Board of Aldermen and no specific penalty is provided therefor, the violation of any such provisions of such Code shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500.00), or for imprisonment for a term not exceeding sixty (60) days, or both of these punishments, as provided in Section 1-10 of such Code.

Section 5.  That any and all additions or amendments to such Code when passed in such form as to indicate the intention of the Mayor and Board of Aldermen to make the same a part thereof shall be deemed to be incorporated in such Code so that reference to the "Code of Ordinances of the City of Dublin, Georgia" shall be understood and intended to include such additions and amendments.

Section 6.  That in case of the amendment by the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of any section of such Code for which a penalty is not provided, the general penalty as provided in Section 4 of this ordinance and Section 1-10 of such Code shall apply to the section as amended; or in case such amendment contains provisions for which a penalty, other than the aforementioned general penalty is provided in another section in the same chapter, the penalty so provided in such other section shall be held to relate to the section so amended, unless such penalty is specifically repealed therein.

Section 7.  That a copy of such Code shall be kept on file in the office of the City Clerk, preserved in looseleaf form, or in such other form as the City Clerk may consider most expedient. It shall be the express duty of the City Clerk, or someone authorized by him, to insert in their designated places all ordinances which indicate the intention of the Mayor and Board of Aldermen to make the same a part of such when the same have been printed or reprinted in page form, and to extract from such Code all provisions which may be repealed from time to time by the Mayor and Board of Aldermen. This copy of such Code shall be available for all persons desiring to examine the same.

Section 8.  That it shall be unlawful for any person to change or alter by additions or deletions, any part or portion of such Code, or to insert or delete pages or portions thereof, or to alter or tamper with such Code in any manner whatsoever which will cause the law of the City of Dublin to be misrepresented thereby. Any person violating this section shall be punished as provided in Section 1-10 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Dublin and in Section 4 of this ordinance.

Section 9.  That all ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are, to the extent of such conflict, hereby repealed.

Section 10.  That this ordinance shall become effective on the first day of July, 1978.

PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED BY THE MAYOR AND BOARD OF ALDERMEN on this 3rd day of April, 1978.

(SEAL)

/s/ Robert E. Cochran
Mayor

ATTEST:

/s/ Patsy H. Daniel
City Clerk

/s/ Emery H. Palmer
Alderman

/s/ Lena H. Opie
Alderman

/s/ Eddie E. Mackey
Alderman

/s/ Joel E. Radney, D.C.
Alderman

/s/ Vernon De Loach
Alderman

/s/ E.C. Thomas
Alderman

/s/ Albert Franks
Alderman