(a) 
The city council finds that there exist within the corporate city limits one or more manufacturing establishments.
(b) 
The city does hereby adopt the provisions of title 28 of the Revised Civil Statutes of Texas 1925, as it presently exists and as it may from time to time be amended by the legislature of the state.
(Ordinance 1-83-2, secs. I, II, adopted 1/31/83)
From and after the effective date hereof, the city shall operate under the law applying to a type A general-law municipality instead of operating under any law that previously governed the municipality.
(Ordinance 1991-7, sec. I, adopted 8/26/91)
(a) 
From and after the effective date hereof, the Town of Hudson Oaks, Texas, shall be known as the City of Hudson Oaks, Texas.
(b) 
References to the “town” or to town officials, employees or agencies in the ordinances included in this code have been changed to “city.”
(Ordinance 1991-8, sec. I, adopted 8/26/91; Ordinance adopting Code)
(a) 
The City of Hudson Oaks, Texas is needful of designating an official newspaper to serve the City of Hudson Oaks as such, and in which all notices required by law to be made by the City shall hereinafter be published in the Weatherford Democrat of Parker County, Texas, qualifies as an appropriate means of publication that the same does now hold a second class mailing permit and is published, read, and distributed within the City of Hudson Oaks, Texas.
(b) 
The Weatherford Democrat of Parker County, Texas is therefore designated as the official newspaper for the City of Hudson Oaks, Texas for the fiscal year 2025 through 2026.
(c) 
The City Secretary for the City of Hudson Oaks, Texas is hereby directed by the Council to utilize the Weatherford Democrat as the official newspaper for the City of Hudson Oaks, Texas and to submit to the same all notices required by state law, ordinance, or resolution, to be published therein on the dates and times as may be required by specific legislation. The publication of captions of ordinances containing penalty provisions shall be sufficient and considered appropriate to provide sufficient notice to the public of the contents of such ordinance.
(Ordinance 2021-24 adopted 9/23/21; Ordinance 2022-13 adopted 9/22/2022; Ordinance 2023-12 adopted 9/28/2023; Ordinance 2024-18 adopted 10/24/2024; Ordinance 2025-08 adopted 9/25/2025)
(a) 
The city shall implement all energy efficiency measures that meet the standards established for a contract for energy conservation measures under Texas Local Government Code section 302.004(b) in order to reduce electricity consumption by the existing facilities of the city.
(b) 
The city hereby establishes a goal to reduce the electric consumption by the city by five percent (5%) each year for five (5) years, beginning January 1, 2002.
(c) 
The city administrator shall annually report to the state energy conservation office regarding the city’s efforts and progress under section 388.005 of the Texas Health and Safety Code.
(Ordinance 2002-09, secs. 1–3, adopted 6/27/02)
(a) 
Vehicle acquisitions.
(1) 
Vehicle acquisitions for fleet expansion or replacement of model year 2004 or newer shall be newest model year or engine standard only.
(2) 
Vehicle acquisitions to replace model year 2003 or older vehicles must show at least a 25% reduction in nitrogen oxides (NOx) emissions rate compared to the vehicle being replaced. (Waivers are possible when new technologies or achievements of the required emission reduction are not possible.)
(3) 
Aftermarket technologies and conversions are acceptable for fleet expansion and fleet replacements.
(A) 
Aftermarket technologies and conversions must be Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and/or CARB verified or certified or technology equivalent or better, as determined by the North Central Texas Council of Governments (NCTCOG) staff.
(B) 
Conversions must comply with the provisions of EPA Memorandum 1A and Addendum Revision (June 25, 1974, and June 1, 1998).
(b) 
Operation of vehicles.
(1) 
Vehicle idling is allowed only for safety, emergency response, vehicle maintenance, equipment activity, warm-up/operations in cold temperature, and manufacturer recommended minimum idle/warm-up times.
(2) 
Vehicles with the lowest NOx emissions that are capable of performing the required operational demands shall drive the most miles.
(3) 
The fleet manager shall abide by the latest refueling time/season guidance published by NCTCOG air quality planning.
(4) 
Nonemergency vehicles shall drive no more than the posted speed limit and avoid rapid acceleration.
(5) 
All drivers shall be trained on air quality appropriate operational requirements.
(c) 
Vehicle maintenance.
(1) 
Perform annual emission and safety inspections for all vehicles, even for vehicles with no state-mandated inspection requirement.
(2) 
All vehicles with over 100,000 miles must have emission inspections every 25,000 miles thereafter.
(3) 
Perform manufacturer’s recommended maintenance.
(4) 
Mandatory participation in any diesel or other state commission on environmental quality or NCTCOG inspection/maintenance program, including applicable test or pilot programs.
(d) 
Compliance verification.
(1) 
The public sector entity shall provide NCTCOG with an annual electronic update of fleet size and activity in a format established by NCTCOG.
(2) 
The city acknowledges that entities not adopting and complying with the clean fleet vehicle policy and/or reporting requirements will not be eligible for future clean vehicle funding and RTC may assess city compliance when considering other RTC funding actions.
(Ordinance 2005-18, secs. 1–4, adopted 11/17/05)
The city shall never be liable for any claim for property damage or for personal injury, whether such personal injury results in death or not, unless the person damaged or injured, or someone in his behalf, or, in the event the injury results in death, the person or persons who may have a cause of action under the law by reason of such death or injury, shall, within sixty (60) days or within six (6) months for good cause shown from the date the damage or injury was received, give notice in writing to the mayor and city council of the following facts:
(1) 
The date and time when the injury occurred and the place where the injured person or property was at the time when the injury was received.
(2) 
The nature of the damage or injury sustained.
(3) 
The apparent extent of the damage or injury sustained.
(4) 
A specific and detailed statement of how and under what circumstances the damage or injury occurred.
(5) 
The amount for which each claimant will settle.
(6) 
The actual place of residence of each claimant by street, number, city and state on the date the claim is presented.
(7) 
In the case of personal injury or death, the names and addresses of all persons who, according to the knowledge or information of the claimant, witnessed the happening of the injury or any part thereof and the names of the doctors, if any, to whose care the injured person is committed.
(8) 
In the case of property damage, the location of the damaged property at the time the claim was submitted along with the names and addresses of all persons who witnessed the happening of the damage or any part thereof.
(Ordinance 1994-12, sec. 1, adopted 11/14/94)
No suit of any nature whatsoever shall be instituted or maintained against the city unless the plaintiff therein shall aver and prove that previous to the filing of the original petition the plaintiff applied to the city council for redress, satisfaction, compensation, or relief, as the case may be, and that the same was by vote of the city council refused.
(Ordinance 1994-12, sec. 2, adopted 11/14/94)
All notices required by this division shall be effectuated by serving them upon the city administrator at the following location: Hudson Oaks Municipal Building, 150 North Oakridge Drive, Hudson Oaks, Texas, 76087, and all such notices shall be effective only when actually received in the office of the person named above.
(Ordinance 1994-12, sec. 3, adopted 11/14/94)
(a) 
The above written notice requirements shall be waived if the city has actual knowledge of death, injury or property damage likely to result in a claim against the city. The city shall not be deemed to have actual knowledge unless that knowledge is attributable to an appropriate city official whose job duties include the authority to investigate and/or settle claims against the city.
(b) 
Notice requirements shall likewise be waived in cases in which the plaintiff can demonstrate good cause or civil rights violations.
(Ordinance 1994-12, sec. 4, adopted 11/14/94; Ordinance adopting Code)
The written notice required under this division shall be sworn to by the person claiming the damage or injuries or by someone authorized by him to do so on his behalf. Failure to swear to the notice as required herein shall not render the notice fatally defective, but failure to so verify the notice may be considered by the city council as a factor relating to the truth of the allegations and to the weight to be given to the allegations contained therein.
(Ordinance 1994-12, sec. 5, adopted 11/14/94)