For the purpose of municipal elections, in accordance with section 1, article III, of the Charter of the City, as amended, the council district boundary lines dividing the City into eight (8) single-member council districts, are hereby established as follows:
Council District 1. Beginning at the intersection of North Jupiter Road (City limit line) and Lookout Drive (City limit line); North Jupiter Road (City limit line) south to West Campbell Road; West Campbell Road east to President George Bush Turnpike (State Highway 190); President George Bush Turnpike (State Highway 190) southeast to North Garland Avenue; North Garland Avenue southwest to Spring Creek; Spring Creek southeast to President George Bush Turnpike (State Highway 190); President George Bush Turnpike (State Highway 190) southeast to Lavon Drive (State Highway 78); Lavon Drive (State Highway 78) south to East Buckingham Road; East Buckingham Road east to North Country Club Road; North Country Club Road south to Castle Drive; Castle Drive east to Rowlett Creek (City limit line) and continuing with Castle Drive (City limit line) northeast to Miles Road (City limit line); Miles Road (City limit line) northwest to Pleasant Valley Road (City limit line); Pleasant Valley Road (City limit line) northeast to Miles Road (City limit line); Miles Road (City limit line) north and northeast to Bunker Hill Road (City limit line); Bunker Hill Road (City limit line) northwest to Lavon Drive (State Highway 78); Lavon Drive (State Highway 78) to Murphy Road (City limit line); Murphy Road (City limit line) northwest and north to the northern City limit line; following the City limit line west back to North Jupiter Road (City limit line), the place of beginning (inclusive of the unoccupied city limits extension to the Hinton Landfill, through Rockwall County, and terminating at the most easterly City limit line as described in Annexation Ordinance No. 5156.
Council District 2. Beginning at the intersection of West Walnut Street and North Garland Avenue; Walnut Street east to Lavon Drive (State Highway 78); Lavon Drive (State Highway 78) northeast to East Buckingham Road; East Buckingham Road east to North Country Club Road; North Country Club Road south to Castle Drive; Castle Drive east to Rowlett Creek (City limit line); Rowlett Creek (City limit line) south to East Miller Road; East Miller Road west to East Centerville Road; East Centerville Road southwest to Broadway Boulevard; Broadway Boulevard northwest to Dairy Road; Dairy Road north to East Miller Road; East Miller Road west to West Miller Road; continuing on West Miller Road west to South Garland Avenue; north along South Garland Avenue back to West Walnut Street, the place of beginning.
Council District 3. Beginning at the intersection of Broadway Boulevard and East Centerville Road; East Centerville Road northeast to East Miller Road; East Miller Road east to Rowlett Creek (City limit line); Rowlett Creek (City limit line) south and following the City limit line at the shoreline of Lake Ray Hubbard to East Interstate 30; from East Interstate 30 continue south along the City limit line at the Lake Ray Hubbard shoreline then west, south and west with the meanderings of the City limit line to Bobtown Road; Bobtown Road south to Barnes Bridge Road; Barnes Bridges Road west then southwest to the City limit line; City limit line northwest then west to Broadway Boulevard; Broadway Boulevard north to West Interstate 30; West Interstate 30 northeast to Rosehill Road; Rosehill Road north to Bobtown Road; Bobtown Road west to Rowlett Road; Rowlett Road northeast to Rosehill Road; Rosehill Road northwest to Gatewood Drive; Gatewood Drive southwest to Broadway Boulevard; Broadway Boulevard northwest to East Centerville Road, the place of beginning.
Council District 4. Beginning at the intersection of Northwest Highway and West Centerville Road; West Centerville Road northeast to Broadway Boulevard; Broadway Boulevard southeast to Gatewood Drive; Gatewood Drive northeast to Rosehill Road; Rosehill Road southeast to Rowlett Road; Rowlett Road southwest to Bobtown Road; Bobtown Road east to Rosehill Road; Rosehill Road south to West Interstate 30; West Interstate 30 southwest to Broadway Boulevard; Broadway Boulevard south to the City limit line; City limit line with its meanderings north and west to La Prada Drive; La Prada Drive (City limit line) southwest to Northwest Highway; Northwest Highway northwest to West Centerville Road, the place of beginning.
Council District 5. Beginning at the intersection of the City limit line and West Miller Road; West Miller Road east to East Miller Road; continuing on East Miller road east toDairy Road; Dairy Road south to Broadway Boulevard; Broadway Boulevard southeast to East Centerville Road; East Centerville Road southwest to West Centerville Road; continuing on West Centerville Road southwest to Northwest Highway; Northwest Highway southeast to La Prada Drive (City limit line); La Prada Drive (City limit line) southwest to Interstate 635 (City limit line); Interstate 635 (City limit line) northwest to South Garland Avenue (City limit line); South Garland Avenue southwest to Interstate 635 (City limit line); Interstate 635 (City limit line) northwest to West Kingsley Road (City limit line); West Kingsley Road (City limit line) east to South Jupiter Road (City limit line); South Jupiter Road (City limit line) north to City limit line; City limit line west and north to West Miller Road, the place of beginning.
Council District 6. Beginning at the intersection of the City limit line and West Buckingham Road; West Buckingham Road east to North Shiloh Road; North Shiloh Road south to Forest Lane; Forest Lane east to Forest Lane South; continuing on Forest Lane South east to South Garland Avenue; South Garland Avenue south to West Miller Road; West Miller Road west to the City limit line; City limit line north to West Buckingham Road, to place of beginning.
Council District 7. Beginning at the intersection of North Jupiter Road (City limit line) and West Campbell Road; West Campbell Road east to President George Bush Turnpike (State Highway 190); President George Bush Turnpike (State Highway 190) southeast to North Garland Avenue; North Garland Avenue southwest to its intersection with Arapaho Road; North Garland Avenue southeast and south to Belt Line Road; Belt Line Road west to Sam Houston Drive; Sam Houston Drive south to Richoak Drive; Richoak Drive west to North Shiloh Road; North Shiloh Road south to West Buckingham Road; West Buckingham Road west to North Jupiter Road (City limit line); North Jupiter Road (City limit line) north to West Campbell Road, the place of beginning.
Council District 8. Beginning at the intersection of North Garland Avenue and Belt Line Road; North Garland Avenue northwest to Arapaho Road; continuing on North Garland Avenue northeast to Spring Creek; Spring Creek southeast to President George Bush Turnpike (State Highway 190; President George Bush Turnpike (State Highway 190 southeast to Lavon Drive (State Highway 78); Lavon Drive (State Highway 78) south to East Walnut Street; East Walnut Street west to North Garland Avenue; North Garland Avenue south to South Garland Avenue; continuing on South Garland Avenue south to Forest Lane South; continuing on Forest Lane South west to Forest Lane; continuing on Forest Lane west to South Shiloh Road; South Shiloh Road north to North Shiloh Road; continuing on North Shiloh Road north to Richoak Drive; Richoak Drive east to Sam Houston Drive; Sam Houston Drive north to Belt Line Road; Belt Line Road east to North Garland Avenue, the place of beginning.
(Ordinance 3930, secs. 1, 2, adopted 1/21/86; Ordinance 4531, sec. 1, adopted 10/15/91; Ordinance 5591, sec. 1, adopted 9/4/01; Ordinance 6083, sec. 1, adopted 1/9/07; Ordinance 6839 adopted 6/7/16; Ordinance 7272 adopted 11/9/21)
Polling places for all elections, general and special, ordered by or on the authority of the City Council shall be established by the election order calling such election or, in the case of a joint election held with another unit of election, the polling places established by the joint election agreement.
(Ordinance 3931, sec. 1, adopted 1/21/86; Ordinance 4173, sec. 1, adopted 1/19/88; Ordinance 4922, sec. 1, adopted 12/5/95)
(A) 
In all future elections for Mayor and City Council in the City, all nomination petitions shall be on forms prepared and furnished by the City Secretary.
(B) 
Before delivering any nomination petition forms to or on behalf of a proposed candidate for Mayor or City Councilmember, the City Secretary shall first write thereon the name of the candidate proposed to be nominated, together with the designation of the office (including district number, if applicable) for which the candidate is proposed to be nominated. No petition shall be changed in any manner after delivery by the City Secretary.
(A) 
In all future municipal elections, punch card voting devices shall be used. There shall be a minimum of two (2) voting booths at each polling place.
(B) 
In all future municipal elections each polling place shall be designated by two (2) appropriate signs.
(C) 
In all future municipal elections there shall be a presiding judge and an alternate presiding judge at each polling place. There shall also be no more than two (2) election clerks, the number of persons appointed thereto being at the discretion of the presiding judge.
(D) 
No person shall serve as a presiding judge unless he has been certified as attending an appropriate election school.
(E) 
Any provision herein which is contrary to the election laws of the state, as presently constituted or hereafter amended, are deemed ineffective.
(F) 
Violation of this section shall be a misdemeanor punishable in accordance with section 10.05 of this Code. It is especially provided that violation of this section shall never vitiate or invalidate any election unless it is clearly demonstrated such violation did, in fact, change the outcome of the election.
(A) 
Unless otherwise established by resolution or ordinance, pursuant to article 3, section 8 of the Charter, the City Council shall conduct a regular meeting on the first and third Tuesdays of each month, beginning at 7:00 p.m. at City Hall provided that the first meeting of November shall be held on the first Monday of November.
(B) 
This section shall be applicable to regular meetings only and shall not affect emergency, called, or special meetings.
(Ordinance 6324, sec. 2, adopted 7/7/09; Ordinance 7109 adopted 12/3/19)
(A) 
Orderly proceedings are necessary for the protection of the rights of local self-government, and the disruptions of any public meeting by any form of force or violence is in violation of the fundamental rights of the citizens of the City to govern themselves by their duly elected or appointed representatives. It is the responsibility of the council to keep order in all meetings of the City government and, therefore, it is ordained that each and every meeting of any board, commission, council, or other body convened to conduct the business of the City be conducted in an orderly manner. For the purpose of this section the term “body” shall be defined as any council, commission, board, or other group that is established by state statute or City ordinance. The chairman of the body meeting is hereby given the authority to rule on all points of order subject to the right of the body over which he presides and to amend or reverse any ruling or to initiate such ruling on a point of order as the body may direct. The right of the body to reverse or amend a ruling of the chair on a point of order is an affirmative right that must be exercised to be valid. The absence of the affirmative action of the body to amend or reverse the ruling of the chair will be affirmative evidence of the support of the chair’s ruling.
(B) 
It shall be unlawful for any person to disobey the ruling of the chair of any public body convened to do the business of the City:
(1) 
By refusing to stop talking or making noise or sound when the chair has ruled for the sake of order that the person should stop talking or making noise or sound;
(2) 
By refusing to be seated when the chair for the sake of order has ruled that the person should be seated; or
(3) 
By refusing to leave the assembly when the chair for the sake of order has ruled that the person designated should leave the assembly.
(C) 
All meetings of any body conducting City business shall be opened to the public and in due course of the meeting citizens of the City shall have a reasonable opportunity to be heard. All action taken by anybody that involves a City business shall be taken at an open public meeting, but this shall not prevent any board from meeting in executive session as permitted by state law.
Pursuant to section 541.201, Texas Transportation Code, the City Manager is authorized to designate as authorized emergency vehicles under the provisions of the Texas Transportation Code and other laws those vehicles that are owned or operated by the City and determined by the City Manager to be necessary in responding to emergencies and providing for the public safety.
(Ordinance 7008 adopted 9/4/18)
No elected official of the City, employee, officer or agent of the City shall be authorized to waive the notice of claims required to be filed with the City by section 4, article XVII of the City Charter. It is the intention of this provision to place all persons on notice that the notice required by the Charter to be filed with the City Secretary or City Manager is a prerequisite to the validity of any claim against the City.
No person who owes delinquent taxes, delinquent paving assessments or any other delinquent debt or obligation to the City shall be granted any permit, license or privilege or paid any monies from the public treasury of the City until the debt or obligation owed by such person has been discharged by payment, or an arrangement satisfactory to the City Manager has been made for the payment of such debt or obligation. For the purposes of this section, the debt or obligation of one spouse shall be considered the debt or obligation of the other spouse as well.
No person shall use as its business name or part thereof, the word “City.” A person commits an offense if he uses the official flag, seal, shield, service mark, badge, or other insignia of the City or a department of the City or a facsimile of the flag, seal, shield, service mark, badge, or other insignia of the City or a department of the City:
(1) 
For a commercial purpose; or
(2) 
To signify sponsorship or approval by an agency or department of the City;
without first obtaining express written authorization from the City Manager.
If, after the regular election a runoff election is required, the runoff election shall be held on a date lawfully determined and established in accordance with the Texas Election Code.
(Ordinance 4194, sec. 1, adopted 3/15/88; Ordinance 4582, sec. 1, adopted 4/7/92; Ordinance 6324, sec. 3, adopted 7/7/09)
Inspection services performed by the City including, but not limited to, fire, police, building, health, and code enforcement, are done solely for the purpose of obtaining compliance with the law as part of the City’s governmental interests in law enforcement and public safety. All such inspections are provided “AS-IS” and without warranty, expressed or implied. No special relationship between the City and any person affected by such inspections is created or intended.
(Ordinance 5483, sec. 1, adopted 8/1/00)
Where the City Council is authorized to cancel a general election for unopposed candidates under the Texas Election Code, the City Council shall declare each unopposed candidate elected to office and shall cancel the election.
(Ordinance 6514, sec. 1, adopted 2/7/12)