At a regular meeting of the town council of the Town of Willow
Park, Texas, held on the 3rd day of April, 1978, the town council
accepted, passed and approved the provisions of title 28, chapters
1–10, Revised Civil Statutes of the State of Texas. The Town
of Willow Park shall thereafter be known as the City of Willow Park,
Texas.
(1986 Code, ch. 1, sec. 2; 1993
Code, art. 1.200)
All elections pertaining to municipal affairs shall be governed
by the elections laws of the state.
(1986 Code, ch. 1, sec. 3; 1993
Code, art. 1.300)
The city secretary is hereby directed by the city council to
utilize the official newspaper for the city 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 any such ordinance.
(1986 Code, ch. 1, sec. 12(B); Ordinance
adopting 1993 Code; 1993 Code, art. 1.1100; Ordinance 419-98 adopted 4/21/98; Ordinance 421-98 adopted 6/16/98; Ordinance adopting 2017 Code)
(a) North Central Texas Council of Governments (NCTCOG).
The city shall be a member of the North Central Texas Council of
Governments (NCTCOG) for the purpose of joint planning and coordination
of governmental services and policies as authorized by V.T.C.A., Local
Government Code, ch. 391, and the city secretary is hereby authorized
to pay the annual dues required for membership in said council of
governments.
(b) Texas Municipal League.
The city shall be a member of
the Texas Municipal League (TML) for the purpose of better representation,
information, advice and other such services which may be provided.
The city secretary is hereby authorized to pay the annual dues required
for membership in said league.
(1986 Code, ch. 1, sec. 14; 1993
Code, art. 1.1400)
(a) In
order to promote and protect the general health, safety and welfare
of persons residing within and adjacent to the cities of this state,
the legislature of the state declares it to be the policy of the state
that the unincorporated area, not a part of any other city, to the
extent described herein, shall comprise and be known as the extraterritorial
jurisdiction.
(b) It
is hereby declared that the extraterritorial jurisdiction of the City
of Willow Park, having a population of less than five thousand (5,000)
inhabitants, shall consist of all the contiguous unincorporated area,
not a part of any other city, within one-half (1/2) mile of the corporate
limits of the City of Willow Park.
(c) When
the city annexes additional territory, the extraterritorial jurisdiction
of the city shall expand in conformity with such annexation and shall
comprise an area around the new corporate limits of the city.
(d) The
city council shall not impose any tax in the area under the extraterritorial
jurisdiction of the city.
(e) It
is the intent of this section to make any and all ordinances, codes,
regulations, chart of revisions or Code of Ordinance revisions, allowable
by law under the Local Government Code or any other state statute,
applicable and enforceable in the extraterritorial jurisdiction of
the city, whether or not so stated, and such are to be enforced either
by citation or injunction as appropriate.
(Ordinance 291-91, sec. 1, adopted 6/18/91; 1993 Code, sec. 1.1501)
A current map illustrating the boundaries of the city shall
be kept in the office of the city secretary. This map shall be available
for public review and inspection at all reasonable times.
(Ordinance adopting 1993 Code; 1993
Code, sec. 1.1502)
(a) Fee established.
For any special or called meetings
of the city council or any city board or commission, requested or
for the special benefit of any citizen, group or entity, such citizen,
group or entity shall first pay to the city a fee in the amount established
by city council, and agree to reimburse the city for any special costs
associated with such special meeting. These costs shall include, but
not be limited to, all professional fees, if necessary, and any associated
costs of publication or other preparation for such meeting.
(b) Waiver.
Upon the petition of any such citizen, group
or organization, the city council, prior to such meeting or within
thirty (30) days thereafter if such is not practicable, may waive
all or part of such fee by majority vote.
(Ordinance 290-91, sec. 1, adopted 6/18/91; 1993 Code, sec. 1.404(c); Ordinance adopting 2017 Code)
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 or
her 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.
(1986 Code, ch. 1, sec. 13(A); 1993
Code, sec. 1.1301)
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.
(1986 Code, ch. 1, sec. 13(B); 1993
Code, sec. 1.1302)
All notices required by this division shall be effectuated by
serving them upon the city secretary at 101 Stagecoach, Willow Park,
Texas, and all such notices shall be effective only when actually
received in the office of the person named above.
(1986 Code, ch. 1, sec. 13(C); 1993
Code, sec. 1.1303)
Neither the mayor, a city council member, nor any other officer
or employee of the city shall have the authority to waive any of the
provisions of this division.
(1986 Code, ch. 1, sec. 13(D); 1993
Code, sec. 1.1304)
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 or her to do so on his or her 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.
(1986 Code, ch. 1, sec. 13(E); 1993
Code, sec. 1.1305)