This codification of ordinances by and for the municipality of Carrollton shall be designated as the Carrollton City Code and shall be so cited.
Unless otherwise provided herein, or by law or implication required, the same rules of construction, definition, and application shall govern the interpretation of this Code as those governing the interpretation of state law.
All provisions of Title I compatible with future legislation, shall apply to ordinances hereafter adopted amending or supplementing this Code unless otherwise specifically provided.
Headings and captions used in this Code other than the title, chapter, and section numbers are employed for reference purposes only and shall not be deemed a part of the text of any section.
(A) 
General rule.
Words and phrases shall be taken in their plain, or ordinary and usual sense. However, technical words and phrases having a peculiar and appropriate meaning in law shall be understood according to their technical import.
(B) 
Definitions.
For the purpose of this Code, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning:
City, municipal corporation, or municipality.
The City of Carrollton, Texas.
Code, this Code or this Code of Ordinances.
This Municipal Code as modified by amendment, revision, and adoption of new titles, chapters, or sections.
County.
Dallas, Denton, or Collin County, Texas.
May.
The act referred to is permissive.
Month.
A calendar month.
Oath.
An affirmation in all cases in which, by law, an affirmation may be substituted for an oath, and in such cases the words swear and sworn shall be equivalent to the words affirm and affirmed.
Officer, office, employee, commission, or department.
An officer, office, employee, commission, or department of this municipality unless the context clearly requires otherwise.
Person.
Extends to and includes person, persons, firm, corporation, copartnership, trustee, lessee, or receiver. Whenever used in any clause prescribing and imposing a penalty, the terms person or whoever as applied to any unincorporated entity shall mean the partners or members thereof, and as applied to corporations, the officers or agents thereof.
Preceding or following.
Next before or next after, respectively.
Shall.
The act referred to is mandatory.
Signature or subscription.
Includes a mark when the person cannot write.
State.
The State of Texas.
Subchapter.
A division of a chapter, designated in this Code by a heading in the chapter analysis and a capitalized heading in the body of the chapter, setting apart a group of sections related by the subject matter of the heading. Not all chapters have subchapters.
Written.
Any representation of words, letters, or figures, whether by printing or otherwise.
Year.
A calendar year, unless otherwise expressed.
The construction of all ordinances of this municipality shall be by the following rules, unless such construction is plainly repugnant to the intent of the City Council or of the context of the same ordinance:
(A) 
And or or.
Either conjunction shall include the other as if written "and/or," if the sense requires it.
(B) 
Acts by assistants.
When a statute or ordinance requires an act to be done which, by law, an agent or deputy as well may do as the principal, such requisition shall be satisfied by the performance of such act by an authorized agent or deputy.
(C) 
Gender; singular and plural; tenses.
Words denoting the masculine gender shall be deemed to include the feminine and neuter genders; words in the singular shall include the plural, and words in the plural shall include the singular; the use of a verb in the present tense shall include the future, if applicable.
(D) 
General term.
A general term following specific enumeration of terms is not to be limited to the class enumerated unless expressly so limited.
If any provision of this Code as now or later amended or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the invalidity does not affect other provisions that can be given effect without the invalid provision or application.
Whenever in one section reference is made to another section hereof, such reference shall extend and apply to the section referred to as subsequently amended, revised, recodified, or renumbered unless the subject matter is changed or materially altered by the amendment or revision.
Reference to a public office or officer shall be deemed to apply to any office, officer, or employee of this municipality exercising the powers, duties, or functions contemplated in the provision, irrespective of any transfer of functions or change in the official title of the functionary.
If a manifest error is discovered, consisting of the misspelling of any words; the omission of any word or words necessary to express the intention of the provisions affected; the use of a word or words to which no meaning can be attached; or the use of a word or words when another word or words was clearly intended to express such intent, such spelling shall be corrected and such word or words supplied, omitted, or substituted as will conform with the manifest intention, and the provisions shall have the same effect as though the correct words were contained in the text as originally published. No alteration shall be made or permitted if any question exists regarding the nature or extent of such error.
The official time, as established by applicable state/federal laws, shall be the official time within this municipality for the transaction of all municipal business.
(A) 
In all cases where an ordinance requires an act to be done in a reasonable time or requires reasonable notice to be given, reasonable time or notice shall be deemed to mean the time which is necessary for a prompt performance of such act or the giving of such notice.
(B) 
The time within which an act is to be done, as herein provided, shall be computed by excluding the first day and including the last. If the last day be Sunday, it shall be excluded.
This Code, from and after its effective date, shall contain all of the provisions of a general nature pertaining to the subjects herein enumerated and embraced. All prior ordinances pertaining to the subjects treated by this Code shall be deemed repealed from and after the effective date of this Code.
All ordinances of a temporary or special nature and all other ordinances pertaining to subjects not embraced in this Code shall remain in full force and effect unless herein repealed expressly or by necessary implication.
All ordinances passed by the City Council requiring publication shall take effect from and after the due publication thereof, unless otherwise expressly provided. Ordinances not requiring publication shall take effect from their passage, unless otherwise expressly provided.
(A) 
Whenever any ordinance or part of an ordinance shall be repealed or modified by a subsequent ordinance, the ordinance or part of an ordinance thus repealed or modified shall continue in force until the due publication of the ordinance repealing or modifying it when publication is required to give effect thereto, unless otherwise expressly provided.
(B) 
No suit, proceedings, right, fine, forfeiture, or penalty instituted, created, given, secured, or accrued under any ordinance previous to its repeal shall in any way be affected, released, or discharged, but may be prosecuted, enjoyed, and recovered as fully as if the ordinance had continued in force unless it is otherwise expressly provided.
(C) 
When any ordinance repealing a former ordinance, clause, or provision shall be itself repealed, the repeal shall not be construed to revive the former ordinance, clause, or provision, unless it is expressly provided.
(A) 
All ordinances passed subsequent to the adoption of this Code, which amend, repeal or in any way affect this Code, may be numbered in accordance with the numbering system of this Code and printed for inclusion therein. When subsequent ordinances repeal any chapter, section or division or any portion thereof, those repealed portions may be excluded from the Code by omission from reprinted pages. The subsequent ordinances as numbered and printed, or omitted in the case of repeal, shall be prima facie evidence of those subsequent ordinances until such time that this Code and subsequent ordinances numbered or omitted are readopted as a new code by the City Council.
(B) 
Amendments to any of the provisions of this Code shall be made by amending such provisions by specific reference to the section number of this Code in the following language: "That section of the Code of Ordinances, City of Carrollton, Texas, is hereby amended to read as follows:…" The new provisions shall then be set out in full as desired.
(C) 
In the event a new section not heretofore existing in the Code is to be added, the following language shall be used: "that the Code of Ordinance, City of Carrollton, Texas is hereby amended by adding a section, to be numbered _____, which said section reads as follows:…" The new section shall then be set out in full as desired.
('65 Code, § 1-4)
(A) 
As histories for the Code sections, the specific number and passage date of the original ordinance, and amending ordinances, if any, are listed following the text of the Code section.
Example:
('65 Code, § 1-2) (Ordinance 10, adopted 5/13/1960; Am. Ordinance 15, adopted 1/1/1970; Am. Ordinance 20, adopted 1/1/1980; Am. Ordinance 25, adopted 1/1/1985)
(B) 
(1) 
If a statutory cite is included in the history this indicates that the text of the section reads substantially the same as the statute.
Example:
(Tex. Local Govt. Code Ann., § 54.001) ('65 Code, § 1-2) (Ordinance 10, adopted 1/17/1980; Am. Ordinance 20, adopted 1/1/1985).
(2) 
If a statutory cite is set forth as a "statutory reference" following the text of the section, this indicates that the reader should refer to that statute for further information.
Example:
§ 31.10. Ordinance violations.
This city has the authority to impose penalties for ordinance violations.
('65 Code, § 1-5) (Ordinance 10, adopted 1/1/1980)
State law reference(s)—General municipal penalty, see Tex. Local Govt. Code, Ann., § 54.001.
No person shall be favored or discriminated against, with respect to any city appointment, employment, contract, or privilege, on account of age, race, sex, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, or political beliefs.
(Ordinance 3896, § 2, adopted 2/5/1919)
(A) 
The conviction of a violation of a provision of this Code or any ordinance, rule, or regulation of the city, is punishable as follows:
(1) 
Not to exceed $500.00 for violation of the following Code chapters or sections:
(a) 
Chapter 31 (Comprehensive Fee Schedule).
(b) 
Chapter 37 (Records Management).
(c) 
Chapter 53 (Streets and Sidewalks).
(d) 
Chapter 54 (General Design Standards).
(e) 
Chapters 70 through 73 (Traffic Code).
(f) 
Chapter 99 (Apartment Crime Reduction Program).
(g) 
Chapter 111 (Alcoholic Beverages).
(h) 
Chapter 112 (BYOB Businesses Regulation).
(i) 
Chapter 113 (Solicitors).
(j) 
Chapter 115 (Regulated Property).
(k) 
Chapter 117 (Special Events).
(l) 
Chapter 130 (General Offenses).
(m) 
Chapter 132 (Public Library).
(n) 
Chapter 133 (Parks and Recreation).
(o) 
Chapter 151 (Sign Regulations).
(2) 
Not to exceed $2,000.00 if the provisions violated govern fire safety, zoning, or public health and sanitation provisions, as follows:
(a) 
Chapter 50 (Solid Waste and Recycling).
(b) 
Chapter 52 (Water and Sewer Services).
(c) 
Chapter 56 (Cross-Connection Control and Prevention).
(d) 
Chapter 90 (Abandoned Property and Vehicles).
(e) 
Chapter 91 (Animal Regulations).
(f) 
Chapter 92 (Nuisances).
(g) 
Chapter 93 (Smoking in Public Places).
(h) 
Chapter 94 (Pool, Spa, and Interactive Water Feature and Fountain Regulations).
(i) 
Chapter 95 (Weeds and other Unsanitary Matter).
(j) 
Chapter 96 (Single- and Multi-Family Housing Code).
(k) 
Chapter 97 (Hotel Code).
(l) 
Chapter 98 (Commercial Property Maintenance Code).
(m) 
Chapter 116 (Restaurants and Food Establishments).
(n) 
Chapter 150 (Construction Codes).
(o) 
Chapter 152 (Subdivision Ordinance).
(p) 
Chapter 153 (Zoning Ordinance).
(q) 
Chapter 154 (Fence Regulations).
(r) 
Chapter 156 (Private Wells).
(s) 
Chapter 171 (Wastewater Pretreatment).
(t) 
Chapter 172 (Liquid Waste).
(u) 
Chapter 173 (Stormwater Pollution Prevention).
(v) 
Chapter 174 (Stormwater and Flood Protection).
(w) 
Chapter 175 (Municipal Setting Designation).
(x) 
Chapter 176 (Water Well Pollution Protection).
(3) 
Fixed by state law if the violation is one for which the state has a fixed fine.
(B) 
A person violating a provision of this Code or other ordinance, rule or regulation of the city is guilty of a separate offense for each day or part of a day during which the violation is committed, continued or permitted, unless otherwise provided.
(C) 
The provisions herein are cumulative of all other remedies including, but not limited to, injunctions and other extraordinary writs. This section shall govern all penalties for any violation of this Code, notwithstanding any language to the contrary contained in any other section of this Code.
('65 Code, § 1-5) (Ordinance 1190, adopted 8/20/1985; Am. Ordinance 1410, adopted 8/18/1987; Am. Ordinance 2336, adopted 6/16/1998; Am. Ordinance 2638, adopted 9/11/2001; Am. Ordinance 2674, adopted 4/16/2002; Am. Ordinance 2806, adopted 6/3/2003; Am. Ordinance 3040, adopted 2/7/2006; Am. Ordinance 3173, adopted 10/2/2007; Am. Ordinance 3213, adopted 3/25/2008; Am. Ordinance 3254, adopted 9/21/2008; Am. Ordinance 3341, adopted 11/3/2009; Am. Ordinance 3353, adopted 1/19/2010; Am. Ordinance 3444, adopted 6/21/2011; Am. Ordinance 3563, adopted 8/20/2013; Am. Ordinance 3599, adopted 2/18/2014; Am. Ordinance 3609, adopted 4/15/2014; Ordinance 3780, §§ 2, 3, adopted 12/6/2016; Am. Ordinance 4046, § 3, adopted 1/11/2022; Am. Ordinance 4058, § 1, adopted 3/8/2022; Ordinance 4140, adopted 6/6/2023)