§ 1-13. Certain ordinances, rights, etc., not affected by Code

(a) Nothing in this Code at the time of its adoption, or the ordinance adopting this Code, shall affect:

(1) 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 the ordinance adopting this Code;

(2) Any ordinance or resolution 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, or any contract or obligations assumed by the city;

(3) The administrative ordinances or resolutions of the city not in conflict with the provisions of the Code;

(4) Any ordinance or resolution fixing salaries of officers or employees of the city, unless superseded;

(5) Any appropriation ordinance or resolution;

(6) Any right of franchise granted by the city council to any person, firm or corporation;

(7) Any ordinance or resolution dedicating, naming, establishing, locating, relocating, closing, opening, paving, widening, vacating, etc., any street or public way in the city;

(8) Any ordinance or resolution establishing and prescribing the street grades of any city streets;

(9) Any ordinance or resolution providing for local improvements or assessing taxes therefor;

(10) Any ordinance or resolution dedicating or accepting any plat or subdivision in the city, or providing regulations for the same;

(11) Any ordinance annexing property to the city;

(12) Any ordinances or amendments thereto concerning zoning, subdivisions, or land development;

(13) Any ordinance or resolution regulating the erection, alteration, repair, demolition, moving or removal of buildings or other structures;

(14) Ordinances or resolutions prescribing traffic regulations for specific locations, prescribing through streets, parking limitations, parking prohibitions, one-way traffic, limitations on loads of vehicles or loading zones, not inconsistent with this Code;

(15) Any ordinance or resolution fixing utility rates and charges, or any valid comprehensive fee schedule, and all fees, charges, court costs, and assessments of any type in effect at the time of adoption of this Code;

(16) Any ordinance of agreement with another political subdivision;

(17) Any ordinance concerning issuance of tax anticipation notes;

(18) Any current ordinance concerning personnel benefits, including but not limited to participation in the Texas Municipal Retirement System or the Texas Municipal League Intergovernmental Employee Benefits Pool;

(19) Any ordinance in effect which establishes a requirement or procedure to obtain a municipal permit or license to conduct any commercial activity, construct or alter a building or structure, or otherwise obtain municipal permission or sanction as a precondition;

(20) Any ordinance in effect at time of adoption of this Code which imposes a tax, establishes an exemption, or creates a tax abatement program;

(21) Any ordinance in effect which pertains to regulation of alcoholic beverages, including but not limited to hours of sale and the operation of private clubs;

(22) Any ordinance, resolution or order of the governing body accepting the designation by a state or federal entity to administer or enforce state or federal laws, regulations, or orders;

(23) Any ordinance establishing historic districts, designating landmarks and establishing criteria, appointing a preservation officer or commission and prescribing duties, and otherwise pertaining to historic preservation, until as later revised or repealed; or

(24) Any other ordinance or resolution, or part thereof, which is not of a general and permanent nature (including but not limited to deeds without warranty for city-owned property), or which is referred to elsewhere in this Code as continuing in effect;

(25) Any ordinance or resolution creating a committee that is purely advisory in nature;

and all such ordinances and resolutions are hereby recognized as continuing in full force and effect to the same extent as if set out at length in this Code.

(b) Such ordinances and resolutions are on file in the city secretary's office.