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The dataset generation failed
Error code:   DatasetGenerationError
Exception:    UnicodeDecodeError
Message:      'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0xe2 in position 1445748: invalid continuation byte
Traceback:    Traceback (most recent call last):
                File "/src/services/worker/.venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/datasets/builder.py", line 1995, in _prepare_split_single
                  for _, table in generator:
                File "/src/services/worker/.venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/datasets/packaged_modules/text/text.py", line 90, in _generate_tables
                  batch = f.read(self.config.chunksize)
                File "/usr/local/lib/python3.9/codecs.py", line 322, in decode
                  (result, consumed) = self._buffer_decode(data, self.errors, final)
              UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0xe2 in position 1445748: invalid continuation byte
              
              The above exception was the direct cause of the following exception:
              
              Traceback (most recent call last):
                File "/src/services/worker/src/worker/job_runners/config/parquet_and_info.py", line 1529, in compute_config_parquet_and_info_response
                  parquet_operations = convert_to_parquet(builder)
                File "/src/services/worker/src/worker/job_runners/config/parquet_and_info.py", line 1154, in convert_to_parquet
                  builder.download_and_prepare(
                File "/src/services/worker/.venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/datasets/builder.py", line 1027, in download_and_prepare
                  self._download_and_prepare(
                File "/src/services/worker/.venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/datasets/builder.py", line 1122, in _download_and_prepare
                  self._prepare_split(split_generator, **prepare_split_kwargs)
                File "/src/services/worker/.venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/datasets/builder.py", line 1882, in _prepare_split
                  for job_id, done, content in self._prepare_split_single(
                File "/src/services/worker/.venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/datasets/builder.py", line 2038, in _prepare_split_single
                  raise DatasetGenerationError("An error occurred while generating the dataset") from e
              datasets.exceptions.DatasetGenerationError: An error occurred while generating the dataset

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VOLUME I
Volume I: Contains 9/23 Supplement, current through
Ordinance 32557, passed 9-20-2023
PREFACE
   The Code, as originally published in 1960, consisted of two loose-leaf
volumes and constituted the first version and codification of the general
ordinances of the City of Dallas since 1941. With the 1978 printing, the
original two volumes were expanded by adding Chapter 51, the City’s Zoning
Ordinance. A third loose-leaf volume was added that contained the City’s
construction codes.
   When reprinted in 1990, the Code was completely recodified, reformatted,
repaginated, and reindexed. The 1990 Code consisted of three loose-leaf volumes
-- Volumes I and II contained Chapters 1 through 50 and Volume III contained
Chapter 51A, “Part II of the Dallas Development Code.” The construction codes
and Chapter 51, “Part I of the Dallas Development Code,” were available for
purchase separately.
   With this 1997 printing, the Code has been completely repaginated to remove
excess pages and has been converted to a computer format and font that will
facilitate the Code’s maintenance by the City Attorney’s Office. This 1997 Code
still consists of three loose-leaf volumes -- Volumes I and II contain Chapters
1 through 50, except for Chapter 16, and Volume III contains Chapter 51A. The
construction codes and Chapter 51, “Part I of the Dallas Development Code,” may
be purchased separately from the Building Inspection Division of the city.
Chapter 16, “Dallas Fire Code,” may be purchased separately from the Dallas
Fire Department.
   This Code contains ordinances passed or effective through May 31, 1997.
Supplements will be issued periodically so that copies of the Code may be kept
up-to-date. It is anticipated that the supplements will be published quarterly.
   All volumes of the Code, except the construction codes and the fire code,
and all ordinances amending the Code will be maintained on a word processing
system in the City Attorney’s Office. Copies of the Code and all supplements,
however, will be prepared and distributed through:
   American Legal Publishing Corporation
   525 Vine Street, Suite 310
   Cincinnati, Ohio 45202
   1-800-445-5588
CHAPTER 1
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sec.
1-1.   How code designated and cited.
Sec.
1-2.   Provisions considered as continuation of existing ordinances.
Sec.
1-3.   Catchlines of sections.
Sec.
1-4.   Severability of parts of code.
Sec.
1-5.   Rules of construction.
Sec.
1-5.1   Culpable mental state.
Sec.
1-6.   Amendments or additions to code; printing.
Sec.
1-7.   Disannexation - Application.
Sec.
1-8.   Same - Procedure.
Sec.
1-9.   Notice to property owners; presumption of ownership.
Sec.
1-10.   Reserved.
Sec.
1-11.   Standard of judicial review for city board and commission decisions.
SEC. 1-1.   HOW CODE DESIGNATED AND CITED.
   The ordinances embraced in this and the following chapters and sections
shall constitute and be designated “The Revised Code of Civil and Criminal
Ordinances of the City of Dallas” and may be so cited. Such code may also be
cited as the “Dallas City Code.”
SEC. 1-2.   PROVISIONS CONSIDERED AS CONTINUATION OF EXISTING ORDINANCES.
   The provisions appearing in this and the following chapters and sections, so
far as they are the same as those of ordinances existing at the time of the
adoption of “The Revised Code of Civil and Criminal Ordinances of the City of
Dallas”, shall be considered as a continuation thereof and not as new
enactments.
SEC. 1-3.   CATCHLINES OF SECTIONS.
   The catchlines of the several sections of this code printed in boldface type
are intended as mere catchwords to indicate the contents of the section and
shall not be deemed or taken to be titles of such sections, nor as any part of
the section, nor, unless expressly so provided, shall they be so deemed when
any of such sections, including the catchlines, are amended or re-enacted.
SEC. 1-4.   SEVERABILITY OF PARTS OF CODE.
   It is hereby declared to be the intention of the city council that the
sections, paragraphs, sentences, clauses, and phrases of this code are
severable, and if any phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph or section of this
code shall be declared unconstitutional or invalid by the valid judgment or
decree of any court of competent jurisdiction, such unconstitutionality or
invalidity shall not affect any of the remaining phrases, clauses, sentences,
paragraphs and sections of this code, since the same would have been enacted by
the city council without the incorporation in this code, of any such
unconstitutional or invalid phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph or section.
SEC. 1-5.   RULES OF CONSTRUCTION.
   In the construction of this code, and of all ordinances and resolutions
passed by the city council, the following rules contained in this section shall
be observed, unless such construction would be inconsistent with the manifest
intent of the council:
   BOND. When a bond is required, an undertaking in writing is sufficient if
properly drafted and executed.
   CITY. The words “city,” “the city,” or “this city” mean the city of Dallas,
Texas.
   CITY SECRETARY, CHIEF OF POLICE or OTHER CITY OFFICERS OR DEPARTMENTS. The
words “city secretary”, “chief of police” or words designating any “other city
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