Ord. 0974 07-24-00ORDINANCE NO. 974
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PEARLAND,
TEXAS, ESTABLISHING STOP SIGNS WITHIN THE CORPORATE LIMITS
OF THE CITY OF PEARLAND UPON ARWADY VIEW LANE IN A
NORTHERLY DIRECTION AT ITS INTERSECTION WITH FITE ROAD,
UPON ARWADY VIEW LANE IN A SOUTHERLY DIRECTION AT ITS
INTERSECTION WITH RAYLEINE ROAD, UPON SHRINER COURT IN A
SOUTHEASTERLY DIRECTION AT ITS INTERSECTION WITH RAYLEINE
DRIVE, UPON NANTUCKET COURT IN A NORTHWESTERLY DIRECTION
AT ITS INTERSECTION WITH RAYLEINE DRIVE, UPON ALEXANDROS
COURT IN A SOUTHERLY DIRECTION AT ITS INTERSECTION WITH
RAYLEINE DRIVE, UPON PRINCESS BAY COURT IN A NORTHERLY
DIRECTION AT ITS INTERSECTION WITH RAYLEINE DRIVE, UPON
PRINCESS BAY COURT IN A SOUTHERLY DIRECTION AT ITS
INTERSECTION WITH RAYLEINE DRIVE, UPON RAYLEINE DRIVE IN A
WESTERLY DIRECTION AT ITS INTERSECTION WITH BRUNO WAY,
UPON CONSULAR COURT IN A NORTHEASTERLY DIRECTION AT ITS
INTERSECTION WITH BRUNO WAY, UPON BAGNOLI ROSE LANE IN A
NORTHERLY DIRECTION AT ITS INTERSECTION WITH ORCHARD VIEW
LANE, UPON BAGNOLI ROSE LANE IN A SOUTHERLY DIRECTION AT
ITS INTERSECTION WITH ORCHARD VIEW LANE (VILLAGE OF
EDGEWATERESTATES, SECTION5, PHASE2); PROVIDING A PENALTY
FOR VIOLATION; CONTAINING A SAVINGS CLAUSE, A SEVERABILITY
CLAUSE AND A REPEALER CLAUSE; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE,
FOR PUBLICATION, AND FOR CODIFICATION; AND DECLARING AN
EMERGENCY BECAUSE THE NEED TO ESTABLISH STOP SIGNS AT
INTERSECTIONS INURES TO THE BENEFIT OF THE TRAVELING PUBLIC
AND, THEREFORE, BEARS DIRECTLY UPON THE HEALTH, SAFETY AND
WELFARE OF THE CITIZENRY.
WHEREAS, Section 544.003 of the Transportation Code provides, in part, that
local authorities may, with reference to highways under their jurisdiction, designate
any intersection as a stop intersection; now, therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PEARLAND, TEXAS:
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Section 1. Pursuant to the grant of authority contained in the preamble hereof,
the following intersections are designated as stop intersections:
Village of Edgewater Estates, Section 5, Phase 2:
Upon Arwady View Lane in a northerly direction at its intersection with
Fite Road;
Upon Arwady View Lane in a southerly direction at its intersection with
Rayleine Road;
Upon Shriner Court in a southeasterly direction at its intersection with
Rayleine Drive;
Upon Nantucket Court in a northwesterly direction at its intersection with
Rayleine Drive;
Upon Alexandros Court in a southerly direction at its intersection with
Rayleine Drive;
Upon Princess Bay Court in a northerly direction at its intersection with
Rayleine Drive;
Upon Princess Bay Court in a southerly direction at its intersection with
Rayleine Drive;
Upon Rayleine Drive in a westerly direction at its intersection with Bruno Way;
Upon Consular Court in a northeasterly direction at its intersection with
Bruno Way;
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Upon Bagnoli Rose Lane in a northerly direction at its intersection with
Orchard View Lane;
Upon Bagnoli Rose Lane in a southerly direction at its intersection with
Orchard View Lane.
Section 2. Penalty. Any person who shall violate the provisions of this section
shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and shall, upon conviction by a court of
competent jurisdiction, be punished by a fine in any sum not exceeding
Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00).
Section 3. Declaration of Emergency. The Council finds and determines that
the need to establish stop signs inures to the benefit of the traveling public and,
therefore, bears directly upon the health, safety and welfare of the citizenry; and that
this Ordinance shall be adopted as an emergency measure, and that the rule requiring
this Ordinance to be read on two (2) separate occasions be, and the same is hereby
waived.
Section 4. Savings. All rights and remedies which have accrued in favor of the
City under this Chapter and amendments thereto shall be and are preserved for the
benefit of the City.
Section 5. Severability. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase
or portion of this Ordinance is for any reason held invalid, unconstitutional or otherwise
unenforceable by any court of competent jurisdiction, such portion shall be deemed a
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separate, distinct, and independent provision and such holding shall not affect the
validity of the remaining portions thereof.
Section 6. Repealer. All ordinances and parts of ordinances in conflict
herewith are hereby repealed but only to the extent of such conflict.
Section 7. Codification. It is the intent of the City Council of the City of
Pearland, Texas, that the provisions of this Ordinance shall be codified in the City's
official Code of Ordinances as provided hereinabove.
Section 8. Publication and Effective Date. The City Secretary shall cause this
Ordinance, or its caption and penalty, to be published in the official newspaper of the
City of Pearland, upon passage of such Ordinance. The Ordinance shall then become
effective ten (10) days from and after its publication, or the publication of its caption
and penalty, in the official City newspaper.
PASSED and APPROVED on First and Only Reading this the 24T" day of July,
A.D., 2000.
TOM REID
MAYOR
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ATTEST:
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
DARRIN M. COKER
CITY ATTORNEY
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VOTING RECORD (FIRST AND ONLY READING
JULY 24, 2000)
Voting "Aye" -
Councilmembers Beckman, Owens
Seeger, and Marcott.
Voting "No" - None.
Motion passes 4 to 0, with Councilmember Wilkins absent.
PUBLICATION DATE: JULY 26, 2000
EFFECTIVE DATE: AUGUST 6, 2000
PUBLISHED AS REQUIRED BY SECTION 3.10 OF
THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF PEARLAND, TEXAS
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