Ord. 0825 10-13-97ORDINANCE NO. 825
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 BRIAR CIRCLE IN A SOUTHERLY
DIRECTION AT ITS INTERSECTIONS WITH PLUM STREET, UPON LINWOOD
OAKS WEST IN A SOUTHERLY DIRECTION AT ITS INTERSECTION WITH
PLUM STREET, UPON LINWOOD OAKS EAST IN A SOUTHERLY DIRECTION
AT ITS INTERSECTION WITH PLUM STREET, UPON YUPON CIRCLE IN A
SOUTHERLY DIRECTION AT ITS WESTERNMOST INTERSECTION WITH
PLUM STREET; 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 TRAVELLING 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:
Section 1. Pursuant to the grant of authority contained in the preamble hereof, the
following intersections are designated as stop intersections:
BRIAR CIRCLE, LINWOOD OAKS EAST, LINWOOD OAKS WEST, AND YUPON CIRCLE:
Upon Briar Circle in a southerly direction at its intersections with Plum Street;
Upon Linwood Oaks West in a southerly direction at its intersection with
Plum Street;
Upon Linwood Oaks East in a southerly direction at its intersection with
Plum Street;
Upon Yupon Circle in a southerly direction at its westernmost intersection with
Plum Street.
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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 travelling 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
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.
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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 /,.ay of
, A. D., 1997.
ATTEST:
APPRVED AS TO FORM:
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The Pearland Reporter News
2404 South Park
Pearland, Texas 77581
State of Texas
Brazori�a and Harris Counties
I, Joan Cummings, hereby certify that the notice hereby appended was published
in Brazoria and Harris Counties in the REPORTER NEWS, a newspaper of general
circulation in Brazoria and Harris Counties, for / issues, as follows:
No. / Date'
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ORDINANCE OF THE
CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY . OF PEARLAND,
TEXAS, ESTABLISHING
jSTOP SIGNS WITHIN THE
iCORPQRATE.LIMITSOF
l'HE CITY 00 PEARLAND
PON BRIAR CIRCLE IN A
OUTHERLY_DIRECTION
T ITS- INTERSECTIONS
Wim PLUM,STREET, UPON
LINWOOD OAKS WEST IN A
SOUTHERLY DIRECTION
AT ITS:INTEpsEcTioN
WTTH PLUM STREET, uP0N4.
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SOUTHERLY DIRECTION
AT -ITS INTERSECTION
WITH PLUM STREET, UPON
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toutffiRLYMOEttioN
AT rp:LINgsitONMOSij
INTERSECTION WITH
STREET; PROVIDING
PENALTY FOR VIOLATION;
CONTAINING. A .SAVINGS
600"AfTspg4titurt.!:
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EFFECTIVE DATE, FOR!
PUBLIOATION AND FOR
CODIFICATION; AND
DECLARING AN g R-`
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NEED TO
SIGNS* INTERSECTIONS
INURES TO THE BENEFIT
OF::10077-TRAtONO:Fue-.
L(c:`,`AND;i THEREFORE,
BEARS DIRECTLY UPON
THE HEALTH, SAFEti,' AND
WELFARE OF -THE CMZEN::
Section 2 Persafty. Any per-
son Aiti shill-iiiolate•the 00:
" visions of this section shall be
deemed guilty of a misde-
meanor and shall, upon con-
viction by a court Of compe-
tent junicliption, be punished
by a fine- sum not
exceeding Two Hundred,
Dollers.($200.60), - •
PASSED and APPROVED on
FirstAnd OnlyrReading.this•.,
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1997.
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UBLICATION. DATE:
OCTOBER 15,1997
"EFFECTIVE DATE: OCTO-
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