Ord. 0824 10-13-97ORDINANCE NO. 824
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 GOLFCREST COUNTRY CLUB
ENTRANCE/EXIT ROAD IN A WESTERLY DIRECTION AT ITS NORTHERN-
MOST INTERSECTION WITH COUNTRY CLUB DRIVE, AND UPON
GOLFCREST COUNTRY CLUB ENTRANCE/EXIT ROAD IN A SOUTHERLY
DIRECTION AT ITS SOUTHERNMOST INTERSECTION WITH COUNTRY
CLUB DRIVE; 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:
Upon Golfcrest Country Club entrance/exit road in a westerly direction at its
northernmost intersection with Country Club Drive;
Upon Golfcrest Country Club entrance/exit road in a southerly direction at its
southernmost intersection with Country Club Drive.
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).
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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.
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
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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 / .day of
, A. D., 1997.
ATTEST:
APPR'ij ED AS TO FORM:
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AFFIDAVIT OF PUBLICATION
The Pearland Reporter News
2404 South Park
Pearland, Texas 77581
State of Texas
Brazoria 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. 1 Date lD %S 19 5/1
No. Date 19
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xceeding Two Hundred
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ASSED and APPROVED on
irst and Only Reading this
he 1 3th day of October, A.
., 1997.
srPONI REID
MAYOR
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UBLICATION DATE:
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