Ord. 0803 06-23-97ORDINANCE NO. 803
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PEARLAND,
TEXAS, RECOGNIZING COUNTY ROAD 896 AS BEING LOCATED WITHIN
THE CITY FROM SMITH MILLER ROAD (COUNTY ROAD 92) TO THE
SOUTHERN END OF ITS DEDICATED ROAD RIGHT-OF-WAY; RENAMING
SAID SECTION OF COUNTY ROAD 896 AS GLOSSON ROAD; AND
ESTABLISHING A SPEED LIMIT ON SAID SECTION OF GLOSSON ROAD AT
30 MILES PER HOUR; 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 FOR SPEED LIMIT SIGNS IN THIS AREA INURES TO THE
BENEFIT OF THE TRAVELLING PUBLIC AND, THEREFORE, BEARS
DIRECTLY UPON THE HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELFARE OF THE
CITIZENRY.
WHEREAS, it is the City's policy and practice to assign or extend names of City
streets to county roads that are included within the City limits; and
WHEREAS, the Transportation Code provides, in part, that local authorities may,
with reference to highways under their jurisdiction, enforce traffic control devices
including speed limit signs; and
WHEREAS, setting the speed limit at 30 miles per hour on sections of
Glosson Road is necessary in order to meet new traffic needs; and
WHEREAS, this change will bring sections of Glosson Road into compliance with
the city's goal of bringing non -highway thoroughfare and collector streets into general
urban character consistent with urban needs as they develop; now, therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PEARLAND, TEXAS:
Section 1. That County Road 896 from the southern right-of-way of Smith Miller
Road (County Road 92) to the southern end of the dedicated road right-of-way of
County Road 896 is hereby recognized as being included within the City limits of Pearland.
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Section 2. That the section of County Road 896 from the southern right-of-way
of Smith Miller Road (County Road 92) to the southern end of the dedicated road
right-of-way of County Road 896 is hereby named as Glosson Road.
Section 3. Pursuant to the grant of authority contained in the preamble hereof,
speed limit signs on Glosson Road are hereby set at 30 miles per hour in the following
section:
from the southern right-of-way of Smith Miller Road (County Road 92) to the
southern end of the dedicated road right-of-way of County Road 896.
Section 4. All distances noted herein are approximations, to be used only for
identification purposes and any discrepancies or variations in those distances are not to
be construed against the City.
Section 5. 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 6. 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 7. Severability. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or
portion of this Ordinance is for any reason held invalid, unconstitutional or otherwise
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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 8. Repealer. All ordinances and parts of ordinances in conflict herewith
are hereby repealed but only to the extent of such conflict.
Section 9. 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 10. 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.
Section 11. Declaration of Emergency. The Council finds and determines that
speed limit signs in this area of Glosson Road 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.
PASSED and APPROVED on First and Only Reading this the 25 day of
, A. D., 1997.
TOM REID
MAYOR
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ATTEST:
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
C
A MO ES McCULLOUGH
CITY ATT• RNEY
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AN ORDINANCE -OF THE
CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF PEARLAND,
TEXAS, I RECOGNIZING
COUNTY ROAD 896 •AS
:BEING LOCATED WITHIN
:THE CITY FROM SMITH
IMILLER;ROAD (COUNTY
!ROAD 92) TO THE SOUTH-
ERN END OF ITS DEDICAT-
I ED ROAD RIGHT-OF-WAY;
RENAMING SAID SECTION
OF COUNTY ROAD 896 AS
,GLOSSON ROAD; AND
ESTABLISHING -A: SPEED
LIMIT -ON SAID SECTION
1OF GLOSSON ROAD AT 30
MILES PER HOUR; PRO-
IVtDING_A_l?ENALTY FOR
VIOLATION; CONTAINING
! A SAVINGS CLAUSE, A
ISEVERABILITY CLAUSE
AND A REPEALER
CLAUSE; PROVIDING AN
EFFECTIVE DATE, FOR
PUBLICATION AND FOR
CODIFICATION; AND
DECLARING AN EMER-
GENCY: BECAUSE THE
NEED FOR SPEED LIMIT
SIGNS IN THIS AREA
INURES TO THE BENEFIT
OF THE TRAVELLING PUB-
LIC AND, THEREFORE,
BEARS DIRECTLY UPON
I THE HEALTH, SAFETY AND
!WELFARE OF THE CITI-
ZENRY. '1
' Section 51 Penalty. Any per-
son who s'hali violate the pro-
visions of this section shall be
deemed guilty of a ,misde-
meanor and shall, upon con-
viction by a court of compe-
tent jurisdiction, be punished
1 by a fine..in any sum not
I 'exceeding Two ;Hundred'
I Dollars ($200.00): 1
PASSED and APPROVED on
First and Only Reading this
the 23rd day of June;-A;D.,
1997.
/S/TOM REID
MAYOR •— -
' ATTEST:
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/S/YOUNG LORFING
CITY SECRETARY
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
IS/ AMY MOTES
McCULLOUGH
CITY ATTORNEY
VOTING RECORD' (FIRST
AND ONLY READING JUNE
23.1997)
Voting 'Aye'- Councilmem-
;, bers Cole, Berger, Beckman,
Tetens, & Wilkins
Voting 'No" - None
Motion passed 5 to 0.
PUBLICATION DATE: JULY {
2, 1997
EFFECTIVE DATE: `JULY '
12,1997
PUBLISHED AS REQUIRED
BY SECTION 3.10 OF THE
CHARTER OF THE CITY OF
PEARLAND.
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ORDINANCE NO. 803
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PEARLAND,
TEXAS, RECOGNIZING COUNTY ROAD 896 AS BEING LOCATED
WITHIN THE CITY FROM SMITH MILLER ROAD (COUNTY ROAD 92)
TO THE SOUTHERN END OF ITS DEDICATED ROAD RIGHT-OF-WAY;
RENAMING SAID SECTION OF COUNTY ROAD 896 AS GLOSSON
ROAD; AND ESTABLISHING A SPEED LIMIT ON SAID SECTION OF
GLOSSON ROAD AT 30 MILES PER HOUR; 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 FOR SPEED LIMIT SIGNS IN
THIS AREA INURES TO THE BENEFIT OF THE TRAVELLING PUBLIC
AND, THEREFORE, BEARS DIRECTLY UPON THE HEALTH, SAFETY
AND WELFARE OF THE CITIZENRY.
Section 5. 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).
PASSED and APPROVED on First and Only Reading this the 23rd day of June,
A.D., 1997.
/S/ TOM REID
MAYOR
ATTEST:
/S/ YOUNG LORFING
CITY SECRETARY
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
/S/ AMY MOTES McCULLOUGH
CITY ATTORNEY
VOTING RECORD (FIRST AND ONLY READING JUNE 23,1997)
Voting "Aye" - Councilmembers Cole, Berger, Beckman, Tetens, & Wilkins
Voting "No" - None
Motion passed 5 to 0.
PUBLICATION DATE: JULY 2, 1997
EFFECTIVE DATE: JULY 12, 1997