Ord. 0801 06-23-97ORDINANCE NO. 801
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL O_ F THE CITY OF PEARLAND,
TEXAS, RECOGNIZING HILL HOUSE ROAD AS BEING LOCATED WITHIN
THE CITY FROM BROADWAY STREET TO THE NORTHERN CITY LIMIT
LINE; AND ESTABLISHING A. SPEED LIMIT ON SAID SECTION OF
HILL HOUSE 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 Hill House
Road is necessary in order to meet new traffic needs; and
WHEREAS, this_change will bring sections of Hill House 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 Hill House Road from the northern right-of-way of Broadway Street
to the northern City limit line is hereby recognized as being included within the City limits
of Pearland.
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Section 2. Pursuant to the grant of authority contained in the preamble hereof,
speed limit signs on Hill House Road are hereby set at 30 miles per hour in the following
section:
from the northern right-of-way of Broadway Street to the northern City limit
line.
Section 3. 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 4. 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-5. 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 6. 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 7. 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 8. 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 9. 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 10. Declaration of Emergency. The Council finds and determines that
speed limit signs in this area of Hill House 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 theta day of
, A. D., 1997.
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TOM RETD
MAYOR
ORDINANCE NO. 801
ATTEST:
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NG L FI
SE TARY
.APPRO ED AS TO FORM:
AM • ES McCULLOUGH
CITY A TORNEY
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ORDINANCE NO. 801
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PEARLAND,
TEXAS, RECOGNIZING HILL HOUSE ROAD AS BEING LOCATED
WITHIN THE CITY FROM BROADWAY STREET TO THE NORTHERN
CITY LIMIT LINE; AND ESTABLISHING A SPEED LIMIT ON SAID
SECTION OF HILL HOUSE 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 4. 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
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AN ORDINANCE OF THE'
CITY\ COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF PEARLAND,
TEXAS, RECOGNIZING
HILL \HOUSE ROAD AS
BEING LOCATED WITHIN
THE CITY FROM BROAD -
WAY I STREET TO THE
NORTHERN—CIT-Y -LIMIT
1 LINE; AND ESTABLISHING 1
A SPEED LIMIT ON SAID '
I
SECTION OF HILL HOUSE;
ROAD AT 30 MILES PER
HOUR; PROVIDING A
PENALTY FOR VIOLATION;
CONTAINING A SAVINGS '
CLAUSE, A SEVERABILITY I
CLAUSE AND A REPEALER
CLAUSE; PROVIDING AN
EFFECTIVE DATE, FOR .t
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
THE HEALTH, SAFETY AND
WELFARE OF THE CITI-
ZENRY._
Section 4. Penalty. Any per-
son who shall violate the pro-
visions of this section shall be
deemed guilty of a imisde-
meanor and shall, upon con-
viction by a court of compe-
1 tent 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.
/SITOM REID
MAYOR
ATTEST:
IS/ YOUNG LORFING
CITY SECRETARY
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
IS/ AMY MOTES McCULLOUGH
CITY ATTORNEY
VOTING: RECORD (FIRST
AND ONLY READING JUNE
23.1997)1 •
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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