Ord. 0780 03-31-97ORDINANCE NO. 780
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PEARLAND,
TEXAS, RECOGNIZING OILER DRIVE AS BEING LOCATED WITHIN THE
CITY FROM MAIN STREET TO CENTENNIAL BOULEVARD AND
RECOGNIZING CENTENNIAL BOULEVARD AS BEING LOCATED WITHIN
THE CITY FROM OILER DRIVE TO BROADWAY; AND ESTABLISHING A
TEMPORARY SPEED LIMIT ON SAID SECTIONS OF OILER DRIVE AND
CENTENNIAL BOULEVARD AT 30 MILES PER HOUR DURING THE
CONSTRUCTION PHASE; AND ESTABLISHING A PERMANENT SPEED
LIMIT ON SAID SECTIONS OF OILER DRIVE AND CENTENNIAL
BOULEVARD AT 35 MILES PER HOUR UPON COMPLETION OF
CONSTRUCTION; PROVIDING A PENALTY FOR VIOLATION; CONTAIN-
ING A SAVINGS CLAUSE, A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE AND A REPEALER
CLAUSE; PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION, CODIFICATION AND AN
EFFECTIVE DATE; 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, 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, the setting of a temporary speed limit at 30 miles per hour on
sections of Oiler Drive and Centennial Boulevard is necessary in order to meet traffic
needs during the construction phase; and
WHEREAS, the setting of a permanent speed limit at 35 miles per hour on
sections of Oiler Drive and Centennial Boulevard is necessary in order to meet traffic
needs upon completion of construction; and
WHEREAS, this change will bring sections of Oiler Drive and Centennial
Boulevard 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,
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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PEARLAND, TEXAS:
Section 1. That Oiler Drive from the southern right-of-way of Centennial
Boulevard to the northern right-of-way of Main Street and Centennial Boulevard from
the southern right-of-way of Oiler Drive to the southern right-of-way of Broadway is
hereby recognized as being included within the City limits of Pearland.
Section 2. Pursuant to the grant of authority contained in the preamble
hereof, a temporary speed limit is hereby set at 30 miles per hour during the
construction phase as follows:
in the section of Oiler Drive from the southern right-of-way of Centennial
Boulevard to the northern right-of-way of Main Street; and
in the section of Centennial Boulevard from the southern right-of-way of Oiler
Drive to the southern right-of-way of Broadway.
Section 3. Pursuant to the grant of authority contained in the preamble
hereof, a permanent speed limit is hereby set at 35 miles per hour upon completion
of construction as follows:
in the section of Oiler Drive from the southern right-of-way of Centennial
Boulevard to the northern right-of-way of Main Street; and
in the section of Centennial Boulevard from the southern right-of-way of Oiler
Drive to the southern right-of-way of Broadway.
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.
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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 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
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effective ten (10) days from and after its publication, or the publication of its caption
and penalty, in the official City newspaper.
Section 11. Emergency. The Council finds and determines that speed limit
signs in this area of Oiler Drive and Centennial Boulevard 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,6/5 day of
teodt-
ATTEST:
WENDY ST RF
INTERIM CI SECRETARY
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
, A.D., 1997.
Y OTES McCU LOUGH
CITY TTORNEY
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TOM REID
MAYOR