Ord. 0697 06-19-95ORDINANCE NO. 697
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 BESTIN OAKS DRIVE AT
ITS INTERSECTION WITH DIXIE FARM ROAD, UPON BESTIN OAKS
DRIVE AT ITS INTERSECTION WITH BRANCH HILL DRIVE, UPON
BRANCH HILL DRIVE AT ITS INTERSECTION WITH OAKWICK DRIVE,
UPON OAKWICK DRIVE AT ITS INTERSECTION WITH BRANCH HILL
DRIVE, UPON OAK LODGE DRIVE AT ITS INTERSECTION WITH
OAKWICK DRIVE (OAKBROOK ESTATES SUBDIVISION, SECTION
ONE); 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, Texas Revised Civil Statutes Annotated, Article
8701d, Section 91(a) 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 RESOLVED 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:
Oakbrook Estates Subdivision:
Bestin Oaks Drive at its intersection with Dixie Farm Road;
Bestin Oaks Drive at its intersection with Branch Hill Drive;
Branch Hill Drive at its intersection with Oakwick Drive;
Oakwick Drive at its intersection with Branch Hill Drive; and
Oak Lodge Drive at its intersection with Oakwick Drive.
Section 2. 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. 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.
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ORDINANCE NO. 697
Section 4. 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. 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 compe-
tent 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. All ordinances and parts of ordinances in con-
flict herewith are hereby repealed but only to the extent of such
conflict.
Section 7. 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. 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 Pay
of
, A.D., 1995.
ATTEST:
A BENI''EZ
TY SECRETARY
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RICHARD TETENS
MAYOR PRO TEM
ORDINANCE NO. 697
APPRO
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MO E' MCCULLOUGH
CITY TTIRNEY
VOTING RECORD (FIRST AND ONLY READING) JUNE 19, 1995
Voting "Aye" - Councilmembers Weber, Richardson, Beckman, Cole and Tetens.
Voting "No" - None.
Motion Passed 5 to 0.
PUBLICATION DATE: June 28, 1995
EFFECTIVE DATE: July 8, 1995
PUBLISHED AS REQUIRED BY SECTION 3.10 OF THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF PEARLAND,
TEXAS.
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AFFIDAVIT OF PUBLICATION
Before me, the undersigned authorit
appeared GLORIA BOIKE, Business Manager nfor iTHEs aJOURNALy ,�aaly
newspaper having general circulation in Brazoria County,
Texas, who being by me duly sworn, deposes and says that the
foregoing attached notice was published in said newspaper
on the following date(s), to wit:
AN ORDINANCE HE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PEARLAND
TEXAS ESTABLISHING
STOP SIGNS WITHIN THE
CORPORATE LIMITS OF
UPON BESTIN OAKS DRIVE
AT ITS INTERSECTION.
Subscribed and ew WITH DIXIE FARM ROAD +11
UPON BESTIN OAKS DRIVE ;'�
Ai .ITS {NT odmiION
WITH BRANCH HILL'
DRIVE UPON BRANCH
HI[L`,l DIVE Aril INTER.
8EG110N WITH OAKWICK
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�;S�ctIw Z An R��sen who - Shall violate the provisions
of this section shall -_be---
:deemed guil6, of a misde-
meanor andshatl, upon
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Conviction by a court of
competent jurisdiction, be
Spumsn t hedexyceedine gnTwo l ,I
HundredDollars ($200.00).
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APPROVEDgflon First and
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RICHARD TETENS
MAYOR PRO TEM
ATTEST:
YOLANDA BENITEZ
C TY SECRETARY
PROVED AS TO FFORM:
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