Ord. 0833 12-08-97ORDINANCE NO. 833
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PEARLAND,
TEXAS, RECOGNIZING THE SOUTHERN PART OF EXISTING
HATFIELD ROAD AS BEING LOCATED WITHIN THE CITY FROM
BROADWAY STREET (FM 518) NORTH TO THE RELOCATED SECTION OF
HATFIELD ROAD; RENAMING SAID SECTION OF HATFIELD ROAD AS
JASPER ROAD; AND ESTABLISHING A SPEED LIMIT ON SAID SECTION OF
JASPER 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 to rename City streets when necessary to avoid
confusion with other streets that are located 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 Jasper Road
is necessary in order to meet new traffic needs; and
WHEREAS, this change will bring sections of Jasper 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 the southern part of existing Hatfield Road from the northern
right-of-way line of Broadway Street (FM 518) north to the relocated section of
Hatfield Road is hereby recognized as being included within the City limits of Pearland.
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Section 2. That the section of Hatfield Road from the northern right-of-way line of
Broadway Street (FM 518) north to the relocated section of Hatfield Road is hereby
renamed as Jasper Road.
Section 3. Pursuant to the grant of authority contained in the preamble hereof,
speed limit signs on Jasper Road are hereby set at 30 miles per hour in the following
section of Jasper Road:
from the northern right-of-way line of Broadway Street (FM 518) north to
the relocated section of Hatfield Road.
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 Jasper 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 8th day of
December , A. D., 1997.
TOM REID
MAYOR
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ATTEST:
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
IVt S C 1'v
AMY M•TES McCUL OUGH
CITY ATTORNEY
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