Ord. 0844 06-08-98ORDINANCE NO. 844
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 LONGWOOD DRIVE IN A
SOUTHWESTERLY DIRECTION AT ITS INTERSECTION WITH
LONG VIEW DRIVE, UPON LONGWOOD DRIVE IN A NORTHEASTERLY
DIRECTION AT ITS INTERSECTION WITH LONG VIEW DRIVE
(LONGWOOD PARK, SECTION 1); 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, Section 544.003 of the Transportation Code 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 ORDAINED 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:
Longwood Park, Section 1:
Upon Longwood Drive in a southwesterly direction at its intersection with
Long View Drive;
Upon Longwood Drive in a northeasterly direction at its intersection with
Long View Drive.
Section 2. 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).
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Section 3. Declaration of Emergency. 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.
Section 4. 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 5. 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 6. Repealer. All ordinances and parts of ordinances in conflict
herewith are hereby repealed but only to the extent of such conflict.
Section 7. 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 8. 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.
PASSED and APPROVED on First and Only Reading this the 8th day of June,
A.D., 1998.
ATTEST:
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
DARRIN M. COKER
INTERIM CITY ATTORNEY
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TOM REID
MAYOR
VOTING RECORD (FIRST AND ONLY READING
JUNE 8, 1998)
Voting "Aye" - Councilmembers Seeger, Berger,
Wilkins, Tetens, and Beckman.
Voting "No" - None.
Motion passes 5 to 0.
PUBLICATION DATE: JUNE 10, 1998
EFFECTIVE DATE: JUNE 20, 1998
PUBLISHED AS REQUIRED BY SECTION 3.10 OF
THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF PEARLAND, TEXAS
City of Pssrtnd, Texas
STOP SIGNS AT
LONGWOOD DR AND
LONG VIEW DR.
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Pearland, Texas 77581
State of Texas
Brazoria and Harris Counties
I, Joan Cummings, hereby certify that the notice hereby appended was published
in Brazoria and Harris Counties in the REPORTER NEWS, a newspaper of general
circulation in Brazoria and Harris Counties, for / issues, as follows:
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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 LONGWOOD DRIVE
IN A SOUTHWESTERLY
DIRECTION AT ITS INTER-
SECTION WITH LONG VIEW
DRIVE, UPON LONGWOOD
DRIVE IN A NORTHEAST-
ERLY DIRECTION AT ITS
INTERSECTION WITH
yyLONG VIEW DRIVE (LONG -
WOOD PARK, SECTION 1);
OVIDING A PENALTY
LEGALS
FOR VIOLATION; CONTAIN-
NG A SAVINGS CLAUSE, A '
SEVERABILITY CLAUSE
AND A REPEALER
CLAUSE; PROVIDING AN
;EFFECTIVE DATE, FOR
.PUBLICATION, AND FOR ji
CODIFICATION; AND
4ECLARING AN EMER-
"pENCY BECAUSE THE
NEED TO ESTABLISH
STOP SIGNS AT INTER-
SECTIONS INURES TO THE I
BENEFIT OF THE TRAVEL-. i
LING PUBLIC AND, THERE- ¢
FORE, BEARS DIRECTLY
UPON THE HEALTH, SAFE-
TY AND WELFARE OF THE
CITIZENRY.
Section 2. Penalty. Any per -
ton who shall violate the pro
sions &this section shall be
emed guilty of a misde•
-
eanor and shall, upon con-
tion by a court of compe-
jurisdiction, be punished
a fine in any sum not
eeding Two Hundred
II fs ($200.00).
P SED and APPROVED on •
Frst and Only Reading this
e 8th day of June, A.D.,
998.
S/
'TOM REID -
MAYOR
S/
YOUNG LORFING
;CITY SECRETARY
APPROVED AS TO FORM:.
' S/
jDARRIN M. COKER
INTERIM CITY ATTORNEY
VOTING RECORD (FIRST
'' AND ONLY READING JUNE • !
18.1998)
Voting "Aye"-Councilmembers
Berger, Seeger, Wilkins,
Tetens, and Beckman.
Voting "No" -None..
otion passes 5 to 0.
P =LICATION DATE: JUNE
1.o' 1998
FECTIVE DATE: JUNE 20, .I
LISHED AS REQUIRED_ a_
ECTION 3.10 OF THE
ARTER OF THE CITY OF 1