Ord. 0852 06-22-98ORDINANCE NO. 852
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PEARLAND,
TEXAS, RECOGNIZING COUNTY ROAD 94 AS BEING LOCATED WITHIN
THE CITY FROM COUNTY ROAD 403 SOUTH APPROXIMATELY
2250 FEET AND RENAMING SAID SECTION OF COUNTY ROAD 94 AS
SMITH RANCH ROAD; RECOGNIZING COUNTY ROAD 93 FROM
COUNTY ROAD 403 SOUTH TO BROADWAY STREET (FM 518) AS
BEING LOCATED WITHIN THE CITY AND RENAMING SAID SECTION OF
COUNTY ROAD 93 AS MILLER RANCH ROAD; RECOGNIZING
COUNTY ROAD 562 AS BEING LOCATED WITHIN THE CITY AND
RENAMING SAID COUNTY ROAD AS SMITH RANCH ROAD #1;
RECOGNIZING COUNTY ROAD 563 AS BEING LOCATED WITHIN THE
CITY AND RENAMING SAID COUNTY ROAD AS SMITH RANCH ROAD
#2; RECOGNIZING STERLING DRIVE, WEST STERLING DRIVE, BRYAN
COURT, KING ARTHURS COURT, EXCALIBURS COURT, CAMELOTS
COURT, AND AVILION COURT, AS BEING LOCATED WITHIN THE CITY;
AND ESTABLISHING A SPEED LIMIT ON THE ABOVE -NAMED ROADS
AT 30 MILES PER HOUR (ANNEXATION ORDINANCE NO. 836 DATED
2/9/98); 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 the
above -described roads is necessary in order to meet new traffic needs; and
WHEREAS, this change will bring sections of the above -described roads into
compliance with the City's goal of bringing non -highway thoroughfare and collector
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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 above -described roads are hereby recognized as being
included within the City limits of Pearland.
Section 2. That certain county roads are hereby renamed as follows:
(1) County Road 94 from County Road 403 south approximately 2250 feet
is hereby named as Smith Ranch Road;
(2) County Road 93 from County Road 403 south to Broadway Street
(FM 518) is hereby named as Miller Ranch Road;
(3) County Road 562 is hereby named as Smith Ranch Road #1;
(4) County Road 563 is hereby named as Smith Ranch Road #2.
Section 3. Pursuant to the grant of authority contained in the preamble
hereof, speed limit signs on the sections of roads set out above are hereby set at
30 miles per hour.
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. Declaration of Emergency. The Council finds and determines that
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; and that
this Ordinance shall be adopted as an emergency measure, and that the rule requiring
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this Ordinance to be read on two (2) separate occasions be, and the same is hereby
waived.
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
effective ten (10) days from and after its publication, or the publication of its caption
and penalty, in the official City newspaper.
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ORDINANCE NO. 852
PASSED and APPROVED on First and Only Reading this the 22nd day of June,
A.D., 1998.
ATTEST:
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
DARRIN M. COKER
INTERIM CITY ATTORNEY
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Prn
TOM REID
MAYOR
VOTING RECORD (FIRST AND ONLY READING
JUNE 22, 1998)
Voting "Aye" -
Councilmembers Berger, Beckman,
Seeger, Tetens, and Wilkins.
Voting "No" - None.
Motion passes 5 to 0.
PUBLICATION DATE: JUNE 24, 1998
EFFECTIVE DATE: JULY 4, 1998
PUBLISHED AS REQUIRED BY SECTION 3.10 OF
THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF PEARLAND, TEXAS
AFFIDAVIT OF PUBLICATION
The Pearland Reporter News
2404 South Park
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 f issues, as follows:
No.
No.
No.
No.
No.
Date (1" 24 1918
Date 19
Date 19
Date 19
Date 19
Subscribe and sworn to before me this
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I
Laura Ann Emmons, Publisher
AORDINANCE OF THE
COUNCIL OF THE
OF PEARLAND,
JEXAS, RECOGNIZING
,COUNTY ROAD 94 AS
; iEING LOCATED WITHIN
E CITY FROM COUNTY
OAD 403 SOUTH
PPROXIMATELY 2250
FEET AND RENAMING
SAID SECTION OF COUNTY
ROAD 94 AS SMITH RANCH
1:?OAD; RECOGNIZING
,`COUNTY ROAD 93 FROM
:;'COUNTY ROAD 403 SOUTH
0 BROADWAY STREET
4FM 518) AS BEING LOCAT- ;
ED WITHIN THE CITY AND
JIENAMING SAID SECTION •
'F COUNTY ROAD 93 AS
ILLER RANCH ROAD;
COGNIZING COUNTY
AD!562 AS BEING
CATED WITHIN- THE
AND RENAMING SAID
UNTY ROAD AS SMITH
I#ANCH ROADS 1; RECOG-
r ING COUNTY ROAD 563
BEING,LOCATEDWITH--
THE CITY AND RENAM-
G SAID•COUNTY ROAD '
G.S SMITH RANCH ROAD
RECOGNIZING STER-
NG DRIVE, WEST STER-
WING DRIVE, BRYAN
OURT, KING ARTHURS
OURT, EXCALIBURS
OURT,'CAMELOTS
COURT, AND AVILION
,OURT,•AS•BEING LOCAT-
D WITHIN THE CITY; AND
STABLISHING A SPEED -
I FLIMIT ON THE ABOVE-
`MED ROADS AT 30
ILES PER HOUR (ANNEX-
.JTION ORDINANCE NO.
36 DATED TED 2/9/98);
0IOVIDING A PENALTY •
F'OR VIOLATION; CONTAIN-
ING A SAVINGS CLAUSE, A
SEVERABILITY CLAUSE
1'ID A REPEALER
CAUSE; PROVIDING AN
EFFECTIVE DATE, FOR
PUBLICATION, AND FOR
CODIFICATION; AND
p1ECLARING AN EMER-
GENCY BECAUSE THE .
NEED FOR SPEED LIMIT
SIGNS IN THIS AREA
H URES TO THE BENEFIT _
OF THE TRAVELLING PUB-
" C AND, THEREFORE,
ARS DIRECTLY UPON
E HEALTH,-SAFETY'AND
LFARE OF THE CITI-
F RY.
Any per -
who shall violate the pro-
ns of this section shall be
ed guilty of.a misde--
mtmor and shall, upon con-
viction by a court of compe-
te •rt, urisdiction, be punished
by fine in any sum not
exceeding Two Hundred
D2Ilars ($200.00).
PEA,� SED and APPROVED on
Fist and Only Reading this
hg 2nd day of June, A.D.
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TO REID
MA MR
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YOU , G LORFING
CITY SECRETARY
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
'1Sl
DARR \ M. COKER
• INTER CITY ATTORNEY
V• NI\RE IRFI' T
Y;A
Voting' °-Councilmembers
Berger, . man, Seeger,
Tetens, ilkins.
Voting °N= , one.
`` Moti in passes 5 to 0.
4PUBL CATION DATE: JUNE
EFFECTIVE DATE: JULY 4,
1'998
P�UBI�IBHED AS REQUIRED
STION-3.10 OF THE
ER OF THE CITY OF