Ord. 1291 2006-08-28ORDINANCE NO. 1291
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PEARLAND,
TEXAS, AUTHORIZING TH E PLACEMENT OF STOP SIGNS WITHIN THE
CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE CITY OF PEARLAND (SOUTHDOWN @
SUSSEX TRAIL); PROVIDING A PENALTY FOR VIOLATION;
CONTAINING A SAVINGS CLAUSE, A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE AND A
REPEALER CLAUSE; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE, FOR
PUBLICATION; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY BECAUSE THE NEED
TO ESTABLISH STOP SIGNS AT INTERSECTIONS INURES TO THE
BENEFIT OF THE TRAVELING 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; and
WHEREAS, a stop sign warrant analysis for the above referenced intersection
has been prepared; and
WHEREAS, based on the available data, the installation of stop signs at the
intersection is warranted; 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 placement of stop signs in accordance with Exhibit "A", attached hereto and
incorporated for all purposes, is hereby approved.
Section 2. Declaration of Emergency. The Council finds and determines that the
need to establish stop signs inures to the benefit of the traveling 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
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Ordinance to be read on two (2) separate occasions be, and the same is hereby
waived.
Section 3. 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 4. 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 5. Repealer. All ordinances and parts of ordinances in conflict
herewith are hereby repealed but only to the extent of such conflict.
Section 6. 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 7. 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 28' day of
August , A.D., 2006.
ATTEST:
NGLF ',T
Y SE TARY
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
DARRIN M. COKER
CITY ATTORNEY
3
M REID
MAYOR
VOTING RECORD FIRST AND ONLY READING
AUGUST 28. 2006
Voting "Aye" - Councilmembers Saboe, Beckman, Tetens,
Kyle, and Cole.
Voting "No" — None.
Motion passes 5 to 0.
PUBLICATION DATE: August 30, 2006
EFFECTIVE DATE: September 8, 2006
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, Lloyd Morrow, hereby certify that the notice hereby appended was published
in THE REPORTER NEWS, a newspaper of general circulation in Brazoria, Harris
and Galveston Counties, for / issues, as follows:
No / Date - 20 b
No Date 20
No Date 20
No Date 20
No. Date 20
Subscribe and sworn to before me this
_ day of
aura7Cnn Emmons, Publisher
Notary Public, State of Texas
Published Aug. 30, 2006
ORDINANCE NO. 1291
AN ORDINANCE OF THE
CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF PEARLAND,
TEXAS, AUTHORIZING TH
E PLACEMENT OF STOP
SIGNS WITHIN THE COR-
PORATE LIMITS OF THE
CITY OF PEARLAND
(SOUTHDOWN @ SUSSEX
TRAIL); PROVIDING A
PENALTY FOR VIOLA-
TION; CONTAINING A
SAVINGS CLAUSE, A SEV-
ERABILITY CLAUSE AND
A REPEALER CLAUSE;
PROVIDING AN EFFEC-
TIVE DATE, FOR PUBLI-
CATION; AND DECLAR-
ING AN EMERGENCY
BECAUSE THE NEED TO
ESTABLISH STOP SIGNS
AT INTERSECTIONS
INURES TO THE BENEFIT
OF THE TRAVELING PUB-
LIC AND, THEREFORE,
BEARS DIRECTLY UPON
THE HEALTH, SAFETY
AND WELFARE OF THE
CITIZENRY.
Section 6. 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).
PASSED and APPROVED
on First and Only Reading
this the 28th day of August,
A.D., 2006.
Is/ Tom Reid
Mayor
ATTEST:
Is/ Young Lorfing, TRMC
City Secretary
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
/s/ Darrin M. Coker
City Attorney
VOTING RECORD FIRST.
AND ONLY READING
AUGUST 28.2006
Voting "Aye"
Councilmembers Saboe,
Beckman, Tetens, Kyle, and
Cole.
Voting "No" — None.
Motion passed 5 to 0.
PUBLICATION DATE:
August 30, 2006
EFFECTIVE DATE:
September 8, 2006
PUBLISHED AS
REQUIRED BY SECTION
3.10 OF THE CHARTER OF
THE CITY OF PEARLAND,
TEXAS