Ord. 0896 02-22-99ORDINANCE NO. 896
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 BEACON BEND COURT IN A
NORTHWESTERLY DIRECTION AT ITS INTERSECTION WITH BEACON
BEND LANE, UPON COLEBROOK COURT IN A SOUTHERLY
DIRECTION AT ITS INTERSECTION WITH BEACON BEND LANE, UPON
CASTLE POND COURT IN A SOUTHERLY DIRECTION AT ITS INTER-
SECTION WITH BEACON BEND LANE, UPON LONG MEADOW COURT
IN A SOUTHERLY DIRECTION AT ITS INTERSECTION WITH BEACON
BEND LANE (VILLAGES OF EDGEWATER ESTATES, SECTION 2);
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
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; 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:
Villages of Edgewater Estates, Section 2:
Upon Beacon Bend Court in a northwesterly direction at its intersection with
Beacon Bend Lane;
Upon Colebrook Court in a southerly direction at its intersection with Beacon
Bend Lane;
Upon Castle Pond Court in a southerly direction at its intersection with
Beacon Bend Lane;
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Upon Long Meadow Court in a southerly direction at its intersection with
Beacon Bend Lane.
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
Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00).
Section 3. Declaration of Emergency.
fine in any sum not exceeding
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 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.
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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
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 day of
-'~Ub~ ~ , A.D., 1999.
TOM REID
MAYOR
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
DARRIN M. COKER
CITY ATTORNEY
VOTING RECORD (FIRST AND ONLY READING
FEBRUARY 23, 1998)
Voting "Aye"- Councilmembers Berger, Beckman,
Seeger, Tetens, and Wilkins.
Voting "No"- None.
Motion passes 5 to 0.
PUBLICATION DATE: FEBRUARY 25, 1998
EFFECTIVE DATE: MARCH 5, 1998
PUBLISHED AS REQUIRED BY SECTION 3.10 OF
THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF PEARLAND, TEXAS
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