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Ord. 0909 06-28-99ORDINANCE NO. 909 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 OAK POINT DRIVE IN AN EASTERLY DIRECTION AT ITS INTERSECTION WITH GATECREEK DRIVE, UPON OAK POINT DRIVE IN A WESTERLY DIRECTION AT ITS INTERSECTION WITH DIXIE HILL COURT, UPON DIXIE HILL COURT IN A SOUTHEASTERLY DIRECTION AT ITS INTERSECTION WITH OAK POINT DRIVE, UPON BADEN OAKS DRIVE IN AN EASTERLY DIRECTION AT ITS INTERSECTION WITH GATECREEK DRIVE (OAKBROOK ESTATES, SECTION 4); 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 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: Oakbrook Estates Subdivision, Section 4: Upon Oak Point Drive in an easterly direction at its intersection with Gatecreek Drive; Upon Oak Point Drive in a westerly direction at its intersection with Dixie Hill Court; Upon Dixie Hill Court in a southeasterly direction at its intersection with Oak Point Drive; 1 ORDINANCE NO. 909 Upon Baden Oaks Drive in an easterly direction at its intersection with Gatecreek 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). Section 3. 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 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. 2 ORDINANCE NO. 909 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 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 28th day of June, A.D., 1999. APPROVED AS TO FORM: ct/wi,J , V y' b4,1,1,1 DARRIN M. COKER CITY ATTORNEY 3 VOTING RECORD (FIRST AND ONLY READING JUNE 28, 1999) Voting "Aye" - Councilmembers Berger, Beckman, and Seeger. Voting "No" - None. Motion passes 3 to 0, with Councilmembers Tetens and Wilkins absent. PUBLICATION DATE: JUNE 30, 1999 EFFECTIVE DATE: JULY 10, 1999 PUBLISHED AS REQUIRED BY SECTION 3.10 OF THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF PEARLAND, TEXAS EXISTING STOP SIGNS City of Poorland. Texas STOP SS AT OAKBRIMOOK ESTATES. SEC. 4 Swim HOIED1%.200. Vmr .1" CAD RUC 99—eooe SHEET or l AFFIDAVIT OF PUBLICATION The Pearland Reporter News 2404 South Park Pearland, Texas 77581 State of Texas Brazoria and Harris Counties 1, Randy Emmons, 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: - No. % Date - 19 //' No Date 19 No Date 19 No. Date 19 No. Date 19 Subscribe and sworn to before me this � 19 �q 20 President day of Notary Public, State of Texas 1YS�if/:E:� ORDINANCE NO. 909 AN ORDINANCE OF THE, CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY- OF PEARLAND, TEXAS, I ESTABLISHING STOP SIGNS WITHIN THE CORPO- ; RATE LIMITS OF THE CITY , OF PEARLAND UPON OAK , 1 POINT DRIVE IN AN EAST- , ERLY DIRECTION AT ITS INTERSECTION WITH ' GATECREEK DRIVE, UPON OAK POINT DRIVE, IN A WESTERLY DIRECTION AT • ITS INTERSECTION WITH DIXIE HILL COURT, UPON DIXIE HILL COURT IN A SOUTHEASTERLY DIREC- TION AT ITS INTERSECTION WITH OAK POINT DRIVE, : UPON BADEN OAKS DRIVE IN AN EASTERLY DIREC- TION AT ITS INTERSECTION ' WITH GATECREEK DRIVE-- (OAKBROOK ESTATES, SECTION4); 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 EMER- GENCY' 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 CITIZEN- ! RY. Section 2. Penalty. Any per- son who shall•violate_the pro -- -visions of -this section shall be .deemed guilty of a misde- meanor and shall, upon con- viction by a court of compe= tent 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 at day of. June. A.D., 1999. /s/ TOM REID MAYOR ATTEST: /S/ YOUNG LORFING CITY SECRETARY APPROVED AS TO FORM: /S/ DARRIN M. COKER CITY ATTORNEY VOTING RECORD (FIRST AND ONLY READING JUME Voting "Aye"- • Councilmembers •Berger, Beckman, and Seeger. Voting "No"- None. Motion passes 3 to 0, with Councilmember Tetens and Wilkins absent. _PUBLICATION DATE: JUNE 30, 1999 EFFECTIVE DATE: JULY 10,. 1999 Lkf3D