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;
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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.
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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:
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DARRIN M. COKER
CITY ATTORNEY
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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
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AT OAKBRIMOOK
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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 �
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President
day of
Notary Public, State of Texas
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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
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