Ord. 0917 08-09-99ORDINANCE NO. 917
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 THE RIGHT-OF-WAY OF PEARLAND
PARKWAY AT THE INTERSECTION OF RANDALL'S SHOPPING CENTER
EXIT AND THE NORTHBOUND LANES OF PEARLAND PARKWAY, UPON
PEARLAND PARKWAY AT THE INTERSECTION OF THE WEST BOUND
CROSS -OVER AND THE SOUTHBOUND LANES, UPON PEARLAND
PARKWAY AT THE INTERSECTION OF THE EAST BOUND CROSS -OVER
AND THE NORTHBOUND LANES (REHOBOTH ACRES SUBDIVISION);
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:
Rehoboth Acres Subdivision:
Upon the right-of-way of Pearland Parkway at the intersection of Randall's
Shopping Center exit and the northbound lanes of Pearland Parkway;
Upon Pearland Parkway at the intersection of the west bound cross -over and the
southbound lanes;
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Upon Pearland Parkway at the intersection of the east bound cross -over and the
northbound lanes.
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 9th day of
August A.D., 1999.
ATTEST:
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
DARRIN M. COKER
CITY ATTORNEY
TOM REID
MAYOR
VOTING RECORD (FIRST AND ONLY READING
AUGUST 9, 1999)
Voting "Aye"- Councilmembers Beckman, Tetens, Berger, Wilkins
and Seeger.
Voting "No" - None.
Motion passes 5 to 0.
PUBLICATION DATE:
EFFECTIVE DATE:
AUGUST 11, 1999
AUGUST21, 1999
PUBLISHED AS REQUIRED BY SECTION 3.10 OF
THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF PEARLAND, TEXAS
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