Ord. 0928 09-27-99ORDINANCE NO. 928
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 DIAMOND WAY COURT IN AN
EASTERLY DIRECTION AT ITS INTERSECTION WITH LAKEWAY LANE,
UPON COLUMBUS COURT IN AN EASTERLY DIRECTION AT ITS
INTERSECTION WITH PEBBLE BEACH LANE, UPON BAY BRIDGE
STREET IN A NORTHERLY DIRECTION AT ITS INTERSECTION WITH
NORTHFORK DRIVE, UPON BAY BRIDGE STREET IN A SOUTHERLY
DIRECTION AT ITS INTERSECTION WITH SEAGULL LANE
(VILLAGE OF EDGEWATER 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:
Village of Edgewater Estates, Section 4:
Upon Diamond Way Court in an easterly direction at its intersection with
Lakeway Lane;
Upon Columbus Court in an easterly direction at its intersection with
Pebble Beach Lane;
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Upon Bay Bridge Street in a northerly direction at its intersection with Northfork
Drive;
Upon Bay Bridge Street in a southerly direction at its intersection with
Seagull 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 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
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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.
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 27TH
September A.D.,. 1999.
ATTEST:
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YSEU TJ
TOM REID
MAYOR
day of
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APPROVED AS TO FORM: VOTING RECORD (FIRST AND ONLY READING
SEPTEMBER 27, 1999)
Voting "Aye" - Councilmembers Beckman, Tetens
Berger, Wilkins, and Seeger.
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Voting "No" - None.
'ti VVI� L ,, Motion passes 5 to 0.
DARRIN M. COKER PUBLICATION DATE: SEPTEMBER 29, 1999
CITY ATTORNEY EFFECTIVE DATE: OCTOBER 9, 1999
PUBLISHED AS REQUIRED BY SECTION 3.10 OF
THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF PEARLAND, TEXAS
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AFFIDAVIT OF PUBLICATION
The Pearland Reporter News
2404 South Park
Pearland, Texas 77581
State of Texas
Brazoria and Harris Counties
I, 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 9 q
No. Date 19
No Date 19
No. Date 19
No. Date 19
Subscribe and sworn to before me this
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ra Ann Emmons, Publisher
Notary Public, State of Texas
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AN ORDINANCE OFTHE
CITY COUNCIL OF- THE
CITY OF PEARLAND,
TEXAS, ESTABLISHING
STOP SIGNS WITHIN THE
CORPORATE LIMITS OF
THE CITY OF PEARLAND
UPON DIAMOND WAY
COURT IN AN EASTERLY
DIRECTION AT ITS INTER
SECTION WITH LAKEWAY
LANE, UPON COLUMBUS
COURT IN AN EASTERLY
DIRECTION AT ITS INTER-
SECTION WITH, PEBBLE
BEACH LANE, UPON BAY
BRIDGE STREET IN A
NORTHERLY DIRECTION
AT ITS INTERSECTION
WITH NORTHFORK DRIVE,
UPON BAY BRIDGE
STREET IN A SOUTHERLY
DIRECTION AT ITS INTER-'
SECTION WITH SEAGULL
LANE (VILLAGE OF EDGE
WATER ESTATES, SECTION
4); PROVIDING A PENALTY
FOR VIOLATION; CONTAIN-
ING A SAVINGS CLAUSE, A
SEVERABILITY CLAUSE
AND A REPEALER
CLAUSE; PROVIDING AN
EFFECTIVE DATE, FOR
PUBLICATION, AND FOR
CODIFICATION; AND
DECLARING AN EMER-
DENCY BECAUSE THE
NEED TO ESTABLISH STOP
SIGNS AT INTERSECTIONS
INURES TO THE BENEFIT.
OF THE TRAVELING PUB-
1 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 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 27TH day of September,
A.D., 1999.
ATTEST:
/S/ YOUNG LORFING
CITY SECRETARY
/S/ DARRIN M. COKER
CITY ATTORNEY
/S/TOM REID
MAYOR
VOTING RECORD (FIRST,
AND ONLY READING
SEPTEMBER 27, 1999)
Voting 'Aye"
Councilmembers Beckman,
Tetens, Berger,Wilkins and
Seeger.
Voting "No" - None.
Motion passes 5 to 0.
PUBLICATION DATE:
SEPTEMBER 29,1999
EFFECTIVE DATE:
OCTOBER 9, 1999
PUBLISHED AS REQUIRED
BY SECTION 3 10 OF..'THE
CHARTER OF THE CITY OF
PEARLAND, TEXAS