Ord. 0878 10-26-98ORDINANCE NO. 878
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 SUNRISE DRIVE IN A NORTHERLY
DIRECTION AT ITS INTERSECTION WITH SHADOWBEND,
UPON SUNRISE DRIVE IN A SOUTHERLY DIRECTION AT ITS
INTERSECTION WITH SUNSET LAKES DRIVE, UPON DUNLAVY COURT
IN AN EASTERLY DIRECTION AT ITS INTERSECTION WITH DUNLAVY
DRIVE, UPON DUNLAVY DRIVE IN A SOUTHERLY DIRECTION AT ITS
INTERSECTION WITH SUNSET LAKES DRIVE, UPON DUNLAVY DRIVE
IN A NORTHERLY DIRECTION AT ITS INTERSECTION WITH SUNSET
LAKES DRIVE, UPON WOODCHASE DRIVE IN A SOUTHEASTERLY
DIRECTION AT ITS INTERSECTION WITH DUNLAVY DRIVE, UPON LAKE
SHORE DRIVE IN A SOUTHERLY DIRECTION AT ITS INTERSECTION
WITH DUNLAVY DRIVE, UPON SUNSET LAKES DRIVE IN AN EASTERLY
DIRECTION AT ITS INTERSECTION WITH KIMBERLY DRIVE
(SUNSET LAKES, SECTION 3); 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 TRAVELLING 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:
Sunset Lakes, Section 3:
Upon Sunrise Drive in a northerly direction at its intersection with Shadowbend;
Upon Sunrise Drive in a southerly direction at its intersection with Sunset Lakes
Drive;
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Upon Dunlavy Court in an easterly direction at its intersection with
Dunlavy Drive;
Upon Dunlavy Drive in a southerly direction at its intersection with Sunset Lakes
Drive;
Upon Dunlavy Drive in a northerly direction at its intersection with Sunset Lakes
Drive;
Upon Woodchase Drive in a southeasterly direction at its intersection with
Dunlavy Drive;
Upon Lake Shore Drive in a southerly direction at its intersection with Dunlavy
Drive;
Upon Sunset Lakes Drive in an easterly direction at its intersection with Kimberly
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 travelling 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.
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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.
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 26th day of
October , A.D., 1998.
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TOM REID
MAYOR
ORDINANCE NO. 878
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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DARRIN M. COKER
CITY ATTORNEY
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VOTING RECORD (FIRST AND ONLY READING
October 26, 1998)
Voting "Aye" - Councilmembers Berger, Beckman,
Seeger, Tetens, and Wilkins.
Voting "No" - None.
Motion passes 5 to 0.
PUBLICATION DATE: OCTOBER 28 , 1998
EFFECTIVE DATE: NOVEMBER 8, 1998
PUBLISHED AS REQUIRED BY SECTION 3.10 OF
THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF PEARLAND, TEXAS
AFFIDAVIT OF PUBLICATION
The Pcarland Reporter News
2404 South Park
Pentland, Texas 77581
State of Texas
Brazoria and Harris Counties
I, Joan Cummings, 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. 1 Date /0_ — 2.8 19 518
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