Ord. 0775 02-24-97ORDINANCE NO. 775
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 SUNSET MEADOWS DRIVE IN A
NORTHERLY DIRECTION AT ITS INTERSECTION WITH CHELSEA LANE,
UPON SUNSET MEADOWS DRIVE IN A SOUTHERLY DIRECTION AT ITS
INTERSECTION WITH CHELSEA LANE (SUNSET LAKES, SECTION 2);
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 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 2:
Sunset Meadows Drive in a northerly direction at its intersection with Chelsea
Lane;
Sunset Meadows Drive in a southerly direction at its intersection with Chelsea
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).
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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.
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.
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ORDINANCE NO. 775
PASSED and APPROVED on First and Only Reading this the Ol`t day of
, A.D., 1997.
ATTEST:
WENDY ST DORF
INTERIM CITY SECRETARY
PROVED AS TO FORM:
Y MOTES McCULLOUGH
CITY ATTORNEY
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TOM REID
MAYOR
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