Ord. 0752 10-14-96ORDINANCE N0. 752
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 FITE ROAD IN AN EASTERLY
DIRECTION AT ITS INTERSECTION WITH HATFIELD ROAD AND UPON
FITE ROAD IN A WESTERLY DIRECTION AT ITS INTERSECTION WITH
HATFIELD ROAD (INTERSECTION LOCATED AT THE SOUTHWEST
CORNER OF CORRIGAN 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 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:
Corrigan Subdivision::
Fite Road in an easterly direction at its intersection with Hatfield Road;
Fite Road in a westerly direction at its intersection with Hatfield Road.
Section 2. 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. 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. 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. 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. All ordinances and parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are
hereby repealed but only to the extent of such conflict.
Section 7. 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. 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
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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 17 day of
, A. D., 1996.
ATTEST:
NDA C. BENITEZ
CITY SECRETARY
APPRD AS TO FORM:
A MOTES McCULLOUGH
CITY A
TORNEY
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TOM REID
MAYOR
VOTING RECORD (FIRST & ONLY READING OCTOBER 14, 1996
Voting "Aye" - Councilmembers Cole, Wilkins, Richardson,
Tetens & Beckman
Voting "No" - None
Motion passed 5 to 0
PUBLICATION DATE: October 23, 1996
EFFECTIVE DATE: November 1, 1996
PUBLISHED AS REQUIRED BY SECTION 3.10 OF THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF PEARLAND,
TEXAS
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