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Ord. 0746 09-09-96ORDINANCE NO. 746 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 LAURA LANE IN A WESTERLY DIRECTION AT ITS INTERSECTION WITH GINGER LANE, UPON COLLEEN DRIVE IN A WESTERLY DIRECTION AT ITS INTERSECTION WITH GINGER LANE, UPON PARKVIEW DRIVE IN A WESTERLY DIRECTION AT ITS INTERSECTION WITH GINGER LANE, UPON JULIE STREET IN A WESTERLY DIRECTION AT ITS INTERSECTION WITH GINGER LANE (PARKVIEW, SECTION 1); 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: PARKVIEW, SECTION 1: Upon Laura Lane in a westerly direction at its intersection with Ginger Lane; Upon Colleen Drive in a westerly direction at its intersection with Ginger Lane; Upon Parkview Drive in a westerly direction at its intersection with Ginger Lane; Upon Julie Street in a westerly direction at its intersection with Ginger Lane. -1- ORDINANCE NO. 746 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). 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. -2- ORDINANCE NO. 746 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 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 fa day of , A. D., 1996. ATTEST: APPRD AS TO FORM: A 1 MATES McCUL OUGH CITY A " ORNEY -3- A)//N2 TOM REID MAYOR VOTING RECORD Voting "Aye" - Voting "No" (FIRST & ONLY READING) Councilmembers Beckman, Tetens, Richardson, Wil- kins & Cole. None. Motion Passed 5 to 0. PUBLICATION DATE: SEPTEMBER 18, 1996 EFFECTIVE DATE: SEPTEMBER 27, 1996 PUBLISHED AS REQUIRED BY SECTION 3.10 OF THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF PEARLAND, TEXAS. City of Peerlend ;Texas STOP+TSI©NS PARK VIEW,:8EC.1 r -4 0 t♦UD., 19" a... ItlRt::'� 200. 1 Dw %nI.E9. Oil 4C.R. LOH6 vOir CD 6L• 96-6043 Of t OFFICE OF THE CIT! SECRETARY CIT! 0P PEARLAED, TEXAS TO: RONNIE MCWHIRTER Elm: 9-25-96 PUBLIC WORKS SUPERVISOR At the City Council meeting held on SEPTEMBER 9, 1996 the following natter was referred to you for appropriate disposal or for specific action as indicated below: ORD. NO. 746 Documents Attached: ORD. 746 CC: LT. WALTERS, PD MUNICIPAL CODE C.R. LONG TRAFFIC FILE Tdlanda C. Bonitos, Secretary CC:act