Ord. 0744 08-26-96ORDINANCE NO. 744
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PEARLAND,
TEXAS, RECOGNIZING COUNTY ROAD 127 AS BEING LOCATED
WITHIN THE CITY FROM DIXIE FARM ROAD TO THE EASTERN CITY
LIMIT LINE; RENAMING SAID SECTION OF COUNTY ROAD 127 AS
HASTINGS-FRIENDSWOOD ROAD; AND ESTABLISHING A SPEED LIMIT
ON SAID SECTION OF HASTINGS-FRIENDSWOOD ROAD AT 30 MILES
PER HOUR; PROVIDING A PENALTY FOR VIOLATION; CONTAINING A
SAVINGS CLAUSE, A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE AND A REPEALER
CLAUSE; PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION, CODIFICATION AND AN
EFFECTIVE DATE; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY BECAUSE THE
NEED FOR SPEED LIMIT SIGNS IN THIS AREA INURES TO THE BENEFIT
OF THE TRAVELLING PUBLIC AND, THEREFORE, BEARS DIRECTLY
UPON THE HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELFARE OF THE CITIZENRY.
WHEREAS, it is the City's policy and practice to assign or extend names of City
streets to county roads that are included within the City limits; and
WHEREAS, the Transportation Code provides, in part, that local authorities may,
with reference to highways under their jurisdiction, enforce traffic control devices
including speed limit signs; and
WHEREAS, setting the speed limit at 30 miles per hour on sections of Hastings-
Friendswood Road is necessary in order to meet new traffic needs; and
WHEREAS, this change will bring sections of Hastings-Friendswood Road into
compliance with the City's goal of bringing non -highway thoroughfare and collector
streets into general urban character consistent with urban needs as they develop;
now, therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PEARLAND, TEXAS:
Section 1. That County Road 127 from the eastern right-of-way of Dixie Farm
Road to the eastern City limit line is hereby recognized as being included within the
City limits of Pearland.
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Section 2. That the section of County Road 127 from the eastern right-of-way
of Dixie Farm Road to the eastern City limit line is hereby renamed as Hastings-
Friendswood Road.
Section 3. Pursuant to the grant of authority contained in the preamble hereof,
speed limit signs on Hastings-Friendswood Road are hereby set at 30 miles per hour
in the following section of Hastings-Friendswood Road:
from the eastern right-of-way of Dixie Farm Road to the eastern City limit line
where it crosses Hastings-Friendswood Road.
Section 4. All distances noted herein are approximations, to be used only for
identification purposes and any discrepancies or variations in those distances are not
to be construed against the City.
Section 5. 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 6. 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 7. 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.
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Section 8. Repealer. All ordinances and parts of ordinances in conflict herewith
are hereby repealed but only to the extent of such conflict.
Section 9. 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 10. 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.
Section 11. Emergency. The Council finds and determines that speed limit
signs in this area of Hastings-Friendswood Road 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.
PASSED and APPROVED on First and Only Reading this the dal day of
, A.D., 1996.
TOM REID
MAYOR
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ATTEST:
a
YOYANDA C. BENITE
CITY SECRETARY
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
A M�TE l A Uel AAlgUaASt a
CITY ATTORNEY
VOTING RECORD (FIRST & ONLY READING) AUGUST 26, 1996
Voting "Aye" - Councilmembers Cole, Wilkins, Richardson, Tetens & Beckman
Voting "No" - None.
Motion Passed 5 to 0.
PUBLICATION DATE: SEPTEMBER 4, 1996
EFFECTIVE DATE: SEPTEMBER 13, 1996
PUBLISHED AS REQUIRED BY SECTION 3.10 OF THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF PEARLAND,
TEXAS.
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