Ord. 0724 04-22-96ORDINANCE NO. 724
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PEARLAND,
TEXAS, ESTABLISHING A STOP SIGN WITHIN THE CORPORATE
LIMITS OF THE CITY OF PEARLAND UPON PARK IN A SOUTHERLY
DIRECTION AT ITS INTERSECTION WITH PEAR; 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, Texas Revised Civil Statutes Annotated, Article
8701d, Section 91(a) 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 RESOLVED 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 intersection is designated as a
stop intersection:
Park in a southerly direction at its intersection with Pear.
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
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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 compe-
tent 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 con-
flict herewith are hereby repealed but only to the extent of such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 from and after
its publication, or the publication of its caption and penalty, in
the official City newspaper.
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ORDINANCE NO. 724
PASSED and APPROVED on First and Only Reading this the CIA
day of 4 it , A. D., 1996.
TOM REID
MAYOR
ATTEST:
A C. BEN TEZ
TY SECRETARY
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
TES McCU LOUGH
CIT ATTORNEY
VOTING RECORD (FIRST AND ONLY READING APRIL 22, 1996
VOTING "AYE" - COUNCILMEMBERS RICHARDSON, WEBER, TETENS, COLE, & BECKMAN
VOTING "NO" - NONE
MOTION PASSED 5 TO 0.
PUBLICATION DATE: MAY 1, 1996
EFFECTIVE DATE: MAY 11, 1996
PUBLISHED AS REQUIRED BY SECTION 3.10 OF THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF PEARLAND,
TEXAS.
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OFFICE OF THE CIT! SECRETARY
CIT! OF PEARLAND, TEXAS
TO: RONNIE MCWHIRTER DATE: APRIL 30, 1996
PUBLIC WORKS SUPERVISOR
At the City Council meeting held on APRIL 22, 1996
the following matter was referred to you for appropriate disposal
or for specific action as indicated below:
ORD. 724 - STOP SIGN ON PARK
Documents Attached:
ORD. 724
CC:
C.R. LONG
POLICE
MUM. CODE
TRAFFIC FILE
To aada C. Benitez, City Sectketary
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