Ord. 0112 1965-04-22CRDINANCE NO. I C Y
AN ORDINANCE REQUIRING DRIVERS OF MOTOR, VEHICLES TO COME
�;J TO A COMPLETE STOP WITH SAID VEHICLE WHEN APPROACHING A
�' ,� SCHOOL BUS FROM EITHER, DIRECTION WHICH IS STOPPED ON A
PUBLIC STREET OR, TI30ROUGHPARE WITHIN THE CITY OF PEAR.LAND,
TEXAS, FOR THE PURPOSE OF RECEIVING OR. DISCHAPGING ANY
SCHOOL CHILDR,EN; CONTAINING OTH�R PR.OVISIONS RELATING TO
SAME; PROVIDING FOR, A PENALTY FOR. VIOLATION; FINDING THAT
TI3ERE IS NOT NOW IN EPFECT ANY OR,DINANCE PROTECTING THE
HEALTH, SAPETY AND WELFARE OF SCHOOL CHILDR�N WITHIN THE
CITY OF PEARLAND, TEXAS; PR.OVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE
AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OP THE CITY OF PEAR.LAND,
TEXAS:
SECTION 1:
The driver of a motor vehicle upon the public streets or thorough-
fares within the Corporate Limits of the City of Pearland, Texas, shall,
upon meeting or overta�ng from either direction any school bus which is
stopped on said street or thoroughfare for the purpose of receiving or dis-
charging of any school children or passengers in said school bus, shall stop
1:he motor vehicle immediately before passing the school bus and shall re-
main in a stopped or stationary position until all students or passengers of
said school bus have alighted at their respective destinations and after such
school bus has fully discharged the students or passengers at such destina-
tions, then the d of said motor vehicle may proceed in passing the
school bus at a reasonable speed commensurate with the safety and welfare
of all pedestrians and other vehicular traffic.
SECTION 2:
Any person violating any portion of this Ordinance shall be deemed
guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be punished by fine of not
more than �ro Hundred (�i200. 00) Dollars and not less than One ($1. 00)
Dollar.
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SECTION 3:
The fact that there is not now in effect within the Corporate
Limits of the City of Pearland, an Ordinance prohibiting the passing of
school buses while stopped and the fact that the lack of such law poses a
constant threat and hazard to school children and those alighting from
school buses by passing vehicles and the fact that the safety, health and
welfare of such passengers and students is affected by the lack of such
Ordinance, creates an imperative public necessity for the enactment of
an Ordinance and the parliamentary rule requiring that Ordinances be
read at three separate meetings be, and the same is hereby suspended and
this Ordinance shall take effect and be in full force from and after its
passage, approval and publication.
PASSED and APPROVED by the City Council of the City of
Pearland, Brazoria County, Texas, this the .2 day of April, A. D.
1965.
CITY F PEAR ! D, TEXAS
By:
ATTEST:
W. A. McClellan, City Secretary
G. Kegley,
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