Ord. 0704 1995-10-23ORDINANCE NO. 704
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 LEROY STREET IN A
NORTHEASTERLY DIRECTION AT ITS INTERSECTION WITH NORTH
RACHEL COURT, AND UPON LEROY STREET IN A SOUTHWESTERLY
DIRECTION AT ITS INTERSECTION WITH NORTH RACHEL COURT,
CREATING A THREE-WAY STOP AT THE "T" INTERSECTION OF
LEROY STREET AND NORTH RACHEL COURT (BRIARWOOD ESTATES
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, 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 intersections are designated as
stop intersections:
Briarwood Estates Subdivision:
Leroy Street in a northeasterly direction at its intersection
with North Rachel Court; and
Leroy Street in a southwesterly direction at its intersection
with North Rachel Court.
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.
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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.
PASSED and APPROVED on First and Only Reading this the day
, A.D., 1995.
ATTEST:
11ANDA C. BENITEZ
CITY SECRETARY
AP ROVED AS TO FORM:
AMY'MOTES McCULLlr GH
CITATTORNEY
TOM REID
MAYOR
VOTING RECORD (FIRST AND ONLY READING)
OCTOBER 23, 1995
Voting "Aye" - Councilmembers Beckman,
Cole, Tetens, Weber &
Richardson
Voting None.
Voting passed 5 to 0.
PUBLICATION DATE: November 1, 1995
EFFECTIVE DATE: November 11, 1995
PUBLISHED AS REQUIRED BY SECTION 3.10
OF THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF PEARLAND,
TEXAS.
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City of Pearlaad, Texas
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