Ord. 0707 1995-10-23ORDINANCE u0_ 707
AN ORDINa,NCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PEARLAND,
TEXAS, ESTABLISHING STOP SIGNS WITHIN THE CORPORATE
LIMITS OF THE CITY OF PEARLAND UPON MCGINNIS DRIVE IN A
WESTERLY DIRRECTION AT ITS INTERSECTION WITH DIXIE FARM
ROAD; UPON RED BUD COURT AT ITS INTERSECTION WITH
EVERGREEN DRIVE; UPON ASH RUN COURT AT ITS INTERSECTION
WITH EVERGREEN DRIVE; UPON SWEETGUM COURT AT ITS
INTERSECTION WITH EVERGREEN DRIVE; UPON EVERGREEN DRIVE
IN A SOUTHWESTERLY DIRECTION AT ITS INTERSECTION WITH
MCGINNIS DRIVE; UPON EVERGREEN DRIVE IN A NORTHEASTERLY
DIRECTION AT ITS INTERSECTION WITH MCGINNIS DRIVE; UPON
DIXIE WOODS DRIVE IN A SOUTHWESTERLY DIRECTION AT ITS
INTERSECTION WITH MCGINNIS DRIVE; UPON DIXIE WOODS DRIVE
IN A NORTHEASTERLY DIRECTION AT ITS INTERSECTION WITH
MCGINNIS DRIVE; UPON PINEY WOODS DRIVE IN A SOUTHWESTERLY
DIRECTION AT ITS INTERSECTION WITH MCGINNIS DRIVE; UPON
PINEY WOODS DRIVE IN A NORTHEASTERLY DIRECTION AT ITS
INTERSECTION WITH MCGINNIS DRIVE (DIXIE WOODS
SUBDIVISION, SECTION ONE, PHASE TWO); 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:
Dixie Woods Subdivision Section One, Phase Two:
McGinnis Drive in a westerly direction at its intersection
with Dixie Farm Road;
Red Bud Court at its intersection with Evergreen Drive;
Ash Run Court at its intersection with Evergreen Drive;
Sweetgum Court at its intersection with Evergreen Drive;
Evergreen Drive in a southwesterly direction at its
intersection with McGinnis Drive;
Evergreen Drive in a northeasterly direction at its
intersection with McGinnis Drive;
Dixie Woods Drive in a southwesterly direction at its
intersection with McGinnis Drive;
Dixie Woods Drive in a northeasterly direction at its
intersection with McGinnis Drive;
Piney Woods Drive in a southwesterly direction at its
intersection with McGinnis Drive; and
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Piney Woods Drive in a northeasterly direction at its
intersection with McGinnis Drive.
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 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 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.
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
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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
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APPROVED AS TO FORM:
4NOTES MCCULL'(1ATTORNEY
, A. D., 1995.
TOM REID
MAYOR
VOTING RECORD (FIRST AND ONLY READING) OCTOBER 23', 1995
Voting "Aye" - Councilmembers Beckman, Cole, Tetens, Weber, & Richardson
Voting "NO" - None.
Motion 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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