Ord. 0719 1996-03-11ORDINANCE NO. 719
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 LONG VIEW DRIVE IN A
WESTERLY DIRECTION AT ITS INTERSECTION WITH LONGWOOD
DRIVE, UPON JANET PLACE IN A WESTERLY DIRECTION AT ITS
INTERSECTION WITH BRIAR VIEW DRIVE, UPON GEORGE STREET IN
A SOUTHERLY DIRECTION AT ITS INTERSECTION WITH BRIAR VIEW
DRIVE (BRIARGLEN SECTION 3); 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:
BRIARGLEN SECTION 3:
Long View Drive in a westerly direction at its intersection
with Longwood Drive;
Janet Place in a westerly direction at its intersection with
Briar View Drive;
George Street in a southerly direction at its intersection
with Briar View Drive.
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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 con-
flict herewith are hereby repealed but only to the extent of such
conflict.
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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. ��//JJ
PASSED and APPROVED on First and Only Reading this the // Lam.
day of
ATTEST:
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ITY SECRETARY
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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ATTORNEY
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TOM REID
MAYOR
VOTING RECORD (FIRST AND ONLY READING
MARCH 11, 1996
Voting "Aye" - Councilmembers Richardson,
Tetens, Cole & Beckman
Voting "No" - None
Motion passed 4 to 0 (Councilmember Weber
was absent)
PUBLICATION DATE: MARCH 20, 1996
EFFECTIVE DATE: MARCH 29, 1996
PUBLISHED AS REQUIRED BY SECTION 3.10
OF THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF PEARLAND,
TEXAS
STOP SIGN
JANET
PLACE
City of Pearland, Texas
STOPAT SIGNS
BRIARGLEN SEC. 3
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The Pearland Reporter News
2404 South Park
Pearland, Texas 77581
State of Texas
Brazoria and Harris Counties
i, Joan Cummings, hereby certify that the notice hereby appended was published
in Brazoria and Harris Counties in the REPORTER NEWS, a newspaper of general
circulation in Brazoria and Harris Counties, for / issues, as follows:
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ORDINANCE N . 719
AN ORDINANCE OF THE
CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF PEARLAND,
TEXAS, ESTABLISHING
STOP SIGNS WITHIN THE
CORPORATE LIMITS OF
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THE CITY OF PEARLAND
UPON LONG VIEW DRIVE
IN A WESTERLY DIREC-
TION AT ITS INTERSEC-
TION WITH LONGWOOD
DRIVE, UPON JANET
PLACE IN A WESTERLY
DIRECTION AT ITS INTER-
SECTION WITH BRIAR
VIEW DRIVE, UPON
GEORGE STREET IN A
SOUTHERLY DIRECTION
AT IS INTERSECTION WITH
BRIAR VIEW DRIVE (BRIAR -
GLEN SECTION 3); PROVID-
ING A PENALTY FOR VIO-
LATION: CONTAINING A
SAVINGS CLAUSE, A SEV-
ERABILITY CLAUSE AND A
REPEALER CLAUSE; PRO-
VIDING AN EFFECTIVE
DATE, FOR PUBLICATION
AND FOR CODIFICATION;
AND DECLARING AN
EMERGENCY BECAUSE
THE NEED TO ESTABLISH
STOP SIGNS AT INTERSEC-
TIONS INURES TO THE
BENEFIT OF THE TRAVEL-
LING PUBLIC AND, THERE-
FORE, BEARS DIRECTLY
UPON THE HEALTH, SAFE-
TY AND WELFARE OF THE
CITIZENRY.
Section 2. Any person who
shall violate the provisions
of this section shall be
deemed guilty of a misde-
meanor 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).
PASSED and APPROVED
on First and Only Reading
this the 11th day of March,
A.D., 1996.
TOM REID
MAYOR
ATTEST:
YOLANDA C. BENITEZ
CITY SECRETARY
VOTING RECORD (FIRST
AND ONLY READING
(MARCH 11, 1996)
Voting "Aye" - Council
members Beckman, Cole,
Tetens & Richardson
Voting "No" -None
Motion passed 4 to 0
(Council member Weber
was absent)