Ord. 0720 1996-03-11ORDINANCE NO. 720
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 CHELSEA LANE IN A
WESTERLY DIRECTION AT ITS INTERSECTION WITH SUNSET
MEADOWS DRIVE, UPON SUNSET LAKES DRIVE IN A WESTERLY
DIRECTION AT ITS INTERSECTION WITH SUNSET MEADOWS DRIVE,
UPON LAKE VIEW DRIVE IN A NORTHERLY DIRECTION AT ITS
INTERSECTION WITH SUNSET LAKES DRIVE, UPON LAKE VIEW
DRIVE IN A SOUTHERLY DIRECTION AT ITS INTERSECTION WITH
SUNSET LAKES DRIVE,UPON LAKE DRIVE IN A SOUTHERLY
DIRECTION AT ITS INTERSECTION WITH SUNSET LAKES DRIVE,
UPON LAKE DRIVE IN A NORTHERLY DIRECTION AT ITS
INTERSECTION WITH SHADOWBEND (SUNSET LAKES SECTION 2);
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:
Sunset Lakes Section 2:
Chelsea Lane in a westerly direction at its intersection with
Sunset Meadows Drive;
Sunset Lakes Drive in a westerly direction at its intersection
with Sunset Meadows Drive;
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Lake View Drive in a northerly direction at its intersection
with Sunset Lakes Drive;
Lake View Drive in a southerly direction at its intersection
with Sunset Lakes Drive;
Lake Drive in a southerly direction at its intersection with
Sunset Lakes Drive;
Lake Drive in a northerly direction at its intersection with
Shadowbend.
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,
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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 j/74
day of 6L_.-L % , A.D., 1996.
TOM REID
MAYOR
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ATTEST:
�A C. BEN TEZ
CITY# SECRETARY
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
ES MCCULLOL9GH
CITY ATTORNEY
VOTING RECORD (FIRST AND ONLY READING (MARCH 11, 1996)
Voting "Aye" - Councilmembers Beckman, Cole, Tetens & Richardson
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 3.10 OF THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF PEARLAND, TEXAS.
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2404 South Park
Pearland, Texas 77581
State of Texas
Brazoria and Harris Counties
1, 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 NO. 720
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 CHELSEA LANE IN A
WESTERLY DIRECTION AT
ITS INTERSECTION WITH
SUNSET MEADOWS DRIVE,
UPON SUNSET LAKES
DRIVE IN A WESTERLY
DIRECTION AT ITS INTER-
SECTION WITH SUNSET
MEADOWS DRIVE, UPON
LAKE VIEW DRIVE IN A
NORTHERLY DIRECTION
AT IS INTERSECTION WITH
SUNSET LAKES DRIVE,
UPON LAKE VIEW DRIVE IN
A SOUTHERLY DIRECTION
AT ITS INTERSECTION
WITH SUNSET LAKES
DRIVE, UPON LAKE DRIVE
IN A SOUTHERLY DIREC-
TION AT ITS INTERSEC-
TION WITH SUNSET
LAKES DRIVE, UPON LAKE
DRIVE IN A NORTHERLY
DIRECTION AT ITS INTER-
SECTION WITH SHADOW -
BEND (SUNSET LAKES
SECTION 2); 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 EMER-
GENCY BECAUSE THE
NEED TO ESTABLISH STOP
SIGNS AT INTERSECTIONS
INURES TO THE BENEFIT
OF THE TRAVELLING PUB-
LIC AND, THEREFORE,
BEARS DIRECTLY UPON
THE HEALTH, SAFETY AND
WELFARE OF THE CITIZEN-
RY.
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)