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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; -1- ORDINANCE NO. 720 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, -2- ORDINANCE NO. 720 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 -3- ORDINANCE NO. 720 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. -4- STOP SIGNS STOP SIGNS City of Pearland, Texas STOP SIGNS AT SUNSET LAKES, SEC. 2 Job Hv Seale SHEET 999. FEB., 1996 Oa¢:1•� Bm AFJ.E.B. CAD FILE: Cn4C Br J. HARGROVE 96-6037 OF 1 AFFIDAVIT OF PUBLICATION The Pearland Reporter News 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: No. % Date d7' L* J 2-A0 19 `( No. Date 19 No. Date 19 No. Date 19 No. Date 19 J eating tril./no Editor Subscribe and worn to before me this 2- 1 day of 'Maid 19 Vi( URA A. EMMONS T tAS.i Not. y" 1°c, State/of/Texas Laura Ann Emmons, Publisher 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)