Ord. 0731 06-24-96ORDINANCE NO. 731
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 SCOTT LANE IN AN EASTERLY
DIRECTION AT ITS INTERSECTION WITH WILKE STREET AND UPON
SCOTT LANE IN A WESTERLY DIRECTION AT ITS INTERSECTION WITH
WILKE STREET; PROVIDING A PENALTY FOR VIOLATION; CONTAINING
A SAVINGS CLAUSE, A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE AND A REPEALER
CLAUSE; PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION, CODIFICATION AND AN
EFFECTIVE DATE; 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, Section 544.003 of the Transportation Code 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 ORDAINED 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:
Scott Lane in an easterly direction at its intersection with Wilke Street;
Scott Lane in a westerly direction at its intersection with Wilke Street.
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
ORDINANCE NO. 731
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 competent 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
2
ORDINANCE NO. 731
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 theca day of
, A.D., 1996.
ATTEST:
YO/A DA C. BENITEZ
CI Y SECRETARY
APPVED AS TO FORM:
Y Ma+TES McCULLOUG
CITY A ORNEY
TOM REID
MAYOR
VOTING RECORD (FIRST AND ONLY READING JUNE 24, 1996
Voting "Aye" -
Voting "No" -
Council.members Beckman, Tetens, Richardson, Wilkins & Cole
None
Motion passed 5 to 0.
PUBLICATION DATE: JULY 3, 1996
EFFECTIVE DATE: JULY 12, 1996
PUBLISHED AS REQUIRED BY SECTION 3.10 OF THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF PEARLAND,
TEXAS.
3
0
0
0
11
0
w
L_
0
0
LO
111.11111•1111111111111111111•111111SIMIN11111111111111111•111111111111MIIMIIMIIMII
0
0
5700 SCOTT STREET 5600
0
STOP SIGN
_J
5700 RICE STREET 5600
7,11( 5500
STOP SIGN
5000
SICT,I TO
5500
5000
0
0
0
0
a
r
City of Pearland, Texas
STOP SIGN
AT
SCOTT STR. & WILKE STR.
Job NA:
Mt JUNE. 1996
Own WIC.R. LONG
Seam
HORZ:rA
vERT
CNN RAJ. HARGROVE
GM Alt
SCOTT.DWG
SHEET
1
OF