Ord. 1006 03-12-01ORDINANCE NO. 1006
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 SUNRAY COURT IN A NORTHERLY
DIRECTION AT ITS INTERSECTION WITH SUNBONNET DRIVE,
UPON SUNNY SHORES DRIVE IN A SOUTHERLY DIRECTION AT ITS
INTERSECTION WITH SUNDOWN DRIVE, UPON SUNDAY HOUSE
COURT IN A SOUTHERLY DIRECTION AT ITS INTERSECTION WITH
SUNDOWN DRIVE (SUNRISE LAKES, 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
TRAVELING 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:
Sunrise Lakes, Section 3:
Upon Sunray Court in a northerly direction at its intersection with Sunbonnet
Drive;
Upon Sunny Shores Drive in a southerly direction at its intersection with
Sundown Drive;
Upon Sunday House Court in a southerly direction at its intersection with
Sundown Drive.
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Section 2. Penalty. 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. Declaration of Emergency. The Council finds and determines that
the need to establish stop signs inures to the benefit of the traveling 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. Savings. 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. Severability. 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. Repealer. All ordinances and parts of ordinances in conflict
herewith are hereby repealed but only to the extent of such conflict.
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Section 7. Codification. 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. Publication and Effective Date. 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 12 day of March,
A.D., 2001.
ATTEST:
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
DARRIN M. COKER
CITY ATTORNEY
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TOM REID
MAYOR
VOTING RECORD (FIRST AND ONLY READING
MARCH 12, 2001)
Voting "Aye" -
Councilmembers Beckman, Owens,
Seeger, Marcott, and Wilkins.
Voting "No" - None.
Motion passes 5 to 0.
PUBLICATION DATE: MARCH 14, 2001
EFFECTIVE DATE: MARCH 24, 2001
PUBLISHED AS REQUIRED BY SECTION 3.10 OF
THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF PEARLAND, TEXAS
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