Ord. 1017 07-23-01ORDINANCE NO. 1017
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 SONGBIRD DRIVE IN A WESTERLY
DIRECTION AT ITS INTERSECTION WITH AUBRELL STREET
(GARDEN GATE SUBDIVISION); 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:
Garden Gate Subdivision:
Upon Songbird Drive in a westerly direction at its intersection with Aubrell Street.
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
1
ORDINANCE NO. 1017
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.
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.
2
ORDINANCE NO. 1017
PASSED and APPROVED on First and Only Reading this the 23rd day of July,
A.D., 2001.
ATTEST:
NG
Y SE ETARY
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
asev-6— H
DARRIN M. COKER
CITY ATTORNEY
3
1--;40
TOM REID
MAYOR
VOTING RECORD (FIRST AND ONLY READING
JULY 23, 2001)
Voting "Aye" - Councilmembers Tetens, Owens,
Marcott, Wilkins, and Seeger.
Voting "No" - None.
Motion passes 5 to 0.
PUBLICATION DATE: JULY 25, 2001
EFFECTIVE DATE: AUGUST 5, 2001
PUBLISHED AS REQUIRED BY SECTION 3.10 OF
THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF PEARLAND, TEXAS
City
of
Pearland,
Texas
STOPNSIGN
GARDEN GATE S
lens
N-. tICIIMIL
I VEIR•t%
w Pea LOIN WCar ra x RIROVE
at
R
AFFIDAVITOF PUBLICATION
The Pearland Reporter News
2404 South Park
Pearland, Texas 77581
State of Texas
Brazoria and Harris Counties
I, Randy Emmons, 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, Harris & Galveston Counties, for j issues; as follows:
No. / Date 1- LC 20 of
No. Date 20
No. Date 20
No. Date 20
No Date 20
Subscribe and sworn to before me this 2L day of v
20 0! _O
ORDINANCE N0i 191T
RPL RAtiL ,C OF-ThE
CITY OF, PEARLAND,
VELINv`PUBLIC
TNEREFORE,,
RS„ DIRECTLY
N,.THE;HEAL.TH,-
AND WELFARE,,
E CIEY•
Penal)y.-.,
.htW
tlf9 provist , orthi
e:
kpl, be p
floe n'Q; oynot:'
eedmg Two lurjdred
FASO 4P Y
50 oo FJess '$ttd QAly
Re dutg thjOlte 2f.O.4Ay
ofJuty;A.D.,2QQ i3
/s/TonYRetd'
Moyootb
ATTEST:
/s/ Young Lading
9•Ityseegetary
r- Cou• hciI
tags O,vgny,, `
Ilkms,'and
lit` Mono.`
inpasses5to0.;;.-
zP0blteatjg0Date
..4Iury 252001
Cve Data:.
Publfslfsd as laqtarSt
1$eotfe 810 at- the.,
Chartot of the City Of. •
,Pee,Texas
Ca NO. 1017 '