Ordinance No. 13,495ORDINANCE NO. 13,495
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN, TEXAS,
AMENDING CHAPTER 94 "TRAFFIC AND VEHICLES," ARTICLE IV "SPECIFIC
STREET REGULATIONS," SECTION 94-121 "SCHEDULES ENUMERATED,"
SCHEDULE V "DESIGNATION -- SPEED LIMIT ZONES" OF THE CODE OF
ORDINANCES, CITY OF BAYTOWN, TEXAS, TO ESTABLISH THE MAXIMUM
PRIMA FACIE SPEED LIMITS FOR BLUE HERON PARKWAY BETWEEN
N. MAIN STREET AND CEDAR BAYOU ROAD; ESTABLISHING MAXIMUM
PRIMA FACIE SPEED LIMITS FOR MOTOR VEHICLES IN THE DESIGNATED
SCHOOL ZONE ON BLUE HERON PARKWAY AND PROVIDING FOR HOURS
OF ENFORCEMENT ON SCHOOL DAYS OR WHEN CHILDREN ARE PRESENT;
AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE PLACEMENT OF SIGNS BY THE
DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS; REPEALING CONFLICTING ORDINANCES;
CONTAINING A SAVINGS CLAUSE; PRESCRIBING A MAXIMUM PENALTY OF
TWO HUNDRED AND N0/100 DOLLARS ($200.00) FOR EACH VIOLATION
THEREOF; AND PROVIDING FOR THE PUBLICATION AND EFFECTIVE DATE
THEREOF.
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WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 545.356 of the Texas Transportation Code, authorizing
alteration of maximum prima facie speed limits with respect to highways or portions thereof within the
corporate limits of the City of Baytown based upon engineering and traffic investigations and requested
public hearings; NOW THEREFORE
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN, TEXAS:
Section 1: That Chapter 94 "Traffic and Vehicles," Article IV "Specific Street Regulations,"
Section 94-121 "Schedules enumerated," Schedule V "Designation -- Speed Limit Zones" of the Code of
Ordinances, City of Baytown, Texas, is hereby amended by establishing the following maximum prima
facie speed limits:
Section 2: That a special hazard exists to traffic safety in the vicinity of elementary schools
within the corporate limits of the City of Baytown on days when schools are in session and at times when
students and other traffic approach from and depart from the vicinity of such schools and facilities and the
City Council hereby makes such findings and determines and declares that the maximum prima facie
speed limits to be reasonable, prudent and lawful are as follows at the time and place herein described:
Section 3: The Director of Public Works is authorized and directed as follows:
(a) to place and install appropriate signs for the speed limit established in Sections 1; and
(b) to place and install appropriate signs with flashing lights or beacons for the elementary
school referenced in Section 2 hereof, which lights or beacons shall flash to designate
when the reduced speeds in the school zones are in effect
as more particularly depicted in Exhibit "A," which is attached hereto and incorporated herein for all
intents and purposes.
Section 4: It shall be unlawful for a driver of a vehicle to disobey the instructions of a sign
placed in accordance with the provisions of this ordinance, unless at the time otherwise directed by a
police officer.
Section 5: All ordinances or parts of ordinances inconsistent with the terms of this
ordinance are hereby repealed; provided however, that such repeal shall be only to the extent of such
inconsistency and in all other respects this ordinance shall be cumulative of other ordinances regulating
and governing the subject matter covered by this ordinance.
Section 6: If any provisions, section, exception, subsection, paragraph, sentence, clause or
phrase of this ordinance or the application of same to any person or set of circumstances, shall for any
reason be held unconstitutional, void or invalid, such invalidity shall not affect the validity of the
remaining provisions of this ordinance or their application to other persons or sets of circumstances and to
this end all provisions of this ordinance are declared to be severable.
Section 7: Any person who shall violate any provision of this ordinance shall be deemed
guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine of not less than One and No/100
Dollar ($1.00) nor more than Two Hundred and No/100 Dollars ($200.00).
Section 8: This ordinance shall take effect from and after ten (10) days from its passage by the
City Council. The City Clerk is hereby directed to give notice hereof by causing the caption of this
ordinance to be published in the official newspaper of the City of Baytown at least twice within ten (10)
days after passage of this ordinance.
INTRODUCED, READ and PASSED by the affirmative vote of the City Council of the City of
Baytown this the 22°d day of June, 2017. � f
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