Ordinance No. 936ORDINANCE NO. 936
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING AN ORDINANCE ENTITLED "AN
ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN,
TEXAS, TO BE KNOWN AS THE "TRAFFIC "CODE OF THE CITY
OF BAYTOWN; REGULATING TRAFFIC ON THE PUBLIC STREETS
OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN; WORDS AND PHRASES DEFINED;
AUTHORITY OF POLICE; DRIVING REGULATIONS -RULES OF
THE ROAD; TURNING AND STARTING AND SIGNALS ON STOP-
PING AND TURNING; ACCIDENTS, RECKLESS DRIVING, START-
ING PARKED VEHICLES; TRAFFIC AND PEDESTRIAN SIGNALS;
PEDESTRIANS' RIGHTS AND DUTIES; PARKING REGULATIONS;
SPECIAL STOPS REQUIRED; MISCELLANEOUS DRIVING RULES;
REPEALING ORDINANCES INCONSISTENT HEREWITH; CONTAIN-
ING A SAVINGS CLAUSE; PRESCRIBING A MAXIMUM PENALTY OF
TWO HUNDRED ($200.00) DOLLARS; AND PROVIDING FOR THE
PUBLICATION AND EFFECTIVE DATE THEREOF ", BEING ORDI-
NANCE NO. 752, PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF BAYTOWN ON THE 26TH DAY OF AUGUST, 1965, BY AMEND-
ING ARTICLE III - DRIVING REGULATIONS - SPEED, SEC-
TION 22; REPEALING ORDINANCE NO. 849, PASSED BY THE
CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN ON THE 12TH DAY
OF JANUARY, 1967, AND ORDINANCE NO. 856, PASSED BY
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN ON THE 9TH
DAY OF FEBRUARY, 1967; AND PROVIDING FOR THE PUBLI-
CATION AND EFFECTIVE DATE THEREOF.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
BAYTOWN, TEXAS:
Section 1: That Article III - Driving Regulations -
Speed, Section 22, shall be amended to read as follows, to -wit:
Section 22: Upon the basis of an engineering
and traffic investigation heretofore made, as authorized
by the provisions of Section 8 of Article 827a, Vernon's
Texas Penal Code, the maximum speed limits for all motor
vehicles (except emergency vehicles) shall be 30 miles
per hour except as follows:
(a) 35 Miles Per Hour Speed_Zones
1. West Texas Avenue: From Goose Creek Stream to
Airhart Drive.
2. Highway No. 146: From Holiday Inn to Davis Road.
3. Park Street: From Bayway Drive to Airhart Drive.
4. Lee Drive: From Gentry Street to West Main Street.
5. Missouri Street: From Spur 201 to New Jersey Street.
6. Decker Drive: From Garth Road to Airhart Drive.
(b) 40 Miles Per Hour Speed Zones
1. South Alexander Drive: From the intersection of
South Main Street to the intersection of Highway no.
2. West Main Street: From Spur 201 to Caroline Street.
3. Market Street: From 300 feet West of Traffic
Circle to three- tenths (3/10) of a mile from the
intersection of West Main Street with the exception
of Robert E. Lee School Zone during posted hours.
4. Airhart Drive: From Park Street to Lynchburg Road.
5. East James Street: From Bayou Drive - West to
10th Street.
6. Park Street: From Garth Road - West to intersection
of Decker Drive.
146 .
7. Highway No. 146: From Davis Road to Cedar Bayou
Road.
8. Baaay Drive: From Baytown Elementary School to
Decker Drive.
9. Massey Tompkins Road: From North Main to McKinney.
10. Bob Smith Road: From North Main to McKinney.
11. Garth Road: From Scenic Drive to North City
limits Baker Road) .
12. Cedar Bayou Road: From North Main Street to
Highway No. 146.
13. Cedar Bayou- CrosbX Road: From Highway No. 146
to North City limits.
14. Garth Road: From the South right -of -way line
of Park Street to the East property line of
Decker Drive.
15. West Main Street: From Yupon Street to Spur
203 Douglas Drive).
(c) 45 Miles Per Hour S eed Zones
1. Decker Drive: From Airhart Drive to three -
tenths (3/10) of a mile East of San Jacinto Street.
2. Baker Road: From St. James House to Garth Road.
3. North Main Street: From Bob Smith Road to North
City limits.
(d) 50 Miles Per Hour Speed Zones
1. Hi hwa No. 146: From Cedar Bayou Road to North
City limits- (Cedar Bayou Bridge).
2. Highway No. 146: From Alexander Drive to begin-
ning of traffic exchange at Lee Drive.
3. Highway No. 146: From traffic exchange at Lee
Drive to City limits.
4. Tri -City Beach_ Road: From Normandy House Apart-
ments to City limits.
5. Loop 201: From West Main Street to Highway No. 146.
(e) 55 Miles Per Hour Speed Zones
1. Decker Drive: From three -- tenths (3/10) of a mile
of San Jacinto Street to City limits.
A twenty (20)miles per hour speed limit is es-
tablished on all streets adjacent to public schools unless other-
wise designated.
Section 2: That Ordinance No. 849, passed by the City
Council of the City of Baytown on the 12th day of January, 1967,
and Ordinance No. 846, passed by the City Council of the City of
Baytown on the 9th day of February, 1967 are hereby repealed and
shall cease to have force and effect from and after the effective
date of this ordinance. Except as herein amended, all of the
terms and provisions of said Ordinance No. 752, as amended by
Ordinance No. 929, are hereby continued in full force and effect and any
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person violating any of the terms of said Ordinance No. 752
shall be subject to the penalties provided therein.
Section 3: Effective Date: 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 prior to the effective date thereof.
INTRODUCED, READ and PASSED by a majority of the
City Council of the CLty of Baytown, on this the J� day
of 9�_ 1968.
Seaborn Cravey, Mayor
ATTEST:
Edna Oliver, City Clerk
ICJAA.A— Q . C
William R. Laughlir4 City Attorney
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