Ordinance No. 1,000ORDINANCE NO. 1000
AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING SPEED LIMITS DURING CON-
STRUCTION ON A PORTION OF STATE HIGHWAY NO. 146
WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS OF BAYTOWN, TEXAS; REPEAL-
ING ORDINANCES INCONSISTENT HEREWITH; CONTAINING
A SAVINGS CLAUSE; PRESCRIBING A MAXIMUM PENALTY
OF TWO HUNDRED ($200.00) DOLLARS AND PROVIDING
FOR THE PUBLICATION AND EFFECTIVE DATE THEREOF.
WHEREAS, the Texas Highway Department has made it
known to the City of Baytown that operation will begin in
the near future for the improvement of State Highway 146
from the Missouri Pacific Railroad to Loop 201; and
WHEREAS, in the interest of safety, it is desirable
to maintain a construction speed zone during the construction
period; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
BAYTOWN, TEXAS:
Section 1: That a construction speed zone be es-
tablished along State Highway 146 from the Missouri Pacific
Railroad to Loop 201, a distance of approximately 2.029 miles
long, 35 miles per hour when so signed within said zone.
Section 2: Necessary signs for posting the speed
zone will be furnished, installed, and maintained by direction
of the Texas Highway Department's engineer in charge of the
project.
Section 3: 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repealed; provided, however, that such repeal shall be only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 regu-
lating and governing the subject matter covered by this ordinance.
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Section 4: If any provision, section, 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 effect the validity of the remaining
provisions of this ordinance or their application to other
persons or sets of circumstances and to this end, all pro-
visions of this ordinance are declared to be severable.
Section 5: Any person, firm, or corporation vio-
lating any provision of this ordinance or failing to observe
any provision thereof, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor
and, upon conviction, shall be fined in any sum not to exceed
TWO HUNDRED ($200.00) DOLLARS, and each and every day or frac-
tion thereof, which this ordinance, or any part thereof, shall
be violated, shall be deemed a separate offense and punishable
as such.
Section 6: This ordinance shall be in effect only
during the period of construction, and completion of the pro-
ject shall automatically cancel the speed zone. The City
Clerk is hereby directed to give notice hereof by causing
the caption of this ordinance to be published in the of-
ficial newspaper of the City of Baytown at least twice prior
to the construction period.
INTRODUCED, READ and PASSED by the affirmative vote
of the City Council of the City of Baytown, this 6th day of
November, 1969,
GLEN WALKER, 'Mayor
ATTEST:
EDNA OLIVER, City Clerk
APPROVED:
WILLIAM R. LAUGHLIN, C(Ity Attorney