Ordinance No. 1,101ORDINANCE NO. 11QL
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY
OF BAYTOWN BY AMENDING CHAPTER 18 ARTICLE 5 BY THE ADDI-
TION OF A NEW SECTION; THEREBY MAKING IT UNLAWFUL TO
OPEN AN AUTOMOBILE DOOR IN SUCH A MANNER AS TO CREATE A
TRAFFIC HAZARD; REPEALING ORDINANCES INCONSISTENT HERE-
WITH; CONTAINING A SAVINGS CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING FOR THE
PUBLICATION AND EFFECTIVE DATE THEREOF.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN, TEXAS:
Section 1: That the Code of Ordinances of the City of
Baytown, Texas is hereby amended by the amendment of Chapter 18
Article 5 by the addition of a new Section which shall read as
follows:
Section 18 -125.1 Opening Door of and Entering or Emerging
from Vehicle.
No person shall open the door of, or enter, or emerge
from any vehicle in the path of an approaching vehicle in
such a manner as to create an immediate traffic hazard.
Section 2: Savings Clause: If any provision, 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 appli-
cation to other persons or sets of circumstances and to this
end all provisions of this ordinance are declared to be severable.
Section 3: Repealing Clause: 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hereby repealed; provided, however, that such repeal shall be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 inconsistence and in all other re-
spects this ordinance shall be cumulative of other ordinances
regulating and governing the subject matter covered by this
ordinance.
Section 4: Effective Date: This ordinance shall take
effect from and after ten (10) days after 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 its passage.
INTRODUCED, READ and PASSED by the affirmative vote of
the City Council of the City of Baytown, this the 15th day of
June, 1971.
C. GLEN WALKER, Major
ATTEST:
l�
EDNA OLIVER, City Clerk
APPROVED:
TH D. DEHART,-Acting City Attorney