Ordinance No. 1,608ORDINANCE NO.1608
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITYOF BAYTOWN,
TEXAS,BY THE AMENDMENT OF CHAPTER 18,"MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC,"
ARTICLE V,"STOPPING,STANDING AND PARKING,"BY ADDING SECTION 115.1,
MID-BLOCK PEDESTRIAN CROSSWALKS;PROHIBITING PARKING WITHIN A DISTANCE
OF 100'IN ADVANCE OF AND WITHIN A DISTANCEOF 20'BEYOND ANY OFFICALLY
DESIGNATED MID-BLOCK PEDESTRIAN CROSSWALK;DIRECTING THE CHIEF OF POLICE
TO CAUSE SAID AREA TO BE PROPERLY POSTED AND MAINTAINED;PRESCRIBING
A MAXIMUM PENALTY OF TWO HUNDRED AND NO/100 ($200.00)DOLLARS FOR THE
VIOLATION THEREOF;AND PROVIDING FOR THE PUBLICATION AND EFFECTIVE DATE
HEREOF.
BEIT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN,TEXAS:
Section 1:That the CodeofOrdinances of the Cityof Baytown,Texas,is
hereby amended by amending Chapter 18,"Motor Vehicles and Traffic,"by adding
Section 115.1,Mid-Block Pedestrian Crosswalks,which shall read as follows,
to-wit:
Section 115.1.Mid-Block Pedestrian Crosswalks.
Except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic,or in
compliance with law,or the direction of a Police Officer or an official
traffic control device,no person shall stop,stand or park a vehicle
within a distance of 100'in advance of and within a distance of 20"
beyond any portion of a street or highway officially designated by
City Council as a Mid-Block Pedestrian Crosswalk.
The Chief of Police shall cause the area a distance of 100'in ad
vance of and within a distance of 20'beyond any officially designated
Mid-Block Pedestrian Crosswalk tobe properly posted and maintained as
a "No Parking"area.
Section 2:It shall be unlawful for a driver of a vehicle to disobey the
instructions of the signs placed in accordance with the provisionsof this or
dinance,unless at the time otherwise directed by a police officer.
Section 3:Any person violating the provisions of this ordinance shall be
punished by a fine of not more than Two Hundred ($200.00)Dollars,and each vi
olation shall constitute a separate offense.
Section 4:This ordinance shall take effect from and after ten (10)days
after its passage by the City Council.The City Clerk is herebydirected to
give noticehereof by causing the caption of this ordinance to be published in
the official newspaper of the City of Baytown at leasttwice within ten (10)
days after the passage of this ordinance.
INTRODUCED,READ and PASSED by the affirmative vote of the City Council
of the City of Baytown onthis 23rd day ofMay ,1974.
TOMGENTRY,Mayor
ATTEST:
EDNA OLIVER,CityClerk
APPROVED:
NEEL RICHARDSON,City Attorney