Ordinance No. 2,2667725
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ORDINANCE NO. 2266
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN,
TEXAS, AMENDING CHAPTER 18, "MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC,"
BY THE ADDITION OF A NEW SECTION 18 -69 PRESCRIBING
MAXIMUM WEIGHT LIMITATIONS GOVERNING THE OPERATION OF
VEHICLES USED TO TRANSPORT READY -MIXED CONCRETE OVER
PUBLIC HIGHWAYS MAINTAINED BY THE CITY; PROVIDING FOR A
PENALTY; PROVIDING A REPEALING CLAUSE; CONTAINING A
SAVINGS CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING FOR THE PUBLICATION AND
EFFECTIVE DATE HEREOF.
WHEREAS, the City Council has determined that the
public streets within the City of Baytown are insufficient
to carry the maximum gross vehicle loads authorized by
Senate Bill 412; and
WHEREAS, said bill authorizes the City to prescribe
reasonable regulations governing the operation of vehicles
that transport ready -mixed concrete; NOW THEREFORE,
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, "Motor Vehicles and Traffic," by the addition of a new
Section 18 -69, which shall read as follows, to -wit:
Sec. 18 -69. Weight limits for certain vehicles.
A person commits an offense if he drives a vehicle trans-
porting ready -mixed concrete upon a public street, and the
vehicle carries either a tandem axle load that exceeds
36,000 pounds, a single axle load that exceeds 12,000 pounds,
or a gross vehicle load that exceeds 48,000 pounds.
Section 2: Any person violating the provisions of this
ordinance shall be punished by a fine of not more than Two
Hundred ($200) Dollars, and each violation shall constitute
a separate offense.
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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are hereby repealed; provided, however, that such repeal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 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 4: 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 uncon-
stitutional, 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 the end all provisions of this ordinance
are declared to be severable.
Section 5: 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 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 on this the 14th day
of July , 1977.
TOM GENTRY, Mayor
ATTEST:
EILEEN P. HALL, City Clerk
APPROVED:
NEEL R CH RDSON, City Attorney
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