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ORDINANCE NO. 2414
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN,
TEXAS, DESIGNATING CERTAIN AREAS OF DEFEE AVENUE AS A
FIFTEEN MINUTE TIME LIMIT PARKING ZONE; REPEALING
ORDINANCES INCONSISTENT HEREWITH; CONTAINING A SAVINGS
CLAUSE; PRESCRIBING A MAXIMUM PENALTY OF TWO HUNDRED
($200.00) DOLLARS FOR EACH VIOLATION; AND PROVIDING FOR
THE PUBLICATION AND EFFECTIVE DATE HEREOF.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
BAYTOWN, TEXAS:
Section 1: That pursuant to the provisions of Section
18 -52 of the Code of Ordinances, the following portion of Defee
Avenue shall constitute a fifteen minute time limit parking
zone:
The first three parking spaces on the north side
of West Defee Avenue east of North Gaillard Street
and parking of vehicles for any period of time greater than
fifteen minutes is prohibited.
Section 2: The Director of Planning is hereby authorized
and directed to cause the proper signs to be posted at the
above described location.
Section 3: It shall be unlawful for a driver of a
vehicle to disobey the instructions of the signs placed in
accordance with the provisions of this ordinance, unless at
the time otherwise directed by a police officer.
Section 4: 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are hereby repealed; provided, however, that such repeal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.
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Section 5: 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 this end all provisions of this ordinance
are declared to be severable.
Section 6: Penalty Clause: Any person who shall
violate any provision of this ordinance shall be deemed
guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be punished
by a fine of not less than Ten ($10.00) Dollars, nor more
than Two Hundred ($200.00) Dollars. Each day of the con-
tinuance of such violation shall be considered a separate
offense and each and every day shall constitute a separate
violation.
Section 7: 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, this the 23rd
day of February , 1978.
ATTEST:
EILEEN P. HALL, City Clerk
APPROVED:
SCOTT BOUNDS, City Attorney
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TOM GENTRY, Mayor
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