Ordinance No. 2,85300313-8
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ORDINANCE NO. 2853
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN,
TEXAS, PROHIBITING PARKING ALONG WEST TEXAS AVENUE
BETWEEN MAIN AND WHITING STREETS FROM 10:00 P.M. TO
6:00 A.M.; REPEALING CONFLICTING ORDINANCES; CONTAINING
A SAVINGS CLAUSE; PRESCRIBING A MAXIMUM PENALTY OF TWO
HUNDRED AND N01100 ($200.00) DOLLARS; AND PROVIDING FOR
THE PUBLICATION AND EFFECTIVE DATE HEREOF.
WHEREAS, there is a high incidence of criminal activity
in the downtown Baytown area along Texas Avenue; and
WHEREAS, this activity is due in part to the presence
of vehicles parked along Texas Avenue at nightime; NOW
THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
BAYTOWN:
Section 1: That Chapter 18, "Motor Vehicles and Traffic,"
of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Baytown, Texas, is
hereby amended by the repeal of Section 18 -52 as presently
constituted, and by the adoption of a new Section 18 -52 that
shall read as follows:
Sec. 18 -52. Prohibited curb zone parking.
A person commits an offense if he stops, stands or parks a
vehicle, bicycle or motor - assisted bicycle in a curb zone:
(1) for a period of time longer than is designated;
(2) at a time prohibited by designation; or
(3) for any purpose other than that which is designated.
Section 2: That Chapter 18, "Motor Vehicles and Traffic,"
of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Baytown, Texas, is
hereby amended by the repeal of Section 18 -54 as presently
constituted, and by the adoption of a new Section 18 -54 that
shall read as follows:
Sec. 18 -54. Removal of traffic hazards.
(a) Any police officer who shall find a vehicle, boat,
structure, object, substance or material stopped or resting
upon a public street or public traffic area which, in the
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opinion of the officer, poses a particular hazard to the
movement of traffic because of its proximity to or position
upon a roadway, the lighting or weather conditions, its
visibility or the density of traffic, or the nature of the
traffic movement around or across such hazard, is authorized
to be moved or cause the same to be removed at the owner's
expense.
(b) Any illegally stopped, standing or parked vehicle,
bicycle or motor - assisted bicycle may be removed under the
direction of any police officer at the owner's expense.
Section 3: Schedule IV, Parking Limit Zones, of Article
VIII, Chapter 18 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of
Baytown, Texas, is hereby amended by the addition of the
following designation:
West Texas Avenue (both sides) between Main
and Whiting Streets
No parking between 10:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m.
Section d: The Director of Planning and Traffic is
hereby authorized to post proper signs along the above
described location.
Section 5: 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 6: 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 violation shall constitute
a separate offense.
Section 7: 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 8: If any provision, section, exception,
subsection, paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase of this
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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
application to other persons or sets of circumstances and to
this end all provisions of this ordinance are declared to be
severable.
Section 9: 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 on this 13th day of March 1980.
UTTO, Mayor
ATTEST:
EILEEM P. HALL, City Clerk
APPROVED:
SCOTT BOUNDS, City Attorney
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