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ORDINANCE NO. 2940
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN,
TEXAS, PROVIDING FOR THE POSTING OF YIELD SIGNS AT THE
INTERSECTION OF WEST HUMBLE AVENUE AT ATLANTIC STREET
AND AT WEST GULF AVENUE AT ATLANTIC STREET; REPEALING
ORDINANCES INCONSISTENT HEREWITH; CONTAINING A SAVINGS
CLAUSE; 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.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
BAYTOWN:
Section 1: That the City Council of the City of Baytown,
Texas, pursuant to the provisions of Article 6701d, Vernon's
Texas Civil Statutes, does declare the following described
intersections to be yield intersections, to wit:
West Humble Avenue at Atlantic Street
West Gulf Avenue at Atlantic Street
Section 2: The Director of Planning and Traffic is
hereby authorized to cause the proper signs to be posted at
the above described locations.
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: 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repealed; provided, however, that such repeal shall be only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 5: If any provision, section, exception, sub-
section, paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase of this
ordinance or the application of same to any person or set of
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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 6: 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 One and No /100 ($1.00) Dollar nor more than Two Hundred
and No /100 ($200.00) Dollars except minors who have passed
their 14th birthday but have not reached their 17th birthday
shall be punished by a fine of not more than One Hundred and
No /100 ($100.00) Dollars. Each day of the continuance of
such violation shall be considered a separate offense and
each and every day shall constitute a separate violation.
Section 7: 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 24th day
of July 1980.
ATTEST: TT O. HUTTO, Mayor
{I EEN P. HALL, City Clerk
APPROVED:
RANDALL B. STRONG, City�torney
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