Ordinance No. 3,31820211 -2
ORDINANCE NO. 3318
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN,
TEXAS, PROVIDING FOR THE REMOVAL OF YIELD SIGNS ON E.
BAKER AT CHAPARRAL AND THE PLACING OF STOP SIGNS ON E.
BAKER AT CHAPARRAL AND PROVIDING A REPEALING CLAUSE;
CONTAINING A SAVINGS CLAUSE, PROVIDING FOR A PENALTY;
AND PROVIDING FOR THE PUBLICATION AND EFFECTIVE DATE
HEREOF.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CI`T'Y OF
BAYTOWN:
Section l: That the City Council of the City of Baytown,
pursuant to the provisions of Article 6701d, Vernon's Texas
Civil Statutes and by the Traffic Commission, declares the
following described intersection will no longer be a yield
intersection, but will become a stop intersection, to -wit:
E. Baker at Chaparral
Section 2: The Director of Planning and Traffic is
authorized and directed to cause the removal of the yield
sign and to cause the placing of a stop sign at the above
described location.
Section 3: It shall be unlawful for the driver of a
vehicle to disobey the instruction of said signs placed in
accordance with the provisions of this ordinance, unless at
the time otherwise directed by a police officer.
Section 4: Any offense under this chapter for which
another penalty is not provided is a misdemeanor punishable
by a fine of not less than One ($1.00) Dollar nor more than
Two Hundred ($200.00) Dollars, except that minors who have
passed their fourteenth birthday but have not reached their
seventeenth birthday shall be punished by a fine of not more
than One Hundred ($100.00) Dollars, and each violation shall
constitute a separate offense.
Section 5: All ordinances or parts of
consistent with the terms of this ordinance
pealed; provided, however, that such repeal
the extent of such inconsistency and in all
this ordinance shall be cumulative of other
lating and governing the subject matter cov
ordinance.
Section 6: If any provision, section,
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ordinances in-
are hereby re-
shall be only to
other respects
ordinances regu-
ered by this
exception, sub-
section, paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase of this ordi-
nance 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 7: This ordinance shall take effect from and
after ten (10) days after 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 its passage.
INTRODUCED, READ and PASSED by the affirmative vote of
the City Council on this the 11th day of February ,
1982.
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'EMMETT 0. UTTO, Mayor
ATTEST:
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EILEEN P. HALL, City Clerk`
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