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Ordinance No. 3,503PUBLISHED: THE BAYTOWN SUN 21111 -5 Tuesday, November 16, 1982 Wednesday, November 17, 1982 ORDINANCE NO. 3503 AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING SCHOOL SPEED ZONES FOR SAN JACINTO ELEMENTARY; CONTAINING A SAVINGS CLAUSE; PROVIDING A REPEALING CLAUSE; PRESCRIBING A MAXIMUM PENALTY OF TWO HUNDRED AND N01100 ($200.00) DOLLARS; AND PROVIDING FOR THE PUBLICATION AND EFFECTIVE DATE HEREOF. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN TEXAS: Section l: That the following described locations are designated as school zones, within which the prima facie speed limit for school zones as adopted by the City Council shall apply: Virginia - 125 feet west of Georgia to New Jersey New Jersey - from Virginia to W. Main Georgia - 150 feet south of Kentucky Section 2: The Director of Planning and Traffic 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: 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 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. 21111 -5a Section 5. All ordinances or parts of ordinances in- consistent with the terms of this ordinance, are hereby repealed provided, however, that such repeal shall be only to the extent of such inconsistency and in all other respects this ordinance shall be cumulative of other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 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 fourteenth birthday but have not reached their seventeenth 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 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 the passage of this ordinance. INTRODUCED, READ and PASSED by the affirmative vote of the City Council of the City of Baytown this the 11th day of November , 1982. ATTEST: ty � EILEEN P. MALL, City Clerk APPROVED: MMETT 0. HU T0, ayor "RANDALL B. 9T'RONU-, CitY1�11torney 2