Ordinance No. 4,221Published In: THE 13AYTOWN SUN 50813 -8
Monday, August 19, 1985
Tuesday, August 20, 1985
ORDINANCE NO. 4221
AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING A PRIMA FACIE SPEED LIMIT OF 40
MILES PER HOUR FOR MOTOR VEHICLES ON A PORTION OF
KILGORE ROAD BETWEEN CEDAR BAYOU ROAD AND EAST JAMES
AVENUE; REPEALING ORDINANCES INCONSISTENT HEREWITH;
CONTAINING A SAVINGS CLAUSE; PRESCRIBING A MAXIMUM
PENALTY OF TWO HUNDRED AND NO/100 ($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 1: That the prima facie maximum speed limit with respect to
Kilgore Road between Cedar Bayou Road and East James Avenue, is established at
40 miles per hour; and City Council hereby determines and declares this prima facie
speed limit to be reasonable and prudent.
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 or traffic control signal.
Section 4: All ordinances or parts of ordinances inconsistent with the terms
of this ordinance are hereby repealed, provided however, that such repeat shall be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, 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 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 1\10/100 ($100.00) Dollars.
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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 13th day of August, 1985.
TT O.WHUTTO, Mayor
ATTEST:
J
LEEN P. HALL, City Clerk
APPROVED:
A STRONG, City torney