Ordinance No. 4,261Published In: THE BAYT01,,1N SUN
Monday, September 16, 1985
Tuesday, September 17, 1985
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ORDINANCE NO. 4261
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
BAYTOWN, TEXAS, DESIGNATING A PORTION OF SOUTH JONES
STREET AS A ONE -WAY STREET; AUTHORIZING THE POSTING OF
THE PROPER SIGNS; REPEALING CONFLICTING ORDINANCES
HEREWITH; CONTAINING A SAVINGS CLAUSE; PRESCRIBING A
MAXIMUM PENALTY OF TWO HUNDRED AND NO/100 ($200.00)
DOLLARS FOR EACH VIOLATION THEREOF; 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 City Council of the City of Baytown, Texas, pursuant
to the provisions of Article 67014, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes, does declare the
following described roadway, a one -way street, to -wit:
South Jones Street: Northbound from West Republic Avenue to
West Pearce Avenue
Section 2: The Director of Planning and Traffic is 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of this ordinance are hereby repealed, provided however, that such repeal shall be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, 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 211 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
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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.
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 12th day of September, 1985.
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ATTEST:
EEN P� AL ,f City Clerk
APPROVED:
ALt S ONG, Cit .Attorney