Ordinance No. 4,301Published in: THE BAYTOVN SUN 51024 -8
Monday, October 28, 1985
Tuesday, October 29, 1985
ORDINANCE NO. 4301
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
BAYTOWN, TEXAS, REPEALING THE DESIGNATION OF THE
INTERSECTIONS OF WEST TEXAS AVENUE AND ASHBEL
STREET, WEST TEXAS AVENUE AND GAILLARD STREET, AND
WEST TEXAS AVENUE AND JONES STREET AS SIGNALIZED
INTERSECTIONS; DESIGNATING THE INTERSECTIONS OF
ASHBEL STREET AT WEST TEXAS AVENUE, GAILLARD
STREET AT WEST TEXAS AVENUE AND JONES STREET AT
WEST TEXAS AVENUE AS FLASHING STOP SIGNAL
INTERSECTIONS; AUTHORIZING THE ADJUSTMENT OF THE
SIGNAL DEVICES; REPEALING CONFLICTING ORDINANCES;
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,
TEXAS:
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 will no longer be signalized intersections, to -wit:
West Texas Avenue and Ashbel Street
West Texas Avenue and Gaillard Street
West Texas Avenue and Jones Street
Section 2: That the City Council of the City of Baytown, Texas, pursuant to
the provisions of Article 6701d, Texas Revised Civil Statutes, does declare the
following described intersections to be flashing stop signal intersections, to -wit:
Ashbel Street at West Texas Avenue
Gaillard Street at West Texas Avenue
Jones Street at West Texas Avenue
Section 3: The Director of Planning and Traffic is authorized and directed to
cause the adjustment of the signal devices at the above described locations.
Section 4: It shall be unlawful for a driver of a vehicle to disobey the
instructions of the signals placed in accordance with the provisions of this
ordinance, unless at the time otherwise directed by a police officer.
Section 5: 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of this ordinance are hereby repealed, provided however, that such repeal shall be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 6: 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
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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: 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.
Section 8: 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
on this the
24th day
of October, 1985.
• HUTTO, Mayor
ATTEST:
E LEEN P. HALL, City Clerk
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APPRO '
RON McLEMORE, Assistant City Attorney
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