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Ordinance No. 5,095Published In: THE BAYTOWN SUN Wednesday, Sept. 14, 1988 80908 -4 Thursday, Sept. 15, 1988 ORDINANCE NO. 5095 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN, TEXAS, DESIGNATING VARIOUS INTERSECTIONS ALONG ROBERT LANIER DRIVE AS STOP INTERSECTIONS; AUTHORIZING THE POSTING OF PROPER SIGNS; REPEALING CONFLICTING ORDINANCES; CONTAINING A SAVINGS CLAUSE; PRESCRIBING A MAXIMUM PENALTY OF TWO HUNDRED AND N01100 ($200.00) DOLLARS FOR EACH VIOLATION THEREOF; AND PROVIDING FOR 0 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 TEX.REV.CIV.STAT.ANN. art. 6701d, does declare the following described intersections to be stop intersections, to -wit: Park Street at Robert Lanier Drive N. Pruett Street at Robert Lanier Drive State Street at Robert Lanier Drive Kettering Drive at Robert Lanier Drive Nolan Road at Robert Lanier Drive McKinney Road at Robert Lanier Drive East Elvinta at Robert Lanier Drive Bush Road at Robert Lanier Drive Columbia Street at Robert Lanier Drive Section 2: The Director of Planning and Traffic is authorized and directed to place stop signs at the above described locations. Section 3: It shall be unlawful for a driver of a vehicle to disobey the instructions of a sign placed in accordance with the provisions of this ordinance, unless at the time otherwise directed by a police officer. Section 4: All ordinances or parts of ordinances inconsistent with the terms of this ordinance are hereby repealed; provided however, that such repeal shall be only to the extent of such inconsistency and in all other respects this ordinance shall be cumulative of other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 provisions, 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. 1] �11 U 1 i :1•1l= ® 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 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 passage of this ordinance. INTRODUCED, READ and PASSED by the affirmative vote of the City Council of the City of Baytown, this the 8th day of September, 1988. EMMETT 0. HUTTO, Mayor AT_ TEST : EILEEN P. HALL, City Clerk RANDALL B. STRONG, City orney C:1:37:3 F- I L A 9