Ordinance No. 5,200Published In: THE BAYTOWiN SUN 890209 -5
Tuesday, February 14, 1989
Wednesday, February 15, 1989
ORDINANCE NO. 5200
AN ORDINANCE DESIGNATING THE INTERSECTION OF MEADOWOOD
DRIVE AT STONEHEDGE AS A YIELD INTERSECTION; 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
THE PUBLICATION AND EFFECTIVE DATE THEREOF.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN,
TEXAS:
Section l: 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 intersection to be a
yield intersection, to -wit:
Meadowood Drive at Stonehedge
Section 2: The Director of Planning and Traffic is
authorized and directed to place yield signs at the above
described location.
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repealed; provided however, that such repeal shall be only to the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.
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 N01100
($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 shal
ten (10) days from its passage by
Clerk is hereby directed to give
caption of this ordinance to be
newspaper of the City of Baytown at
days after passage of this ordinance.
INTRODUCED, READ
City Council of the
February, 1989.
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1 take effect from and after
the City Council. The City
notice hereof by causing the
published in the official
least twice within ten (10)
and PASSED by the affirmative vote of the
City of Baytown, this the 9th day of
e iiETT 0. HUTTO, Mayor
ATTEST:
EILEEN P. HALL, City Clerk
ANDALL .-STR16NG, C' Attorney
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