Ordinance No. 5,735Published In: THE BAYTOWN SUN
Tuesday, January 15, 1991 910110 -2
Wednesday, January 16, 1991
ORDINANCE NO. 5735
AN ORDINANCE DESIGNATING THE RIGHT LANE OF NORTH MAIN
STREET SOUTHBOUND AS A MANDATORY TURN LANE AT ITS
INTERSECTION WITH STERLING AVENUE; 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 DA'Z'E THEREOF.
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 intersection to have
a mandatory right turn lane; tow -wit:
North Main Street southbound at Sterling Avenue
Section 2: The Director of Planning and Traffic is
authorized and directed to place the appropriate 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repealed; provided however, that such repeal shall be only to the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
this ordinance shall be deemed guilty
conviction shall be punished by a fine
No /100 ($1.00) Dollar nor more than
($200.00) Dollars except minors who
birthday but have not reached their
punished by a fine of not more than
($100.00) Dollars.
violate any provision of
)f a misdemeanor and upon
of not less than One and
Two Hu.ndred and No /100
have passed their 14th
17th birthday shall be
One Hundred and No /100
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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 passage of this ordinance.
INTRODUCED, READ and PASSED by the affirmative vote of the
City Council of the City of Baytown, this the 10th day of
January, 1991.
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r-oRM.,
! i Mayor
ATTEST:
EILEEN P. HALL, City Clerk
D LL B. STRO City orney
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