Ordinance No. 6,195Published In: THE BAYTOWN SUN
Tuesday, March 31, 1992 920326-7
Wednesday, April 1, 1992 ORDINANCE NO. 6195
• AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN,
TEXAS, DESIGNATING, TEMPORARILY, FOR A NINETY (90) DAY
PERIOD, THE INTERSECTION OF GENTRY STREET AND MARTIN
LUTHER KING BOULEVARD AS A FOUR WAY STOP INTERSECTION;
AUTHORIZING THE POSTING OF PROPER SIGNS; REPEALING
CONFLICTING ORDINANCES; 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
THEREOF.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN,
TEXAS:
Section 1: That for ninety (90) days after passage and the
placement of necessary markings, signage, and related
precautionary measures, 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
four way stop intersection, to -wit:
Gentry Street and Martin Luther King Boulevard
Section 2: The Director of Planning and Traffic is
authorized and directed to place stop 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repealed; provided however, that such repeal shall be only to the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 No/100
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• ($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 cease to have any force or
effect ninety (90) days after passage and implementation.
Section 8: 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 26th day of March,
1992.
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ETT O. HUTTO, Mayor
ATTEST:
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EIL EN P. HALL, City Clerk
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CIO RAMIR Z, S ., City Attorney
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