Ordinance No. 6,456Published In: THE BAYTOWN SUN
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Thursday, December 3, 1992 ORDINANCE NO. 6456
AN ORDINANCE DESIGNATING A TWO -WAY STOP ON NORTH THIRD
• STREET AT ITS INTERSECTION WITH EAST WRIGHT STREET;
AUTHORIZING THE POSTING OF PROPER SIGNS; REPEALING
CONFLICTING ORDINANCES; CONTAINING A SAVINGS CLAUSE;
PRESCRIBING A MAXIMUM PENALTY OF TWO HUNDRED AND NO 1100
($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 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 two -way stop intersection, to -wit:
TWO -WAY STOP ON NORTH THIRD STREET AT ITS
INTERSECTION WITH EAST WRIGHT STREET.
Section 2: The Director of Public Works is authorized and
directed to place stop signs on North Third Street 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repealed; provided however, that such repeal shall be only to the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
violate any provision of
of a misdemeanor and upon
of not less than One and
Two Hundred and No /100
have passed their 14th
17th birthday shall be
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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,
City Council
November, 1992.
ATTEST:
READ and PASSED by the affirmative vote of the
of the City of Baytown, this the 23rd day of
EILEEN P. HALL, City Clerk
ACI A RAMIREZ, SR., City Attorney
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