Ordinance No. 6,478Published: THE BAYTOWN SUN
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Thursday, December 17, 1992 ORDINANCE NO. 6478
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 1 OF ORDINANCE NO. 6455
is PASSED ON NOVEMBER 23, 1992; DESIGNATING EAST JAMES
STREET AS A TWO -LANE STREET FROM DANUBINA TO KILGORE
ROAD; 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 1: That the City Council of the City of Baytown,
Texas, does hereby amend Section 1 of Ordinance No. 6455 passed on
November 23, 1992 to read as follows:
Section 1: That the City Council of the City of
Baytown, Texas, pursuant to the provisions of
TEX.REV.CIV.STAT.ANN. art. 67014, does declare the
following portion of East James Street as a two -lane
street, to wit:
East James Street: from Danubina to Kilgore
Road.
Section 2: The Director of Public Works is authorized and
directed to place the appropriate 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repealed; provided however, that such repeal shall be only to the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.
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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 10th day of
December, 1992.
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BY J CR 10ILL , Ma or
ATTEST:
ILEEN P. iIALL, City Clerk
FRNACIO RAMIREZ, , City Attorney
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