Ordinance No. 6,634Published In: THE BAYTOWN SUN 930513 -11
Thursday, May 20, 1993 ORD01AnICE V0. 663Z.L
Friday, May 21, 1993
AN ORDINANCE DESIGNATING THE INTERSECTION OF CENTRAL
BOULEVARD AND GARTH ROAD AS A SIGNALIZED INTERSECTION;
AUTHORIZING THE POSTING OF PROPER TRAFFIC CONTROL
SIGNALS; REPEALING CONFLICTING ORDINANCES; CONTAINING A
SAVINGS CLAUSE; PRESCRIBING A MAXIMUM PENALTY OF TWO
HUNDRED AND N01100 DOLLARS ($200.00) 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
signalized intersection, to -wit:
Central Boulevard at Garth Road
Section 2: The Director of Public Works is authorized and
directed to place traffic control signals at the above described
location.
Section 3: It shall be unlawful for a driver of a vehicle
to disobey the instructions of a traffic control signal 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repealed; provided however, that such repeal shall be only to the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 Dollar ($1.00) nor more than Two Hundred and No /100 Dollars
($200.00) 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 Dollars ($100.00).
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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 13th day of May,
1993.
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PETE C. AL ARO, Mayor
ATTEST:
EILEEN P. HALL, City Clerk
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ACID RAMIREZ, R , City Attorney
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