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Ordinance No. 6,968Published In: The Baytown Sun Tuesday March 29, 1994 Wednesday March 30, 1994 ORDINANCE NO. 6968 943024 -15 AN ORDINANCE DESIGNATING A STOP INTERSECTION ON GREEN TEE DRIVE AT ITS INTERSECTION WITH ALAMANCE DRIVE; AUTHORIZING THE POSTING OF PROPER SIGNS; REPEALING CONFLICTING ORDINANCES; CONTAINING A SAVINGS CLAUSE; PRESCRIBING A MAXIMUM PENALTY OF TWO HUNDRED AND NO /100 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 Texas Revised Civil Statutes Annotated art. 6701d, does declare the following described intersection to be a stop intersection, to -wit: Green Tee Drive at its intersection Frith Alamance Drive Section 2: The Director of Public Works 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 Section 4: All ordinances or parts of ordinances inconsistent with the terms of this ordinance are hereby repealed; provided however, that such repeal shall be only to the extent of such inconsistency and in all other respects this ordinance shall be cumulative of other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 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). 943024 -L5a 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 24th day of March, 1994. PETE C. ALFARO, Mayor ATTEST: EILEEN P: HALL, City Clerk ACIO RAMIREZ, ., City Attorney kggjY==W3- 24 -96WpII TFft"=nM N