Ordinance No. 7,255950309 -10
ORDINANCE NO. 7255
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN, TEXAS, AMENDING
CHAPTER 18 "MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC," ARTICLE VI
"STOPPING, STANDING AND PARKING," SECTION 18 -56
"REQUIREMENTS FOR DESIGNATION OF FIRE LANES" BY ADDING
SUBSECTION 18 -56(d) TO THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY
OF BAYTOWN; PROVIDING A REPEALING CLAUSE; CONTAINING A
SAVINGS CLAUSE; AND THE EFFECTIVE DATE THEREOF.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN,
TEXAS:
Section 1: That Chapter 18 "Motor Vehicles and Traffic,"
Article VI "Stopping, Standing and Parking," Section 18 -56
"Requirements for designation of fire lanes," by adding Subsection
18 -56(d) to the Code of Ordinances, City of Baytown, Texas, to read
as follows:
Article VI. Stopping, Standing and Parking
Sec. 18 -56. Requirements for designation of fire lanes.
(d) In any prosecution, authorized by Section 18 -55
hereinabove, when proof is presented as to the designation of
a fire lane as required in subsection (a) and (b) herein, it
shall be presumed that such designation was properly permitted
as a public safety zone and that the fire lane signs were
approved by the fire chief or his designee.
Section 2: 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inconsistent with the terms of this ordinance are hereby repealed;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 3: If any provisions, section, exception,
subsection, paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase of this ordinance
• or the application of same to any person or the 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
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other persons or sets of circumstances and to this end all
provisions of this ordinance are declared to be severable.
Section 4: This ordinance shall take effect from and after
the passage of this ordinance.
INTRODUCED, READ, and PASSED by the affirmative vote of the
City Council of the City of Baytown, this the 9th day of March,
1995.
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PETE C. ALF 0, Mayor
ATTEST:
EILEEN P. ftALL, City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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ACID RAMIREZ, W., City Attorney
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