Ordinance No. 7,369Published in the Baytown Sun: 950810 -5
Tuesday, August 15, 1995
Wednesday, August 16, 1995 ORDINANCE NO. 7369
AN ORDINANCE DESIGNATING LOOP 201 AS THE THROUGH ROUTE
• FOR HAZARDOUS MATERIALS; DESIGNATING HIGHWAY 146 AS THE
THROUGH ROUTE DURING THE PERIOD OF TIME LOOP 201 IS
CLOSED FOR CONSTRUCTION; AUTHORIZING THE INSTALLATION OF
PROPER SIGNAGE ALONG THE ROUTE; REPEALING-CONFLICTING
ORDINANCES; CONTAINING A SAVINGS CLAUSE; PRESCRIBING A
MAXIMUM PENALTY OF FIVE HUNDRED AND N01100 DOLLARS
($500.00) 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, does hereby declare Loop 201 as the through route for
hazardous materials.
Section 2: That the City Council of the City of Baytown,
Texas, does hereby declare Highway 146 as the through route for
hazardous materials during the period of time Loop 201 is closed
for construction.
Section 3: The Director of Public works is authorized and
directed to oversee the installation of appropriate signage along
the above - described route.
Section 4: It shall be unlawful for a driver of a vehicle to
disobey the instructions placed in accordance with the provisions
of this ordinance, unless at the time otherwise directed by a
police officer.
Section 5: 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with the terms of this ordinance are hereby repealed; provided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 6: 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 7: 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 Five Hundred and No /100 Dollars
($500.00) except minors who have passed their 14th birthday but
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have not reached their 17th birthday shall be punished by a fine
of not more than One Hundred and No /100 Dollars ($100.00).
Section 8: 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 August,
1995.
PETE C. ALF O, Mayor
ATTEST:
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EILEEN P. HALL, City Clerk
APPROVED-AS TO FORM:
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ACIO RAMIREZ, SRU City Attorney
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