Ordinance No. 7,726Published in The Baytown_ Sun:
Tuesday, June 18, 1996,
Wednesday, June 19, 1996.
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ORDINANCE NO. 7726
AN ORDINANCE REMOVING THE TRAFFIC CONTROL SIGNAL AT
BUSINESS 146 AND CROSBY CEDAR BAYOU ROAD; AUTHORIZING THE
PLACEMENT OF A STOP SIGN ON CROSBY CEDAR BAYOU ROAD AT
BUSINESS 146; AUTHORIZING THE PLACEMENT OF A STOP SIGN ON E.
ELVINTA AT BUSINESS 146; 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.
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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 Texas
Uniform Manual for Traffic Control Devices, authorizes the removal of the traffic control signal at
Business 146 and Crosby Cedar Bayou Road.
Section 2: The Director of Public Works is authorized and directed to remove the traffic
control signal at the above- described location.
Section 3: That the City Council of the City of Baytown, Texas, pursuant to the
provisions of Chapter 544 of the Texas Transportation Code, does hereby authorize the placement
of a stop sign on Crosby Cedar Bayou Road at Business 146.
Section 4: That the City Council of the City of Baytown, Texas, pursuant to the
provisions of Chapter 544 of the Texas Transportation Code, does hereby authorize the placement
of a stop sign on E. Elvinta at Business 146.
Section 5: The Director of Public Works is authorized and directed to place stop signs
at the above - described locations.
Section 6: 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 7: 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ordinance are hereby repealed; provided however, that such repeal shall be only to the extent of such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 8: 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
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of the remaining provisions of this ordinance or their application to other persons or sets of
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circumstances and to this end all provisions of this ordinance are declared to be severable.
Section 9: 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).
Section 10: 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 June, 1996.
ATTEST:
EILEEN,P- .'HALL, City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO NORM:
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IQWACI0 RAMIREZ, SR., CW Attorney
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PETE C. ALFA O, Mayor