Ordinance No. 7,995Published in The Baytown Sun: 970612 -6
Tuesday, June 17, 1997, and
Wednesday, June 18, 1997. ORDINANCE NO. 7995
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® AN ORDINANCE APPROVING THE INSTALLATION OF A TRAFFIC SIGNAL
AT 5200 BAYWAY DRIVE; AUTHORIZING THE INSTALLATION OF PROPER
TRAFFIC CONTROL SIGNALS; 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.
WHEREAS, Exxon Chemical Company requested the City of Baytown install a traffic signal
at 5200 Bayway Drive, the entrance to the Baytown Polymers Center; to operate at peak traffic
hours; and
WHEREAS, Exxon Chemical Company will pay for the cost of such traffic signal; and
WHEREAS, the Growth Management and Development Advisory Commission approves
the installation of the traffic signal at the above - described location; NOW THEREFORE
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, approves the following described
location to be a signalized intersection, to -wit:
5200 Bayway Drive, which is the entrance to Exxon Baytown Polymers
Center
Section 2: The Director of Public Works is authorized and directed to oversee the
installation of 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ordinance are hereby repealed; provided however, that such repeal shall be only to the extent of such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.
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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).
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 12 "' day of June, 1997.
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PETE C. ALFARO, Mayor
ATTEST:
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EILEEN P. HALL, City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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LQWACIO RAMIREZ, SR., i Attorney
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