Ordinance No. 8,472Published in: The Baytown Sun 981210 -5
Wednesday, December 16, 1998 and
Thursday, December 17, 1998
ORDINANCE NO. 8472
® AN ORDINANCE DESIGNATING A CERTAIN INTERSECTION AS A YIELD
INTERSECTION; 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
provisions of Chapter 544 of the Texas Transportation Code, does hereby authorize the placement
of yield signs at the south intersection of Ferry Road at North Alexander Drive northbound roadway,
controlling northbound Ferry Road.
Section 2: The Director of Public Works is authorized and directed to place appropriate
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ordinance are hereby repealed; provided however, that such repeal shall be only to the extent of such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 Pine 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.
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0 INTRODUCED, READ and PASSED by the affirmative vote of the City Council of the City
of Baytown this the 10" day of December, 1998.
PETE C. ALFAR , Mayor
ATTEST:
EILEEN P. HALL, City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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ACIO RAMIREZ, SR.\,fJty Attorney
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