Ordinance No. 8,606Published in trite Baytown Sun: 990610 -10
Wednesday, June 16, 1999, and
Thursday, June 17, 1999 ORDINANCE NO. 8606
AN ORDINANCE DESIGNATING SOUTH ASHBEL STREET AT WEST
TEXAS AVENUE, SOUTH JONES STREET AT WEST TEXAS AVENUE AND
NORTH GAILLARD STREET/WEST TEXAS AVENUE (ALL -WAY) AS STOP
INTERSECTIONS; AUTHORIZING THE POSTING OF APPROPRIATE 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.
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 designate the following
as stop intersections:
➢ South Ashbel Street at West Texas Avenue;
➢ South Jones Street at West Texas Avenue; and
➢ North Gaillard Street/West Texas Avenue (all -way).
Section 2: The Director of Public Works is authorized and directed to place appropriate
signs at the above- described locations.
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ordinance are hereby repealed; provided however, that such repeal shall be only to the extent of such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 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
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of this ordinance to be published in the official newspaper of the City of Baytown at least twice within
is 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 10`h day of June, 1999.
PETE C. ALFARO, ayor
ATTEST:
EILEEN P. HALL, City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
ACIO RA - 11REZ, S ity Attorney
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