Ordinance No. 9,241Published in the Baytown Sun
October 1, 2001
October 2, 2001
ORDINANCE NO. 924,1
Published in the Baytown
Sun on October 4, 2001 and
October 5, 2001
® AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN, TEXAS, ESTABLISHING
THE CUT - THROUGH ROADWAY PARALLELING LYNCHBURG -CEDAR
BAYOU ROAD AT ITS INTERSECTION WITH NORTH MAIN STREET AS
A ONE -WAY STREET EASTBOUND; PRESCRIBING A MAXIMUM
PENALTY OF TWO HUNDRED AND NO /100 DOLLARS ($200.00);
PROVIDING A REPEALING CLAUSE; CONTAINING A SAVINGS
CLAUSE; 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 hereby establishes the cut -
through roadway paralleling Lynchburg -Cedar Bayou Road at its intersection with North Main
Street as a one -way street, eastbound.
Section 2: The Director of Public Works is authorized and directed to cause the
proper signs to be posted and/or the pavement to be marked, as appropriate, to allow only
eastbound traffic and only right turns out of the cut - through at North Main Street and to prohibit
southbound right turns into the cut - through. The Director of Public Works is also authorized and
directed to cause flexible delineators to increase the North Main Street median's visibility.
Section 3: Any person who fails to comply with any provision of this ordinance shall
be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding
TWO HUNDRED AND NO /100 DOLLARS ($200.00). Each act of violation and each day
upon which any such violation shall occur shall constitute a separate offense. In addition to the
penalty prescribed above, the city may pursue other remedies such as abatement of nuisances,
injunctive relief, administrative adjudication and revocation of licenses or permits.
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ordinance are hereby repealed; provided, however, that such repeal shall be only to the extent of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 or other
ordinances regulating.and governing the subject matter covered by this ordinance.
Section 5: If any provision, section, exception, subsection, paragraph, sentence,
clause or phrase of this ordinance or the application of same to any person or the 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: 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 27th day of September, 2001.
PETE C. ALFARO, May
ATTEST:
QAW1 W. MI :Tr', City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
ACIO RAMIREZ, S ity Attorney
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