Ordinance No. 9,355Published in the Baytown
Sun on May 15, 2002 and
ORDINANCE NO. 9355 May 16, 2002
® AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN,
TEXAS, AUTHORIZING TRAFFIC SIGNAL MODIFICATIONS AT THE
INTERSECTION OF GARTH ROAD AND BIRDSONG DRIVE TO ALLOW
THE ACCESS DRIVE APPROACH ALIGNED WITH BIRDSONG DRIVE TO
BE SIGNALIZED CONTINGENT, UPON THE DEPOSIT OF SUFFICIENT
FUNDS FOR THE COST AND INSTALLATION OF THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL;
REPEALING ORDINANCES INCONSISTENT HEREWITH; CONTAINII`1G A
SAVINGS CLAUSE; PRESCRIBING A MAXJMUM PENALTY OF TWO
HUNDRED AND NO /100 DOLLARS ($200.00); 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 subject to Section 2 hereof, the City Council of the City of Baytown,
Texas, pursuant to the Uniform Manual for Traffic Control Devices, authorizes signal
modifications at the intersection of Garth Road and Birdsong Drive to allow the access drive
approach aligned with Birdsong Drive to be signalized.
Section 2: The modification of the traffic control device authorized in Section 1
hereof is expressly contingent upon the following:
➢ the approval of the plans by the Director of Public Works of the City of Baytown;
the completion of the work (1) within 30 days of commencement of the construction
and (ii) prior to the issuance of the certificate of occupancy;
➢ the City's right to inspect the work at all reasonable times throughout the construction
of the project, including the right to require portions thereof to be removed and/or
replaced; and
the City's written acceptance of the signal modifications made pursuant to this
ordinance, which shall indicate that all contingencies have been satisfied.
Section 3: It shall be unlawful for a driver of a vehicle to disobey the instructions of a
traffic 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ordinance are hereby repealed; provided however, that such repeal shall be only to the extent of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.
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Section S: If any provision, 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: That any person violating the provisions of this ordinance shall, upon
conviction, be fined -in a sum not to exceed TWO HUNDRED AND NO 1100 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 9th day of May, 2002.
ATTEST:
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G eY W MITH, City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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PETE C. ALFARO, Mayor