Ordinance No. 11,973ORDINANCE NO. 11 X3
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN, TEXAS, AMENDING CHAPTER
94 "TRAFFIC AND VEHICLES," ARTICLE VI "REGULATION OF CERTAIN
VEHICLES," DIVISION 2 "TRUCKS," SECTION 94 -241 "DESIGNATION OF
TRUCK ROUTES" OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF
BAYTOWN, TEXAS, TO ADD ADDITIONAL TRUCK ROUTES; PROVIDING A
REPEALING CLAUSE; CONTAINING A SAVINGS CLAUSE; PRESCRIBING A
MAXIMUM PENALTY OF FIVE HUNDRED AND NO /100 DOLLARS ($500.00);
AND PROVIDING FOR THE PUBLICATION AND THE EFFECTIVE DATE
THEREOF.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN, TEXAS:
Section l: That Chapter 94 "Traffic and Vehicles," Article VI "Regulation of Certain
Vehicles," Division 2 "Trucks," Section 94 -241 "Designation of truck routes" of the Code of Ordinances,
City of Baytown, Texas, is hereby amended to read as follows:
CHAPTER 94. TRAFFIC AND VEHICLES
ARTICLE VI. REGULATION OF CERTAIN VEHICLES
DIVISION 2. TRUCKS
Sec. 94 -241. Designation of truck routes.
For the purposes of this division, the following streets and thoroughfares within the corporate
limits of the city are hereby designated as truck routes and shall be referred to as "designated truck
routes" throughout this division:
STREETS:
West Baker Road
Market Street
West Main Street
South Main Street
North Main Street
Spur 330 /Decker Drive
Spur 55 /State Highway 99
State Highway 146 (feeder and main lanes)
Business Highway 146
Garth Road
North Alexander Drive
South Alexander Drive
Wismer Street
Lynchburg -Cedar Bayou
Rollingbrook Drive
Bayway Drive
Interstate 10 (feeder and main lanes)
J.B. Lefevre Road
North Airhart Drive
South Airhart Drive
LIMITS:
All
Between Bayway Drive and West Main Street
All
All
All
Between I -10 and State Highway 146
All
All
All
Between I -10 and Cedar Bayou Lynchburg Road
All
All
All
All
All
Between West Baker Road and Park Street
All
All
All
Between West Texas Avenue and J.B. Lefevre Road
Section 2: 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ordinance are hereby repealed; provided, however, that such repeal shall be only to the extent of such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 3: 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 4: 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 FIVE
HUNDRED AND NO /100 DOLLARS ($500.00). 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 5: 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 e City Council of the City of
Baytown, this the 28d' day of June, 2012.
Mayor
ACIO RAMIREZ, SR., Ci ttorney
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