HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 1990-013 ORDINANCE NO. 90-13
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF GRAPEVINE, TEXAS, AMENDING THE GRAPEVINE
CODE OF ORDINANCES BY AMENDING CHAPTER 23,
SECTION 23-32 RELATIVE TO ONE-WAY TRAFFIC BY
DESIGNATING A CERTAIN THOROUGHFARE AS
ONE-WAY; AUTHORIZING THE ERECTION OF TRAFFIC
� � REGULATIONS SIGNS; PROVIDING DATE WHEN
ONE-WAY BECOMES EFFECTIVE; REPEALING
CONFLICTING ORDINANCES; PROVIDING A PENALTY
OF FINE NOT TO EXCEED THE SUM OF TWO HUNDRED
�"� DOLLARS ($200 .00) FOR EACH OFFENSE AND A
SEPARATE OFFENSE SHALL BE DEEMED COMMITTED
EACH DAY DURING OR ON WHICH AN OFFENSE
OCCURS OR CONTINUES; PROVIDING A
SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; DECLARING AN EMERGENCY
AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GRAPEVINE,
TEXAS:
Section 1 . That Chapter 23, Section 23-32 of the Grapevine
Code of Ordinances is hereby amended by adding the following
One-Way Traffic designation:
"That portion of State Highway 114 East Frontage Road, from
West Wall Street to Loop 382 which is located within the city
limits of the City shall be one-way in a northerly direction
at all times . "
� ° Section 2 . The provisions of Section l . of this ordinance
shall become effective upon approval of the one-way by the State
Department of Highways and Public Transportation ("SDHPT" ) and the
�� installation by the SDHPT of appropriate signs and stripping. The
SDHPT shall notify the City in writing of its approval of the
one-way and the date of converting to one-way the frontage road
described in Section 1. and upon receivinq notification from the
SDHPT, the City shall notify all appropriate parties.
Section 3. That all ordinances or any parts thereof in
conflict with the terms of this ordinance shall be and hereby are
deemed repealed and of no force or effect provided, however, that
the ordinance or ordinances under which the cases currently filed
and pending in the Municipal Court of the City of Grapevine, Texas,
shall be deemed repealed only when all such cases filed and pending
under such ordinance or ordinances have been disposed of by a final
conviction or a finding of not guilty or nolo contendere, or
dismissal.
Section 4 . Any person violating any of the provisions of this
ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon
conviction in the Municipal Court, shall be fined in a sum not to
exceed Two Hundred Dollars ($200 . 00) and a separate offense shall
be deemed committed upon each day during or on which a violation
� '. occurs or continues.
Section 5 . If any section, article, paragraph, sentence,
„�q,� clause, phrase or word in this ordinance, or application thereto by
a Court of competent jurisdiction, such holding shall not affect
the validity of the remaining portions of this ordinance; and the
City Council hereby declares it would have passed such remaining
portions of the ordinance despite such invalidity, which remaining
portions shall remain in full force and effect.
Section 6 . The fact that the present ordinances and
regulations of the City of Grapevine, Texas, are inadequate to
properly safeguard the health, safety, morals, peace, and general
welfare of the public creates an emergency which requires that this
ordinance become effective from and after the date of its passage,
and it is accordingly so ordained.
PASSED AND APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
�� GRAPEVINE, TEXAS on this the 20th day of February , 1990 .
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APPROVED:
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William D. Tate
Mayor
ATTEST:
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Lin a Huff
City Secretary
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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John F. Boyle, Jr.
�� City Attorney
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