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HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 1994-012 ORDINANCE NO. 94-12 �,. AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GRAPEVINE, TEXAS, AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 93-61 TO REPEAL SECTION 2 OF SAID ORDINANCE, ADOPTED DECEMBER 7, 1993, WHICH SAID ORDINANCE AMENDED THE GRAPEVINE CODE OF ORDINANCES BY AMENDING CHAPTER 23 TRAFFIC, SECTION 23-63 NO-PARKING ZONES, RESTRICTED PARKING ZONES; AUTHORIZING THE REMOVAL OF ERECTED TRAFFIC REGULATION SIGNS; REPEALING CONFLICTING ORDINANCES; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; DECLARING AN EMERGENCY AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE WHEREAS, the Grapevine Code of Ordinances, Chapter 23 Traffic, Section 23-63 No-Parking Zones, Restricted Parking Zones was amended by Ordinance No. 93-61 on December 7, 1993, to restrict parking on Birch Avenue between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 9:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. and 4:00 p.m. on school days; and ? WHEREAS, on January 4, 1994, a seven member Citizens Task Force was appointed by City Council to address neighborhood concerns regarding vehicular and � pedestrian access via Birch Avenue; and WHEREAS, the Birch Avenue Task Force recommended repeal of Section 2 of Ordinance No. 93-61 ; and WHEREAS, the City Council supports the recommendations of the Birch Avenue Task Force and City Staff. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GRAPEVINE, TEXAS: Section 1 . That Section 2 of Ordinance No. 93-61, approved December 7, 1993, is hereby repealed. All other sections, subsections, paragraphs, definitions, words and phrases of said Ordinance 93-61 are not amended or repealed, but are hereby ratified, verified and affirmed. � Section 2. That the City Manager, or his designee, is hereby authorized to have the no-parking, stopping or standing traffic signs removed along Birch Avenue so that travelers will be reasonably notified of said traffic regulations. �...� Section 3. That all ordinances or any parts thereof in conflict with the terms of this ordinance shall be and hereby are deemed repeated 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which the cases currently �, filed and pending in the Municipal Court of the City of Grapevine, Texas, shall be deemed repealed only when all such cases filed and pending under such ordinance or ordinances have been disposed of by a final conviction or a finding of not guilty, nolo contendere or dismissal. Section 4. If any section, article, paragraph, sentence, clause, phrase or word in this ordinance, or application thereto any person or circumstance is held invalid or unconstitutional 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 this ordinance; and the City Council hereby declares it would have passed such remaining portions of this ordinance despite such invalidity, which remaining portions shall remain in full force and effect. Section 5. The fact that the present ordinances and regulations of the City of Grapevine, Texas, do not adequately regulate the traffic within the City creates an emergency and the preservation of the public health, safety, and welfare requires that this ordinance take effect immediately from and after the date of its passage. ,�., PASSED AND APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ��°'" GRAPEVINE, TEXAS on this the 15th day of February , 1994. APPROVED: Wil iam D. Tate Mayor ATTEST: in Huff �,.-., City Secretary � ORD. NO g4-�2 2 APPROVED AS TO FORM: ,,.r �. `�l _ C'L��-�_ -/���J G�--r John F. Boyle, Jr. City Attorney ,� ,� � ORD. NO 94-12 3