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Home My WebLink AboutORD 1987-012 CITY OF GRAPEVINE, TEXAS ORDINANCE N0. 87-12 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GRAPEVINE, TEXAS, DESIGNATING S'I�OP �NTERSECTIONS AT THE FOLLOWING IACATIONS: INTERSECTION OF EAST BOUND TRAFFIC ON HAYDENBEND CIRCLE AT BAZE ROAD, AT TFiE INTERSECTION OF EAST BOUND TRAFFIC ON ALTACREST DRIVE AT BAZE ROAD, AT THE INTERSECTION OF EAST BOUND TRAFFIC ON 90UTHWEST GRAPEVINE PARKWAY AT ""��' STATE HIGHWAY 121 FRONTAGE ROAD, AT THE INTERSECTION OF NCff2TH BOUND TRAFFIC ON 90UTHWEST GRAPEVINE PARKWAY AT MUSTANG DRIVE, AND AT THE INTERSECTION OF EAST BOUND TRAFFIC �,� ON GRAYSON DRIVE AT SOUTHWEST GRAPEVINE PARKWAY; DIRECTING THE ERECTION OF NECESSARY SIGNS; PROVIDING FOR THE PROVISIONS OF THIS C[2DINANCE � TAKE EFFECT UPON THE ERECTION OF THE NECESSARY SIGNS; PROVIDING A PENALTY NOT TO EXCEED TfiE SUM OF Zi�TO HUNDRED DOLLARS (�200.00) FOR EACH OFFENSE AND A SEPARATE OFFENSE SHALL BE DEEMED CONIl'4IZTED UPON EACH DAY DURING QR ON WHICH A VIOLATION OCCURS; PROVIDING A SEVERABILI'I'Y CLAUSE; DECLARING AN EMII2GENCY AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Grapevine, Texas thereinafter referred to as the "City"), is enpowered under Verrion's Annotated Texas Civil Statutes ("V.A.T.C.S.") Article 1015 to do all acts and make all regulations which may be necessary or expedient for the promotion of the public health; and WHEREAS, the City Council of the City is authorized under V.A.T.C.S. Article. 6701d, Section 26 and Section 27 to adopt local traffic regulations with respect to streets and highways under its jurisdiction, which includes authoriztion to designate stop intersections; and "�� WfiEREAS, the City Council of the City is authorized under V.A.T.C.S. Article 6701d, Section 9 to erect stop signs at specified �,.� entrances to highways under its jursidiction and designate any intersections as stop intersections and erect like signs at one or more entrances to such intersections; and WHEREAS, the City Council of the City has heretofore designated certain stop intersections within the City and now desires to designate additional stop intersections; and WHEREAS, the City Council of the City has heretofore found and determined that the designation of the specified intersections as stop intersections as hereinafter specified is necessary for the promotion of the health, safety and welfare of the City and its citizens. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GRAPEVINE, TEXAS: Section 1. That all of the above premises are found to be true and correct and are incorporated into the body of this Ordinance as if copied in their entirety. Section 2. That it is hereby provided that a stop sign shall be ,�, ., erected at the following intersections and such intersections are hereby designated as stop intersections. Every driver of a vehicle and every motorman of a street car approaching a stop intersection shall stop before entering the crosswalk on the near side of the intersection or, in �� the event there is no crosswalk, shall stop at a clearly marked stop line, but if none, then at the point nearest the intersecting roadway where the driver has a view of the approaching traffic on the intersecting roadway before entering the intersection, except when directed to proceed by a police officer or traffic control signal, and it shall be unlawful for any driver of any vehicle to fail to stop as above directed. The stop intersections are as follows: l. East bound traffic on Haydenbend Circle at Baze Road; 2. East bound traffic on Altacrest Drive at Baze Road; 3. East bound traffic on Southwest Grapevine Parkway at State � Highway 121 Frontage Road; 4. North bound traffic on Southw�est Grapevine Parkway at Mustang Drive; and 5. East bound traff ic on Grayson Drive at Southwest Grapevine Parkway. �.� Section 3. �hat stop and yield right-of-way signs in conformity with the manual and specifications for uniform traffic control devices as ad�ted by the State Highway Crnrmission shall be, and the same hereby are directed to be erected at the locations specified in Section 2 of this Ordinance. Section 4. Zfiat the City Manager, the Chief of Police or such representative as either of said officials may appoint, is hereby authorized and directed to cause the appropriate signs to be posted and maintained giving notice of the stop and yield sign locations specified in Section 2 of this Ordinance. Section 5. �at the provisions of this Ordinance shall take effect upon the posting of the signs directed by Section 4 of this Ordinance. Section 6. Any person violating any of the provisions of this Ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be subject to a fine in a sum not to exceed two hundred dollars ($200.00) for each offense and a separate offense shall be deemed canmitted upon each day during or on which a violation occurs. Section 7. If any section, article, paragraph, sentence, clause, phrase or word in this Ordinance, or application thereto any person or circumstances is held invalid or unconstitutional by a Court of canpetent jurisdiction, such holding shall not affect the validity of the remaining ,�-z 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 `'�� ef f ect. Section 8. 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 inhabitants of the City of Grapevine, Texas, creates an emergency for the immediate preservation of the public business, property, health, safety, and general welfare of the public 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 GR�EVI�, TEXAS, this 3rd day of March , 1987. Mayor, City of Grapevine, Texas ATTEST: ,�,:,, . it Secretary, C' of Grapevine, Texas �-� �SEAL� APPROVED AS FORM: � • �� City Attorney, City of Grapev" e, Texas 158A