HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 1991-074 ,�. .,
ORDINANCE NO. 91-74
'�� AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF GRAPEVINE, TEXAS, AMENDING THE GRAPEVINE
CODE OF ORDINANCES BY AMENDING CHAPTER 23 ,
SECTION 23-35, SIGNALIZED STOP INTERSECTIONS,
BY ADDING STOP SIGNALS AT CERTAIN LOCATIONS
DESCRIBED HEREIN; AUTHORIZING THE ERECTION OF
TRAFFIC REGULATION SIGNALS; 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 23-35, Signalized Stop
Intersections, be amended to include the following signalized stop
lights at the following described location:
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" (2) Hall-Johnson Road at Pool Road. "
Section 2 . That the City Manager, or his designee, is hereby
authorized to have the proper traffic signals erected, constructed,
and placed at such points along said highways, streets or alleys,
or portions thereof under construction, maintenance, or repair, 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deemed repealed and of no force or effect; provided, however, that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shall be deemed repealed only when all such cases filed and pending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, nolo contendere, or
dismissal.
Section 4 . Any person, firm, or corporation 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 an amount not to exceed the sum of Two Hundred Dollars
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}� m ($200. 00) for each offense and a separate offense shall be deemed
committed each day during or on which an offense occurs or
continues.
�� Section 5. 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 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 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 October , 1991.
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William D. Tate
Mayor
ATTEST:
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Lin a Huff
City Secretary
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
John F. Boyle, Jr.
,,�. City Attorney
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