HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 1986-064 ORDINANCE NO. 86-64
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF GRAPEVINE,
TEXAS, AMENDING CHAPTER 23, SECTION 61 ,
RELATIVE TO ANGLE PARKING; AUTHORIZING
ANGLE PARKING AT CERTAIN LOCATIONS
DESCRIBED HEREIN; REPEALING CONFLICTING
ORDINANCES; PROVIDING A PENALTY NOT TO
�� EXCEED THE SUM OF TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS
($200 . 00) AND A SEPARATE OFFENSE SHALL
BE DEEMED COMMITTED UPON EACH DAY DURING
' � OR ON WHICH A VIOLATION OCCURS; PROVID-
ING A SEVERABILITY; AND DECLARING AN
EMERGENCY
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GRAPEVINE,
TEXAS:
Section 1 . That Chapter 23, Section 61 , Paragraph (a) of
the City Code of the City of Grapevine, Texas, is hereby amended
to read as follows :
" (a) It shall be lawful to park vehicles at an angle
not greater than ninety (90) degrees to the line of
traffic at such places in the city as the city council
shall by ordinance determine, and shall cause the same
to be marked or signed; and in all places where side-
walks have been set back and provisions made for
parking vehicles across or inside of the usual curb
lines of any street in the city. In leaving said angle
parking space, vehicles shall not be backed in to the
traffic lane any further than necessary to get
�"'� straightened out and faced in the proper direction for
traffic between said space and center of the street.
� In enterinq or leaving such angle parking space, it
shall be unlawful for a vehicle to enter the left side
of the roadway. "
Section 2 . That Chapter 23 , Section 61 , Paragraph (b) of
the City Code of the City of Grapevine, Texas, is hereby amended
by adding the following angle parking designation:
West Texas Street, south side, angle parking permitted
from the intersection of Barton Street extending 106
feet west.
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deemed repealed and of no force or effect provided, however, that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Texas, shall be deemed repealed only when all such cases filed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 not guilty of nolo con-
tendere, 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
($200 . 00) for each offense and a separate offense shall be deemed
committed upon each day during or on which a violation occurs .
Section 5 . If any section, paragraph, subsection, clause,
phrase, or provisions of this ordinance shall be judged invalid
or unconstitutional, the same shall not affect the validity of
this ordinance as a whole or any portion thereof other than that
portion so decided to be invalid or unconstitutional.
� Section 6 . The fact that the traffic regulations of the
City of Grapevine, Texas do not adequately regulate the traffic
within the City creates an urgency and an emergency and the
preservation of the public health, safety, and welfare requires
that this ordinance shall take effect immediately from and after
its passage and the publication of the caption of said ordinance
as the law and the City Charter in such cases provides.
�"� PASSED AND APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
GRAPEVINE, TEXAS on this the 7th day of October, 1986 .
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APPROVED:
Mayor
ATTEST:
Cit Secretary
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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City Attorney
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