HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 1979-050 CITY OF GRAPEVINE
ORDINANCE NO. 79-50
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF GRAPEVINE, TEXAS ,
ESTABLISHING TRAFFIC CONTROL SIGNALS EXHIBITING
DIFFERENT COLORED LIGHTS AT SPECIFIED LOCATIONS
IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE 6701D TEX. REV. CIV.
STAT. ANN. , UNIFORM ACT REGULATING TRAFFIC ON
HIGHWAY; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE , PRO-
VIDING A PENALTY AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
GRAPEVINE , TEXAS :
Section 1. That the City Council does hereby find that
the safety of the traveling public and of the citizens of the
City of Grapevine requires traffic-control signals exhibiting
different colored lights , green, red, and yellow, successively,
one at a time or in combination which lights shall indicate and
apply to drivers of vehicles and pedestrians in accordance with
Section 33 of Article 6701d requires the placement of said
traffic-control signals at the following locations :
A) On S .H. 121 at its intersection with
Mustang Drive
B) On Northwest Highway at its intersection
with Main Street
Section 2 . It shall be unlawful for any driver of a
vehicle or pedestrian to fail to obey said traffic-control
signals .
Section 3 . Severability. If any section, article ,
paragraph, sentence, clause , phrase or word in this ordinance ,
or application thereto to any person or circumstances is held
invalid or unconstitutional by a Court of competent jurisdiction,
such holding shall not affect the validity of the remaining
portions of the 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 4. Penalt . Any person violating any of the
provisions of this or shall be deemed guilty of a
misdemeanor and subject to a fine not to exceed Two Hundred
Dollars ($200. 00) for each offense and each and every day any
such violation shall exist or continue shall constitute a
separate offense.
Section 5 . Emergency. The fact that no present ordinances
of the City of Grapevine exist which establish traffic-control
signals exhibiting different colored lights at specified
locations in accordance with Article 6701d Tex.Rev. Civ. Stat .Ann. ,
uniform act regulating traffic on highway creates an urgency
and an emergency and in 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 as the law and charter in such cases provides .
DULY PASSED by the City Council of the City of Grapevine , Texas ,
this 4th day of September , 1979 .
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Mayor Pro Tem
ATTEST:
City Sec t
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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