ORD CC 10/07/48 - Trucks and Tractors StoppedAN ORDINANCE PROHIBITING THE STOPPING; PARKING OR
LEAVING STANDING OF TRUCKS, TRUCK TRACTORS AND TRAIL-
ERS ON CERTAIN STREETS AND AVENUES WITHIN THE CITY
OF HUNTSVILLE, TEXAS; EXCEPTING THE DRIVERS OF SUCH
VEHICLES FROM THE OPERATION OF SUCH ORDINANCE IN CER-
TAIN CASES; PROVIDING FOR THE ENFORCEMENT OF THL OR-
DINANCE AND FIXING THE PENALTY
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THh CITY OF HUNTSVILLE, TEXAS:
SECTION 1: No person, firm, association or corporation
shall stop, park or leave standing, whether attended or unattend-
ed, any truck or truck tractor having a registered gross weight
of six thousand (6,000) lbs. or more, or any trailer, semi- trail-
er, pole trailer or house trailer, having a registered gross weight
of four thousand (4,000) lbs. or more, or any combination of truck
and trailer having a combined registered gross weight of eight thou-
sand (8,000) lbs. or more, upon any of the following streets or
avenues within the City of Huntsville, Texas, namely:
Tenth Street from Avenue J to Avenue M, inclusive,
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Eleventh Street from Avenue H to the City Limits, in-
clusive,
Twelfth Street from Avenue J to Avenue M, inclusive,
Thirteenth Street from Avenue J to Avenue M, inclus-
ive,
Avenue J from Tenth Street to Thirteenth Street, in-
clusive,
Avenue K from highth Street to Fourteenth Street, in-
clusive,
Avenue L from Eighth Street to Fourteenth Street, in-
clusive,
Avenue M from Tenth Street to Thirteenth Street, in-
clusive.
SECTION 2: The provisions of Section 1 shall not apply
to the driver of any such vehicle where:
1. Such vehicle becomes disabled while on any such street
or avenue in such manner and to such extent that it is impossible
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to avoid stopping and temporarily leaving such disabled vehicle
in such position, provided such vehicle is removed from such
street or avenue within one (1) hour after the same becomes so
disabled.
2. Such vehicle is stopped, parked or left standing
for the purpose of selling, delivering and unloading commodities
at commercial business establishments, or for the purpose of load-
ing, unloading and delivering of commodities sold by commercial
business establishments or for the purpose of loading, unloading,
receiving and delivering of goods, packages or commodities shipped
or transported to or from residences or businesses, provided in
any of such cases such vehicle shall not be stopped, parked or
left standing at any such residence or business house longer than
a period of one (1) hour.
3. Such truck or semi -truck is not attached to a trail-
er, semi- trailer, pole trailer or house trailer, and is being used
as a private passenger vehicle.
SECTION 3: Any person, firm, association or corpora-
tion violating any of the provisions of this ordinance shall be
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction therefor be
fined any sum of money not in excess of One Hundred 0;100.00) Dol-
lars.
SECTION 4: If any part or parts of this ordinance shall
be held to be unconstitutional or void, the same shall not affect
the validity of the remaining parts of the ordinance. The Council
hereby declares that it would have passed the remaining parts of
this ordinance if it had known that any part or parts thereof would
be declared unconstitutional or void.
SECTION 5: This ordinance shall become effective im-
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mediately after its publication as required by law, and it is so
ordered.
APPROVED in open council this /,) day of October, 1948.
CITY SECRETARY
MAYOR
CITY OF HUNTSVILLE; TEXAS
THE STATE OF TEXAS 1
COUNTY OF WALKER 0
I, Mrs. Ross j;oodall, one of the publishers of The Hunts-
ville Item, a weekly newspaper published in Huntsville, Texas, do
hereby swear that the above ordinance was published in The Hunts-
ville Item one (1) tine, said publication appearing in the issue
of said paper published on the ';'/ day of October, 1948, and I
herewith return a printed copy of such publication.
MRS. ROSS WOODALL
SThORN TO AND SWCRIBED BEFORE ME, by the said Mrs. Ross
day of (/ , 1948, to certify which,
Voodall , this the
witness my hand and seal of office.
NOTARY PUBLIC, WiA.i4Y, '1'1 'XAS
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