ORD 1987-20 - Motor Vehicles & Traffic Ave J, Between 20th St. & Sam Houston Ave. 09-08-1987ORDINANCE NO. 87- 20
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF HUNTSVILLE, TEXAS,
AMENDING CHAPTER 12, MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC, OF ITS CODE OF
ORDINANCES, BY ESTABLISHING NO PARKING AT ANY TIME ON AVENUE J
BETWEEN 20TH STREET AND SAM HOUSTON AVENUE; PROVIDING FOR STOP
SIGNS AT THE INTERSECTIONS OF NORMAL PARK AND CROSSTIMBERS, WEST
HILLS DRIVE AT HIGHWAY 30, WATKINS STREET AT RYANS FERRY ROAD,
DICKEY STREET AT 7TH STREET, AND ELMWOOD AND PINE VALLEY; PROVIDING
A PENALTY OF UP TO $200 PER DAY FOR CERTAIN VIOLATIONS; MAKING
OTHER FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE PARKING ZONES; AND
PROVIDING FOR THE PUBLICATION AND EFFECTIVE DATE HEREOF.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF HUNTSVILLE, TEXAS, that:
Section 1: The following described curb zone and area is designated as a No
Parking Zone:
Street Name Side of Street Limits
Avenue J Both From 20th Street to Sam
Houston Avenue
Section 2: The following described curb zones and areas are designated as
Stop Intersections:
Intersection On At
Normal Park Crosstimbers
West Hills Drive State Highway 30
Watkins Street Ryans Ferry Road
Dickey Street 7th Street
Elmwood Pine Valley
Section 3: Schedule III, No Parking Zones, and Schedule VIII, Stop
Intersections of Chapter 12, Motor Vehicles and Traffic, of the Code of
Ordinances of the City of Huntsville, Texas, shall be revised to reflect
the amendments made by this Ordinance.
Section 4: The City Manager is hereby authorized and directed to cause the
posting of proper signs along the above described streets and parking
zones.
Section 5: It shall be unlawful for a driver of a vehicle to disobey the
instructions of the signs placed in accordance with the provisions of
this Ordinance, unless at the time otherwise directed by a police
officer.
Section 6: Any person, firm, or corporation violating any provisions of
this Ordinance or failing to comply with any requirement of this
Ordinance will be guilty of a misdemeanor and subject to a fine of up to
Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00) upon conviction. Each day during or upon
which said person shall violate or continue violation of any provision
of this Ordinance or non - compliance with any requirement of this
Ordinance shall constitute a distinct and separate offense. The
violation of any provision of this Ordinance or the failure to comply
with any requirement of this Ordinance shall each constitute a distinct
and separate offense.
Section 7: If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or portion of
this Ordinance is for any reason held invalid or unconstitutional, such
portion shall be deemed a separate, distinct and independent provision
and such holding shall not affect any of the remaining provisions of
this Ordinance.
Section 8: All Ordinances and parts of Ordinances in conflict with the
provisions of this Ordinance are hereby repealed; provided, however,
that such repeal shall be only to the extent of such inconsistency and
in all other respects this ordinance shall be cumulative of other
Ordinances regulating and governing the subject matter covered by this
Ordinance.
Section 9: The City Secretary is hereby directed to cause the caption of this
Ordinance to be published at least twice within ten days of final
passage. This ordinance shall take effect ten (10) days after the date
of final passage.
PASSED AND APPROVED this /s7 day of
De aw, City Secretary
APPR01lED AS TO FORM:
Scott Bounds, City Attorney
, 1987.
THE CITY, OF HUNTSVILLE
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