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ORDINANCE NO. 717
AN ORDINANCE REGULATING VEHICULAR TRAFFIC DURING TIME CONSTRUCTION
WORK IS BEING DONE ON BISSONNE.T -RICHMOND ROAD BY PROVIDING FOR THE
INSTALLATION OF CERTAIN STOP SIGNS; DESIGNATING SUNSET BLVD. FROM
BUFFALO SPEEDWAY TO BELMONT ST. AS A ONE WAY STREET FOR WESTBOUND
TRAFFIC; GRANTING AUTHORITY TO THE CITY MANAGER' AND CHIEF OF POLICE
TO REGULATE TEE OPERATION Al'ID PARKING OF MarOR VEHICLES BY THE
ERECTION OR PLACING OF SIGNS, SIGNALS, MARKERS Al'ID arHER . AUTHOR.:
lZED TRAFFIC CONrROLDEVICES; CONTAINING SEVERABILITY CLAUSE;' Al'ID
PROVIDING FOR THE EFFECTIVE DATE HEREOF.
liHEREAS, certain construction work is presentlyb~ing done on Bissonnet St. and
Richmond Road which has necessitated the closing of such thoroughfare to through
traffic; and
'WHEREAS, an extremely heavy flow of vehicular traff:i,e has bee,n diverted onto
certain streets in the City of West University Place, Texas by reason of,such
construction work and has created a dangerous condition both as to the proper
control of such excessive flow of traffic and the maintenance of streets which
are not norma~ly used as thoroughfares; and
WHEREAS, it is the desire of the City Commission of the City of West University
Place, Texas to grant to the City Manager'and the Chief of Police the necessary
authority to cope with the emergency situation which now exists relative to the
excessive flow of traffic:
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF
. WEST UNIVERSITY PLACE, TEXAS:
Section 1: The City Manager and Chief of Police are hereby authorized
and directed to place an official traffic control sign containing the woruSTOP
at the intersection of Sunset st., and Edloe St., which signs shall be so placed
as to control,traffic approaching such intersection on Sunset Blvd., from an
easterly or westerly direction.
Section 2: Sunset Blvd., is hereby designated to be a one way street
from Buffalo Speedway to Belmont st., and traffic thereon shall move only in a
westerly direction.
Sectioni: The Chief of Police, by and with the consent of the City
Manager, except as otherwise directed from time to time by the City Council and
City Manager, shall have power and is hereby authorized to regulate the operation
and parking of vehicles within the corporate limits of the city by the erection
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or placing of signs, signals, markers, and other authorized traffic control
devices in the following specified instances:
(a) Designation of areas where parking is 'prohibited pr limited.
(b) Designation of one way streets, through streets, stop streets,
U turns, play streets, school zones, hospital zones, quiet
zones, cross forks, safety zones and truck routes.
(c) Installation and proper timing and maintenance of traffic
control devices.
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(d) Marking off of traffic lanes indicating the flow of traffic.
(e) Closing of stre~ts to vehicular or pedestrian traffic for '
temporary period of time.
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(f) Regulation of traffic during emergencies notwithstanding
other regulations.
Section, 4: The existence of such signs, signais, markers or markings
at any place within the corporate limits of the city shall be prima facie evi-
dence that such signs or markers were erected or placed by and at the direction
of the Chief of Police and City Manager and in accordance with the prov.isions
of these sections.
Section 5: Any person failing or refusing to comply with' the directions
indicated or any sign or marker erected or plac~d in accordance with the pro-
visions of this ordinance when so placed or erected shall be guilty of a misde-
meanor and upon conviction of a violation of any provision of this ordinance
shall be punished by a fine of not less than $1.00 nor more than $200.00.
Section 6: If any section or provisions, or parts thereof in this
ordinance shall be adjudged invalid or unconstitutional, such invalidity or uncon-
stitutionality shall not affect the validity of the ordinance as a whole or of
any other- section or provision or part hereof.
Section 7: This ordinance shall take effect from and after its passage 0
and approval and proper publication.
PASSED AND APPROVED THIS 24th DAY OF SEPrEMBER, 1956.
COMMISSIONERS vorING AYE: All
COMMISSIONERS vorING NO: None
A'Pl'EST:
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