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AN ORDINANCE
AMENDING CORPUS CHRISTI CITY CODE 1958, AS
BY— REPEALING SECTION 21- o noP INr A Ni
PROVIDE FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF NO- PARKING SECTIONS OF
UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS; OFFICIALLY DESIGNATING THE
— ArION OF TRAFFIC ISLANDS APPROACHING THE INTER-
SECTIONS OF STAPLES STREET AND HAMLIN DRIVE AND TRAFFIC
SIGNAL LIGHT CONTROL AND TRAFFIC ISLAND AT THE INTERSECTION
ST PL S AND INNESOTA STREETS; PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION;
PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
WHEREAS, SOME TRAFFIC CONTROL SIGNS, SIGNALSp DEVICES OR
MARKINGS PLACED OR ERECTED BY THE POLICE DIVISION, OR OTHER CITY EMPLOYEES,
ARE UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE DIRECTOR OF TRAFFIC ENGINEERING WITHOUT SPECIFIC
WRITTEN DESIGNATION OF SAID TRAFFIC CONTROL SIGNS, SIGNALS, DEVICES OR MARK-
INGS BY THE CITY COUNCIL BY ORDINANCES OR OTHER WRITTEN AUTHORITY AND ALL
SUCH INSTALLATIONS HERETOFORE ESTABLISHED AND NOW IN EXISTENCE AS WELL AS
THOSE HERETOFORE AUTHORIZED BY AN APPROPRIATION OR OTHER AUTHORITY OF THE
CITY COUNCIL AND NOW BEING CONSTRUCTED AND ESTABLISHED SHOULD BE OFFICIALLY
APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL BY ORDINANCE:
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF CORPUS CHRISTI.9 TEXAS:
SECTION 1. THAT SECTION 21 -44 OF THE CORPUS CHRISTI CITY CODE,
1958, AS AMENDED, BE AMENDED SO AS TO HEREAFTER READ AS FOLLOWS:
"SECTION 21 -44. EXISTING TRAFFIC - CONTROL DEVICES AFFIRMED AND
RATIFIED.
"ALL TRAFFIC - CONTROL SIGNS SIGNALS, DEVICES AND MARKINGS INSTALLED
AND IN SERVICE AT THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS ORDINANCES WHICH ARE IN USE
FOR THE PURPOSE OF REGULATING, WARNING OR GUIDING TRAFFIC ARE HEREBY AFFIRMED,
RATIFIED AND DECLARED TO BE OFFICIAL TRAFFIC - CONTROL DEVICES.14
SECTION 2. SECTION 21 -1111 OF THE CORPUS CHRISTI CITY CODE, 1958,
AS AMENDED, IS HEREBY AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS:
"SECTION 21 -114. STOPPING STANDING OR PARKING NEAR HAZARDOUS
OR CONGESTED PLACES.
1t(A) THE DIRECTOR OF TRAFFIC ENGINEERING IS HEREBY AUTHORIZED TO
DESIGNATE BY PROPER SIGNS, PLACED IN AND ALONG ANY PUBLIC STREET OR STREETS
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OF THE CITY WHERE THE STOPPING, STANDING OR PARKING OF VEHICLES WOULD CREATE
AN ESPECIALLY HAZARDOUS CONDITION OR WOULD CAUSE UNUSUAL DELAY TO TRAFFIC AND
WHEN SAID AREA IS DESIGNATED BY A STANDARD NO- PARKING SIGN AT THE BEGINNING
AND END OF ANY SUCH DESIGNATED AREA OF A PUBLIC STREET AND AT INTERVALS
NOT GREATER THAN 100 FEET ALONG SAID HAZARDOUS OR CONGESTED PORTION OF A
CITY STREET OR STREETS. SAID AREA SO SIGNED SHALL BE DEEMED A PROPERLY
ESTABLISHED NO- STOPPING, STANDING OR NO- PARKING ZONE WITHIN THE TRAFFIC LANE
NEXT ADJACENT TO THE CURB AND WHEN SUCH OFFICIAL SIGNS ARE ERECTED NO
PERSON SHALL STOP, STAND OR PARK A VEHICLE IN ANY SUCH DESIGNATED PLACE."
SECTION 3. THE INSTALLATION OF TRAFFIC ISLANDS APPROACHING THE
INTERSECTIONS OF STAPLES STREET AND HAMLIN DRIVE AND INSTALLATION OF TRAFFIC
ISLANDS AND SIGNAL LIGHT CONTROL AT THE INTERSECTION OF STAPLES AND MINNESOTA
STREETS IS HEREBY OFFICIALLY DESIGNATED AND APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL.
SECTION 4. PUBLICATION SHALL BE MADE IN THE OFFICIAL PUBLICA-
TION OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI ONE TIME, WHICH PUBLICATION SHALL CON-
TAIN THE CAPTION STATING IN SUBSTANCE THE PURPOSE OF THE ORDINANCE.
SECTION 5. IF FOR ANY REASON ANY 5ECTION� PARAGRAPH, SUBDIVISION,
CLAUSE, PHRASE: OR PROVISION OF THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BE HELD INVALI•D� IT
SHALL NOT AFFECT ANY VALID PROVISIONS OF THIS OR ANY OTHER ORDINANCE OF THE
CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI,TO WHICH THESE RULES AND REGULATIONS RELATE.
SECTION 6. THE NECESSITY FOR THE IMMEDIATE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE
PROVISIONS HEREOF AS A TRAFFIC SAFETY MEASURE CREATES A PUBLIC EMERGENCY
AND AN IMPERATIVE PUBLIC NECESSITY REQUIRING THE SUSPENSION OF THE CHARTER
RULE THAT NO ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION SHALL BE PASSED FINALLY ON THE DATE OF
ITS INTRODUCTION AND THAT SUCH ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION SHALL BE READ AT
THREE SEVERAL MEETINGS OF THE CITY COUNCILS AND THE MAYOR HAVING DECLARED
SUCH EMERGENCY AND NECESSITY TO EXIST, AND HAVING REQUESTED THE SUSPENSION
OF SAID CHARTER RULE AND THAT THIS ORDINANCE BE PASSED FINALLY ON THE DATE
OF ITS INTRODUCTION AND TAKE EFFECT AND BE IN FULL FORCE AND EFFECT FROM AND
AFTER ITS PASSAGE, IT Is ACCORDINGLY PASSED AND APPROVED THIS THE
DAY OF MARCH 1962.
ATTEST:
MAYOR
CITY SECRETAI ' I THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TE>
APPj2 ED AS T10 LEGAL FORM IS
/ DAY OF MARCH, 1962:
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CITY A ORNEY
CORPUS CHRISTIp TEXAS
DAY OF_, 19
TO THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
FOR THE REASONS SET FORTH IN THE EMERGENCY CLAUSE OF THE FORE -
GOING ORDINANCE, A PUBLIC EMERGENCY AND IMPERATIVE NECESSITY EXIST FOR
THE SUSPENSION OF THE CHARTER RULE OR REQUIREMENT THAT NO ORDINANCE OR
RESOLUTION SHALL BE PASSED FINALLY ON THE DATE IT 1S INTRODUCED, AND THAT
SUCH ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION SHALL BE READ AT THREE MEETINGS OF THE CITY
COUNCIL; 1, THEREFORE, HEREBY REQUEST THAT YOU SUSPEND SAID CHARTER RULE
OR REQUIREMENT AND PASS THIS ORDINANCE FINALLY ON THE DATE IT IS INTRODUCED,
OR AT THE PRESENT NEETIN13 OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
RESPECTFULLY,
THE CHARTER RULE WAS SUSPENDED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTES
BEN F. MCDONALD
TON R. SWANTNER
DR. JAMES L. BARNARD
JOSE R. DELeoN
M. P. MALDONADO
W. J. ROBERTS
DANES H. YOUNG
THE ABOVE ORDINANCE WAS PASSED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTES
BEN F. MCDONALD qrs
TON R. SWANTNER er
DR. JAMES L. BARNARD
Jose R. DELEON
M. P. MALDONADO
W. J. ROBERTS
DANES H. Youaa
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PUBLISHER'S AFFIDAVIT
STATE OF TEXAS, —
County of Nueces. 1
Before me, the undersigned, a Notary Public, this day personally came ................... _........
.LelAAd...G.a._B4 M.00 ................. who being first duly sworn, according to law, says that he is the
Classified _Adgertista _.... er of the Corpus Christi Caller and The Corpus Christi Times,
t Daily Newspapers published at Corpus Christi, Texas, in said County and State, and that the publication of
LEGAL Notice _of passage of Ordinance No 64,56 -- repealing motion 21 -h4 --
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INTERSECTION OF — STAPIE! j "" - I - i —.. '
AND MINNESOTA STREETS'
PROVIDING FOR PIIILICATIONr
PROVIDING A SAVING!
CLAUSE; AND DECLARING AN
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