HomeMy WebLinkAbout06508 ORD - 05/09/1962AN ORDINANCE
AMENDING SECTION 21 -68 OF THE CORPUS CHRISTI CITY CODE,
195 , AS AMENDED, BY AMENDING THE SPEED LIMITS ON SAID
NGTON BOULEVARD FROM POINT 665 FEET SOUTH OF ROOD
FIELD ROAD, THE-U=IFY MITS LINE, TO THE SOUTH SIDE
OF CAYO DEL OSO; PROVIDING A PENALTY_ FOR VIOLATION THEREOF;
AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI,
TEXAS:
SECTION 1. THAT SECTION 21 -68 OF THE CORPUS CHRISTI CITY CODE,
19558, AS AMENDED, BE AND THE SAME IS HEREBY AMENDED BY AMENDING SPEED LIMITS
ON SAID LEXINGTON BOULEVARD FROM A POINT 665 FEET SOUTH OF ROOD FIELD ROAD,
WHICH IS THE OLD CITY LIMITS LINE, TO THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE CAYO DEL OSO,
SAID PORTION OF SECTION 21 -68 REFERRING TO LEXINGTON BOULEVARD (S.H. 358)
TO HEREAFTER READ AS FOLLOWS:
"NAME OF STREET SPEED LIMIT EFFECTIVE
TIMES
LEXINGTON BOULEVARD (S.H. 358):
FROM A POINT 1320 FEET NORTH OF
CHAPMAN RANCH ROAD (S.H. 286) TO
A POINT 900 FEET SOUTH OF EVERHART
ROAD . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . . . .45 MILES PER HOUR AT ALL TIMES
FROM A POINT 900 FEET SOUTH OF
EVERHART ROAD TO A POINT 665 FEET SOUTH
OF ROOD FIELD ROAD (S.H. 357) • • • • • . 50 MILES PER HOUR AT ALL TIMES
FROM A POINT 665 FEET SOUTH OF RODD
FIELD ROAD (S.H. 357) TO THE SOUTH
SIDE OF THE CAYO DEL OSO. . . . . . . . .6O MILES PER HOUR DURING THE DAY
55 MILES PER HOUR AT NIGHT"
SECTION 2. PUBLICATION SHALL BE MADE IN THE OFFICLAL PUBLICATION
OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, ONE TIME, WHICH PUBLICATION SHALL CONTAIN THE
CAPTION STATING IN SUBSTANCE THE PURPOSE OF THE ORDINANCE, AND RECITING THAT
THE PENALTY FOR VIOLATION OF THE ORDINANCE AS AMENDED SHALL BE A FINE OF
NOT EXCEEDING TWO HUNDRED (200.00) DOLLARS.
SECTION 3. THE NECESSITY FOR AMENDING THE CODE AS ABOVE SET OUT
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
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OR RESOLUTION SHALL BE READ AT THREE SEVERAL MEETINGS OF THE CITY COUNCIL,
AND THE MAYOR HAVING DECLARED SUCH EMERGENCY AND NECESSITY TO EXIST, HAVING
REQUESTED THE SUSPENSION OF SAID CHARTER RULE AND THAT THIS ORDNANCE
SHALL BE PASSED,FINALLY ON THE DATE OF ITS INTRODUCTION, AND TAKE EFFECT
AND BE IN FULL FORCE AND EFFECT FROM AND AFTER ITS PASSAGE AND PUBLICATION,
IT IS ACCORDINGLY PASSED AND APPROVED, THIS THE __/ DAY OF MAY, 1962.
ATTEST:
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CITY ECRETA'Y
APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM THIS
W Ay OF MAY, 1962:
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CITY ATToONtY %/
`MAYOR
THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, jkXAS
CORPUS CHRISTI, T XAS
DAY OF f 19a
TO THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS A.
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 IS 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 MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL. t
RESPECTFULLY, ••
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MAYOR —
: THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, S
' THE CHARTER RULE WAS SUSPENDED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE:
• f BEN F. MCDONALD
TOM R. SWANTNER
Oi f -(: DR. JAMES L. BARNARD
JOSE R. DELEON c'
M. P. MALDONADO
W. J. ROBERTS .,
JAMES H. YOUNG
-THE ABOVE ORDINANCE WAS PASSED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE: •a�
BEN F. MCDONALD
TOM R. SWANTNER
DR. JAMES L. BARNARD i
y JOSE R. DELEON
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M. P. MALDONADO
W. J. ROBERTS
JAMES H. YOUNG
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