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HomeMy WebLinkAbout06668 ORD - 10/10/1962�IMS :JKH:10 -10 -62 z� AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CORPUS CHRISTI CITY CODE, 1958, AS AMENDED, BY ADDINa.A NEW SECTION TO BE NUMBERED SECTION 21 -121A SO AS TO REQUIRE THAT EVERY DRIVER OF A VEHICLE MEETING OR OVERTAKING A SCHOOL BUS WHICH HAS STOPPED FOR RECEIVING OR DISCHARGING ANY SCHOOL CHILDREN SHALL STOP IMMEDIATELY BEFORE PASSING THE SCHOOL BUS; REQUIRING CERTAIN REGULA- TIONS TO BE OBSERVED IN PASSING SUCH SCHOOL BUS; PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION; PROVIDING A PENALTY; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. WHEREAS, CERTAIN ROADS AND HIGHWAYS HAVE BEEN INCLUDED WITHIN AREAS RECENTLY INCORPORATED WITHIN THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI UPON WHICH SCHOOL BUSES HAVE BEEN AND ARE BEING OPERATED; AND WHEREAS, PRIOR TO SUCH ANNEXATION SAID SCHOOL BUSES AND THE PAS- SENGERS THEREOF HAD THE PROTECTION PROVIDED BY THE REGULATIONS CONTAINED IN SECTION 1011 OF STATE UNIFORM ACT REGULATING TRAFFIC ON HIGHWAYS; AND WHEREAS, THE COUNCIL FINDS, AND IS OF THE OPINION, THAT SUCH REGULATIONS SHOULD BE ADOPTED SO AS TO APPLY WITHIN THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI: NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS: SECTION 1. THAT THE CORPUS CHRISTI CITY CODE, 1958, AS AMENDED, BE AND THE SAME IS HEREBY AMENDED BY ADOPTING A NEW SECTION TO BE NUMBERED SECTION 21 -121A, READING AS FOLLOWS: "SECTION 21 -121A. VEHICLE OVERTAKING SHALL STOP BEFORE PASSING ANY SCHOOL BUS. "THE DRIVER OF A VEHICLE UPON ANY ROAD, STREET OR HIGHWAY WITHIN _ THE LIMITS OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, UPON MEETING OR OVERTAKING FROM EITHER DIRECTION ANY SCHOOL BUS WHICH HAS STOPPED ON ANY STREET, ROAD OR HIGHWAY FOR THE PURPOSE OF RECEIVING OR DISCHARGING ANY SCHOOL CHILDREN, SHALL STOP THE VEHICLE IMMEDIATELY BEFORE PASSING THE SCHOOL BUS, AND MAY THEN PROCEED PAST SUCH SCHOOL BUS AT A SPEED WHICH IS PRUDENT BUT NOT IN _ / ANY EVENT EXCEEDING 10 MILES PER HOUR, AND WHILE PROCEEDING, SHALL PROCEED ' WITH DUE CAUTION FOR THE SAFETY OF SUCH CHILDREN. PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT THE DRIVER OF A VEHICLE UPON A HIGHWAY, ROAD OR STREET HAVING SEPARATE GGGS J ROADWAYS AND /OR DIVIDED WITH MEDIAN STRIP, NEED NOT STOP UPON MEETING OR PASSING A SCHOOL BUS WHICH IS ON A DIFFERENT ROADWAY OR WHICH IS ON A ROADWAY SEPARATED FROM THE ROAD UPON WHICH THE DRIVER OF THE VEHICLE IS MEETING OR PASSING SUCH SCHOOL BUS, OR WHEN SUCH SCHOOL BUS IS UPON A CONTROLLED ACCESS HIGHWAY AND THE SCHOOL BUS IS STOPPED IN A LOADING ZONE WHICH IS PART OF OR ADJACENT TO SUCH HIGHWAY AND WHERE PEDESTRIANS ARE NOT PERMITTED TO CROSS THE ROADWAY." SECTION 2. PUBLICATION SHALL BE MADE IN THE OFFICIAL 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 THE PENALTY FOR VIOLATION THEREOF. SECTION 3. ANY PERSON FOUND GUILTY OF VIOLATING ANY OF THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BE FINED IN A SUM NOT TO EXCEED TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS ($200.00). SECTION 4. THE NECESSITY FOR IMMEDIATE PROTECTION OF PASSENGERS ON SCHOOL BUSES BY THE ADOPTION OF THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ORDINANCE CREATES A PUBLIC EMERGENCY AND AN IMPERATIVE PUBLIC NECESSITY REQUIRING THE SUS- PENSION OF THE CHARTER RULE THAT NO ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION SHALL BE PASSED FINALLY ON THE DATE ,OF ITS INTRODUCTION AND THAT SAID ORDINANCE 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 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 AND PUBLICATION, IT IS ACCORDINGLY SO ORDAINED, THIS THE LOTH DAY OF OCTOBER, 1962. ATTEV �� MAYOR /J THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI�JTEXAS CITY SECRETARY - APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM THIS THE 10TH DAY OF OCTOBER, 1962: A)� CITY ATTORNEY CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS _DAY OF_� TO THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL CORPUS CHRI,3T1, 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,IS INTRODUCED, AND THAT SUCH ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION SHALL BE READ AT THREE MEETINGS OF THE CITY .COUNCIL; I, 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. N RESPECTFULLY, * MAYOR THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, XAS THE CHARTER RULE WAS SUSPENDED BY THE;FOLLOWING VOTE; s § BEN F. MCDONALD 4 . � v TOM R. SWANTNER ,' DR. JAMES L. BARNARD - r JOSE R. DELEON _ - } M. P. MALDONADO r, , r . .'A W. J. 'ROBERTS f JAMES H. YOUNG 4` THE ABOVE ORDINANCE WAS PASSED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE: `� i• BEN, F.. MCDONALD -A Tom R. SWANTNER, e • DR. JAMES L. BARNARD { ✓ r _ • i JOSE R. DELEON ✓ s ,1 r . , M. P. MALDONADO ,.. ♦• ✓ r . _. 0. -^ •. r .. V. J. ROBERTS - - JAMES H. YOUNG ¢ ✓ _