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HomeMy WebLinkAbout09559 ORD - 11/26/1969c� JKH:1I- CU -O'l t AN ORDINANCE FOR THE REGULATING OF PARKING IN ALL ZONES OF THE CITY HERETOFORE ESTABLISHED BY CORPUS CHRISTI CITY CODE, 1958, AS AMENDED BY ORDINANCE NO. 7693, AND ORDINANCES SUBSEQUENT THERETO, FOR A PERIOD OF TIME FROM NOVEMBER 27, 1969, TO DECEMBER 27, 1969, INCLUSIVE; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. WHEREAS, REQUEST HAS BEEN MADE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI TO PERMIT TWO -HOUR FREE PARKING IN THE DOWNTOW14 BUSINESS AREA OF THE CITY FOR A PERIOD OF TIME FROM NOVEMBER 27, 1969, TO DECEMBER 27, 19692 INCLUSIVE; AND WHEREAS, IT HAS BEEN 'DETERMINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL THAT SAID REQUEST SHOULD BE GRANTED AND THE DIRECTOR OF TRAFFIC ENGINEERING SHOULD EITHER REMOVE THE PARKING METERS OR COVER THE SAME WITH A BAG OR HOOD, AND THE DIRECTOR OF TRAFFIC ENGINEERING AND EMPLOYEES UNDER HIS SUPERVISION, AS WELL AS POLICE OFFICERS AND SUCH OTHER OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES AND EMPLOYEES ;;A.' . SUPERVISE PARKING, AND ISSUE IN WRITING, ON A FORM PROVIDED BY THE CITY, A NOTICE TO ANSWER TO THE CHARGE OF OVERPARKING OF ALL VEHICLES WHICH EXCEED TWO HOURS OR SUCH LESSER TIMES AS ARE OTHERWISE PROVIDED BY ORDINANCE ON ALL STREETS AND AT ALL PARKING SPACES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS ORDINANCE: NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS: SECTION 1. THE DIRECTOR OF TRAFFIC ENGINEERING IS HEREBY AUTHORIZED AND DIRECTED TO PUT INTO EFFECT A TWO =HOUR FREE PARKING PLAN FOR METERS LOCATED IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA OF THE CITY AND SUCH AREAS AND STREETS AS MAY BE DETERMINED BY THE DIRECTOR OF TRAFFIC ENGINEERING; AND TO EITHER CONDUCT THE REMOVAL OF PARKING METERS OR COVER THE SA14E WITH A HOOD OR BAG, UPON WHICH BAG OR HOOD THE PARKING TIME MAY BE INDICATED. THE DIRECTOR OF TRAFFIC ENGINEERING AND EMPLOYEES UNDER HIS SUPERVISION, AS WELL AS POLICE OFFICERS AND SUCH OTHER OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES OF THE CITY, ARE AUTHORIZED TO SUPERVISE PARKING AND ISSUE IN WRITING ON A FORM PROVIDED BY THE CITY A NOTICE TO ANSWER TO THE CHARGE OF OVERPARKING 9559 ,f OF ALL VEHICLES WHICH EXCEED TWO HOURS OR SUCH LESSER TIMES AS ARE OTHERWISE PROVIDED BY ORDINANCE IN ALL STREETS AND AT ALL PARKING SPACES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS ORDINANCE AND THE OTHER ORDINANCES OF THE CITY. SECTION 2. WHERE ANY PARKING METER IS NOT COVERED OR HOODED, THE REGULATIONS APPLICABLE TO SAID PARKING SPACE, AS NOW PROVIDED BY THE CORPUS CHRISTI CITY CODE, 1958, AS AMENDED, SHALL BE APPLICABLE. ALL CURB SIGNS AND SIGNS PERTAINING TO RESTRICTED OR NO PARKING AREAS'SHALL CONTINUE IN FULL FORCE AND EFFECT. SECTION 3. THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BE IN EFFECT FROM NOVEMBER 27, 1968, THROUGH DECEMBER 27, 1969, INCLUSIVE, BUT THE TERMINATION OF THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THIS ORDINANCE SHALL NOT EXCUSE ANY VIOLATION THEREOF AND ALL CHARGES OF VIOLATION IN THE MUNICIPAL COURT SHALL PROCEED AS THOUGH THE ORDINANCE CONTINUED IN FULL FORCE AND EFFECT AS TO ALL CHARGES OF VIOLATIONS ALLEGED TO HAVE OCCURRED DURING THE PERIOD OF NOVEMBER 27, 1969, TO DECEMBER 27, 1969, INCLUSIVE. StLfIUN 4. IHE FACT THAT IT IS URGENT TO ADOPT AND PUBLISH A NOTICE OF THE ADOPTION OF THIS ORDINANCE SO AS TO MAKE THE SAME EFFECTIVE ON NOVEMBER 271 1969, AND THAT THERE IS NO REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL SCHEDULED BETWEEN THE MEETING OF NOVEMBER 26, 1969, AND NOVEMBER 27, 1969, CREATES A PUBLIC EMERGENCY AND IMPERATIVE PUBLIC NECESSITY REQUIRING THE SUSPENSION OF THE CHARTER RULE THAT NO ORDINANCE OR RESOLU- TION 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 COUNCIL, AND THE MAYOR HAVING DECLARED SUCH EMERGENCY AND NECES- SITY TO EXIST, AND HAVING REQUESTED THE SUSPENSION OF THE 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 SO ORDAINED, THIS THE ;?,� DAY of NOVEMBER, 1969. ATTEST: CIT�AR r APPRO ED: V / / THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS DAY OF N EMBER, 1969: � \// CITY ATTOR E Corpus Christi, Texas day of 4!2� , 19 TO THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL Corpus Christi, Texas For the reasons set forth in the emergency clause of the foregoing ordinance, a public emergency and imperative necessity exist for the suspen- sion 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, request that you suspend said Charter rule or requirement and pass this ordi- nance finally on the date it is introduced, or at the present meeting of the City Council. Respectfully, fAYOR THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS The Charter rule was suspended by the following vote: Jack R. Blackmon (211 1 Gabe Lozano, Sr. V. A. "Dick"Bradley, Jr. Eduardo E. de Ases Ken McDaniel W. J. "Wrangler" Roberts Ronnie Sizemore The above ordinance was passed by the following vote: Jack R. Blackmon Gi -O Gabe Lozano, Sr. V. A. "Dick" Bradley, Jr. Eduardo E. de Ases Ken McDaniel W. J. i`Wrangler" Roberts Ronnie Sizemore a(l,