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AN ORDINANCE
AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, CITY OF CORPUS
CHRISTI, 1976 REVISION, BY AMENDING SECTIONS 53-
99 AND 53-100 SO AS TO RESTRICT THE OPERATION OF
TRUCKS, TRAILERS AND OTHER HEAVY AND /OR LARGE
VEHICLES ON CERTAIN STREETS, ALL AS MORE FULLY
SET FORTH HEREINAFTER; REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES
IN CONFLICT; PROVIDING FOR SEVERANCE; AND PRO-
VIDING FOR PUBLICATION.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS
CHRISTI, TEXAS:
SECTION 1. That the Code of Ordinances, City of Corpus
Christi, 1976 Revision, be and the same is hereby amended by amending
Sections 53-99 and 53-100 to hereafter read as follows:
Sec. 53 -99. Operation of trucks, trailers and other
heavy vehicles restricted on certain streets.
(a) It shall be unlawful for the operator of any truck or
trailer, or the operator of any vehicle which has a capacity in excess of
one (1) ton according to the manufacturer's rating, to drive or operate
such truck, or such truck and trailer, or such vehicle, upon any of the
following public streets or parts thereof:
Louisiana Ave
Ocean Drive, between the northernmost end thereof and the
intersection of Alameda Street.
Shoreline Boulevard
(b) It shall be a defense to a charge under this section that
the person so charged show by competent evidence that the operation of any
truck, or any truck and trailer, or any vehicle described in this section
was crossing Shoreline Boulevard for the purpose of going to or returning
from the barge docks, the "T" heads or the "L" head or that any such truck
or trailer, or any other vehicle was being used in the process of con-
structing, maintaining or repairing any part or portion of Ocean Drive,
Shoreline Boulevard, or any part or portion of the parkways thereof,
or any part or portion of the Bayfront Improvement Project.
(c) It shall be a defense to a charge under this section that
the person so charged show by competent evidence that the operation of
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any truck, or truck and trailer, or vehicle was making a delivery or pickup
from any point on Louisiana Avenue.
(d) It shall be a defense to a charge under this section that
the person so charged show by competent evidence that any truck, or
truck and trailer, or other vehicle described in this section, was making
a delivery or pickup from any point on Shoreline Boulevard or Ocean Drive;
provided, that ingress or egress to Ocean Drive or Shoreline Boulevard
is from or to the nearest intersection to the point of delivery or pickup.
(e) It shall be a defense to a charge under this section that
the person so charged show by competent evidence that any truck, or truck
and trailer, or vehicle, was using a portion of Ocean Drive, not to exceed
one block thereof, when making a delivery within one block west of Ocean
Drive on any street which intersects Ocean Drive, as a means of ingress or
egress.
(f) The provisions of this section shall not be construed to
apply to passenger buses.
Sec. 53 -100. Certain trucks, trailers and other large vehicles
restricted to through streets.
Except as otherwise restricted in this chapter, no truck,
truck - trailer or other vehicle drawn or propelled by motor power and having
a capacity in excess of one (1) ton according to the manufacturer's rating
shall be permitted on any of the streets of the city except through streets
as listed in section 53 -251, Schedule II, provided that where the origin or
destination of a delivery or pickup by a truck requires the driving on
streets other than those listed in such Schedule II, that part of such
trip to the point of delivery or pickup may be made otherwise than on the
through street, provided such part of such trip be made by the shortest
and most direct route from or to the nearest through street.
Where the origin or destination of a delivery or pickup is
industrial or business zoned property which has access from both residential
and through streets, trucks shall be required to use only the through
street even though it may not be the shortest and most direct route.
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It shall be a defense to a charge under this section that the
person so charged show by competent evidence that the truck, truck - trailer,
or other vehicle was making a delivery or pickup on the residential street,
in which case trucks shall not park on residential streets for a continuous
period exceeding eight (8) hours.
SECTION 2. That all ordinances or parts of ordinances in
conflict herewith be and the same are hereby repealed to the extent of
such conflict.
SECTION 3. If for any reason any section, paragraph, sub-
division, clause, phrase, word, or provision of this ordinance shall be
held invalid or unconstitutional by final judgment of a court of competent
Jurisdiction it shall not affect any other section, paragraph, subdivision,
clause, phrase, word, or provision of this ordinance, for it is the definite
intent of this City Council that every section, paragraph, subdivision,
clause, phrase, word, or provision hereof be given full force and effect
for its purpose.
SECTION 4. Publication shall be made one time in the official
publication of the City of Corpus Christi, by publishing the caption
of this ordinance, stating in substance the purpose of the ordinance.
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THAT THE FOREGOING ORDINA CE WAS READ F THE FIRST TIME A D PASSED
TO ITS SECOND READING ON THIS TNE�DAY OF u ��_ , 197Z I3Y THE
FOLLOWING VOTE:
JASON Luny
DR. BILL TIPTON
EDUARDO DE ASES
RUTH GILL
BOB GULLEY
GASE LOZANO, SR.
EDWARD L. SAMPLE
NAT THE FOREGOING ORDINANCE WA READ FOR THE SECOND TINE AND PASSED
TO ITS THIRD READING ON THIS THE )3Tti DAY OF Ajogi L , 19.0 BY THE
FOLLOWING VOTE:
JASON LUnY
DR. BILL TIPTON
EDUARDO DE ASES
RUTH GILL
Bon GULLEY
GABE LOZANO, SR.
EDWARD L. SAMPLE
THAT THE FOREGO MG ORDI
FINALLY ON THIS THE "w DAY 0
JASON LUCY
DR. BILL TIPTON
EDUARDO DE ASES
RUTH GILL
Boo GULLEY
GAGE LOZANO, SR.
EDWARD L. SAMPLE
PASSED AND APPROVED, TH
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THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
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PUBLISHER'S ' AFFIDAVIT
STATE OF TEXAS, tsa:
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Before me, the undersigned, a Notary Public, this day personally came
Rowena V. Gonzalvo
................................................................. - who being first duly sworn, according to law, says that he is the
. ............. of the Corpus Christi Caller and The Corpus Christi Times,
Daily Newspapers published at Corpus Christi, Texas, in said County and State, and that the publication of
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of which the annexed is a true copy, was published in Caller -Times
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Subscribed and sworn to before me this .......... A day of-
Lligenia S.Jortez
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Nueeces County, Texas
NOTICE OF PASSAGE
OF CRDINANCE
N0. 13714
AMENDING THE CODE OF
RDINANCES, CITY OF
CORPUSCHRISTI, 1976 REVI-
ICN, BY AMENDING SEZ-
ION S 5399 AND 51IDD SO AS
TO RESTRICT THE OPER-
ATION OF TRUCKS, TRAIL
ERS AND OTHER HEAVY
AND/OR LARGE VEHICLES
ON CERTAIN STREETS, AL
AS MORE FULLY SETS
FORTH HEREINAFTER;
REPEALING ALL INANCES IN CONFLICT;
PROVIDING FOR SEVER
ANCE; ARE PROVIDING