HomeMy WebLinkAbout14204 ORD - 03/01/1978• 3/1/78 r •
AN ORDINANCE
FINDING THAT A PUBLIC STREET DANCE ON SATURDAY, MARCH 18,
1978 IS IN THE INTEREST OF THE PUBLIC WELFARE; CLOSING THE
400 BLOCK OF LAGUNA STREET AND THE 100 AND 200 BLOCKS OF
NORTH MESQUITE STREET TO VEHICULAR TRAFFIC FROM 8:00 P.M.
TO 11:30 P.M., SATURDAY, MARCH 18, 1978 FOR SAID STREET
DANCE SPONSORED BY KEYS RADIO; PROVIDING FOR BARRICADES
AND EMERGENCY VEHICLE ENTRANCE, LIABILITY INSURANCE,
RESTORATION OF DAMAGED CITY PROPERTY, CROWD SECURITY,
AND PUBLIC RESTROOMS; PROHIBITING THE SALE OF ALCOHOLIC
BEVERAGES, AND THE DEFACEMENT OF PUBLIC PROPERTY;
REQUIRING THE SPONSOR TO RESTORE THE AREA FOR USE BY
VEHICULAR TRAFFIC; AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO
EXECUTE THE ATTACHED APPLICATION PERMIT; PROVIDING AN
EFFECTIVE DATE; PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION; PROVIDING
FOR SEVERANCE; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
WHEREAS, KEYS Radio has formulated plans for a public street dance
to be held on Saturday, March 18, 1978; and
WHEREAS, the purpose of said public street dance is to provide public
recreation to the youth of Corpus Christi and develop positive contact with that
group; and
WHEREAS, KEYS Radio has requested that from 8:00 p.m. until 11:30 p.m.
Saturday, ?March 18, 1978, the 400 block of Laguna Street and the 100 and 200
blocks of North Mesquite Street be closed to vehicular traffic; and
WHEREAS, the City Council finds that the proposed public street dance
will be in the interest of the public welfare;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS:
SECTION 1. That vehicular traffic be barred from the 400 block of
Laguna Street and the 100 and 200 blocks of North Mesquite Street from 8:00 p.m.
until.11:30 p.m. Saturday, March 18, 1978, so that KEYS Radio can sponsor a public
street dance, and that said areas be barricaded to through traffic. It is
directed that said areas be barricaded so as to allow emergency vehicles, such
as fire, police and ambulance vehicles to enter said areas in case of an
emergency. It is further provided that vehicles of the City or utility companies
furnishing public utilities, such as electrical, gas, water and telephone service
to said areas be permitted to enter said areas in case of emergency.
SECTION 2. That in maintaining the streets closed by this ordinance,
the following regulations shall be observed;
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A. Liability insurance shall be furnished free of cost to the city,
protecting against liability to the public. Such insurance shall have policy
limits of at least $100,000 personal injury up to $300,000 per accident, and
$50,000 property damage, and shall name the City of Corpus Christi, Texas and
KEYS Radio as insureds. A Certificate of Insurance in the above amounts shall
be furnished the City Secretary and approved by the City Attorney with the
application and permit provided for hereinafter.
B. Any damages to city property will be restored by the sponsor
of the said public street dance promptly after the close of said dance.
C. No alcoholic beverages will be sold or provided at said public.
street dance.
D. Restrooms will be provided by KEYS Radio.
E. No paint or markings shall be permitted which in any way obliterate
or deface any pavement markings or traffic control devices heretofore existing
for the guidance and direction of motor vehicles and pedestrian traffic.
F. Sponsor shall provide and erect street barricades in
accordance with a barricade plan as determined and approved by the Director
of Traffic and Transit. Such barricades, except for periods of emergency,
shall be so maintained during the full period of the public street dance
described herein.
G. Sponsor shall provide adequate security forces for crowd control
and the protection of persons and property.
H. After the public street dance ends, the Sponsor will see that
the streets are cleaned and restored to a condition to allow vehicular traffic
to return to the streets at the expiration of the public street dance.
SECTION 3. The City Manager is authorized to execute the attached
application /permit for and on behalf of the City, which shall be filed for
record in the office of the City Secretary.
SECTION 4. The provisions of this ordinance relating to closing of
the aforementioned streets are effective for the period beginning at 8:00 p.m.
to 11:30 p.m. Saturday, March 18, 1978. The other provisions of this ordinance
are effective from and after the date of publication of the caption of this
ordinance in the official publication of the City one time. However, no part
of this ordinance shall be effective until the City Manager and the authorized
representative of the sponsoring organization execute the aforementioned
application /permit, and the Certificate of Insurance is approved and filed.
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SECTION 5. 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.
SECTION 6. If for any reason any section, paragraph, subdivision,
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 7. The necessity to close the 400 block of Laguna
Street and the 100 and 200 blocks of North Mesquite Street, for a street
dance sponsored by KEYS Radio 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 intro-
duction but that such ordinance or resolution shall be read at three several
meetings of the City Council, and the Mayor having declared such emergency
and necessity to exist, and having requested the suspension of the Charter
rule and that this ordinance be passed finally on the date of its intro-
duction and take effect and be in full force and effect from and after its
passage, IT IS ACCORDINGLY SO ORDAINED, this the _day of March, 1978.
ATTEST:
City Secretary MAYOR/
APPROVED: ' E CITY US CHRISTI, TEXAS
DAY OF MARCH, 1978:
J. BRUCE AYCOCK, CITY ATTORNEY
By
Assistan*Cit,-rn--e'y
I APPLICATION /PERMIT
THE STATE OF TEXAS I
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:
COUNTY OF NUECES I
Application
KEYS Radio, in order to provide public recreation to the youth of
Corpus Christi and develop positive contact with that group, hereby makes
application, acting by and through Mr. Ed Stern, General Manager, KEYS Radio,
to the City of Corpus Christi, acting by and through R. Marvin Townsend, City
Manager, for the closing to vehicular traffic of the 400 block of Laguna Street
and the 100 and 200 blocks of North Mesquite Street on Saturday, March 18, 1978
between the hours of 8:00 and 11:30 p.m. for the purpose of sponsoring an old
fashioned publiclstreet dance.
In consideration of the closing of said streets, KEYS Radio agrees to
perform the following conditions:
1. No alcoholic beverages will be provided.
2. To be responsible for clean up of the area and returning the streets
and sidewalks tolpre -event condition by 1:00 a.m., Sunday, March 19, 1978.
3. To not obliterate or deface any pavement markings or traffic control
devices heretofore existing for the guidance and direction of motor vehicles
and pedestrian traffic.
4. To provide public restrooms.
5. To file) with the City Secretary, at KEYS Radio sole expense, a
certificate of public liability insurance in a form to be approved by the City
Attorney and naming the City as an insured, and providing coverage for personal
injury of $100,000 personal injury up to $300,000 for each accident and $50,000
property damage.
6. To proviide for the control of traffic to and around the above described
area. 1
7. To allow emergency vehicles to use such areas as may be required during
the event.
B. To provide adequate control of parking in the area.
9. To insure sound level control suitable to the area.
10. To provide street barricades in accordance with a barricade plan
adopted and approved by the Director of the Department of Traffic & Transit.
11. To provide adequate security forces for crowd control and the pro-
tection of persons and property.
KEYS RADIO
By
Ed Stern, General Manager
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PERMIT
In consideration of the foregoing representation and commitments,
the City of Corpus Christi agrees:
1. To close to vehicular traffic the 400 block of Laguna Street and
the 100 and 200 blocks of North Mesquite Street from 8:00 p.m. to 11:30 p.m.
Saturday, March 18, 1978.
2. To allow the use of these streets for an old fashioned public street
dance as described in the Application for Permit submitted by KEYS Radio, and
in accordance with the terms and conditions of City Ordinance N0. as
adopted by the City Council on the day of March, 1978.
CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
By
R. Marvin Townsend, City Manager
Corpus Christi, TT s
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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 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, 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.
RespaL
E CITY RPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
The Charter Rule was suspended
Gabe Lozano, Sr.
Bob Gulley
David Diaz
Ruth Gill
Joe Holt
Tony Juarez, Jr.
Edward L. Sample
to :
The above ordinance was passed by he following vote:
Gabe Lozano, Sr.
Bob Gulley
David Diaz
Ruth Gill
Joe Holt v
Tony Juarez, Jr.
Edward L. Sample
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PUBLISHER'S AFFIDAVIT
STATE OF TEXAS, ss:
County of Nueces.
Before me. the undersigned, a Notary Public, this day personally came ........ --..
Diving Pulido
... ...... . ..................... . . . .......... - who being first duly sworn, according to law, says that he is the
—A-C=1Antan& ............ . ..... . ....... . . ...... ...... 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
pAl5.1QLQkD N&NcE L Q F that a public s
treet
dance on Saturday...
of which the annexed is a true copy, was published in
on the A...— day
Subscribed and sworn to before me ......... . ..... . ......... 19-78
Maria Elizabeth Rodarte
Notary ueces C-- nntyl.-Tlexas
NOTICE OF
PASSAGE OF
ORDINANCE NO, 14204
FINDING THAT A PUBLIC
STREET-DANCE ON SATURa
DAY, MARCH I8, 1978 IS IN,
THE INTEREST OF THE
PUBLIC WELFARE; CLOS -,
ING THE 40D BLOCK OF LA -',
GUNA STREET AND THE 100
AND 2D0 BLOCKS OF NORTH
MESQUITE STEM TO VE
HICULAR TRAFFIC FROM
8A0 P.11L to 11:3D P.M., SAT-
URDAY, MARCH 18, IM FOR
SAID STREET DANCE SPOW j
SORED BY KEYS RADIO;'
PROVIDING FOR BARRI-
CADES AND EMERGEYCY1
VEHICLE ENTRANCE, LIA- 1
BILITY INSURANCE, RES-
TORATION OF DAMAGED.
CITY. .PROPERTY, CROWD
SECURITY, AND PUBLIC
RESTROOMS; PROHIBITING,
THE SALE OF ALCOHOLIC
BEVERAGES, AND THE DE•
FACEMENT OF PUBLIC,
PROPERTY; REQUIRING
THE SPONSOR TO RESTORE
THE AREA FOR USE BY VE-
HICULAR TRAFFIC; AU-
THORIZING THE CITY MAN-
AGER TO EXECUTE THE
ATTACHED APPLICATION
PERMIT; PROVIDING AN
t. EFFECTIVE DATE; PRD-
VIDING FOR PUBLICATION;
'PROVIDING FOR SEVER-
ANCE; AND DECLARING AN
EMERGENCY,
WAS PASSED AND APPROV-
ED by the City CwwiI of the
City aI Carpus Christi, Texas
,during the Regular Council
Meeting held an March 1, 1978.,
at 2:00 pm and provides that B
shall be In full farce and effect
from and after its passage and
Publication mm time In the offh
dal publication of the City of
Corpus Christi, Texas.
ISSUED UNDER MY HAND
AND SEAL of the City of Car -.
Pus Christi, Terms this 2ad tray
of Mardi, 1978.
3 -BIII G. READ,
City Secretary
Carpus Christt Texas.'