HomeMy WebLinkAbout02515 ORD - 05/03/1949AN ORDINANCE
AMENDING SECTION 50 (a) OF ARTICLE V
OF ORDINANCE NO. 2241, REGULATING
TRAFFIC UPON THE PUBLIC STREETS, ALLEYS,
AND OTHER THOROUGHFARES IN THE CITY OF
CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS, AND FIXING PEN-
ALTY FOR VIOLATIONS AND REPEALING ALL
OTHER ORDINANCES AND SECTIONS OF ORDI-
DICES IN CONFLICT HEREKTH, AND DE-
CLARING AN EMERGENCY. -
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS
CHRISTI, TEXAS;
SECTION 1. That Article V be amended so as to include Section
50 (a) reading as followa: "It is hereby determined upon the basis of an
engineering and traffic investigation that the speed permitted by State
law upon the following streets is less than is necessary for safe opera-
tion of vehicles thereon by reason of widely spaced intersections, and
it is hereby declared that the speed limit shall be as hereinafter set
forth on those streets or parts of streets herein designated at the
time specified when signs are erected giving notice thereof."
SIALT OF STREET
' SPEED LIMIT
' EFFECTIVE TIkIES
South Staples Street
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from Carroll Lane South
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to City Limits .........
' 45 Miles Per Hour
At All Times
Alameda Street from
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Doddridge Street to
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Everhart Road .........
' 45 Miles Per Hour
' At All Times
Alameda Street from
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Everhart Road to Eldon
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Drive .................
' 30 Miles Per Hour
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' At All Times
Alameda Street from
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Eldon Drive South to
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City Limits ...........
+ !45 Miles Per Hour
' At All Times
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SECTION 2. The fact that it is imperative and necessary to
the public safety and general welfare to decrease the speed limit of
motor vehicles in the particular area designated in Section 1 hereof
creates a public emergency and public imperative necessity requiring
the suspension of the Charter rule that no ordinance or resolution shall
be passed finally on the date it is introduced and that such ordinence
or resolution shall be read at three several meetings of the City Council,
and the Mayor having declared that such public emergency and imperative
necessity exist, and having requested that such Charter rule be suspended,
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.
PASSED AND APPROVED this_day of May, A. D. 1949.
ATTEST-
City Secretary
APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM:
city i rlorgnby
City Attorney
A
MBYOR
City of Corpus Christi, Texas
Corpus Christi, Texas
xar 3 , 19119
To THE NIMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
Corpus Christi, Texas
Gentlemen:
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.
Respectfully,
OR
City of Corpus Christi, Texas
The Charter rule waa suspended by the following vote:
Leslie Wasserman
Jack DaForrest cb�_
Harney Cott C -SL
Sydney E. Herndon OL't .0
George L. Lowman _21i__
The above ordinance was passed by the following vote:
Leslie Wasserman
Jack DeForreat�
Harney Cott rMy
Sydney E. Herndon
George L. Lowman �t
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