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,. AN ORDINANCE
AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 2241 PASSED AND APPROVED BY THE
CITY COUNCIL ON THE 16TH DAY OF MARCH, 1948, AS RECORD- ,
ED IN VOL. 16 PAGES 197 ET SEQ OF THE ORDINANCE AND RESO-
LUTION RECORDS OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS, EN-
TITLED "REGULATING TRAFFIC UPON THE PUBLIC STREETS, ALLEYS,
AND OTHER THOROUGHFARES IN THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS,
AND FIXING PENALTY FOR VIOLATIONS AIM REPEALING ALL OTHER
ORDINANCES AND SECTIONS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREVITH ",
AS THEREAFTER AM MED AND IN PARTICULAR AS A10MED BY ORDI-
NANCE NO. 2515 BY PROVIDING FOR TEE CHANCES HEREINAFTER SET
OUT; DESIGNATING THE TITO CENTER TRAFFIC LANES OF AVENUE E
AND TEE EXTEI?SIONS THEREOF AS INBOUND AIM OUTBOUND TRAFFIC
LANES OF U. S. HIGHNAY 18$ AIMING SECTION 50 (a) OF SAID
ORDINANCE 2241 TO PROVIDE FOR A 45 MILE SPEED L119T AT ALL
TIMES 017 INBOUND TRAFFIC LANE OF U. S. HIGNAAY 181 FROM TIE
1 CITY LI11ITS TO 30O, FEET NORTH FROM THE INTERSECTION OF SAID
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0/ BIGHRAY WITH NARL{ET STREET UM ON OUTBOUND TRAFFIC LANE OF
U. S. HIGHuVAY 181 FROM THE INTERSECTI0N OF SAID HIGEVAY V11TH
GARNER STREET TO THE CITY LIMITS, AND BY ALTIMING MOTION
141 (a) OF SAID ORDINANCE TO PROVIDE FOR ODE WAY TRAFFIC
MOVELIE.NT EAST OId MARHET STREET BEZ7EEN AVENUE "E" AND
HAMILTON ROAD AND ONE 10Y TRAFFIC MOVV TT WEST ON GAMIER
STREET BETITEEN NORTH SHORELINE BOULEVARD AND AVENUE "E";
PROVIDING FOR HETHOD OF PUBLICATION; AND DECLARING Ali _
EMERGENCY. ,
WHEREAS, A careful study of traffic conditions created
by the construction of a Nuaces Bay Causeway and the enlargement of
Highway 161 entering the City of Corpus Christi shows a need for chang-
ing the present traffic regulation thereon; and
I7BEREAS, The City Council has determined that the traffic
regulations hereinafter promulgated are reasonable and prudent:
3IOd, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS:
SECTION 1. The two center traffic lanes of Avenue E and the
extensions thereof of Northsard across the Nueces Bay Causeway to the
City Limits are hereby designated as, and herein referred to as, Inbound
Traffic Lane and Outbound Traffic Lane respectively of U. S. Highway 181.
SECTION 2. That Ordinance No. 2241, passed and approved by the
City Council on the 16th day of Lurch, 1948, as recorded in Vol. 16
pages 197 et seq of the Ordinance and Resolution Records of the City
of Corpus Christi, Texas, as thereafter amended and in particular as
amended by Ordinance 2515, entitled:
"REGULATING TRAFFIC UPON THE PUBLIC STREETS, ALLEYS, AND
OTHER THOROUGHFARES IN THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS,
AND FIXING PENALTY FOR VIOLATIONS AND REPEALING ALL OTHER
ORDINANCES AND SECTIONS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT BERM(ITH"
by amending Section 50 (a) and Section 141 (a) thereof as hereinafter
provided in Sections 3 and 4. ,
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SECTION 3. That said Ordinance No. 22112 be, and it is hereby
amended, by adding to Section 50 (a) thereof the following streets,
speed limits, and effective times:
"INBOUND Traffic lane of U. S. +
Highway 181 from the City
Limits to 300 feet north from + -
the intersection of said
Highway with Market Street.... + 45 Miles Per hour + At all time
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"OUTBOUND Traffic lane of U. S. + +
Highway 161 from the intersec-
tion of said highway with
Garner St, to the City Limits..+ 45 Iales Per hour + At all times
SECTION 11. That said Ordinance No. 22111, be, and it is hereby
amended, by adding to Section 141 (a) thereof the following streets for
designation as one way streets and indicating the direction of movement
of traffic thereon:
+ "'rket Street between Avenue "E" and
Hamilton Road .........................East
Garner Street between North Shoreline
Boulevard and Avenue "E +' ..............Nest ".
SECTION 5. This ordinance shall take effect from and after
of its publication one time in the official publication of the City
of Corpus Christi, which publication shall be sufficient if it con-
tain the caption and title hereof, and state in summary the purpose
of the ordinance and penalty for violation thereof.
SECTION 6. The fact that it is imperative and necessary to
the public safety and general welfare to maintain rules and regula-
tions governing traffic upon the public streets and thoroughfares of
the City of Corpus Christi, and in particular to regulate the speed
limit and direction of traffic movement on the streets and areas here-
in designated, creates a public emergency and an imperative public
necessity requiring the suspension of the Charter rule providing that
no ordinance or resolution 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, declaring
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 ef-
fect from and after its PUBLICATION as herein provided, IT IS ACCORD-
INGLY SO ORDAINED.
PASSED AND APPROVED, This the day of March, A.D. 1951•
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ATTEST: or of t e C o Christi
ity Secretary
APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM:
Ci y Attor
Corpus Christi, Texas
)j�tw 13 , 195
TO THE MEMBERS 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,
YU QniP_ /.t.f�w
MAYOR
City of Corpus Christi, Texas
The Charter rule was suspended by the following votes
Leslie Wasserman
Jack DeForrest
Barney Cott Q
Sydney E. Herndon
George L. Lowman
The above ordinance was passed by the £ollo}ring votes
Leslie Yasserman 411%k
Jack DeForrest
Barney Cott
Sydney E. Herndon -- --6 ---
George L. Lowman'
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