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AN ORDINANCE
AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 2241 KNOWN AS THE TRAFFIC ORDINANCE
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 HEREWITH ", BY AMENDING
ARTICLEDV THEREOF, BY THE ADDITION THERETO OF SECTION 52A PRO -
HIBITlNG THE PASSING OF OR OVERTAKING OF ANOTHER VEHICLE PROCEED-
ING IN THE SAME DIRECTION IN ANY SCHOOL ZONE BETWEEN THE HOURS
OF 8:00 O'CLOCK A. M. AND 5:00 O'CLOCK P. M.; REFERRING TO
SECTION 136 PROVIDING FOR PENALTY FOR VIOLATION OF THIS ORDI-
NANCE BY A FINE OF NOT LESS THAN ONE ($1) AND NOT MORE THAN
TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS ($200); PROVIDING FOR MANNER AND METHOD
OF PUBLICATION; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI,
TEXAS:
SECTION 1. THAT ORDINANCE N0. 2241, KNOWN AS THE TRAFFIC ORDINANCE,
PASSED AND APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL ON THE 16TH DAY OF MARCH -, 1948, AS
RECORDED IN VOLUME 16, PAGE 197 ET SEQ OF THE ORDINANCE AND RESOLUTION RECORDS
OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI,FTEXAS, AND 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 HEREWITH"
BY AMENDING ARTICLE V THEREOF BY THE ADDITION THERETO OF SECTION 52A, TO
READ AS FOLLOWS:
"SECTION 52A. NO VEHICLE SHALL PASS OR OVERTAKE ANOTHER
VEHICLE PROCEEDING IN THE SAME DIRECTION IN ANY SCHOOL ZONE
BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 8 :00 O'CLOCK A. M. AND 5 O'CLOCK P. M." '
SECTION 2. THAT THIS ORDINANCE SHALL TAKE EFFECT FROM AND AFTER ITS-
PUBLICATION ONE TIME IN THE OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI,
WHICH PUBLICATION.SHALL BE SUFFICIENT IF IT CONTAIN THE CAPTION -AND TITLE HEREOF,
AND STATE IN SUMMARY THE PURPOSE OF THE ORDINANCE AND THE PENALTY FOR VIOLATION
THEREOF.
SECTION 3. THAT THE IMMEDIATE NECESSITY FOR PROVIDING FOR THE AFORE-
SAID TRAFFIC REGULATION TO PROTECT THE HEALTH, SAFETY, AND GENERAL WELFARE OF
SCHOOL CHILDREN AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC CREATES A PUBLIC EMERGENCY AND AN IM-
PERATIVE PUBLIC NECESSITY REQUIRING THE SUSPENSION OF THE CHARTER RULE THAT NO
ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION SHALL BE PASSED FINALLY ON THE DATE OF ITS INTRODUCTION
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AND THAT SUCH ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION SHALL BE READ AT THREE SEVERAL MEET-
INGS OF THE CITY COUNCIL, AND THE MAYOR, DECLARING SUCH EMERGENCY AND NECES-
SITY 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 EF-
FECT AND BE IN FULL FORCE AND EFFECT FROM AND AFTER ITS PASSAGE, IT IS ACCORD-
INGLY PASSED AND APPROVED THIS THE'Z AY F SEPTEMBER, A.D. 1952.
MAYOR
THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI
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TEST:
CITY SECRETARY
APPROVED AS TO EGAL FORM:
CITY ATTO NEY
Corpus Christi, Texas
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TO TUE MEM[3ERS OF TILE CITY COUNCIL
Corpus Christi, Texas
Gentlemen:
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,
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,
MAYOR
City of Corpus Christi, Texas
The Charter rule was suspended by the following vote:
Leslie Wasserman
R
Jack DeForrest
Sydney E. Herndon
�AAL
George L. Lowman
Frank E. Williamson
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The above ordinance was passed by the following vote:
Leslie Wassermane�_
Jack DeForrest
Sydney E. Herndon
George L. Lowman
Frank E. Williamson
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