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AN ORDINANCE
AMENDING SECTION 83 OF ARTICLE IX OF ORDINANCE NO. 2241
ENTITLED "AN ORDINANCE 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 ORDI-
NANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH ", BY PROVIDING THAT IT SHALL
BE UNLAWFUL TO OPERATE ANY TRUCK AND /OR TRAILER OR VEHICLE
HAVING A CAPACITY IN EXCESS OF ONE TON ON CERTAIN STREETS
OR CERTAIN PORTIONS OF CER IN STREETS AT ANY TIME; PRO-
VIDING EXCEPTIONS; FIXING PENALTY FOR VIOLATIONS; REPEALING
ALL OTHER ORDINANCES AND SECTIONS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT
HEREWITH; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI,
SECTION 1. THAT SECTION 83 OF ARTICLE IX OF ORDINANCE N0. 2241 BE
AMENDED SO AS HEREAFTER TO READ AS FOLLOWS:
"SECTION 83. IT SHALL BE UNLAWFUL FOR THE OPERATOR OF ANY TRUCK
AND /OR TRAILER, OR THE OPERATOR OF ANY VEHICLE, WHICH HAS A CAPACITY IN EXCESS
OF ONE TON, ACCORDING TO THE MANUFACTURERS' RATING, TO DRIVE OR OPERATE SUCH
T RUC , OR SUCH TRUCK AND /OR TRAILER, OR SUCH VEHICLE, UPON THE PUBLIC STREET
OR STREETS, OR A PART THEREOF, HEREINAFTER DESIGNATED:
JA) OAK PARK STREET BETWEEN UPRIVER ROAD AND ASH STREET
(B) SHORELINE BOULEVARD
(C) OCEAN DRIVE BETWEEN THE NORTHERNMOST END THEREOF AND THE
INTERSECTION OF ALAMEDA STREET.
IT IS,HOWEVER, EXCEPTED, AND THIS SECTION SHALL NOT BE CONSTRUED TO
PROHIBIT THE OPERATION OF ANY TRUCK, OR ANY TRUCK AND /OR TRAILER -, OR ANY VEHICLE
FROM CROSSING SHORELINE BOULEVARD FOR THE PURPOSE OF GOING TO OR RETURNING
FROM THE BARGE DOCKS, THE "T" HEADS OR THE "L" HEAD, NOR SHALL THIS SECTION
BE CONSTRUED TO PROHIBIT ANY TRUCK, OR ANY TRUCK AND /OR TRAILER, OR ANY
VEHICLE FROM BEING USED IN THE PROCESS OF CONSTRUCTING, MAINTAINING OR REPAIRING
ANY PART OR PORTION OF SAID OCEAN DRIVE OR SHORELINE BOULEVARD OR'OAK PARK
STREET, OR ANY PART OR PORTION OF THE PARKWAYS THEREOF, OR ANY PART OR PORTION
OF THE CORPUS CHRISTI BAYFRONT IMPROVEMENT PROJECT.
THERE IS FURTHER EXCEPTED, AND THIS SECTION SHALL NOT BE CONSTRUED TO
PROHIBIT, ANY TRUC , OR TRUCK AND /OR TRAILER, OR VEHICLE FROM MAKING A DELIVERY
OR PICK UP FROM ANY POINT ON SAID OAK PARK STREET OR SHORELINE BOULEVARD OR
'SAID OCEAN DRIVE, PROVIDED THE INGRESS OR EGRESS TO SAID OCEAN DRIVE OR SHORE-
LINE BOULEVARD BE FROM OR TO lHE NEAREST INTERSECTION TO THE POINT OF DELIVERY
OR PICK UP.
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THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION SHALL NOT BE CONSTRUED TO APPLY TO
ANY PASSENGER BUS.
SECTION 2. IF ANY PART OR PARTS OF THIS ORDINANCE ARE-FOR ANY
REASON HELD TO BE INVALID, SUCH DECISION SHALL NOT AFFECT THE VALIDITY OF
THE REMAINING PORTIONS OF THIS ORDINANCE.
SECTION 3. ALL ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF _
CORPUS CHRISTI IN CONFLICT HEREWITH ARE HEREBY REPEALED.
SECTION 4. THIS BEING AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR A PENALTY IN CASE
OF ITS VIOLATION, THE SAME SHALL BE PUBLISHED BY PUBLISHING ITS CAPTION OR
TITLE STATING ITS PURPOSE AND THE PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS THEREOF AS SET
FORTH IN SECTION. 136, SAID PUBLICATION TO BE TWICE IN THE OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER
OF THE CITY, AND THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BE IN FULL FORCE AND EFFECT FROM AND
AFTER ITS SECOND PUBLICATION.
SECTION 5. THE FACT THAT IT IS IMPERATIVE AND NECESSARY TO THE PUBLIC
SAFETY AND GENERAL WELFARE TO FACILITATE THE FLOW OF TRAFFIC ON THE STREETS
OF CORPUS CHRISTI, AND TO PROHIBIT HEAVY COMMERCIAL VEHICLES FROM USING THOSE
STREETS AND PARTS THEREOF DESIGNATED HEREIN, 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 INTRO-
DUCED AND THAT SUCH ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION SHALL BE READ AT THREE SEVERAL
MEETINGS OF THE CITY COUNCILS AND THE MAYOR HAVING DECLARED THAT SUCH PUBLIC
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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 THE / �/ DAY OF MAY, 1953.
ATTEST:
® MAYOR
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CITY SECRETARY /
APPROVED AS TO LEG L FORM:
CITY ATTORNEY '
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CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
1953
TO THE MEMBERS OF THE 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 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 R- EQUIREMENT AND PASS THIS
ORDINANCE FINALLY ON THE DATE IT 15 INTRODUCED, OR AT THE PRESENT
MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
RESPECTFULLY
MAYOR
CITY OF RPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
THE CHARTER RULE WAS SUSPENDED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE:
A. A. LICHTENSTEIN
ELLROY KING
P. C. CALLAWAY
JAMES A. NAISMITH
W. JAMES BRACE
THE ABOVE ORDINANCE WAS PASSED BY THE FOLL ING VOTE:
A. A. LICHTENSTEIN
ELLRO.Y KING
P. C. CALLAWAY
JAMES A. NAISMITH
W. JAMES BRACE
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