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AN ORDINANCE
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AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 2241 ENTITLED "AN ORDINANCE REGULATING
TRAFFIC UPON THE PUBLIC STREETS, ALLEYS, AND OTHER THOROUGH-
FARES IN THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS, AND FIXING A PENALTY
FOR VIOLATIONS AND REPEALING ALL OTHER ORDINANCES AND SECTIONS OF
ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH" BY 'ADDING TO SAID ORDINANCE A
SECTION TO BE ENTITLED SECTION 48 1/2, PROHIBITING THE CONSTRUCTION
OR MAINTENANCE OF ANY WALL, FENCE, OR OTHER STRUCTURE, OR THE
GROWTH, OR MAINTENANCE OF ANY HEDGE, TREE, SHRUB OR OTHER GROWTH
UPON CORNER LOTS IN SUCH MANNER AS TO ENDANGER TRAFFIC PASSAGE
BY OBSTRUCTING VISION AT SUCH CORNER.
WHEREAS, THE FREE AND SAFE MOVEMENT OF TRAFFIC IS ENDANGERED BY OB-
STRUCTED BI,SION AT INTERSECTIONS; AND
WHEREAS, THE PUBLIC INTEREST REQUIRES THAT SUCH OBSTRUCTION AS WALLS,
FENCES, TREES, SHRUBS, AND OTHER GROWTH BE RESTRICTED IN HEIGHT SO AS NOT TO
CONSTITUT=E AN OBSTRUCTION TO VIEW.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS:
SECTION 1. THAT ORDINANCE No. 2241 PASSED AND APPROVED BY THE CITYLp
COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, ON THE 16TH DAY OF MARCH, A. D. 19V,
AND 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 ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH ",
BY ADDING TO ARTICLE IV THEREOF A SECTION TO BE KNOWN AS SECTION 48 1/2, READING'
AS FOLLOWS:
"SECTION 48 1/2. PROHIBITING OBSTRUCTIONS "SUCH AS SHRUBS AND OTHER
STRUCTURES AT INTERSECTIONS IN RESTRICTED ZONES:
(A) NO PERSON SHALL ERECT ANY WALL, FENCE, OR OTHER
STRUCTION TO A HEIGHTH GREATER THAN THREE (3) FEET, OR PLANT
ANY HEDGE, TREE, SHRUB, OR OTHER GROWTH OF A HEIGHTH GREATER
THAN THREE FEET (3'), OR MAINTAIN OR PERMIT THE EXISTENCE OF
ANY SUCH WALL, FENCE, OR OTHER STRUCTURE OF A HEIGHT GREATER
OR EXISTENCE
THAN THREE (3) FEET, OR MAINTAIN OR PERMIT THE GROWTH/ OF ANY
HEDGE, TREE, SHRUB, OR OTHER STRUCTURE TO A HEIGHT GREATER THAN
THREE FEET (3') UPON HIS PROPERTY WHEREVER SAID PROPERTY IS
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BOUNDED ON TWO ADJACENT SIDES BY PUBLIC RIGHT -OF -WAYS FOR
ROAD, STREET, BOULEVARD, ALLEYWAY, OR OTHER PUBLIC PASSAGE-
WAY; THEAREA SO RESTRICTED BEING THE AREA OF THE CORNER OR
CORNERS OF SUCH PROPERTY, MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS
BEING THAT AREA BOUNDED BY TWO INTERSECTING BOUNDARIES OF
THE PUBLIC RIGHT -OF -WAYS FOR A DISTANCE OF TWENTY FEET (20')
OF EACH OF SAID BOUNDARIES FROM THE POINT OF INTERSECTION,
AND BOUNDED BY A THIRD SIDE DETERMINED BY THE DRAWING OF A
STRAIGHT LINE FROM THE POINTS ON THE TWO INTERSECTING BOUNDARIES
TWENTY FEET (20') FROM THEIR INTERSECTION; PROVIDED, HOWEVER,
THAT THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ORDINANCE SHALL APPLY ONLY TO
THOSE AREAS OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS, "DESIGNATED
AND CLASSIFIED BY THE ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CORPUS
CHRISTI, BEING ORDINANCE No. 2266, AS THE SAME HAS BEEN OR
MAY BE AMENDED, AS FOLLOWS: R -I, ONE- FAMILY DWELLING DISTRICT
USE; R -2, TWO - FAMILY DWELLING DISTRICT USE; A -1, FIRST APART-
MENT HOUSE DISTRICT USE; A -2, SECOND APARTMENT HOUSE DISTRICT
USE; AND A -3, THIRD APARTMENT HOUSE DISTRICT USE.
°(B) SUBSECTION (A) OF SECTION 48 1/2, ARTICLE IV,
SHALL NOT APPLY TO ANY BUSINESS BUILDING, FAMILY DWELLING,
OR APARTMENT HOUSE NOW EXISTING AND NOT IN VI OLATION OF ANY
LAW OF THE STATE OF TEXAS OR ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF CORPUS
CHRISTI, TEXAS.
"(C) ANYONE VIOLATING THE PROVISIONS OF SUBSECTION (A)
OF SECTION 48 1/2, ARTICLE IV, SHALL BE SUBJECT TO A FINE OF
NOT LESS THAN FIVE DOLLARS ($5.0D) AND NOT MORE THAN ONE HUNDRED
DOLLARS ($100.00), AND EACH DAY THAT ANY STRUCTWRE OR GROWTH AS
HEREIN DEFINED SHALL BE PERMITTED TO EXIST IN VIOLATION OF THIS
ORDINANCE SHALL CONSTITUTE A SEPARATE OFFENSE."
SECTION 2. THAT THE FOREGOING ORDINANCE WAS READ FOR THE FIRST
TIME AND PASSED TO ITS SECOND READING ON THIS THE DAY OF ,
19531 BY THE FOLLOWING VO4E:
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A. A. LICHTENSTEIN
ELLROY KING
P. C. CALLAWAY
JAMES A. NAISMITH
W. JAMES BRACE
THAT THE FOREGOING ORDINANCE WA REAJD9 FOR THE SECOND TIME AND
PASSED TO ITS THIRD READING ON THIS THE // DAY OF ,
1953, BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE:
A. A. LICHTENSTEIN
ELLROY KING
P. C. CALLAWAY
JAMES A. NAISMITH
W. JAMES BRACE
THAT THE FOREGOING. ORDINANCE WAS //EAD FOR THE THIRD TIME AND PASSED
FINALLY ON THIS THE _ 4 DAY OF !� , 1953, BY THE FOLLOWING
VOTE:
A. A. LICHTENSTEIN
ELLROY KING
P. C. CALLAWAY
JAMES A. NAISMITH
W. JAMES BRACE
PASSED AND APPROVED, THIS THE -^- DAy OF 1953.
ATTEST:
APPROVED AS
THE ISLTY OF CORPUS CHRISTI,
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