HomeMy WebLinkAbout03545 ORD - 09/09/1953AN ORDINANCE
AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 2241 BY AMENDING SECTION 52 OF SUCH
ORDINANCE BY DESIGNATING TIME AND SPEED IN SCHOOL ZONES IN
THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI AND SETTING SPECIAL TIME FOR
SCHOOL ZONES AT THE FISHER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND WYNN -SEALE
JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL; PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION; AND DECLARING
AN EMERGENCY.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI,
TEXAS:
SECTION 1. IT IS HEREBY DETERMINED UPON THE BASIS OF AN ENGINEERING
AND TRAFFIC INVESTIGATION THAT DURING THE HOURS BEGINNING ONE -HALF HOUR BEFORE
COMMENCEMENT OF CLASSES AND ENDING ONE -HALF HOUR AFTER CLOSING OF SCHOOL ON
ANY DAY WHEN CHILDREN ARE REQUIRED TO BE IN ATTENDANCE AT SCHOOLS, THE MAXIMUM
REASONABLE AND PRUDENT SPEED LIMIT WITHIN ANY SCHOOL ZONE IS 15 MILES PER HOUR.
SECTION 2. ORDINANCE N0. 2241, PASSED AND APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI ON THE 167TH DAY OF MARCH, 1948 AND RECORDED IN
VOLUME 16, PAGE 197 OF THE ORDINANCE AND RESOLUTION RECORDS OF THE CITY OF
CORPUS CHRISTI AS AMENDED IS HEREBY AMENDED AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 52 IS HEREBY AMENDED_ So AS FROM AND AFTER THE ADOPTION
HEREOF TO READ AS FOLLOWS:
"SECTION 52. SPEED IN SCHOOL ZONES. -- BETWEEN THE
HOURS FROM 8 :00 A.M. TO 5 :00 P.M. ON ANY DAY WHEN ANY SCHOOL
IS OR WILL BE OPEN FOR ATTENDANCE OF PUPILS IT SHALL BE UNLAW-
FUL FOR ANY PERSON TO DRIVE OR OPERATE A MOTOR OR OTHER VEHICLE
WITHIN SUCH ZONE AT A GREATER RATE OF SPEED THAN FIFTEEN (15)
MILES PER HOUR; PROVIDED FURTHER THAT UNTIL TERMINATED BY MOTION
DULY PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL IT SHALL BE UNLAWFUL FOR ANY
PERSON TO DRIVE OR OPERATE A MOTOR VEHICLE OR OTHER VEHICLE IN
THE REGULARLY DESIGNATED SCHOOL ZONES LOCATED ON AYERS STREET AND
STAPLES STREET ADJACENT TO THE WYNN -SEALE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL AND
IN THE SCHOOL ZONE ON MINNESOTA STREET ADJACENT TO THE FISHER ELE-
MENTARY SCHOOL AT A SPEED OF NOT GREATER THAN FIFTEEN (15) MILES
PER HOUR BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 7 :00 A.M. AND 5 :30 P.M.; AND PROVIDED
FURTHER THAT THIS SPECIAL REGULATION DEALING WITH THE ABOVE TWO
SCHOOLS SHALL REMAIN IN FORCE AND EFFECT UNTIL DECLARED TO BE NO
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LONGER OPERATIVE BY MOTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF CORPUS CHRISTI, AND IN THE EVENT OF SUCH MOTION BY SAID CITY
COUNCIL, THEN THE TIME AND SPEED LIMIT FOR SCHOOL ZONES AT
SUCH TWO SCHOOLS SHALL BE THE SAME AS THE TIME AND SPEED LIMIT
REGULATIONS HEREIN PROVIDED FOR ALL OTHER SCHOOL ZONES IN THE
CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI.
SECTION 3. 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 CONTAIN THE CAPTION STATING IN SUMMARY THE PURPOSE OF
THE ORDINANCE AND THE PENALTY FOR VIOLATION THEREOF.
SECTION 4. THAT THE CROWDED CONDITIONS IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS CREATES A
NEED FOR LONGER TIMES IN THE OP- ERATION OF SCHOOL ZONES FOR SAID AREAS IN THE
INTEREST OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND CREATES A PUBLIC EMERGENCY AND A PUBLIC IMPERATIVE
NECESSITY REQUIRING THE SUSPENBION OF THE CHARTER RULE PROVIDING THAT NO ORDINANCE
OR RESOLUTION SHALL BE PASSED FINALLY ON THE DAY IT IS INTRODUCED, AND THAT
SUCH ORDINANCE 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 EXISTS, AND REQUESTS THAT SAID CHARTER RULE BE SUSPENDED,
AND THAT THIS ORDINANCE TAKE EFFECT AND BE IN FULL FORCE AND EFFECT FROM AND
AFTER ITS PASSAGE, IT IS ACCORDINGLY ORDAINED.
PASSED AND APPROVED THIS DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 1953.
THE CITYAl` CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
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APPROVED AS i0 LEGAL'FORM:/
CITY A T R EY
CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
, 1953
TO THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
GENTLEMEN:
FOR THE REASONS SET FORTH `N 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 RE 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 15 INTRODUCED, OR AT THE PRESENT
MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
RESPECTFULLY,
MAYOR
CITY OF CORP CHRISTI, TEXAS
THE CHARTER RULE WAS SUSPENDED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE:
A. A. LICHTENSTEIN
ELI-Roy KING
P. C. CALLAWAY
JAMES A. NAISMITH
W. JAMES BRACE
THE ABOVE ORDINANCE WAS PASSED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE:
A. A. LICHTENSTEIN
ELLROY KING
P. C. CALLAWAY
JAMES A. NAISMITH A
W. JAMES BRACE
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