HomeMy WebLinkAbout03589 ORD - 11/11/1953AN ORDINANCE No. 3589
REPEALING A PORTION OF ORDINANCE NO. 3565, PASSED ON THE 14TH
DAY OF OCTOBER, 1953, Or RECORD IN VOLUME 21, PAGE 315, OF THE
ORDINANCE AND RESOLUTION RECORDS OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI,
SAID PORTION BEING SOUTH STAPLES STREET FROM CARROLL LANE
SOUTH TO THE CITY LIMITS; SAID ORDINANCE NO. 3565 BEING AN
AMENDMENT TO SECTION 50 (A) OF ARTICLE V OF ORDINANCE NO. 2241;
AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI,
TEXAS:
SECTION 1. THAT SECTION 50 (A) OF ARTICLE V OF ORDINANCE No. 2241,
ENTITLED "AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 50 (A) OF ARTICLE V OF ORDINANCE No. 2241,
REGULATING TRAFFIC UPON THE PUBLIC STREETS, ALLEYS, AND OTHER THOROUGHFARES IN THE
CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, AND FIXING PENALTY FOR VIOLATIONS AND REPEALING ALL OTHER
ORDINANCES AND SECTIONS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH; AND DECLARING AN EMER-
GENCY", WAS HERETOFORE AMENDED BY ORDINANCE No. 3565, DATED THE 14TH DAY OF OCTOBER,
19531 OF RECORD IN VOLUME 21, PAGE 315 OF THE ORDINANCE AND RESOLUTION RECORDS OF
THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, AND IN SUCH ORDINANCE No. 3565, THE FOLLOWING APPEARS:
NAME OF STREET SPEED LIMIT t EFFECTIVE TIMES
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SOUTH STAPLES STREET t t
FROM CARROLL LANE SOUTH I 45 MILES PER HOUR t AT ALL TIMES
TO CITY LIMITS t t
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SECTION 2. THAT THE ABOVE DESCRIBED PORTION OF ORDINANCE No. 3565, SAME
BEING THE 45 MILE PER HOUR SPEED LIMIT ON SOUTH STAPLES STREET FROM CARROLL LANE
SOUTH TO CITY LIMITS, IS HEREBY EXPRESSLY REPEALED.
SECTION 3. IT IS EXPRESSLY ORDAINED THAT THE ABOVE DESCRIBED PORTION OF
ORDINANCE No. 3565 IS THE ONLY PART HEREIN REPEALED, AND THAT ALL OTHER PORTIONS
OF SAID ORDINANCE No. 3565 SHALL REMAIN IN FULL FORCE AND EFFECT.
SECTION 4. THE FACT THAT IT IS IMPERATIVE AND NECESSARY TO THE PUBLIC
SAFETY AND GENERAL WELFARE TO REGULATE THE SPEED LIMIT OF MOTOR VEHICLES IN THE
PARTICULAR AREA DESIGNATED ABOVE CREATES A PUBLIC EMERGENCY AND PUBLIC IMPERATIVE
NECESSITY REQUIRING THE SUSPENSION OF THE CHARTER RULE THAT NO ORDINANCE OR RESO-
LUTION SHALL BE PASSED FINALLY ON THE DATE IT IS INTRODUCED AND THAT SUCH ORDINANCE
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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
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 PASSAGES IT IS ACCORDINGLY
SO ORDAINED.
PASSED AND APPROVED THIS OF NOVEMBER, -1953-
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CITY ATTORNEY
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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 REQUIREMENT AND PASS THIS
ORDINANCE FINALLY ON THE DATE IT IS INTRODUCED, OR AT THE PRESENT
MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
RESPECTFULLY, n
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MAYOR
CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
THE CHARTER RULE WAS SUSPE'II D BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE:
A. A. LICHTENSTEIN
ELLROY KING
P. C. CALLAWAY
JAMES 4. NAISMITH
W. JAMES BRACE
THE ABOVE ORDINANCE WAS PASSED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE:
A. A. LICHTENSTEIN
ELLROY KING
P. C. CALLAWAY
JAMES S. NAISMITH
W. JAMES BRACE
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