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AN ORDINANCE
AMENDING ORDINANCE NO, 22�k.1..BY- AMENDING SECTIONS _143.
ANB 144 SHER -EOF BY DESIGNATING PORTIONS OF OCEAN DRIVE,
SAM RANKIN STREETS SOUTH STAPLES_STREET, MORGAN STREET,_
AND BROWNLEE STREET ON „WHICH PARKING SHALL BE PROHIBITE-0,
RTJD 7HE HOURS OF SUCH PROHIBITION; AND AMENDING ORDINANCE
N0. 3545, WHICH AMENDS SECTION 52 OF ORDINANCE NO. 2241,
BY REPEALING THAT OF ORDINANCE_NO
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2QUES; AMENDING SECTION S3 OF ORDINANCE 22TF1, AS AMENDED
BY ORDINANCE NO. 3464, BY PROVIDING FOR USE OF A PORTION
OF OCEAN DRIVE BY TRUCKS WHEN MAKING A DELIVERY ON A
STREET WHICH INTERSECTS OCEAN DRIVE; PROVIDING FOR PUBLI-
CATION.
BE IT ORDAINED BY.THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI,
TEXAS:
SECTION *. ORDINANCE N0. 2241, PASSED AND APPROVED BY THE CITY
COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI ON THE 16TH 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 BY ADDING THE FOLLOWING
NAMED STREETS AND PORTIONS THEREOF TO THE LIST OF STREETS UPON WHICH PARKING
IS PROHIBITED ALREADY ;INCLUDED IN ORDINANCE N0. 2241:
"SECTION 143:
OCEAN DRIVE, FOR A DISTANCE OF 100 FEET FROM ALL
INTERSECTIONS.
SAM RANKIN STREET, BETWEEN LIPAN STREET AND BUFFALO
STREET, EAST SIDE THEREOF.
SAM RANKIN STREET, BETWEEN MESTINA STREET AND LEOPARD
STREET.
SDUTH STAPLES STREET, EAST SIDE THEREOF, NORTH OF
AYERS FOR A DISTANCE OF 100 FEET.”
"SECTION 144:
NAME OF STREET HOURS STOPPING, STANDING
OR PARKING PROHIBITED
MORGAN STREET, BETWEEN
OCEAN DRIVE AND NINETEENTH
STREET, SOUTH SIDE THEREOF BETWEEN 7 A.M. AND 9 A.M.
MORGAN STREET, BETWEEN OCEAN
DRIVE AND NINETEENTH STREET,
NORTH SIDE THEREOF BETWEEN 4 P.M. AND 6 P.M.
BROWNLEE STREET, BETWEEN
LAREDO AND AGNES STREET, WEST
SIDE THEREOF BETWEEN 4 P.M. AND 6 P.M."
SECTION 2. THAT PORTION OF ORDINANCE 3545, BEING AN AMENDMENT TO
SECTION 52, ORDINANCE 2241, WHICH MAKES IT 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
FISHER ELEMENTARY 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PER HOUR BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 7:00 A.M. AND 5:30 P.M., IS HEREBY REPEALED AS FOLLOWS:
"SECTION 52. SPEED IN SCHOOL ZONES. - IT IS HEREBY
DETERMINED UPON THE BASIS OF AN ENGINEERING AND TRAFFIC
INVESTIGATION THAT, BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 8 :00 A.M. AND
5 :00 P.M. ON ANY DAY WHEN CHILDREN ARE REQUIRED TO BE
IN ATTENDANCE AT SCHOOL, THE MAXIMUM REASONABLE AND PRU-
DENT SPEED LIMIT WITHIN ANY SCHOOL ZONE IS 15 MILES PER
HOUR, AND, BETWEEN SUCH HOURS ON ANY SUCH DAY IT SHALL
BE UNLAWFUL 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, THAT
THE CITY TRAFFIC ENGINEER IS HEREBY GIVEN AUTHORITY TO
CHANGE OR MODIFY THE HOURS OF ENFORCEMENT WHEN, IN HIS
DISCRETION, THE NEED DEVELOPS AND UPON HIS GIVING SUFF1-
CIENT PUBLIC NOTICE OF SUCH CHANGES."
SECTION 3. THAT ORDINANCE 2241, SECTION 83, AS AMENDED BY ORDINANCE
3464, 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 TRUCK, OR SUCH TRUCK AND/OR
TRAILER, OR SUCH VEHICLE, UPON THE PUBLIC STREET OR STREETS,
OR A PART THEREOF, HEREINAFTER DESIGNATED:
(A) OAK PARK STREET BETWEEN UP RIVER ROAD AND ASH
STREET
(B) SHORELINE BOULEVARD
(C) OCEAN DRIVE BETWEEN THE NORTHERNMOST END THEREOF
AND THE INTERSECTION OF ALAMEDA STREET-
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IT IS, HOWEVERy EXCEPTED, AND THIS SECTION SHALL NOT BE
CONSTRUED TO PROHIBIT THE OPERATION OF ANY TRUCKS OR ANY
TRUCK AND /OR TRAILERS OR ANY VEHICLE FROM CROSSING SHORE-
LINE 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 TRAILERS 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 STREETS OR ANY PART OR PORTION OF THE PARKWAYS
THEREOF, OR ANY PART OR PORTION OF THE CORPUS CHRISTI
BAYFRONT IMPROVEMENT PROJECT.
THERE IS FURTHER EXCEPTED2 AND THIS SECTION SHALL NOT BE
CONSTRUED TO PROHIBIT ANY TRUCKS 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 SHORELINE BOULEVARD BE FROM OR TO THE NEAREST INTER-
SECTION TO THE POINT OF DELIVERY OR PICK UP.
THERE 15 FURTHER EXCEPTED, AND THIS SECTION SHALL NOT BE
CONSTRUED TO PROHIBIT, ANY TRUCKS OR TRUCK AND /OR TRAILER,
OR VEHICLE FROM USING A PORTION OF OCEAN DRIVES NOT TO
EXCEED ONE BLOCK THEREOF, WHEN MAKING A DELIVERY WITHIN
ONE BLOCK WEST OF OCEAN DRIVE ON ANY STREET WHICH INTERSECTS
OCEAN DRIVE, AS A MEANS OF INGRESS OR EGRESS.
THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION SHALL NOT BE CONSTRUED TO
APPLY TO PASSENGER BUS."
SECTION 4. IF ANY PART OR PARTS OF THIS ORDINANCE ARE FOR ANY
REASON HELD TO BE INVALIDS SUCH DECISION SHALL NOT AFFECT THE VALIDITY OF
THE REMAINING PORTIONS OF THIS ORDINANCE.
SECTION 5. ALL ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF
CORPUS CHRISTI IN CONFLICT HEREWITH ARE HEREBY REPEALED.
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SECTION 6. 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 VIOLATION 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 7. THAT THE FOREGOING ORDINANCE WAS REAR FOR THE FIRST
TIME AND PASSED TO ITS SECOND READING ON THIS THE PDAY OF
1954, BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE:
ELI-Roy KIN
P. C. CALLAWAY
JAMES S. NAISMITH
W. JAMES BRACE
THAT THE FOREGOING ORDINANCE WAS READ FOR THE SECOND TIME AND PASSED
TO ITS THIRD REA ING ON THIS THE / DAY OF 1954, BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE;
T (lC.�O
ELLROY KI
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P. C. CALUWAY
JAMES S. NAISMITH
W. JAMES BRACE
THAT THE FOREGOING ORDINANCE WAS READ FO#HETHIRD TIME AND PASSED
FINALLY ON THIS THE / �/-' DAY OF I , 1954, BY T E FOLLOWING VOTE:
ELLROY KI
P. C. CALLAWAY
JAMES S. NAISMITH
W. JAMES BRACE ,/
PASSED AND APPROVED, THIS THE / /l / DAY OF APRIL, 1954.
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