HomeMy WebLinkAbout04687 ORD - 12/05/1956AN ORDINANCE
AMENDING 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 A PENALTY FOR VIOLATIONS AND REPEAL-
ING ALL OTHER ORDINANCES AND SECTIONS OF ORDINANCES IN
CONFLICT HEREWITH ", BY AMENDING SUB- PARAGRAPH (A) OF
SECTION 141 OF SAID ORDINANCE NO. 2241 AS AMENDED, BY
ADDING THE FOLLOWING ONE -WAY STREETS: LOUISIANA AVENUE
NORTH WEST• LOUISIANA AVENUE SOUTH LANE EAST;
ANU Y AMENDING SECTION 0 3 SO AS 0 O TRUCK
TRAFFIC ON LOUISIANA_AVENUE; CONTAIN -ING p REPEALING
CLAUSE. CONTAINING A SAVINGS CLAUSE; PROVIDING FOR PUB-
LICATION; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
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 CITY
COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, ON THE 16TH DAY OF MARCH, 1948, ENTITLED:
"AN ORDINANCE REGULATING TRAFFIC UPON THE PUBLIC STREETS, ALLEYS, AND OTHER THOROUGH-
FARES IN THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS, AND FIXING PENALTY FOR VIOLATIONS AND
REPEALING ALL OTHER ORDINANCES AND SECTIONS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH', AS
AMENDED, BE AMENDED BY AMENDING SUB- PARAGRAPH (A) OF SECTION 141 BY ADDING TO SAID
SUB- PARAGRAPH (A) SO AS TO DESIGNATE THE FOLLOWING STREETS AS ONE -WAY STREETS:
"SECTION 141 (A).
LOUISIANA AVENUE (NORTH LANE) ...................WEST
LOUISIANA AVENUE (SOUTH LANE) ................... EAST
SECTION 2. THAT ORDINANCE 2241, SECTION 83, AS AMENDED BY ORDINANCE
N0. 3464 AND 3727, BE AMENDED SO AS TO ADD SUB- PARAGRAPH (D) PROHIBITING TRUCK
TRAFFIC ON LOUISIANA AVENUE, AND BY ADDING THE FOLLOWING PARAGRAPH TO SAID SECTION
83:
'THERE IS FURTHER EXCEPTED, AND THIS SECTION SHALL NOT BE CON-
STRUED TO PROHIBIT ANY TRUCK OR TRUCK ANO,OR TRAILER, OR VE-
HICLE FROM MAKING A DELIVERY OR PICKUP FROM ANY POINT ON SAID
LOUISIANA AVENUE."
SECTION 3. ALL ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF
CORPUS CHRISTI IN CONFLICT HEREWITH ARE HEREBY REPEALED.
SECTION 4. 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 5. 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 A9D THE PENALTIES FOR VIOLATION THEREOF AS SET FORTH IN
SECTION 136, SAID PUBLICATION TO BE ONCE IN THE OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF THE CITY;
AND THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BE IN FULL FORCE AND EFFECT FROM AND AFTER ITS PUBLICATION.
SECTION 6. THE NECESSITY OF IMMEDIATELY DESIGNATION SUCH STREETS AS
ONE -WAY STREETS IN ORDER TO FACILITATE BETTER TRAFFIC CONTROL CREATES A PUBLIC
EMERGENCY AND AN IMPERATIVE PUBLIC NECESSITY REQUIRING THE SUSPENSION OF THE
CHARTER RULE THAT NO ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION SHALL BE PASSED FINALLY ON THE DATE
OF ITS INTRODUCTION AND THAT SUCH ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION SHALL BE READ AT
THREE SEVERAL MEETINGS OF THE CITY COUNCIL, AND THE MAYOR, HAVING DECLARED SUCH
EMERGENCY AND NECESSITY TO EXIST, HAVING REQUESTED THE SUSPENSION OF SAID CHARTER
RULE AND THAT THIS ORDINANCE BE PASSED FINALLY ON THE DATE OF 'ITS INTRODUCTION
AND THAT SUCH ORDINANCE TAKE EFFECT AND BE IN FULL FORCE AND EFFECT AS HE[� \ /jf,�FLNABOVE
PROVIDED, IT IS ACCORDINGLY PASSED AND APPROVED, THIS THE ' ( DAY of
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CORP CHRISTI, TEXAS
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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 FORE-
GOING ORDINANCE, A PUBLIC EMERGENCY AND IMPERATIVE NECESSITY EXIST FOR THE
SUSPENSION OF THE CHARTER RULE OR REQUIREMENT THAT NO ORDINANCE OR RESOLU-
TION 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 INTRO-
DUCED, Olt AT THE PRESENT MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
RESPECT LL ,
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THE ITY OF ORP USA CHRISTI, TEXAS
THE CHARTER RULE WAS SUSPENDED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE:
FARRELL O. SMITH
W. J. ROBERTS
MINOR CULLI
B. E. BIGLER
MANUEL P. MALDONADO
THE ABOVE ORDINANCE WAS PASSED BY THE FOLLOWING OTE
FARRELL 0. SMITH
W. J. ROBERTS
MINOR CULLI
B. E. BIGLER
MANUEL P. MALDONADO
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