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AN ORDINANCE
AMENDING THE CORPUS CHRISTI URBAN TRANSPORTATION
PLAN, AN ELEMENT OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN OF THE CITY
OF CORPUS CHRISTI ("THE CITY"), BY ADOPTING THE REVISED
CORPUS CHRISTI URBAN TRANSPORTATION PLAN FOR THE CITY
AND ITS EXTRATEREITORIAL JURISDICTION; ESTABLISHING A
UNIFIED TRANSPORTATION PLAN FOR COORDINATION OF STREET
IMPROVEMENTS CONSISTENT WITH THE PUBLIC INTEREST;
RESCINDING THE CORPUS CHRISTI URBAN TRANSPORTATION
PLAN ADOPTED BM CITY COUNCIL ORDINANCE 022166,
FEBRUARY 22, 1995; AMENDING THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN OF
THE CITY; PROVIDING FOR SEVERANCE; AND PROVIDING FOR
PUBLICATION.
WHEREAS, the Transportation Advisory Board and the Planning Commission has each
forwarded to the City Council its reports and recommendations concerning the
amendment of the Corpus Christ Urban Transportation Plan, an element of the
Comprehensive Plan of the City of Corpus Christi;
WHEREAS, with proper notice to the public, public hearings were held on Monday, July
22, 2002, during a meeting of the Transportation Advisory Board, on Wednesday,
September 25, 2002, during a meeting of the Planning Commission, and on Tuesday,
March 11,2003, during a meeting of the City Council, in the Council Chambers, at City
Hall, in the City of Corpus Christi, during which all interested persons were allowed to
appear and be heard;
WHEREAS, these amendments will:
1) Provide a unified Transportation Plan for coordination of street improvements;
2) Enable the City to require right-of-way (ROW) dedication prior to development, in
the city and the ET J, thereby minimizing the need for ROW purchases;
3) Reduce traffic congestion on existing and future roads within the city and its ET J;
4) Unify and consolidate the transportation plans in 10 adopted area development
plans;
5) Provide greater right-of-way for placement of utilities outside of roadway
pavement;
6) Incorporate American Disability Act standards for sidewalks;
7) Meet TxDOT 2000 and AASHTO roadway design standards; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has determined that these amendments would best serve
public health, necessity, and convenience and the general welfare of the City of Corpus
Christi and its citizens.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS:
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SECTION 1. That the Corpus Christi Urban Transportation Plan (an element of the
Comprehensive Plan of the City of Corpus Christi, Texas) is hereby amended by
adopting the revised Corpus Christi Urban Transportation Plan to read as shown in
Exhibit "A" attached hereto and hereby incorporated by reference.
SECTION 2. That the Corpus Christi Urban Transportation Plan adopted by City
Council Ordinance 022166, February 28, 1995, is hereby rescinded.
SECTION 3. That to the extent that the amendments made by this Ordinance represent
a deviation from the Comprehensive Plan, the Comprehensive Plan is amended to
conform to the amendments made by this Ordinance.
SECTION 4. That the Comprehensive Plan of the City of Corpus Christi, Texas, as
amended from time to time, ex(3ept as changed by this ordinance and any other
ordinances adopted on this date, remains in full force and effect.
SECTION 5. That any ordinance or part of any ordinance in conflict with this ordinance
is expressly repealed by this ordinance.
SECTION 6. The City Council intends that every section, paragraph, subdivision,
clause, phrase, word or provision hereof shall be given full force and effect for its
purpose. Therefore, if any section, paragraph, subdivision, clause, phrase, word or
provision of this ordinance is held invalid or unconstitutional by final judgment of a court
of competent jurisdiction, that judgment shall not affect any other section, paragraph,
subdivision, clause, phrase, word or provision of this ordinance.
SECTION 7. Publication shall be made in the official publication of the City of Corpus
Christi as required by the City Charter of the City of Corpus Christi.
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That the foregoing ordinance was read for the first time and passed to its second
reading on this the 11th day of March, 2003, by the following vote:
Samuel L. Neal, Jr. !.t ~.~ RexA. Kinnison (~ t
Brent Chesney (.'~_~ John Longoria 3 t';)~t~/1,fL '~ -
Javier D. Colmenero I!~'~- Jesse Noyola (~ (~{~
l!.~ - Mark Scott ,..~
Samuel L. Neal, Jr. ~ ~ RexA. Kinnison
Brent Chesney ~?~ , John Longoria
Javier D. Colmenero ~ ~, Jesse Noyola
Henry Garrett
William Kelly ~ __
PASSED AND APPROVED or~
Mark Scott
Ithe 25th day of March, 2003.
passed finally on this
ATTESTL
Armand~oo~'
City Secretary
Samuel L. Neal, 3'r.
Mayor, The City of Corpus ChrisfY
APPROVED 6 Marcl'L2003 .-
Doyle D~urtis
Chief, Administrative Law Section
Senior Assistant City Attorney
FOR CITY ATTORNEY
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O25 251
FOR A COPY OF TH
CORPUS CHRISTI URBAN
TRANSPORTATION PLAN
PLEAS
SEE
ORIGINAL ORDINANC