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<br />ORDINANCE NO. 1466-D
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<br />AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 25, ARTICLE 2, SECTION 23 OF THE CODE
<br />OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE, TEXAS; ESTABLISHING SPEED
<br />LIMITS IN SCHOOL ZONES BETWEEN 7:00 A.M. AND 9:00 A.M., AND BETWEEN
<br />2:30 P.M. AND 4:30 P.M. ON SCHOOL DAYS; PROVIDING THAT ANY PERSON
<br />VIOLATING THE TERMS OF THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BE DEEMED GUILTY OF A
<br />MISDEMEANOR AND UPON CONVICTION SHALL BE FINED IN A SUM NOT TO
<br />EXCEED TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS ($200.00); PROVIDING A SEVERABILTY
<br />CLAUSE; FINDING COMPLIANCE WITH THE OPEN MEETINGS LAW; AND PROVIDING
<br />AN EFFECTIVE DATE HEREOF.
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<br />BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE:
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<br />Section 1. The Code of Ordinances, City of La Porte, Harris
<br />County, Texas, Chapter 25 "Traffic", Article 2, Section 23(d) (2) is
<br />hereby amended to read as follows, to-wit:
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<br />section 25-23. Maximum limits generally.
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<br />...(d) Maximum limits and school zones.
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<br />...(2) The speed established in this section shall be in
<br />effect between 7:00 a.m. and 9:00 a.m., and between
<br />2:30 p.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday of
<br />each week during the time periods when the school
<br />zone, to which such limits apply, is posted as a
<br />school zone. Timed flashing lights, as well as
<br />fixed signs, may be used to sign or post a school
<br />zone. All schools open all year shall be
<br />additionally signed "all year".
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<br />The City Council officially finds, determines,
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<br />Section 2.
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<br />recites and declares that a sufficient written notice of the date,
<br />hour, place and subject of this meeting of the City Council was
<br />posted at a place convenient to the public at the City Hall of the
<br />city for the time required by law preceding this meeting, as
<br />required by the Open Meetings Law, Article 6252-17, Texas Revised
<br />civil Statutes Annotated; and that this meeting has been open to the
<br />public as required by law at all times during which this ordinance
<br />and the subject matter thereof has been discussed, considered and
<br />formally acted upon. The City Council further ratifies, approves
<br />and confirms such written notice and the contents and posting
<br />thereof.
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<br />Section 3. If any section, sentence, phrase, clause, or any
<br />part of any section, sentence, phrase, or clause, of this ordinance
<br />shall, for any reason, be held invalid, such invalidity shall not
<br />affect the remaining portions of this Ordinance, and it is hereby
<br />declared to be the intention of this City Council to have passed
<br />each section, sentence, phrase or clause, or part thereof,
<br />irrespective of the fact that any other section, sentence, phrase or
<br />clause, or part thereof, may be invalid.
<br />section 4. Any person, as defined in section 1.07(27), Texas
<br />Penal Code, who shall violate any of the provisions of this
<br />ordinance, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon
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