O-2008-3119 amend school zone times/Baker 6th Grade, La Porte Jr. High, and Lomax Jr. High

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ORDINANCE NO. 2008 - ,.j t ( cr AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 70 "TRANSPORTATION", ARTICLE III "OPERATION OF VEHICLES", DIVISION 2 "SPEED LIMITS", BY AMENDING SECTION 70-97(b) "SCHOOL ZONES", OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE FOR THE PURPOSE OF CHANGING SCHOOL ZONE HOURS ON ROADWAYS ADJACENT TO LA PORTE BAKER MIDDLE SCHOOL, LA PORTE JUNIOR HIGH, AND LOMAX JUNIOR HIGH, WHERE LOCATED WITHIN DESIGNATED SCHOOL ZONES; PROVIDING A REPEALING CLAUSE; CONTAINING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; FINDING COMPLIANCE WITH THE OPEN MEETINGS LAW; PROVIDING THAT ANY PERSON VIOLATING THE TERMS OF THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BE DEEMED GUILTY OF A MISDEMEANOR AND UPON CONVICTION SHALL BE FINED IN A SUM NOT TO EXCEED TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS; PROVIDING FOR THE PUBLICATION OF THE CAPTION HEREOF; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. NOW, THEREFOR BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE: Section 1. The Code of Ordinances, City of La Porte, Harris County, Texas, Chapter 70, Article III, Division 2, Section 70-97 "School zones", subparagraph "b", is hereby amended in its entirety and shall hereinafter read as follows, to-wit: "(b) The speeds established in this section shall be in effect between 7:00 a.m. and 9:00 a.m., and between 2:00 p.m. and 4:00 p.m., Monday through Friday of each week on school days only, during the time periods when the school zone, to which such limits apply, is posted as a school zone; except for subsections (a)(5), (a)(20), (a)(21), and (a)(24) of this section, which shall have school zone hours in effect between 7:30 a.m. and 9:30 a.m., and between 2:30 p.m. and 4:30 p.m., and subsection (a)(28) of this section, which shall have school zone hours in effect between 7:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. Timed flashing lights, as well as fixed signs, may be used to sign or post a school zone. If a school zone is posted by both timed flashing lights and a fixed sign, the hours posted on the fixed sign designates the school zone time periods, notwithstanding whether or not the timed flashing lights are operational in such zone. All schools open all year shall be additionally signed "all year." " Section 2: All ordinances or parts of ordinances inconsistent with the terms of this ordinance are hereby repealed; provided, however, that such repeal shall be only to the extent of such inconsistency and in all other respects this ordinance shall be cumulative of other ordinances regulating and governing the subject matter covered by this ordinance.