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<br />ORDINANCE NO. 2009 - j 11 Co
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<br />AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 70 "TRANSPORTATION",
<br />ARTICLE III "OPERATION OF VEHICLES", DIVISION 2 "SPEED
<br />LIMITS", BY AMENDING SECTION 70-97(b) "SCHOOL ZONES", OF
<br />THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE TO
<br />CHANGE SCHOOL ZONE HOURS FOR CEDARMONT, MYRTLE
<br />CREEK, AND CARLOW STREETS; AMENDING SECTION 70-101
<br />"THIRTY-FIVE MILE PER HOUR ZONES" TO ADD PORTION OF
<br />CANADA ROAD; AMENDING SECTION 70-103 "FORTY-FIVE MILE
<br />PER HOUR ZONES" TO ADD BAY AREA BLVD., AND PORTION OF
<br />CANADA ROAD; PROVIDING A REPEALING CLAUSE; CONTAINING A
<br />SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; FINDING COMPLIANCE WITH THE OPEN
<br />MEETINGS LAW; PROVIDING THAT ANY PERSON VIOLATING THE
<br />TERMS OF THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BE DEEMED GUlL TY OF A
<br />MISDEMEANOR AND UPON CONVICTION SHALL BE FINED IN A SUM
<br />NOT TO EXCEED TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS; PROVIDING FOR THE
<br />PUBLICATION OF THE CAPTION HEREOF; AND PROVIDING AN
<br />EFFECTIVE DATE.
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<br />NOW, THEREFOR BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
<br />CITY OF LA PORTE:
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<br />Section 1. The Code of Ordinances, City of La Porte, Harris County, Texas, Chapter
<br />70, Article III, Division 2, Section 70-97 "School zones", subparagraph "b", is hereby
<br />amended in its entirety and shall hereinafter read as follows, to-wit:
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<br />"(b) The speeds established in this section shall be in effect between 7:00 a.m. and 9:00
<br />a.m., and between 2:00 p.m. and 4:00 p.m., Monday through Friday of each week on
<br />school days only, during the time periods when the school zone, to which such limits
<br />apply, is posted as a school zone; except for subsections (a)(5), (a)(17), (a)(18), (a)(19),
<br />(a)(20), (a)(21), and (a)(24) of this section, which shall have school zone hours in effect
<br />between 7:30 a.m. and 9:30 a.m., and between 3:00 p.m. and 5:00 p.m., and subsection
<br />(a)(28) of this section, which shall have school zone hours in effect between 7:00 a.m.
<br />and 4:00 p.m. Timed flashing lights, as well as fixed signs, may be used to sign or post a
<br />school zone. If a school zone is posted by both timed flashing lights and a fixed sign, the
<br />hours posted on the fixed sign designates the school zone time periods, notwithstanding
<br />whether or not the timed flashing lights are operational in such zone. All schools open all
<br />year shall be additionally signed "all year." "
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<br />Section 2. The Code of Ordinances, City of La Porte, Harris County, Texas, Chapter 70,
<br />Article III, Division 2, Section 70-101 "Thirty-five mile per hour zones", is hereby
<br />amended by adding the following clause to said section, to be added in proper numerical
<br />sequence, to-wit:
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