1990-09-10 Public Hearing and Regular Meeting

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• ORDINANCE N0. 1716 AN ORDINANCE DETERMINING THAT A TRAFFIC HAZARD EXISTS AND AUTHORIZING THE INSTALLATION OF A MULTI-~iTAY STOP SIGN AT THE INTERSECTION OF MYRTLE CREEK DRIVE AND STONE CREEK DRIVE, WITHIN THE CITY OF LA PORTE; 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 A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; FINDING COMPLIANCE WITH THE OPEN MEETINGS LAW; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE HEREOF. WHEREAS, Article 6701d, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes, provides that the governing body of the City of La Porte shall have the power to designate any intersection as a stop intersection, requiring all vehicles to stop or yield at one or more entrances to such intersection; and WHEREAS., the City Council of the City of La Porte has directed that an engineering ar~d traffic investigation take place for the purpose of ascertaining whether. to designate the intersection of Myrtle Creek Drive and Stone Creek Drive as a multi-way stop intersection; and WHEREAS, the results of said engineering and traffic investigation have become known unto the City Council of the City of La Porte; and WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of La Porte finds that it is consistent in promoting the health, safety and welfare of the citizens of the City of La Porte to declare and designate said intersection as a multi-way stop intersection, based upon the results of said engineering and traffic investigation; NOW THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE: Section 1. Upon the basis of an engineering and traffic investigation heretofore made as authorized by the provisions of Article 6701d, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes, and pursuant to the authority granted to it by Article 6701d, Section 27(a), Subparagraph 6, V.T.C.S., and Section 31, V.T.C.S., the City Council of the City of La Porte hereby designates the intersection of Myrtle Creek Drive and Stone Creek Drive as a multi-way stop intersection. Vehicles shall stop at each of the entrances of such intersection, as provided in Article 6701d, Section 91A(b). The Chief of Police is hereby authorized to erect a stop sign at each entrance to said intersection as provided by State law. Section 2. The City Council officially finds, determines, recites and declares that a sufficient written notice of the date, hour, place and subject of this meeting of the City Council was posted at a place convenient to the public at the City Hall of the City for the time required by law preceding this meeting, as required by the Open Meetings Law, Article 6252-17, Texas Revised