12-12-16 Regular Meeting of the La Porte City Council

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ORDINANCE NO. ________ AN ORDINANCE AFFIC AND VEHICLES ORDINANCES BY AMENDING TRUCK ROUTE REGULATIONS TO ADD SITE PLAN REQUIREMENTS FOR ESTABLISHMENTS OFFERING FUEL TO COMMERCIAL VEHICLES; 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 FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS; PROVIDING FOR THE PUBLICATION OF THE CAPTION HEREOF; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE HEREOF. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE, TEXAS: Section 1: Section 70-233 Exception to Section 70-232: point of origin; parking of commercial motor vehicles Texas Code of Ordinances is hereby amended to read as follows: ec. 70-233. - Exception to Section 70-232: point of origin; parking of commercial motor vehicles; acquiring fuel. (a) The provisions of Section 70-232 of this Code notwithstanding, in those instances where any commercial motor vehicles originating within the corporate limits of the city, shall have as its point of origin a point located off a designated truck route, it shall proceed to the nearest point on a designated truck route by the most direct route possible. If such commercial motor vehicles shall originate outside the corporate limits of the city and enter the city at a point which is not on a designated truck route, it shall proceed to the nearest point on a designated truck route by the most direct route possible. (b) In those cases where commercial motor vehicles originate off a designated truck route, whether inside or outside the corporate limits of the city, and the destination of the commercial motor vehicle is nearer the origin or point of entering the corporate limits of the city than is the nearest point on a designated truck route by the most direct route possible, it shall not be necessary to proceed to the nearest designated truck route. (c) Commercial motor vehicles not in combination with a trailer or transporting a placarded load of hazardous materials may travel to and park at locations off a designated truck route by taking the most direct route possible, regardless of whether the operator of the commercial motor vehicle is loading or unloading cargo, providing services, or seeking repairs at a legitimate repair facility, provided that the location is not in a residentially zoned area and is at a site physically capable of accommodating customer commercial motor vehicle parking by means of a parking facility striping plan 1) configured to allow for the safe parking of commercial motor vehicles, and 2) approved by the Planning Department of the City in accordance with the requirements of Section 70-237 of this Chapter. (d) Combination commercial motor vehicles, other than vehicles transporting a placarded load of hazardous cargo, may travel to and park at locations contiguous to and fronting a designated truck route, regardless of whether the operator of the commercial motor vehicle is loading or unloading cargo, providing services, or seeking