07-13-15 Regular Meeting of La Porte City Council

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(28) Along South First Street from West H Street to West I Street, a distance of 505 feet, 0.096 miles. (29) Along BS 146 D from 486 feet South of West B Street to East H Street, a distance of approximately 0.591 miles. (30) Along McCabe Road from the east line of the right-of-way for State Highway 146 to the Harris County Flood Control District drainage easement, a distance of approximately 1,328 feet, 0.25 miles. (b) The speeds twenty (20) miles per hour speed limit established in this section shall be in effect on days when 1) school classes are in session and 2) when appropriate signage giving notice thereof is erected at the entrance point of the school zone. Such signage shall state that the maximum speed limit is twenty (20) miles per hour and indicate the times during which the school zone is in effect or operation, or alternatively, shall state that the maximum speed limit is twenty (20) miles per hour when lights are flashing and shall be accompanied by a flashing beacon or light during the times the school zone is in effect or operation. (b)(c) School zone hours for the school zones listed in this section are hereby established as follows: between 7:00 a.m. and 9:00 a.m., and between 2:00 p.m. and 4:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, on days in which school classes are in session 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 those school zones described in subsections (a)(5), (a)(17), (a)(18), (a)(19), (a)(20), (a)(21), and (a)(24) of this section, which shall have school zone hours in effect between 7:00 a.m. and 9:00 a.m., and between 3:00 p.m. and 5:00 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." (d) School zone signs equipped with flashing beacons or lights in lieu of posted school zone hours, may be activated anytime school classes are in session, including but not limited to use for summer school hours and for use during early dismissals or other special school functions. A school zone activated in this manner is enforceable under the terms of this ordinance notwithstanding the fact that it is outside of the school zone hours established in the preceding paragraph. (e) It shall be an affirmative defense to a charge of exceeding the speed limit in a school zone as established in this section, if on the day in question there were no school classes in session at the specific designated school zone. Section 3 . Any person, as defined in Section 1.07 (27), Texas Penal Code, who shall violate any provision of the ordinance, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine not to exceed TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS ($200.00). Section 4. Each and every provision, paragraph, sentence and clause of this Ordinance has been separately considered and passed by the City Council of the City of La Porte, Texas, and each said provision would have been separately passed without any other provision, and if any provision hereof shall be ineffective, invalid or unconstitutional, for any cause, it shall not impair or affect the remaining portion, or any part thereof, but the valid portion shall be in force just as if it had been passed alone. Section 5 . All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby repealed to the extent of such conflict only. 3