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ORDINANCE NO. 1466C
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 25, ARTICLE 2, SECTION 23 OF THE CODE
OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE, TEXAS, ESTABLISHING SPEED
LIMITS IN SCHOOL ZONES BETWEEN 7:00 A.M. AND 9:00 A.M., AND BETWEEN
1:00 P.M. AND 4:00 P.M. ON SCHOOL DAYS, 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 ($200.00), PROVIDING A SEVERABILTY
CLAUSE, FINDING COMPLIANCE WITH THE OPEN MEETINGS LAW, AND PROVIDING
AN EFFECTIVE DATE HEREOF.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE:
Section l. The Code of Ordinances, City of La Porte, Harris
County, Texas, Chapter 25 "Traffic", Article 2, Section 23(d)(2) is
hereby amended to read as follows, to-wit:
Section 25-23. Maximum limits generally.
...(d) Maximum limits and school zones.
...(2) The speed established in this section shall be in
effect between 7:00 a.m. and 9:00 a.m., and between
1:00 p.m. and 4:00 p.m., Monday through Friday of
each week, from the first day of September, or the
beginning of the school term, whichever event first
occurs, to the first day of June, or the last day of
the school term, whichever event first occurs, of
each and every year, when the school zone to which
such limit applies is properly signed or posted as a
school zone. Timed flashing lights, as well as
fixed signs, may be used to sign or post a school
zone.
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
Civil Statutes Annotated, and that this meeting has been open to the
public as required by law at all times during which this ordinance
and the subject matter thereof has been discussed, considered and
formally acted upon. The City Council further ratifies, approves
and confirms such written notice and the contents and posting
thereof.
Section 3. If any section, sentence, phrase, clause, or any
part of any section, sentence, phrase, or clause, of this ordinance
shall, for any reason, be held invalid, such invalidity shall not
affect the remaining portions of this Ordinance, and it is hereby
declared to be the intention of this City Council to have passed
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each section, sentence, phrase or clause, or part thereof,
irrespective of the fact that any other section, sentence, phrase or
clause, or part thereof, may be invalid.
Section 4. Any person, as defined in Section 1.07(27), Texas
Penal Code, who shall violate any of the provisions of this
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 5. All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict
herewith are hereby repealed to the extent of such conflict only.
Section 6. This Ordinance shall be effective fourteen (14)
days after its passage and approval. The City Secretary shall give
notice of the passage of this Ordinance by causing the caption
hereof to be published in the official newspaper in the City of La
Porte at least twice within ten (lO) days after the passage of this
Ordinance.
PASSED AND APPROVED, this 9th day of September, 1991.
By~~;4f4
'&0 an L. Malone, May r
ATTEST: -I /J .
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Cherie Black
City Secretary
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Knox W. Askins
City Attorney