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Home My WebLink AboutO-2010-3221 designating a portion of North 8th Street as a truck route F REQUEST FOR CITY COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM Appropriation Agenda Date Requested: February 08. 2010 Source of Funds: NA Requested By: Tim Tietiens Account Number: NA Department: Planninl! Amount Budgeted: NA Report: _Resolution: _Ordinance:_X_ Exhibits: Ordinance amending truck routes Truck Route Map SUMMARY City Council directed staff to review the feasibility of adding a portion of North 8th Street to the truck routes to assist the owner(s) of Port Auto Truck Stop. At the January 25, 2010, City Council workshop meeting, staff gave a presentation on the existing provisions and possible addition of North 8th Street portion to the list of truck routes in fulfillment of the terms of a proposed agreement with said owner(s). Regulations such as designation and listing of truck routes are delineated in the Traffic and Vehicles Ordinance (Chapter 70 of the Code of Ordinances) enforced by the Police Department. An ordinance for the proposed amendment to Chapter 70, with an addition to the truck route along a portion of North 8th Street is attached herewith. Action Required bv Council: Consider approving an ordinance amending Code of Ordinances Section 70-231 by adding North 8th Street, from Barbour's Cut Boulevard, to a point 300 feet north of the north right- of- way lin Barbour's Cut Boulevard. Council A enda Ron Bottoms, City Manager .lIt( )0 Date ORDINANCE NO. 2010- ~~, AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 70, RTRAFFIC AND VEHICLESR, ARTICLE VI, RTRUCK ROUTES AND GROSS WEIGHT LIMITSR BY AMENDING SECTION 70- 231, RDESIGNATIONR, BY ADDING NORTH 8TH STREET, FROM BARBOURS CUT BOULEVARD, TO A POINT 300 HUNDRED FEET NORTH OF THE NORTH RIGHT-OF- WAY LINE OF BARBOURS CUT BOULEVARD, 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, CONTAINING A REPEALING CLAUSE, CONTAINING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION OF THE CAPTION HEREOF, 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 1. Chapter 70, "Traffic and Vehicles", Article VI, "Truck Routes and Gross Weight Limits", Section 70-231, "Designation", is hereby amended by adding thereto, the following route, to-wit: "Sec. 70-231. Designation. Route Exten t North 8th Street Barbours Cut Boulevard to a point 300 feet north of the north right-of-way line of Barbours Cut Boulevard" section 70-231, "Designation", as hereby amended, shall remain in full force and effect. Section 2. 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 Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00). Section 3. All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby repealed to the extent of such conflict only. Section 4. 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 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 declared invalid. Section 5. 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, Chapter 551, Texas Government Code; 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 6. This Ordinance shall be effective fourteen (14) days after its passage and approval. The City Secretary shall give notice to the passage of the ordinance by causing the caption to be published in the official newspaper of the City of La Porte at least once within ten (10) days after the passage of the ordinance. PASSED AND APPROVED, this 8th day of February, 2010. By: 2 ATTEST: t-fIlWd r/t{.tI/ a tha A. Gi lett city Secretary AP~ -;;~ Cl rk T. Askins Assistant City Attorney 3 DIVISION 2. TRUCK ROUTES Sec. 70-231. Designation. For the purposes of this division, those streets and thoroughfares within the corporate limits of the city which are enumerated as follows are hereby designated as truck routes: TABLE INSET: Route Extent State Highway 225 Entire extent within corporate limits New State Highway Entire extent within corporate limits 146 Barbours Cut New State Highway 146 east to corporate limits Boulevard 16th Street Barbours Cut Boulevard south to Fairmont Parkway Fairmont Parkway New State Highway 146 to west corporate limits West Main Street New State Highway 146 to west corporate limits North 23rd Street North Avenue C to West Main Street Underwood Road Entire extent within corporate limits Powell Road (S. 16th Fairmont Parkway south to 1700 block of Powell Road Street) Export Drive From South 16th Street To State Highway 146 South 16th Street From south of Export Drive to Wharton Weems Blvd. and McCabe Road connecting with State Highway 146. North Broadway From north of Barbour's Cut Blvd. To North 'L' Street. North 'L' Street From west of North Broadway To North 6th Street North'J' Street From North 6th Street To west connecting with State Highway 146. North E Street From North 16th Street to eastern ROW ofU.P.R.R. North 8th Street From Barbour's Cut Blvd. to a point 300 feet north of the north right-of-way line of Barbour's Cut Blvd. (Code 1970, S 25-81; Ord. No. 1792, S 1(25-81), 10-28-91; Ord. No. 97-2172, S 1,4-14-97) Sec. 70-232. Use required generally. No person shall operate a truck, truck tractor, semitrailer or container_upon any roads, avenues, streets or thoroughfares within the corporate limits of the city except on those which are designated as truck routes in section 70-231, and subject to the gross weight limits established by division 3 of this article. 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