HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance - 2000-O0026 - Amending Chapter 16 - 06/08/2000First Reading
May 25, 2000
Item No. 14
Second Reading
June 8, 2000
Item No. 14
ORDINANCE NO.2000-00026
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 16 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES nF
THE CITY OF LUBBOCK, TEXAS, WITH REGARD TO PROVIDING FOR RESIDENT
ONLY PARKING ON STATE MAINTAINED ROADWAYS WITHIN THE RESIDENT
PARKING ONLY TEST AREA; PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE; PROVIDING A
PENALTY; AND PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION.
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Lubbock deems it to be in the best interest of
the citizens of the City of Lubbock to amend Chapter 16 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of
Lubbock with regard to providing for resident parking only on state maintained roadways within
the resident parking only test area (19d' Street on the north, the alley between 24t' and 251h Streets
on the south, University Avenue on the east and Indiana Avenue on the west); NOW
THEREFORE:
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LUBBOCK:
SECTION 1. THAT Subsection 16-196(b) of the Code of Ordinances of the City of
Lubbock, Texas, be amended to read as follows:
(b) Marked service, delivery, city and state vehicles while parked for the purpose
of providing service, delivery or conducting official business in the resident parking only
zone are exempt from application of this article.
SECTION 2. THAT Subsection 16-197(d) of the Code of Ordinances of the City of
Lubbock, Texas, be amended to read as follows:
(d) When a vehicle other than a service, delivery, city or state vehicle making a
delivery or conducting official business is parked in a resident parking only zone, the
permit must be conspicuously displayed on the driver's side front windshield above the
state inspection sticker. On motorcycles and trailers, such permit may be placed at a
convenient location at or near the vehicle's license plate.
SECTION 3. THAT Section 16-197 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Lubbock,
Texas, be amended by adding thereto a new subsection (k) to read as follows:
(k) Issuance of a resident parking only permit does not limit either the City or the
State's ability to perform emergency repairs, maintenance, construction or reconstruction
of the roadway, and performing emergency repairs, maintenance, construction or
reconstruction of the roadway does not create a cause of action against either the City or
the State.
SECTION 4. THAT Section 16-198 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Lubbock,
Texas, be amended to read as follows:
Sec. 16-198. Removal of residential parking permit zone.
A residential parking permit zone may be removed by either of the following
methods:
(a) A petition must be filed in the traffic engineering department signed by the
residents who own or occupy sixty (60) percent of the linear footage of the
numerical street block requesting the removal of the "Resident Parking Only"
signage. Such a petition shall not be considered within two (2) years of
implementation of the zone.
(b) If the resident only parking is located on a State maintained roadway, the
State may, at its sole discretion upon a finding that traffic conditions have so
changed that the existence of the roadway facility under the "Resident Parking
Only" program is impeding maintenance, damaging the highway facility,
impairing safety or that the roadway facility is not being properly operated, or if
for any other reason it is the State's judgment that such use is not in the public
interest, approval for the "Resident Parking Only" program on state maintained
roadways may be: (1) modified, if corrective measures acceptable to both parties
can be applied to eliminate the objectionable uses of the roadway facility, or (2)
terminated and use of the area for "Resident Parking Only" discontinued.
SECTION 5. THAT should any paragraph, section, sentence, clause, phrase of word of
this Ordinance be declared unconstitutional or invalid for any reason, the remainder of this
Ordinance shall not be affected thereby.
SECTION 6. THAT violation of any provision of this Ordinance shall be deemed a
misdemeanor punishable by a fine not exceeding the maximum provided by Sec. 1-4 of the
Code of Ordinances of the City of Lubbock.
SECTION 7. THAT the City Secretary is hereby authorized and directed to cause
publication of the descriptive caption of this Ordinance as an alternative method of publication
provided by law.
AND IT IS SO ORDERED.
Passed by the City Council on first reading this 25th day of May , 2000.
Passed by the City Council on second reading this 8th day of — June , 2000.
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ATTEST:
Kaythi6Darnell, City Secretary
APPROVED AS TO CONTENT:
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Jery H , Jr-, r 1c En eer
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
G. Vandiver, First Assistant City
ddord/Res-parklord
May 11, 2000
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