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ORDINANCE NO • .kJ!f:_
AN ORDINANCE CRE11.TING AND DEFINING "COURTHOUSE SAFETY ZONES
NOS. 1 AND 2, PROHIBITING THE rA RKING OF MOTOR VEHICLES IN SAID SAFETY
Z.OlffiS, PROVIDING FOR SUITABLE MARKING OF ~AID SAFETY Z.ONES, AND PROVID-
ING A PENALTY FOR A VIOLATION THEREOF.
WHEREAS, Avenue H, as the same passes from north to south from
Main Street to Broadway across and over the Lubbock County Courthouse
square is d ivided into two streets, and a s divided constitutes two one-
way driveways across said Courthouse square; and
1/\H:IEREAS, each division of said Avenue H, as divided, is narrow
and not of sufficient width to permit the parking of motor vehicles
with safety on each side of said streets as divided; and
WHEREAS, the parking of motor vehicles by the general public
on both sides of said streets, and especially the parking of motor ve-
hicles on that side of the divided street nearest to and adjacent to the
Courthouse building, cuts off and obstructs the view of persons coming
out of the courthouse onto the street as divided, creates a hazard and
endangers the life and limb of the general public going in and out of the
Courthouse on both the east and west sides; and
WHEREAS, the Co~ssioners Court of Lubbock County, Texas, did
by Resolution duly passed by said Court on May 8th, 1939, petition and
request the City Commission of the City of Lubbock to pass an Ordinance
prohibiting the parking of motor vehicles on the west side of that part
of Avenue H as laid out, located and situated on the east side of the
Lubbock County Courthouse, and across the Courthouse square, and to pro-
hibit the parking of motor vehicles on the east side of that part of
Avenue H. as laid out, located and situated on the west side of the
Lubbock County Courthouse, and across the Courthouse square.
TH EREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE
CITY OF LU BBOCK, TEXAS: r
Section 1.
COURTHOUSE SAF.b~Y ZONE NO. 1
T h e west side of that part of Avenue H laid out, located and
situated or the east side of the Lubbock County Courthouse and across the
Courthouse square, extending from Main Street on the north to Broadway
on the South, is hereby created, designated and declared to be 11 Courthouse
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Safety Zone No. 1".
Section 2.
COURTHOUSE SAFETY %ONE NO. 2
The east side of that part of Avenue H laid out, located and
situated on the west side or the Lubbock County Courthouse and across
the Courthouse square, extending from Main Street on the North to Broad-
way on the south, is hereby created, designated and declared to be
11 Courthouse Safety Zone No. 2 11 ..
Section 3.
SIGNS AND MARKINGS.
It shall be the duty of the Police Department of the City of
Lubbock to paint the curb in Courthouse Safety Zones Nos. 1 and 2 as
defined in Sections 1 and 2 hereof, with red paint, and to erect signs in
said Safety Zones, which signs shall bear the following inscription,
"Safety Zone, Parking Prohibited11
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Section 4.
PARKING OF MOTOR VEHICLES PROHIBITED
From and after the passage and publication of this Ordinance
as provided by the City Charter, it s h all be unlawful for any person to
park a motor vehicle in Courthouse Safety Zones Nos. 1 and 2 as the same
are defined in Sections 1 and 2 of this Ordinance.
Section 5.
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Any person, firm or corpor a tion~violating any of the provisions
of this Ordinance, shall be fined in a ny sum, not exceeding $100.00.
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Passed and approved first r eading, t h is 11th day of --~!1~e~y ___ ,
A. D. 1939.
Passed and Approved second and fin · day of
May , A • D • 1 9 39 •
e.xas.
City Secretary.