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ORDINANCE NO. 1177
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AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING A C<l1PREHENSIVE CI'l'Y-~{.[DE PLAN FOR THl!; P tDCl3E OF
"BOUU.'Vl\ltDI.NG" OR ESTABLIShiNG "RIGHT-OF-\'J'AY'1 S'frtEETS THROUI..THOUT THE CITY OF
LUBBOCK AND DESIGNATING CERTAIN ST~TS AS 0~-WAY ST~1TS; AUTHORIZING THE
PLACEMENT OF SIGNS TO Dl£SIGNATE TH.l!. CHARACTER OF THE VARIOU!:> STREETS 1-liTH
RhFERhNCE TO VEHICULAR TRAFFIC; REPEALING CONFLICTING PROVISIONS OF OT~
~-~ OliDINANCES; AND PROVTilil'G A Pl.4..I~TY.
WI~, the Lubbock Citizens' Traffic Commission has made a full and
detailed study of traffic conditions throughout the City of Lubbock, the re-
sults of which have been submitted to the Go·r erning Body of the City of Lubbock
with recommendations, and,
WHEREAS, the said Governing Body finds that the public safety and con-
venience require the establishment of through-strr ets as well as the establish-
~<ent of certain one-way streets on a trial basis, a11 of which is designed to
more adequately provide for the proper handling of increased traffic of motor
vehicles and other vehicles throughout th~ city, T~FO~,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CrrY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF ~UBBOCK:
SECTION 1. That the following named streets and avenues between the
intersections or points herein designated, as said streets or avenues are shm1n
by the Official Map of the City of Lubbock, BE, and the same are hereby desig-
nated as "boulevards" or uright-of-l-ta~' streets:
Quaker Avenue from 3l~th Street to ~2d Place
Indiana Avenue from 50th Street to 19th Street
Flint Avenue from 42d Street to 19th Stre~t
Boston Avenue from 50th Street to 19th Street
College Avenue from 50th Street to Erskine Street
Avenue V from 34th Street to 19th Street
Avenue U from Fourth Street to Erskine Street
Avenue Q from the Circle to Clovis Road
Avenue P from 34th Street to 19th Street
Avenue H from the Circle to Avenue A
Avenue A from the Circle to Avsnue H
TeY~S Avenue from Avenue H to 8th Street
Railroad Avenue from 19th Street to 34th Street
34th Street from Railroad Avenue to Slide Road
3?d Street from Avenue H to Memphis Avenue
?3d Street from Railroad Avenue to Avenue P
?2d Street from Avenue P to Indiana Avenue
19th Street from Railroad Avenue to Brownfield Road
Broadway from College Avenue to City Limits
15th Street from Avenue A to College Avenue
Tenth Street from Avenue H to College Avenue
8th Street from Avenue H to College Avenue
Fourth Street from College AvenuP to Avenue J
Avenue J from Fourth street to 10th Street
Avenue T from Fourth Street to 34th Street
Avenue S from 34th Street to Fourth Street
. r I~ .. \ . Erskine Street from Atriarillo Highway to College Avenue
Erskine Street £-rom -Clovis Road to Indiana Avenue
Brownfield Road from 19th Street to eity Limits
Clovis Road from Indiana Avenue to Avenue 0
Old Plainview Highway from Avenue H to mderpass
SECTION 2. Stop signs and other necessary traffic control devices
shall be placed at each intersection where a street comes into or crosses any
of the above designated "boulevards'' or "right-of-way" streets.
SECTION 3. (1) The following streets are hereby designated One-Way
Streets, and vehicular traffic shall move only in one direction:
(a) South on Avenue T from Fourth Street to 34th Street
(b) North on AvenueS from 34th Street to Fourth Street
(2) A uniform sign indicating the direction of traffic shall be erected and
maintained at every intersection where traffic in the opposite direction is
prohibited.
(3) On One-Way Streets parking of vehicles is permitted on either sl.de
of the street, provided the vehicle is headed in the direction vehicles
are permitted to travel on said street.
SECTION 4. That part of any ordinance in conflict with the provisions
of this ordinance is hereby repealed, PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that this
ordinance shall not repeal nor be construed as affecting any ordinance duly
authorizing the placement of traffic control lights and stop signs shall not be
used in such intersections.
SECTION 5. Where any One-Way Street established by the provisions
of this ordinance is adjacent to a public school, such additional traffic control
devices shall be placed at the intersection of such One-Way Street with other
streets adjacent to such schools, as may be provided or required by emergency
ordinance of the Governing Body.
SECTION 6. Any person who shall violate any of th.e provisions of this
ordinance shall, upon conviction, be fined in any sum not exceeding Two
Hundred Dollars ($200 ).
AND IT IS SO ORDERED.
On motion of Commis.sioner Thomas , seconded by Com--------------------------
missioner Morris the foregoing Ordinance was passed on
first reading this 29th day of January-, 1952, by the following ----------------------
vote of the City Commission: ·;;: ,·':1.5 • ;._: .,,.1.''!::
Commissioners voting "YEA": Morris, Hufstedler, Thomas and Mayor
Whiteside. Commissioner Davis voted yea except as to the one way street
provisions Which he voted against.
Commissioners voting 11NAY": Commissioner L. E. Davis voted against
the one way street provisions.
On motion of Commissioner Hutstealer • seconded by Commis-------------------
sioner _ __;T.;.;h;.;;oma.;;;;;,;..;;.s ________ , the foregoing Ordinance was passed on
second reading this 14t'h day of February , 1952, by the follow-
ing vote o£ the City Commission:
Commissioners voting 11 YEA11 : M.orris, HUfstedler1 Thomas and Mayor
Whiteside. Commissioner Davis voted Yea except as ~o the one-way street
m-ovisions:which he yoted aJlA.if!st. "t.,;ommlssloners vot~ng 'TNA"'Y' : Commissioner L. E. Davis voted aga.inst
the one-way street provisions.
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HE S"!ATE OF TEXAS }
COUNTY-OF LUBBOCK
Erle llarie Brown
Before me Notary Public in and for Lubbock County, Texas, on
. Parker F. Prouty . this day personally appeared , Pres1dent, .Pt!l(,lf!hef, of the
Avalanche-Journal Publishing Company, publishers of The Lubbock Morning Avalonche--
Lut;lbock Evening Joumai-Sunday Avolonche-Journol, who after being by me duly sworn
did depose and soy that said newspaper has been published continuously for more than
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fifty-two weeks prior to the first insertion of thi , No. ot
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L~bbock County, Texas, and that the attached printed copy of the Ordinance /1 133 53
is a true copy of the original and was printed in the said paper Avalanche-Journal
on the following dotes: February 20 and 27, 1952
Subscribed and sworn to before me thi~_2_8_t_h ___ doy of __ F_e_b_ru_a_ry..L...--, 19--E
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