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ORDINANCE NO. •s83
AN ORDINANCE :ESTABLISHING NO-PARKING ZONES ON THE FOLLOWING D:mGRIBED
STREETS, DRIVES OR ROADWAYS ON THE TEXAS TECHNOLOGICAL COLlEGE CAMPUSt ON A
.30..lOOT STREET, DRIVE OR HOAWAY RUNNING lWJT AND WEST FOR 600 FEET NORTH OF THE
P .ARKim LOT SOUTH OF i1IE AIMmSTRATION BUlLDIID J ON J. 20..P'OOT EAST-JND..WEST STREET,
DRIVE OR lllADWAY, EX'l'ENDilti FR>M THE EAST DOOR OF THE AOONISTRATIOI BUILD !HI '1'0
THE STREET, DRIVE OR ROADWAY EAST OF THE ADMINISTRATION BUILDIJG; ON A 20-FOOT
STREET, DRIVE OR ROADWAY RUNNING EAST AND 'WEST, EXTENDING FROM THE SOUI'HEAST CORNER
OF THE ENGINEERING BUILDING EAST TO THE PARKING LOT EAST OF THE EAST EtlliNEERING .
UILDING; AND ON THE NOJll'B-SOUTH .30-F001' STREF:l' 1 DRIVE OR ROADWAY RUNNING THBOlXilf
THE PARKING LOT WEST OF THE WEST UJGINEERING BUlLDING; AUTHORIZING THE PA.INTOO OF
CURBS AND THE EHreT ION OF SIGNS; Pll)VIDING A PENALTY; flEPEALING CONFLICTING
ORDINANCES; AUTHORIZING PUBLICATION; AND DECLARI~ AN EM&IliEBOf.
WHEREAS, the undedicated streets, drives and roadways located on the
Texas Technological College Campus are permissively used by' students and the
public gene~; and,
WH.KIUUS, Section 9 (liM), Ordinance No. 1461 provides that the Cit;r
· Traffic Engineer shall plaoe signa at such loca tiona on the Texas Teabnologioal
College Campus ae DBJ' be deemed necessary to carr;r out the intent and purposes ot
such Ordinance No~ 1461; and,
WHEREAS, it is necessary in the interest of public safety and changed
traffic conditions creating a public hazard to require that no-parking areas be
established on the above described streets, drives or ro8dwfQ'11; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF LUBBOOK,
SECTION 1. That No-Parking Zones BE, and are hereby' established on
the following described portions or streets, drives or roadways, and it ehall
hereafter be unlawf'ul :for aq person ope:r&ting, driving or J.n control of a Tehicle
to allow, parmi t or suffer such vehicle to be p!lrked in the portions of streets,
drives or roadwaya hereinafter described aa coll8tituting No-Parking Zones.
SEat'ION 2. That thoee portions or et.reets, drives or roadways referred
to in Section 1 (One) of this Ordinance as No-Parking Zonas are as rollowsa
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A. On a .30-foot street, drive or roadWay running East and Weat
for 600 feet North of the parking lot South of the Administra-
tion Building;
B. , On a 20..foot East-and-West street, drive or roadway,e:J.t.ud.i91. r
from the East door of the Administration Building to tlie•stree'11J
East of the Administration BuildingJ
o. On a 2Q....f'oot street, drive or roadva;r runniug East and Weet,
utending f'roa the Southeast corner ot the Engineering BuUding
East ~o the parking lot East of the East Ellg1neering Building;
D. On the North-South 30-foot street, cilrift or roadway rwmiDg
through the parking lot West of the West Engineering Building.
SECTION .3. 'l'bat the Traffic Engineer ie authorized and directed to paint
o:-cauae to be painted, the curbs and to erect signs indicating No..Farking Zones
coMistent; with the provisions of this Ordinance and Ordinance No. 1461.
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· SECTION 4. That any person who shall s'Uf'fer or permit aey whicle
opeNted, driven or controlled by him to be parked in the areas described in
Section 2 (Two) of this OrdinanCe shallt upon conviction, be fined in any sum
not exceeding Two Hundred Dollars ($200 J.
· S~TION s. That all portions of other ordinances in conflict with the
provisions ot this Ordinance are hereby repealed.
SECTION 6. That the City Secretaey is hereby authorized to cause
publication or the descriptive caption of this Ordinance, together with the penalty
clause, as an alternative mthod provided by law.
SECTION 7. That the enactment of this Ordinance, being !lecessary to
the public safety and to provide for a greater use of the public streets, drives
or roadways, and due to the challged traffic conditions is declared to be an
emergeney llleasure, thereby creating a. public necessity that the rule requiring
proposed ordinanoes to be presented at two (2) separate meetings be dispensed with,
and this Ordinance shall be effective from the date of publication as herein
provided.
AND IT IS SO ORDERED.
On motion or Commissioner __ _..,c,..a;.;.r.E~en;,;;,.t;;.;;e;.;,r ___ , ~conded by Commissio
____ .,_T_h_oma_s ____ , the roregoiug Ordinance was passed by the City
Commission on this 22fia ~Y or ___ o_c_t_o_b_e_r ___ , 1953, by the following
vote:
Sl:rr
10-21-53
Commissioners voting •YEA•:
Commissioners voting ftNAY•s
Morris, Carpenter, Davis, Thomas
an:::l. Mayor Tripp
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