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AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION ONE (1) OF ORDINANCE NO.
1177 ENTITLED, 11AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING A COMPREHENSIVE CITY-
WIDE PLAN FOR THE PURPOSE OF tBOULEVARDING' OR ESTABLISHING
tRIGHT OF WAY~ STREETS THROUGHOUT THE CITY OF LUBBOCKAND
DESIGNAT1NG CERTAIN STREETS AS ONE•WAY STREETS; AUTHORIZING
THE PLA.CEMENT OF SIGNS TO DESIGNATE THE CHARACTER OF THE
VARIOUS STREETS WITH REFERENCE TO VEHICULAR TRAFFIC; REPEAL-
ING CONFLICTING PROVlSIONS OF OTHER ORDINANCES; AND PROVIDING
A PENALTY a" SO AS TO ADD AND INCLUDE 3ZD STREET FROM MEMPHIS
AVENUE TO QUAKER AVENUE, 19TH STREET FROM RAILROAD AVENUE
TO MAGNOLIA.AVENUE, IDALOU ROAD FROM MAGNOLIA AVENUE TO
NORTH CITY UMITS NORTH OF 4TH STREET, 19TH STREET FROM
BROWNFIELD ROAD TO CHICAGO A VENUE. BROWNFIELD ROAD FROM
19TH STREET TO 4TH STREET, 4THSTREET FROM BROWNFIELD ROAD
TO COLLEGE AVENUE, 4TH STREET FROM AVENUE "J" TO AVENUE "A,"
6TH STREET FROM TEXAS AVENUE TO BROWNFIELD ROAD,. AVENUE "L"
FROM 19TH STREET TO 34TH STREET, AVENUE "G'' FROM 9TH STREET
TO 19TH STREET, AVENUE "K" FROM ·~TH STREET TO 19TH STREET,
13TH STREET FROM AVENUE "E" TO AVENUE "0, 11 AMHERST STREET
FROM COLLEGE AVENUE TO INDIANA AVENUE~ AND SLIDE ROAD FROM
16TH STREET TO 4ZD STREET• AS "BOULEVARD" OR "RIGHT-oF-WAY"
STREETSi AUTHORIZING PLACEMENT OF STOP SIGNS AND OTHER NEC ....
ESSARY TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICDi AT EACH INTERSECTION OF A
STREET WITH "BOULEVARD" OR 11RIGHT•OF-WAY11 8TRE.ETS ESTABLISHED
AND SO OESIGNAT ED BY THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ORDINANCE; PROVID-
ING A PENALTYJ AUTHORIZING AND DffiECTING CITY SECRETARY TO
PUBL.ISH THE DESCRIPTIVE CAPTION OF THIS ORDINANCE AS AN ALTER-
NATIVE METHOD OF PUBLICATION PROVIDED BY LAWi DECLARING AN
EMERGENCY. AND ESTABLISHJNG EFFECTIVE DATE OF TRlS ORDINANCE.
WHEREAS, the Governing Body of the City of Lubbock finds that
the public peace and safety require the establishment. of through streets and
parts of streets described in the body of this ordinance. and due to increased
vehicular traffic thereover it is necessary to preserve the public peace and
safety to immediately establish and designate such streets and parts of streets,
which are in keeping with the comprehensive city-wide plan contemplated by
Ordinance No. 1177* constituting an emergency; NOW • THEREFORE.,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF LUBBOCK:
SECTION l. That Section One (1) of Ordinance No. 1177 BE and the
same is hereby amended so as to add and include the following streets and
p·l.rt.s of streets as boulevard or right-of-way streets:
3Zd Street from Memphis Avenue to Quaker Avenue
19th Street from Railroad Avenue to Magnolia Avenue
Idalou Road from Magnolia Avenue to North City Limits Line
of Lubbock north of 4th Street
19th Street from Brownfield Road to Chicago Avenue
Brownfield Road from 19th Street to 4th Street
4th Street from B-rownfield Road to College Avenue
4th Street from Avenue J to Avenue A
6th Street from Texas Avenue to the Brownfield Road
Avenue L from 19th Street to 34th Street
Avenue G from 9th Street to 19th Street
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Avenue K from 4th Street to 19th Street
13th Street from Avenue E to Avenue 0
Amherst Street from College Avenue to Indiana Avenue
Slide Road from 16th Street to 4Zd Street
SECTION z. 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 "boulevards11 9r "right-of-way" streets.
SECTION 3. That,. that part of any ordinance in conflict with the pro-
visions of this ordinance is hereby modified and superseded consistent with
the provisions of this ordinance; PROVIDED. HOWEVER. that this ordinance
shall not repeal or be construed as affecting any ordinance duly authorizing
the placement of traffic control lights.
SECTION 4. Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of
this ordinance shall, upon conviction, be fined in any sum not exceeding Two
Hundred Dollars ($ZOO).
SECTIONs.. The City Secretary is hereby authorized and directed to
cause the descriptive caption and penalty provision of this ordinance to be pub-
lished, as an alternative method of publication as provided by law.
SECTION 6. Increased traffic over the above streets and parts of
streets requires that all rules be suspended requiring proposed ordinances to
be presented at two meetings of the City Commission, and this ordinance, nec-
essary to preserve the public peace and safety, is declared to be an emergency
measure and shall become effective from a nd after its unanimous passage by
the City Commission on first reading.
AND IT IS SO ORD ~RED. f
On motion of Commissioner __ ....;C:;.;;a .. r.,.w~n ... t...::e;.:.r ____ , seconded by Com-
m i ssioner Thoms , this Ordinance was passed on first reading ·----~~.---------
thi.s. i4th day of November ____ .......,;..;..;,;..;,..;;.;:;..... • 1953, by the following vote:
Commissioners voting 11YEA11 : Morris, Car,r.enter, Davis, Thoms and
Mayor Tripp
Commissioners voting "NAY": None
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