HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance - 1493-1953 - Establishing A Bus-Loading Zone On The S Side Of The 900 Block Of 13Th St - 11/24/1953:opy
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ORDINANCE NO .......... H~1 9;r,;3a---
AN ORDINANCE ESTA~LJSHING A BUS-LOADING ZONE ON THE
SOUTH SIDE OF THE 900 BLOCK OF 13TH STREET, BEGINNING .AT TEXAS
AVENUE AND EXTENDING EAST A DISTANCE OF 64 FEET; AUTHORIZING
PAINTING OF CURBS !N'DICATJNG BUS STOP; REPEALING ORDINANCE NO.
1223, THEREBY REMOVING BUS-LOADING ZONE LOCATED ON THE SOUTH
SIDE OF THE 1000 BLOCK OF 13TH STREET, BEGINNING AT A POINT 70
FEET EAST OF AVENUE "J" AND EXTENDING EAST A DISTANCE OF 45
FEETi REPEALING ALL OTHER CONFUCTnlG ORDINANCES; AND DECLAR-
ING AN EMERGENCY.
WHEREAS, the City Traffic Engineer bas recom.mended certain
changes in the location of uptown bus-loading zones, and public necessity and
convenience require the establishment of such zones to conform to a master
street-use plan for handling traffic, and the City Commission has passed the
ordinances necessary to remove parking meters from the new areas; NOW,
THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF LUBBOCK:
SECTION 1. That a bus passenger loading and unloading zone BE, and
the same is hereby designated and established as follows, to-wit:
A. A space on the South side of the 900 Block of 13th
Street, beginnin~ at Texas Avenue and extending
East sixty-four (64) feet.
SECTION 2. That the City Traffic Engineer BE, and he is hereby author-
ized and directed to paint the curbs and place signs designating such space as
a bus passenger loading and unloading zone.
SECTION 3. That Ordinance No. 1223, establishing a bus loading and
unloading zone on the South side of the 1000 Block of 13th Street, beginning at
a point seventy (70) feet East of Avenue J and extending East a distance of
forty-five (45) feet, be expressly repealed; and that part of the provisions of
any ordinance or order in conflict with this ordinance is hereby repealed.
SECTION 4. That the enactment of this ordinance, being necessary to
the public safety and ;o provide for a greater use of the public streets, is
declared to be an emergency measure, thereby creating a public necessity
that the rule requir~ng proposed ordinances to be presented at two separate
meetings be dispensed with; and this ordinance shall be effective from the date
of its passage, as provided by law.
AND IT .1S SO ORDERED.
On motion of Commissioner ____ ... _h .. oma_s _____ , seconded by Com ..
missioner ___ M_o_rr_i _s ______ , this Ordinance was passed o n first
reading this 24th day of __ N_o;_ve~mb;..;..;.e,;..r ___ , 1953, by the following vote:
C oinJ.--ni s s ioner s voting 11 YEA 11 : Morris, Carpenter , Davis , Thomas and
Mayor Tripp
Commissioners voting "NAY": Nons
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ATTEST:
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