HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance - 1507-1953 - Establishing Erection And Maintenance Of An Automatic Mechanical Traffic System - 12/10/1953\;;2-\0 -1953
ORDINANCE NO. 1507
All ORDINANCS ESTABLISHIR1 AND AUl'HORIZING THE ERECTION AND MlD'l'ENAN~
OF AN AUTOMATIC MECHANICAL TRAFFIC CONTOOL SIGNAL LIGHT A.T THE INTERSEGriON CP.
TEN'l'H STREET AND AVENUE -r• Ill THE CITY OF LUBBOOK; AND DECLARING .AN EICB:rDCY.
'W'HERI1aS, JMbllc necessity, convenience and safety require the
establisha!tnt of a m.echa.Dioal traffic control device at the hereina.fter named
intersection to be used in conjumtion vith the eJDergenoy use ot the streets
b7 vehicles of the City-Fire Department, and such traffic control dsviae till
decreaee the traf'tic bar;ard at such intet-seotion caused b7 such emergency use
of the a ~eta J BOW 1 THEREPURB,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COl+liSSION OF THE CITY OF LUBBOCXs
SECTION 1. TKA1' the Traffic Engineer ot the City-ot Lubbock ia bereby
authorised and directed to install and maintain an automtic mecbanioal tratfio
control sigual light at the 1nterseotion ot Tenth Street and Avenue '1', vhioh
a ball be controlled by the City or Lubbock Fire Depat-tment and shall ahibit a
red colored light vhich shall be lighted and shown vben necessary to vam traffic
of the poaaible approach of emrgeney Fire Depa.t-'tulent whiclee.
SECTION 2. THU whenever said eErgency-traffic control light is
in operation and is showing a red light, all vehiotnu alld pedestrian tratfio
taoiDg the signal sba.ll come to a complete etop before entering into the
oroaswalk ot-intersection and shall rea~n stopped lmtil said light ia no longer
exhibi tillg a red light.
SECTION .3. THAT the aDaotmnt of thie Ordinance, being De01PaJ:7 to the
publ.J.o safety-, 8lld to provide for the safe use of the streets when elll9rgency
fire 't'8biclea are reeponding to a call is declared to be an elll8rgency measure,
thereby creating a public necessity tbat the rule requiring proposed ordinances
to be presented at two separate meetings be dispensed withJ and this OrdiJJanoe
sball be affective from the date of its paseage, ae provided b7 law. ·
AND IT IS SO ORDERED.
On motion of Commissioner Caryentsr , seconded b7
CommissiODSr Davis
City Commission on this lOth
, the foregoi.llg Ordinance was pa.eaed b7 the
chq ot December , 1952._, by the
follow~ votac
Commi88ionere voti.llg •YE.l•s Morris, Carpenter, Davis, am Mayor Tripp
Commieaionera voting •NAY•s None
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