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ORDINANCE NO. 3720
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AN ORDINANCE DIRECTING DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF ASYSTE
OF MEDIAN DIVIDERS ON ALL FOUR APPROACHES TO THE INTERSECTION
OF PARKWAY DRIVE AND QUIRT AVENUE; ESTABLISIDNG REQUIREMENTS _
AS TO SIZE AND DESIGN OF SUCH DIVIDERS; DEFINIID THE TERM "MEDIAN
DIVIDERS"; AUTHORIZING SUCH WARNING AND DIRECTIONAL SIGNS. DE-
VICES. STRUCTURES OR IMPROVEMENTS AS NECESSARY; DEFINING THE
DRIVING OF A MOTOR VEHICLE ON. OVER OR ACROSS SUCH MEDIAN DIVI-
DERS AS A MISDEMEANOR, AND PROVIDING A PENALTY THEREFOR: DIREC
TING PUBLICATION AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE FOR THIS ORDI-
ANCE.·
WHEREAS 1 the City Commission finds that the existing traffic .fl. ow 1 speed
and volume at the intersection of Parkway Drive and Quirt Avenue in the City of
Lubbeck is such as to constitute a serious hazard and danger to the drivers and
passengers of all vehicles passing through such intersection, and to the residents
living near or adjacent to such intersection; and,
WHEREAS, the City Commission finds that the dangers existing at such
intersection cannot be adequately controlled or eliminated by the customary use
of traffic signs, signals and devices; and,
WHEREAS, in the exercise of the police power of the City of Lubbock, the
City Commission finds that it is reasonable and necessary that a system of
median dividers be installed on the approaches to such intersection, to adequatelr
promote and protect the health, safety, property and general welfare of the citi-
zens of the City of Lubbock; NOW THEREFORE:
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF LUBBOCK:
SECTION 1. THAT the Traffic Engineer of the City of l::itlbbock BE and he
is hereby authorized and directed to design and cause to be constructed a syste
of median dividers on all four approaches to the intersection of Parkway Drive
and Quirt Avenue in the City of Lubbock, such median dividers to be of sufficien
size and design as to separate at the point of immediate approach to such inters,jc-
tion vehicles passing in opposite directions. By the term 11median divider" as ,j
used herein shall mean a structure, median or improvement, which shall be hig 1 er
than the existing surface of the main traveled portion of the streets upon which i
is placed .. and so designed and constructed as to prevent the passage of any moto
vehicle through or over such divider.
SEC';['ION 2. The Traffic Engineer is authorized and directed to cause the
placing of such warning and directional signs, devices, structures or improve-
ments either at ground level or above as may be necessary.
SECTION 3. Any person operating a motor vehicle who shall drive on, ov r
or across such median divider; or across or over any sign, device, structure
or improvement placed or constructed so as to give warning or notice of such
median divider, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof
shall be fined in any sum not exceeding TWO HUNDRED ($200. 00} DOLLARS.
SECTION 4. The City Secretary-Treasurer is authorized and directed to
cause the publication of the descriptive caption of this Ordinance together with
the penalty provision hereof as an alternative method of publication as prov.iBed
by law~ and this Ordinance shall become effective ten (10) days after the second
publication thereof.
AND IT IS SO ORDERED
Passed by theCity Commission on first reading this 25th day of
January , 1962.
Passed by the City Commission on •second reading this ___ st_h __ day of
FebrU4ry 1 1962.
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-----_X/~ --------------Lave ·a Lowe, C~ry-Treasurer
~ ·~~.a ~~-----;.~--DAVID c. CASEY. Mayor
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