HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance - 5054-1966 - Extension Of Concrete Median On West 19Th Street. - 06/23/1966. ~ I
-===#i=A=S=;:.j==c =-=======-===-=====~l~:A=""'~2 3..=lQlU~-========-=--= 0. 0 ~14-1qmi J. ORDINANCE NO. 5054 r,,"' &; AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING AND DffiECTING THE EXTENSION OF A
CONCRETE MEDIAN ON WEST 19TH STREET AS MORE PARTICULARLY DES-
CRIBED HEREIN; DEFINING THE TERM "MEDIAN DIVIDER"; AUTHORIZING sue
ARNING AND DIRECTIONAL SIGNS, DEVICES~ STRUCTURES OR IMPROVEME
SMAY BE NECESSARY; PROVIDING A PENALTY FOR ANY PERSON WHO DRIV
MOTOR VEHICLE ON OR OVER SUCH MEDIAN; AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING
PUBLICATION OF THE DESCRIPTIVE CAPTION AND PENALTY CLAUSE HEREO
SAN ALTERNATIVE :METHOD OF PUBLICATION PROVIDED BY LAW; AND
PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE OF TIIlS ORDINANCE,.;
WHEREAS# the City Council finds that the existing traffic fl.ow, speed and
volume of traffic at t he below described location ie such as to constitute a serious
hazard and danger to the drivers and passangers of all vehicles passing through
such location, and the residents living near or adjacent to such location; and,
WHEREAS, the City Council finds that the dangers existing at such location
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 Lubbock1 the City
Council finds that it is reasonable and necessary that median divider be installed
at the location more particularly described below to adequately promote and protect
the health, safety, and property, and welfare of the citizens of Lubbock; NOW~
THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LUBBOCK:
SECTION 1. THAT the traffic engineer of the City of Lubbock is hereby
authorized and directed to design and cause to be c onstructed a median divider in
the center of West 19th Street to extend from an existing median divider in the
center of West 19th Street west of Orlando Avenue to a point 38 feet west of the c ent r
line of Orlando Avenue at its intersection with West 19th Street.
By the term median divider as used herein shall mean a concrete structure of
median improvement which shall be higher than the existing surface of the main
traveled pvDtion of the street upon which it is placed, and so designed and construct d
as to prevent the passage of any motor vehicle through or over such divider.
SECTION 2. THAT the Traffic Engineer is authorized and directed to cause
the placing of such warning and directional signs, devices, structures, or improve
ments at either ground level or about as may be ne cessary.
SECTION 3. Any person operating a motor vehicle who shall drive on, over.t
or across said median divider, or across or over any signs, devices, structures
or improvements 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.
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SECTION 4. The City Secretary is hereby authorized and directed to cause
he publication of the descriptive caption of this Ordinance together with the penalty
provision above set forth in Section 3 of this Ordinance as an alternative method of
publication as provided by law, and this Ordinance shall become effective ten (10)
days after the second publication thereof.
AND IT IS SO ORDERED
Passed by the City Council on first reading this 23rd day of _____ J_un_e _____ , 196
Passed by the Clt,ity Council on second reading this 14tbday of ___ .1-u ... ly.__ ____ , 19 6.
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