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AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 5155., SO AS TO
CORRECTLY EXPRESS THE INTENTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL TO
CLOSE ONLY THE WEST LANE {SOUTH BOUND) PORTION OF AVE. H.
FROM MAIN STREET TO BROADWAY AND CERTAIN PARKIN'G AREAS
NORTH AND SOUTII OF THE OLD COURTHOUSE: AND DECLARING AN
El\lIERGENCY.
WHEREAS., the City Council. on the 21st day of December., 1966., did
by Ordinance No. 5155, close a certain portion of Ave. H. and parking
areas known as Rayner Place and Wheelock Place;and
WHEREAS., due to an error in discription the aforesaid Ordinance
does not correctly reflect the intention of the City Council then to close
only the West Lane (South Bound) portion of Ave. H. between the boundaries
expressed therein; and
WHEREAS-> the Ordinance as it now reads purports to seriously
disrupt traffic thus affecting the safety of the Citizens of the City of
Lubbock and creating an emergency;N0W THEREFORE:
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LUBBOCK:
SECTION 1: TIIAT Section 1 of the Ordinance No. 5155, be and
the same is hereby amended to read as follows:
11That the West Lane (South Bound) portion of Ave. H. between
South Right ... of ... Way line of Main Street and North Right ... of .. Way line
of Broadway, and the parking areas North and South of the old Courthouse
designated as Rayner Place and Wheelock Place shall be and the same are
hereby closed, vacated, and abandoned for street and parking purposes
and for the public, nothing herein shall be construed to close or otherwise
effect the East Line of Ave. H. between the aforesaid boundaries and the
same is hereby declared to be a public street. 11
SECTION 2: FOR the reason set out in the preamble this Ordinance
is declared to be an emergency measure and the rule requiring readings
on two separate days is hereby suspended and this Ordinance is declared
to be effective immediately upon passage hereof.
AND IT IS SO ORDERED