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ORDINANCE NO. ___ s1 ..... z_2 _____ _
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 2 OF ORDINANCE 4251 OF
THE CITY OF LUBBOCK TO ADD A SCHOOL ZONE ON NORTH QUffiT
AVENUE AS MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN THE BODY OF THIS
ORDINANCE; DECLARING AN EMERGENCY~ AND AUTHORIZING AND
DIRECTING THE CITY SECRETARY TO CAUSE PUBLICATION OF THE
DESCRIPTIVE CAPTION HEREOF AND THE PENALTY CLAUSE, SECTION
7. OF ORDINANCE 4251 AS AN ALTERNATE METHOD OF PUBLICATION
PROVIDED BY LAW.
WHEREAS.,, the governing body of the City of Lubboc}{.,upon the basis of
an engineering and traffic investigation finds it necessary to alter the pruna
facie speed limits established by Article 670ld,. Section 166 (a)~, Vernon1s
Annotated Texas Statutes as amended, Acts 19 63,. 59th Legislature~ Page
455, Chapter 181, within the area and at the location named and designated
in the body of this Ordinance, all within the corporate limits of the City of
Lubbock and in the vicinity of school areas during periods of time when the
schools are in session and school children are going to or from the schools
and playgrounds; and,
WHEREAS, the governing body finds it necessary to make provisionJor
the regulation of moving vehicular traffic within such area regarding passin
and stopping for the protection and safety of pedestrians crossing the streets
within such areas" and"
WHEREAS, it is necessary to the immediate preservation of the public
health and safety to provide for the immediate enactment of such measure
constituting an emergency"' NOW THEREFORE:
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LUBBOCK:
SECTION 1. THAT Section 2 of Ordinance 4251 of the City of Lubbock.,
Texas,,. BE and the same is hereby amended by the addition thereto of new
Subsection 35 which shall read as follows, to-wit:
11 35. On North Quirt Avenue, beginning 2001 (feet} North of
the North side of East Cornell Street and extending South for
a distance of 400t (feet). 11
SECTION 2. THAT the City Secretary is hereby authorized and directed.
to cause publication of the descriptive caption hereof together with the penal
clause,. Section 7., of Ordinance 4251, as an alternate method of publication
provided by law.
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SECTION 3. THAT the enactment of this Ordinance being necessary to
the public safety and welfare of the pedestrian use of the street in the school
area herein designated and established is hereby declared to be an emergency
measure creating a public necessity that the rule providing that proposed
ordinances be presented at two separate meetings be dispensed with and this
Ordinance is declared to be an EMERGENCY MEASURE to take effect from
and after the date of its second publication.
AND IT IS SO ORDERED,.
Passed by the City Council this -----12th January ~ 19 67. -----------·
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