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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance - 7724-1978 - Ordinance 7724 Repealing One-Way Alley Traffic Ordinance No. 7172, Sign Removal - 09/28/1978,. JWF: hw 7 7 « y, ORDINANCE NO. 7724 _,!_!_=--.:. __ _ AN ORDINANCE REPEALING ONE-WAY ALLEY TRAFFIC ORDINANCE NO. 7172, AUTHORIZING REMOVAL OF ONE-WAY TRAFFIC SIGNS, ESTABLISHING TWO-WAY TRAFFIC ON THE EAST-WEST ALLEY LYING NORTH AND ABUTTING LOTS 603 THROUGH 615, CAPROCK ADDITION AS DESCRIBED IN THE BODY OF THIS ORDINANCE, PROVIDING A PENALTY AND FOR PUBLICATION HEREOF, PRO- VIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE, AND DECLARING THIS ORDINANCE TO BE AN EMERGENCY MEASURE AND CUMULATIVE. WHEREAS, the City Council, after traffic engineering studies, has determined that Ordinance No. 7172 should be repealed in its entirety; and, WHEREAS, the traffic flow in the alley described in the body of this Ordinance needs to be changed from a one-way alley to a two-way alley, and same needs to be done immediately because of the starting of Lubbock Public Schools to adjust the traffic in the vicinity of Parsons Elementary School, which creates an emergency requiring this Ordinance to be passed as an emergency measure to take effect immediately; NOW THEREFORE: BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LUBBOCK: SECTION 1. THAT Ordinance No. 7172 of the City of Lubbock which established a one-way (flowing only east) direction for traffic flow in the east-west alley lying immediately North of and abutting Lots 603 through 615 (inclusive), Caprock Addition to the City of Lubbock, Lubbock County, Texas, between 58th and 60th Streets, and Elgin Avenue to Canton Avenue, BE AND THE SAME IS hereby repealed in its entirety as of the effective date of this repealing Ordinance. SECTION 2. THAT the City Manager is hereby authorized and directed to cause th · removal of any one-way traffic signs placed pursuant to the authority of said Ordinance No. 7172. SECTION 3. THAT from and after passage and effective date of this Ordinance vehicular traffic may proceed in both an easterly or westerly direction in the alley described in Section 1 hereof, and said alley is hereby designated as a two- way alley. SECTION 4. THAT any person, firm or corporation operating a vehicle in violation of the provisions of this Ordinance shall upon conviction be punished by a fine not to exceed TWO HUNDRED ($200.00) DOLLARS. SECTION 5. THAT the City Secretary is authorized and directed to cause the publication of the descriptive caption of this Ordinance together with the penalty provision as an alternative method of publication as provided by law. SECTION 6. THAT all alleys not specifically set forth in the preceding section hereof shall not be affected by the provisions hereof, and this Ordinance shall be cumulative of all other traffic ordinances with respect to alleys except those with which it specifically conflicts. SECTION 7. THAT should any section, paragraph, sentence, clause, phrase or word of this Ordinance be declared unconstitutional or invalid for any reason, the remainder of this Ordinance shall not be affected thereby. JWF: hw SECTION 8. THAT this Ordinance is hereby declared to be an emergency measure for the reasons stated in the preamble hereof, and the rule requiring two readings of an Ordinance before final passage is hereby suspended, and this Ordinance shall take effect immediately as an emergency measure. AND IT IS SO ORDERED. Passed by the City Council on first reading this 14 day of September --:---Passed by the City Council on second reading this 28 day of Sepierobec ATTEST: TO FORM: , 1978. , 1978.