HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance - 7949-1979 - Alter Traffic Flow Patterns:Gary Ave W/ 25Th St & Flint Ave; No Through Traffic - 10/25/1979"' ,·LGB:pc ORDINANCE NO. 7949
AN ORDINANCE ALTERING THE TRAFFIC FLOW PATTERNS AT THE INTERSECTIONS OF
GARY AVENUE WITH TWENTY FIFTH STREET AND FLINT AVENUE WITH TWENTY FIFTH STREET,
AS HEREINAFTER MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN THE BODY OF THIS ORDINANCE, BY
PLACING VEHICULAR BARRICADES THEREON AND CAUSING A CONDITION OF "NO THROUGH
TRAFFIC" FOR VEHICULAR PUPROSES BUT RETAINING A PEDESTRIAN WALKWAY THEREIN;
REPEALING CONFLICTING ORDINANCES TO THE EXTENT OF SUCH CONFLICT; PROVIDING A
PENALTY CLAUSE AS PROVIDED FOR IN SECTION 1-5 OF THE CITY CODE; PROVIDING A
SAVINGS CLAUSE AND PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION.
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Lubbock, upon the basis of an
engineering and traffic investigation finds it necessary to alter the traffic
flow patterns within the area and at the locations named and designated in the
body of this ordinance, all within the corporate limits of the City of Lubbock;
NOW THEREFORE:
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LUBBOCK:
SECTION 1. THAT a vehicular barricade be placed across the street so
as to permit the flow of pedestrian traffic only, where Gary Avenue crosses
the north right-of-way line of Twenty-fifth street.
SECTION 2. THAT a vehicular barricade be placed across the street so
as to permit the flow of pedestrian traffic only, where Twenty-fifth street
crosses the west right-of-way line of Flint Avenue.
SECTION 3. THAT it shall be unlawful for the operators of motor
vehicles to strike these barricades in such a manner as to cause dam.age to
said barricades or to pass their vehicle over said barricades.
SECTION 4. THAT all ordinances or parts of ordinances, resolutions or
parts of resolutions conflicting with any of the provisions hereof are hereby
repealed insofar as such conflict exists.
SECTION 5. THAT the City Manager is hereby authorized and directed to
cause the placing and maintenance of such traffic control signals and/or
devices and/or signs as shall be necessary to apprise the public of the traffic
flow patterns as hereinabove set forth.
SECTION 6. THAT violation of any provision of this Ordinance shall be
deemed a misdemeanor punishable by a fine to to exceed two hundred dollars as
provided in Section 1-5 of the City Code.
SECTION 7. THAT should any 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.
SECTION 8. THAT the City Secretary is hereby authorized to cause
publication of the descriptive caption of this Ordinance as an alternative
method by law.
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LGB:pc ORDINANCE NO. 7949 ,.. ..
·-AND IT IS SO ORDERED.
Passed by the City Council on first reading this 25th day of October , 1979.
Passed by the City Council on second reading this 8th day of November , 1979.
~ DIRK WEST, MAYOR
ATTEST:
_ -:.· · p;PPROVED AS TO CO~ENT:
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. ./Bill McDaniel~~ Traffic Engineering
APPROVED .. :AS TO FORM:
Leon Bean, Assistant City Attorney