HomeMy Public PortalAboutOrdinance No. 553-86 02-17-1986 ORDINANCE N0. 553
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CODE OF CR.BINANCES,
CITY OF RICHLAND HILLS, TEXAS, CHAFT'ER 10,
TRAFFIC REGULATIGNS, BY DELETING FRESENT
SECTICN 24: DRIVING CN SIDEWALKS PROHIBITED
ANB SUBSTITUTING THEREFOR A NEW SECTICN 24
PROHIBITING THE DRIVING AND/CR FARKING ON
SIDEWALKS ANB CURBS AND PROHIBITING DAMAGE TO
STREETS, SIDEWALKS ANB CURES, REQUIhING THE
OW1vER ADD/OR BRIVER TO PAY FOR ANY DAMAGES TO
SUCH SIDEWALK, CURB, OR STREET; CREATING A
REBUTTABLE PRESUMPTION TY~AT THE OWNER OF THE
VEHICLE IS THE OPERATOR OF THE VEHICLE;
PROVIDING A FENALTY; FROVIDING FCR PUBLICATION
AND FROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
• RICHLANB HILLS, TEXAS, THAT:
I.
Chapter 10, Traffic Regulations, present Section 24:
BRINING ON SIBEWALKS PROHIBITED of the Code of Ordinances, City
of Richland Hills, Texas, be and it is hereby deleted from said
Code of Ordinances.
II.
Chapter 10, Traffic Regulations, of the Code of
Ordinances, City of Richland Hills, Texas, is hereby amended by
adding a new section 24 in lieu of the former Section 24, which
new section shall read as follows:
"SECTION 24: DRIVING ANB/OR PARKING ON SIDEWALKS AND C_UR_BS
PROHIBITED; OWNER AND/OR DRIVER TC PAY FOR DAMAGE TO STREETS,
SIBEWALKS, AND CURBS; OWNER PRIMA FACIE THE OPERATOR:
A. No person, firm or corporation shall drive, operate, or
park a motor vehicle upon, or over a sidewalk except at
a permanent or temporary driveway within the corporate
limits of the City of Richland Hills, Texas.
B. No person, firm, or corporation shall drive, operate, or
park a motor vehicle upon, across, or over a curb in any
public street within the corporate limits of the City of
Richland Hills, Texas.
C. No person, firm, or corporation shall turn or maneuver
any vehicle upon any street, sidewalk, or curb within
the corporate limits of the City of Richland Hills,
Texas, in such a way as to cause damage to the surface
or structure of such street, sidewalk, or curb.
• D. The owner of a motor vehicle used in driving, operating,
or parking a motor vehicle upon or over a street,
sidewalk, or curb in violation of this Ordinance is
presumed to be the driver or operator of the motor
vehicle so driven, operated, or parked in violation of
this Ordinance. The presumption shall be rebuttable and
shall have the effects and consequences set forth in
Section 2.05, Vernon's Texas Penal Code Annotated.
(vernon's Supp. 1986) .
E. Any person, firm, or corporation causing damage to any
street, sidewalk, or curb, shall, in addition to such
criminal penalty specified herein, be liable in a civil
suit or proceeding for all damages, attorneys fees, and
costs which the City of Richland Hills, Texas, shall
incur or sustain as a result of such damage and the
recovery thereof.
II.
So that the public may be fully informed, the caption of
this ordinance shall be published in the official newspaper of
the City of Richland Hills, Texas. Further, copies of the
ordinance shall be made available by the City Secretary, City of
Richland Hills, Texas, upon request by any person interest
therein.
III.
Any person, firm, or corporation violating any portion
of this ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a Class C misdemeanor
and shall be fined a sum not in excess of $200.00, plus costs of
repairs for any damages.
IV.
This Ordinance shall be effective from and after its
passage and publication, and it is so Ordered..
PRESENTED AND PASSER by the City of Richland Hills, Texas, by
a vote of ~ "AYES" and 0 "NAYS" and 0
"ABSTENTIONS, this the lath day of ebruarv , 198,,E
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DAV AN, Nfayor
A 'EST:
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Pauline Kempe, Cit Secretary