HomeMy Public PortalAboutOrdinance No. 612-90 02-26-1990 ORDINANCE NO. 612
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SUBSECTION A. (3) "SPEED
RESTRICTIONS GENERALLY" OF SECTION 8, "SPEED REGULATIONS"
OF CHAPTER 10, "TRAFFIC REGULATIONS" OF THE CODE OF
ORDINANCES, CITY OF RICHLAND HILLS, TEXAS, REVISING THE
REQUIREMENTS FOR OPERATING A VEHICLE IN SCHOOL ZONES;
PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING A SAVINGS
CLAUSE; PROVIDING A PENALTY CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING AN
EFFECTIVE DATE.
BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of Richland Hills,
Texas .
I.
That Subsection A. (3) "Speed Restrictions Generally" of
Section 8 of Chapter 10, "TRAFFIC REGULATIONS" of the Code of
Ordinances, City of Richland Hills, Texas, as amended, be hereby
• amended to hereafter be and read as follows:
A. SPEED RESTRICTIONS GENERALLY
(3) It shall be unlawful for any person to operate, or
drive, any vehicle at a speed greater than the
speed designated or posted, or to over take or pass
any other vehicle in any school zone as may be
marked or designated within the City during the
hours indicated upon signs erected in such zone, ar
during the time when signal lights on such signs
are flashing, or whenever children are present in
such zones.
II.
SEVERABILITY CLAUSE. That it is hereby declared to be the
intention of the City Council that the sections, paragraphs,
sentences, clauses and phrases of this ordinance are severable, and
if any phrase, clause, sentence paragraph or section of this
ordinance shall be declared invalid or unconstitutional by the
valid judgment or decree of any court of competent jurisdiction,
such invalidity or unconstitutionality shall not affect any of the
remaining phrases, clauses, sentenced, paragraphs and sections of
this ordinance, since the same would have been enacted by the City
Council without the incorporation in this ordinance of any such
invalid or unconstitutional phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph or
section.
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III.
SAVINGS CLAUSE. That Chapter 10 of the Code of Ordinances,
City of Richland Hills, Texas, as amended, shall remain in full
force and effect, save and except as amended by this ordinance.
IV.
PENALTY. Any person violating any of the provisions of this
Ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon
conviction, shall be subject to a fine of not more than two hundred
dollars (5200), unless otherwise specified in other sections of
this Ordinance. Each transaction in violation of any of the.
provisions hereof shall be deemed a separate offense.
V.
EFFECTIVE DATE. This ordinance shall be in full force and
effect from and after its passage and publication as provided by
the Richland Hills City Charter and the laws of the State of Texas.
• VI.
PRESENTED, PASSED, AND APPROVED at a regular meeting of the
Richland Hills City Council on the 26th day of FEB by a vote
of 5 ayes, 0 nays and _0 abstentions.
APPROVED:
W. H. (Bill) Vincent, Jr. , Mayor
ATTEST:
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Pauline Kempe, City S cretary
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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Pau F. Wi eskie, City Attorney