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HomeMy Public PortalAboutOrdinance No. 724-94 05-24-1994 ORDINANCE NO. 7 2 4- 9 4 • AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SUBSECTION R "PARKING RESTRICTIONS ON DIANA DRIVE" OF SECTION 28 "PARKING RESTRICTIONS" OF CHAPTER 10 "TRAFFIC REGULATIONS" OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, CITY OF RICHLAND HILLS, TEXAS, AS AMENDED, TO REVISE PARKING RESTRICTIONS ON THE WEST SIDE OF DIANA DRIVE IN SAID CITY; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING A SAVING CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Richland Hills, Texas, heretofore established certain parking restrictions governing the west side of the 3200 block of Diana Drive within said city; and WHEREAS, the City Council, after study and experience, and in light of changed conditions, now finds that certain revisions are necessary to said parking restrictions, as set forth hereinbelow. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RICHLAND HILLS, TEXAS: I. • That Paragraphs (2) and (5) of Subsection R "PARKING RESTRICTIONS ON DIANA DRIVE" of Section 28 "PARKING RESTRICTIONS" of Chapter 10 "TRAFFIC REGULATIONS" of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Richland Hills, Texas, as amended, be hereby amended to hereafter be and read as follows: (2) There is hereby established a restricted parking area on the west side of Diana Drive which shall be restricted to parking exclusively for users of the police department. Said restricted parking area shall be designated by signs and curb area painting showing the limits of such restricted parking area. Such restricted parking area shall further be designated by signs clearly stating that persons parking in violation of such restrictions shall be subject to having their vehicles towed at the owner's expense for such unlawful parking. It shall hereafter be unlawful for any person to park a vehicle within such restricted parking area unless, while such vehicle is parked in such restricted parking area, the occupants of said vehicle are utilizing the police department facilities. (5) There is hereby established a restricted parking area on the west side of Diana Dive which shall be restricted to parking exclusively for users of the post office and users or patrons of city facilities. Said restricted parking area shall be designated by signs and curb area painting showing the limits of such restricted parking area. Such restricted parking area shall further be designated by signs clearly stating that persons parking in violation of such restrictions shall be subject to having their vehicles • towed at the owner's expense for such unlawful parking. It shall ORDINANCE NO. 7 2 4- 9 4 PAGE 1 hereafter be unlawful for any person to park a vehicle within such . restricted parking area unless, while such vehicle is parked in such restricted parking area, the occupants of said vehicle are utilizing the post office or city facilities. 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, sentences, 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. III. Saving 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. 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. PRESENTED, GIVEN FIRST READING AND APPROVED at a regular meeting of the Richland Hills City Council on the 2 4 th day of May 1994, by a vote of 4 ayes, 1' nays, and 0 abstentions. APPROVED: C. F. Kelley, Mayor ATTEST: a Teri' i is, City Secre ary AP VED AS TO FORM: QC~~~ ~ l • Paul F. Wieneskie, City Attorney mlib531/bh/051894 ORDINANCE NO. 7 2 4- 9 4 PAGE 2