HomeMy WebLinkAbout1630 04-23-2004ORDINANCE NO. 1630
AN ORDINANCE EXTENDING CERTAIN, SPECIFIED TRAFFIC
RULES THAT APPLY TO ROADS OWNED BY THE CITY OF
EULESS, TEXAS, TO THE ROADS IN THE "HARWOOD COURT
ADDITION" ON PETITION BY THE PROPERTY OWNERS
RESIDING IN THE SUBDIVISION; FINDING THAT THIS
ORDINANCE IS IN THE INTEREST OF THE CITY OF EULESS,
GENERALLY; SPECIFYING THE REQUESTED RULES TO BE
EXTENDED TO THE ROADS IN SAID SUBDIVISION;
ALLOWING THE CITY TO REQUIRE THAT OWNERS OF
PROPERTY IN SAID SUBDIVISION PAY ALL OR PART OF THE
COST OF EXTENDING AND ENFORCING THE TRAFFIC RULES
TO SAID SUBDIVISION, INCLUDING COSTS ASSOCIATED
WITH PLACEMENT OF NECESSARY OFFICIAL TRAFFIC
CONTROL DEVICES; ALLOWING FOR PLACEMENT OF
NECESSARY TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES; PROVIDING A
SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING A SAVING CLAUSE AND
AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, Section 542.008 of the Texas Transportation Code allows the City of Euless,
upon petition by twenty -five percent (25 %) of the property owners residing in a subdivision or on
the request of the governing body of the entity that maintains the roads in a subdivision, to extend
by ordinance any traffic rules that apply to roads owned by the City of Euless, so that the roads
in said subdivision are under some of the same traffic rules as govern public roads within the city,
and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Euless, Texas, has received a petition from
twenty -five percent (25 %) of the property owners residing in the Harwood Court Addition, a
subdivision of the City of Euless, Texas, requesting that the city extend by ordinance certain,
speed traffic rules that apply to roads owned by the municipality to the roads located within that
subdivision; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Euless hereby finds that it would be in the best
interests of the city, generally, to extend such traffic rules to apply to the roads in said subdivision;
and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Euless, Texas, further finds that the following
ordinance provisions promote the health, safety and general welfare of the citizens of Euless.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
EULESS,TEXAS:
SECTION I
THAT the following specified traffic rules that apply to public streets in the City of Euless
are hereby extended by this ordinance to the streets located within The Harwood Court Addition
to the City of Euless (hereinafter "the Subdivision ").
SECTION II
THAT the City Council hereby finds that this ordinance is in the interest of the City of
Euless, generally.
SECTION III
THAT as a condition of extending such traffic rules, the City Council hereby requires that
owners of property in the subdivision shall pay all or part of the costs of extending and enforcing
the traffic rules in said subdivision, including the costs associated with the placement of
necessary official traffic control devices. The City Council shall consult with the Euless Police
Department to determine the cost of enforcing traffic rules in this subdivision.
Due to the unique arrangement of the streets in this subdivision and the need to protect
the public through unimpeded emergency vehicle access to the homes in this subdivision, the
provisions of this ordinance shall only apply to the following streets with all other streets marked
and maintained as Fire Lanes and are subject to all requirements governing fire lanes:
a) Horseshoe Drive and Bridle Drive.
SECTION IV
THAT on the effective date of this ordinance, the private roads, Horseshoe Drive and
Bridle Drive, located in the subdivision are considered to be public highways or streets for the
purposes of the application and enforcement of the following specified traffic laws which apply to
public streets within the city. Without limiting the generality hereof, the following specific traffic
rules and regulations are hereby applied to the roads within said subdivision.
Failure to yield to an emergency vehicle --- Section 545.156.
2. Interfering with emergency vehicles --- Section 545.407.
3. Crossing a fire hose --- Section 545.408.
4. Regulations governing parking, stopping or standing --- Sections 545.302 and
545.303.
5. Removal of unlawfully stopped vehicle --- Section 545.305.
6. Passing a school bus --- Section 545.066.
7. Driving with expired, wrong or fictitious license plates or registration insignia ---
Sections 502.407 and 502.409.
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8. Driving without a drivers license, or with an expired, suspended or revoked license
--- Sections 521.021, 521.451, 521.457.
9. Failure to Maintain Financial Responsibility (no insurance) - - - Sections 601.191,
601.195.
10. Failure to comply with a lawful order of a police officer --- Section 542.501.
SECTION V
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.
SECTION VI
Saving Clause. That Chapter 82 of the Code of Ordinances, City of Euless, Texas, as
amended, shall remain in full force and effect, save and except as amended by this ordinance.
SECTION VII
Effective Date. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage
and publication as provided by the Euless City Charter and the laws of the State of Texas.
PRESENTED AND GIVEN FIRST AND FINAL READING and approved at a regular
meeting of the Euless City Council on the 23rd day of March, 2004, by a vote of 6 ayes,
_ 0 nays and _0 abstentions.
APPROVED:
Mary Lib SalFh, Mayor
ATTEST:
an Crim, CMC, City Secretary
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