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MEMORANDUM
To: Mayor, City Council, City Manager
From: Mark T. Sokolow, City Attorney /~ ~~-
Date: May 18, 2006
Subject: P. 0. No. 5614 - May 23, 2006 Council Meeting
Attached is P. O. 5614 designating the speed limit on
Lake Arthur Drive and providing for a penalty. (Requested by
Mayor Ortiz).
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P. O. No. 5614
05/18/06 ts
ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE DESIONATIN~ THE SPEED LIMIT ON
LAKE ARTHUR DRIVE AT 30 MILES PER HOUR AND
PROVIDING FOR A PENALTY (REQUESTED BY MAYOR
ORTIZ)
WHEREAS, it is being recommended by the Chief of Police that
the speed limit on Lake Arthur Drive be reduced from a 40 mph speed
limit zone to a 30 mph speed limit zone.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT OI~DINANCE BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS:
Section 1. That the facts and opinions in the preamble are
true and correct.
Section 2. That signs be posted on Lake Arthur drive
giving due notice that the speed limit is 30 mph.
Section 3. That all required regulatory speed limit signs
indicating the new speed limit shall be installed and maintained on
Lake Arthur Drive by the City of Port Arthur.
Section 4. That if any portion of this Ordinance shall,
for any reason, be declared invalid by any Court of Competent
Jurisdiction, the invalidity shall not affect the remaining
provisions hereof.
Section 5. That any person who violates any provision of
this Ordinance or who shall neglect to comply with the terms
hereof, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and shall, upon
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conviction thereof, be fined in any sum not less than One ($1.00)
Dollar, nor more than Five Hundred ($500.00) Dollars, as provided
in the Code of Ordinances, and each violation shall constitute a
separate offense.
Section 6. All Ordinances and any part of Ordinances in
conflict herewith are hereby repealed, but only to the extent of
the conflict.
Section 7. That this Ordinance or its caption and penalty
shall be published one (1) time within ten (10) days after final
passage hereof in the official paper of the City of Port Arthur.
Section S. That this Ordinance shall take effect
immediately after the date of publication.
Section 9. That a copy of the caption of this Ordinance be
spread upon the Minutes of the City Council.
READ, ADOPTED AND APPROVED on this __ day of
, A.D., 2006, at a Meeting of the City Council of
the City of Port Arthur, Texas, by the following vote: AYES:
Mayor ,
Councilmembers ,
NOES:
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MAYOR
ATTEST:
CITY SECRETARY
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
CITY ATTORNEY
APPROVED FOR ADMINISTRATION:
CITY MANAGER
APPP~OV~D .' /
~'C~{IEF O'F POLICE
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