HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance No. 14_029 Prohibiting buses on University BlvdORDINANCE NO. _ _:1'-'-4-'-/ 0.:...:2=9 __
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF UNIVERSITY PARK, TEXAS, AMENDING
THE CODE OF ORDINANCES BY AMENDING SECTION 12.06.001 (a) (1) "TRUCK
ROUTES; LOAD RESTRICTIONS" TO PROHIBIT BUSES EXCEPT ON
DESIGNATED TRUCK ROUTES; TO PROVIDE DEFINITIONS AND EXEMPTIONS
FOR CERTAIN VEHICLES; REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT;
PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING FOR A PENALTY OF FINE
NOT TO EXCEED TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS ($200.00) FOR EACH OFFENSE; AND
PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF UNIVERSITY PARK, TEXAS:
SECTION 1. That Chapter 12, Article 12.06, University Park Code of Ordinances, is
amended by amending Section 12.06.001, in part, as follows:
"Sec. 12.06.001 Truck routes; load restrictions
(a) Truck routes.
( 1) When signs have been placed designating truck routes and when the major
thoroughfares have been signed indicating a prohibition of truck traffic, it shall
be unlawful for any person to drive or operate any truck, tractor, trailer, bus or
other commercial vehicle with a rated carrying capacity in excess of five
thousand pounds on, along, or over any streets of the city, or any portion thereof,
except the following designated truck routes:
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For the purposes of this Article, "bus" shall mean a bus or passenger conveyance
vehicle designed to carry more than fifteen (15) seated passengers.
(b) Load restrictions on University Boulevard.
( 1) A person commits an offense if he drives or operates a truck, tractor, trailer, bus or
other commercial vehicle with a rated carrying capacity in excess of five thousand
(5 ,000) pounds on University Boulevard from Preston Road to Hillcrest Avenue or
from Dublin to North Central Expressway (U.S. 75).
(2)
(3) The prohibition contained in the preceding sentences shall not apply to vehicles
picking up or delivering passengers, goods or merchandise from or to property
abutting University Boulevard from Preston Road to Hillcrest Avenue or from
Dublin to North Central Expressway (U. S. 75), nor to vehicles operated by the city
for municipal purposes or trucks operated by the franchised utility companies of the
city."
SECTION 2. That all provisions of the Code of Ordinances of the City of University Park,
Texas, in conflict with the provisions of this ordinance are hereby repealed.
SECTION 3. That should any word, phrase, paragraph, or section of this ordinance or of
the Code of Ordinances, as amended hereby, be held to be unconstitutional, illegal or invalid, the
same shall not affect the validity of this ordinance as a whole, or any part or provision thereof other
than the part so decided to be unconstitutional, illegal or invalid, and shall not affect the validity of
the Code of Ordinances as a whole.
SECTION 4. Any person violating any of the provisions of this ordinance shall be deemed
guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction in the municipal court of the City of University Park,
Texas, shall be punished by a fine not to exceed the sum of two hundred dollars ($200.00) for each
offense.
SECTION 5. That this ordinance shall take effect immediately from and after its
passage and the publication of the caption, as the law and charter in such cases provide.
DULY PASSED by the City Council of the City of University Park, Texas, this 18thday
of November 2014.
ByAPPRO:u ;;C ~
OLIN B. LANE, MAYOR
ATTEST:
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By: --~~·=----=-=---'J-_._~-----
CHRISTINE GREEN, CITY SECRETARY
APPROVED AS TO FO~ ~· ~ CITY ATTORNEY
(RLD; 11-11-14; 69086)