HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance No. 06/38 No Parking West side Dickens
ORDINANCE NO.
06/38
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF UNIVERSITY PARK, TEXAS,
PROHIBITING PARKING AT ANY TIME ON THE WEST SIDE OF DICKENS
BETWEEN STANFORD AND AMHERST; PROVIDING FOR THE ERECTION OF
SIGNS; PROVIDING FOR THE REPEAL OF ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT;
PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING FOR A PENALTY OF FINE
NOT TO EXCEED THE SUM OF TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS ($200.00) FOR EACH
OFFENSE; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, parking on the west side of Dickens Avenue between Stanford Street and
Amherst Street creates an obstruction for traffic; Now, Therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF UNIVERSITY
PARK, TEXAS:
SECTION 1. That it shall be unlawful and an offense for any person to leave or park any
motor vehicle at any time on the west side of Dickens Avenue from the point of its intersection with
Stanford Street to the point of its intersection with Amherst Street, between the hours of 7 :00 a.m.
and 4:00 p.m. on school days.
SECTION 2. That ordinances of the City of University Park in conflict with the provisions
of this ordinance are hereby repealed.
SECTION 3. That should any sentence, paragraph, subdivision, clause, phrase or section
of this ordinance be adjudged or 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
decided to be invalid, illegal or unconstitutional.
SECTION 4. That 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 subject to a fine not to exceed the sum of two hundred dollars
($200.00) for each offense.
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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. The parking
restrictions set out herein shall not be effective until appropriate signs giving notice thereof shall
have been erected as provided by the Code of Ordinances.
DUL Y PASSED by the City Council of the City of University Park, Texas, on the 19th day
of December 2006.
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CITY ATTORNEY
(RLD/12-06-06/12066
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