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Home My WebLink About91-2878ORDINANCE NO. 91-2878 (t j AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PLAINVIEW, TEXAS, AMENDING THE PLAINVIEW CITY CODE.,. CHAPTER 23, ARTICLE XI, ENTITLE :"TRAFFIC -CONTROL SIGNS, SIGNALS AND DEVICES". Whereas, the Traffic Code of the City of Plainview has. not been amended since 1989 ; and Whereas, the .City of Plainview recognizes a need to update the Traffic Code to conform to existing conditions. Now, therefore, be it ordafned by the City Council of the City of Plainview, that Chapter 23, Article XI of .the Plainview City Code. is hereby amended to read as' follows: Section 1 DIVISION 1. IN GENERAL Sec. 23-105. General powers, duties of director of public safety and director of public works . , The director of public safety shall determine. and establish the location of ~~ signals and devices when and as required under this chapter to make effective the provisions of this chapter and such other traffic-control .devices as he may deem necessary to regulate traffic under this chapter or state law, or to guide or warn traffic, and shall inform the director of public works of such determinations . The director of public works shall direct the appropriate department to place and maintain such traffic-control signs, .signals and devices at locations. .established by the director of public safety. Sec. 23-219.. Traffic lanes. (a) The director- of public works is hereby authorized to direct the' marking of traffic lanes, as determined and established. by the director of public safety, upon. the. roadway of any street or highway where a regular alignment. of traffic is necessary. (b) Where such traffic lanes have been marked, it shall be unlawful for the .operator. of any. vehicle to fail or refuse to keep such vehicle within the boundaries of any such lane except when lawfully passing another vehicle or preparatory to making a lawful. turning movement. :Sec. 23-220. No-passing zones.. The .director of public safety is hereby authorized to determine those portions of any street or highway in the city where .overtaking and passing `" or driving on the left .side of the roadway would be especially .hazardous and. ~ ~ may inform the director of public work$ of such determination. The. director ~ ,, of public works shall then direct the indication of the beginning :and ending 1of6 51 of such zones by use of appropriate signs or markings on the roadway. ~` ,~ When such signs or markings: are in place and clearly visible to any ordinarily observant person, every driver of a vehicle shall obey the directions thereof . .Seca 23-221. Turning markers. (a) 'The .director of public safety is hereby authorized to determine .and inform the director of public works, of locations for the placement of markers, buttons or signs. within or adjacent to intersections indicating the course to be traveled by vehicles turning at such intersections, .and such course to be traveled as so indicated may conform to or' be other than as is prescribed by laver or this.. chapter. The director of public works shall then direct the installation of .such markers, buttons or signs as so indicated by the director of public safety. (b) When authorized .markers, buttons or other indications are placed within an intersection indicating the` course to be traveled by vehicles turning thereat, no .driver of a vehicle shall disobey the directions o£ such indications . Sec. 23-222. Restricted turn ~,ns. The director of public safety is hereby authorized to determine those intersections at which .drivers of vehicles shall -not make a right, left or u-turn, and inform. the director of public works of such determination. The director of public works shall then direct the placement of proper signs at such intersections. The making of such turns may be prohibited between certain hours of 'any day and .permitted at other hours, in tivhich event the same shall be plainly indicated on the signs or they may be removed when ~ - ~ such turns are permitted. ,\ DIVISION 2. STOP, YIELD INTERSECTIONS Sec. 23-232. Signals .required at through streets. Whenever the director of public safety .designates and describes a through street, he shall determine the type of signs or traffic control signals which should' be installed and determine the location thereof . When notified of such determinations, the director of public works shall. direct the installation and maintenance: of such signs or traffic control signals . Stop signs, or on the basis' of an engineering and traffic investigation at any intersection, a yield sign, should be installed on each and every street intersection such through. street unless traffic at any such intersection is controlled at all dimes by traffic control signals; provided, however, .that at the intersection: of two (2) such through streets or at the intersection of a through street and a heavy traffic street not so designated, stop signs shall be erected at the approaches of either of such streets- as may be; determined by the .director of public safety upon 'the basis of an engineering and traffic study. Sec.23-233. Other intersections where. stop orVield required. The director of public safety is hereby authorized to determine and designated intersections .where particular hazard exists upon other than .through streets and to determine whether vehicles shall. stop at one or more entrances to any such intersection, in .which event he shall so inform the ~ - director of public works who shall direct. the erection of a estop sign _at every such place where a stop is required. The director of public safety is further 2of6 5 authorized to determine and designate ,whether .vehicles shall yield the right-of-way to Vehicles on a different. street at such intersection prescribed in subsection (a) of section 23-234, in which event he shall so notify, ahe director of public works who shall direct the erection of a yield sign at every place where obedience thereto is required. ..DIVISION 3. ONE-WAY-: STREETS, ALLEYS. Sec. 23-243..: Designation. Whenever any ordinance of .the designates any one-way street or alley, the director of public works shall direct he placement and maintenance of signs .giving: notice thereof,. and no such regulations :shall be effective unless such signs are in place. Signs indicating the direction of lawful traffic movement shall be placed at every intersection where movement of traffic. on the.. opposite direction is prohibited. Sec.23-245. Restriction of direction of traffic during certain periods. (a) The director of public safety is hereby authorized to determine and designate: streets,.... parts of streets or ,specific lanes thereon upon 'which vehicular traffic shall, proceed in one direction: during one period and the apposite. direction during another. period of the day and shall sa notify.. the director of public works who shall direct he placement. and .maintenance of appropriate markings, ,signs, barriers 'or other devices to give notice thereof. The director of public safety may determine the need for traffic to temporarily ..move in a .particular direction, regardless of the center line of the roadway and shall so notify the director` of public. works who shall then direct.. the erection of markings, signs, .barriers. or other traffic control. devices to so direct the movement of the traffic'.. (b) It shall. be unlawful .for. .any person to operate any. vehicle in violation of such .markings,. signs,` barriers or other devices so placed in accordance with the provisions. of this section. Sec. 23-246. Standing. or parking. (a) The director of public safety is authorized to determine the need and location for the erection of signs' upon the left-hand- side of any one-way street to prohibit the .standing or :parking bf vehicles, and when so notified,. the director of public works shall direct the installation of such signs at .the designated locations . When such signs are in place, no person shall stand or park a vehicle upon. the left-hand. side; in .violation of any such.. sign.. (b } In the ..event a highway includes two (2) or mare separate roadways and araffic is restricted to one direction upon any such roadway, no person shall stand or park a vehicle upon the left-hand side of .such. roadway unless signs are erected to permit -such standing or parking. .The director'. of public safety is authorized to, determine when standing .or parking .may be permitted on the left-hand side of any- -such one-way roadway and may so inform. the director of public works -who shall direct the erection of signs giving notice thereof . DIVISION-4. TRUCK ROUTES Seca 23-356. Parking spaces. ( ',. ~ . =~` 3of6 53 The director of public works is hereby `authorized and. directed to cause lines or markings to be painted upon the street adjacent to the ..curb for the purpose of designating the parking .space to be used by :the vehicles parking on or alon .the street so marked and each vehicle shall g , .park within. the lines or markings so established. It shall be unlawful :for any person to park any vehicle. across any such line or marking or to .park. said vehicle in such a position that .the same .shall. not be entirely. within the area so designated by such lines or markings.. Sec. 23-361. Prohibited on narrow streets. The director of public works is hereby authorized to cause to be erected signs indicating no parking upon any street when the -width of the' roadway does not exceed twenty (20} feet, or upon one side of a street as indicated by such signs when the width of the roadway does -not .exceed thirty (30) ..feet. When official signs prohibiting .parking are erected upon narrow streets as authorized herein, no "person shall park a vehicle upon any such street in violation of any such sign Sec. 23-362. No stopping, standing or parking near hazardous. or congested lap ces (a) The director of public safety is hereby authorized to determine places not exceeding one hundred (100) feet in length. in' .which stopping, standing or parking vehicles would create an .especially .hazardous condition or would cause unusual delay in traffic and the locations of signs for such designation and shall so inform the director of public works who shall then director thee. placement of such .signs. ~`,~ {b} When official signs are erected. at hazardous or. congested places as authorized herein, no person shall stop., stand or park a vehicle in any such designated place ... DIVISION 5. LOADING AND UNLOADTNG Sec. 23-386.. Designation of zones. -The director of public safety is hereby authorized to determine and so inform the director of .public works of the location of passenger and freight loading zones . The director of public works shall then direct the placement and maintenance of appropriate signs indicating the same and stating the hours during .which the provisions of .this section .are applicable. Sec. 230387. Permits. (a) The director of public safety shall not hereafter designate or assign any zone as curb loading zone or as a freight curb Loading zone upon special request of .any person unless such person makes application for a permit .for .such zone. and for two (2) signs. to indicate the ends of each such zone. The director of public safety., .when .granting a permit and issuing such signs, shall take from the applicant or applicants an application .giving such information as may be necessary to .determine the need for such permit and the applicant shall be required to agree in writing to abide by the terms and provisions of this .division. Every such permit shall .expire at the end of one { 1) year .unless renewed on application of an applicant therefor. ~ (b) Nothing:. in this section shall be construed as giving.. the person `~ --~ who makes .application for a loading zone of any kind as having any more rights or privileges for the use of such zone than has the .general public or 4of6 ,- --- ~ - --r- -=- , ,. -- 54 ! any ..other. person; nor shall the person or persons awning. the property, building, or business in front of which a loading zone is located, ..:have any more rights or privileges in the use. of such . loading zone than the general ~~~! public. The use of such loading zone:, by ;all persons shall be in accordance. '~ °' with the:.. provisions of this 'division.. Sec. 23-390. Desi~naton of public carrier sto ps--and stands. The director of public .safety is hereby authorized and required. to establish .bus stops, bus stands, taxicab stands and stands .for other passenger common-carrier motor vehicles on such: public streets- in such places and in such number as he shall. determine to be of the greatest benefit and convenience to the public and .shall sa notify the director _of public works of such determinations . :The director of public works shall direct that every. such bus stop, bus stand, .taxicab :stand, or other stand be designated by appropriate signs,. Section 2 : Conflicts . All ordinances or .portions of any ,ordinance of the City of Plainview,. Texas in conflict herewith, are hereby amended to conform ~cvith `the provisions hereof Section 3 : Penalties . Any person who shall .violate or fail to comply .with any of the provisions of this ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon ..conviction shall be punished by a fine as set forth in Section 1-5, ,Plainview City Code, pursuant to law. `~ Section 4: Severability. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase,. or portion of this ordinance is for any reason; held invalid or unconstitutional by any court of competent jurisdiction, such portion shall be deemed. a separate, distinct and independent provision and such holding shall. not affect the validity of the remaining portions .hereof . PASSED AND APPROVED this the 13th day of Au st, 191. ~~=~ ~/ t E . V . Ridlehuber, Mayor ATTEST: ~'t,~ ~ Karen McBeth, :.City Secretary APPROVED AS TO CONTENT.: Roy Osb ne, Dir for o Public .Safety. ~~_. 5of6