HomeMy WebLinkAbout89-2795YOUTH.- "PARKING LOT".
ORDINANCE NO. 89-2795
AN ORDINANCE DESIGNATING A PARKING LOT LOCATED
AT 2801 OLTON ROAD, PLAINVIEW, TEXAS, AS A
.PUBLIC PLACE DURING CERTAIN .TIMES; SETTING A
MAXIMUM SPEED LIMIT THEREIN DURING SUCH TIMES AS
SET FORTH; AUTHORIZING THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC
SAFETY TO REGULATE. THE OPERATION AND PARKING OF
VEHICLES AT SUCH LQCATION DURING CERTAIN TIMES;
PROVIDING FOR A PENALTY; AND OTHER RELATED PROVISIONS.
WHEREAS, the .City. of Plainview has acquired a leasehold
interest in property located at 2801 Olton Road, Plainview, Hale
County, Texas for the purpose of establishing a lawful public
gathering place during certain times and under certain condtions
as set forth herein; and
WHEREAS, an engineering and traffic investigation study has
been conducted in regard to the :vehicular movement of traffic
within said public place; and.
WHEREAS, said engineering and traffic investigation has
determined that it would be in .the best interest of the City. of
Plainview and the safety of the citizens of Plainview that a
'`' certain speed-limit be designated for the vehicles traveling
`--°' therein during certain specified hours; and
WHEREAS, certain other regulations regarding. the operation
and parking of vehicles at 2801 Olton Road, Plainview, Hale
County, Texas during .certain specified hours .should also be
prescribed.
NOW, THEREFORE, $E IT ORDAINED BY THE'CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF PLAINVIEW, TEXAS that:.
..Section 1: That between the hours of 8:00 p.m. to 12:00
a.m. on Friday's .and Saturday's of each week, the. following
location is hereby designated a public place under the terms and
conditions as set forth herein:
2801 Olton Road, Plainview:, Hale County, Texas or
more properly described as College Hi11 Addition,
Plainview, Block $6, 36' x 752',
herein referred to as "The Box Parking Lot".
Section 2: It shall be unlawful for any person to drive a
vehicle upon. the Box Parking Lot at a-speed that is greater than
is reasonable and prudent under the circumstances than existing,
and .the speed limit specified in this ordinance shall be the
lawful speed limit, and any speed in excess of the limits of
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specified and authorized by law shall be prima facia evidence
that the speed is not reasonable ar prudent and that it is
unlawful.
Section 3: Upan the basis of an engineering and traffic
investigation study heretofore made, the prima facia speed limit
of 10 miles per hour is determined and declared to be .the .prima
facia reasonable and prudent speed limit upon the Box Parking
Lot, and the rate of 10 miles per .hour is hereby fixed as the
speed- limit for vehicles traveling upon the Box Parking Lot
between the hours of 8:00 p.m. each Friday until 12:00 a.m. each
Saturday next following and between the .hours of 8:00 p.m. to
12:00 a.m. each Sunday next following, continuing for as long as
said parking lot is leased to the City of Plainview pursuant to
Resolution R8:9-160.
Section 4: The Director of Public Safety or_hs designee,
.except. as otherwise directed from time to time by the City
Council, shall have the power and is hereby authorized to
regulate the operation and parking of vehicles within the Box
Parking Lot during the times such parking. lot is used as a public
place. Such authority shall include the power to erect or place
proper signs, ..markers ,. lights, or other devices indicated
>prohibting or limiting:.parking, restricting speed areas, one-way
traffic, restrictions or limitations on vehicular traffic,
.through or arterial rights-of-way, stop signs, "U"-turns, and
other' signs or markers indicating the place and manner of
operating ar parking vehicles.
Section: 5: Any person violating any of the provisions of
this ordinance shall, upon conviction thereof be fined a sum of
not less than ten dollars {$10.00) .nor more .than five hundred
.dollars ($500.00).
Section 6: Should any word, phrase, section, provision, or
clause of this ordinance be deemed void or invalid .for.. any
reason,- the remaining provisions of this ordinance shall be
unaffected.
Section 7: This ordinance shall take effect upon its lawful
passage.
PASSED AND APPROVED ON THIS .THE 25th DAY OF July 1989.
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APPROVED AS TO FORM:
David Blackburn, City Attorney