HomeMy WebLinkAbout0213_0003AN ORDINANCE OF -THE CITY OF GEORGETOWN, TEXA
ES B ISHINC A TRAFFIC REGISTER CONTAINING RE-
CORD OF ALL TRAFFIC. CONTROL DEVIDES PROVIDING
Wnsa 'ruV MATNTr.NANCE OF SAID REGISTER BY CURRE
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The Chief of Police of the City of .Georgetown, Texas- shall hereafter
keep a public record, which shall hereafter be called the I'Traffic Register«,,
and same shall contain a record of every specific location in,the. City where
any traffic -control device, marking or special regulation is made applicable.
The City Council has heretofore found that the cmiditions- prerequisite to the
establishing of all special traffic regulations herein "prescribed. and the installa-
tion of all traffic, -control devices, signs, signals and markins evidenced by
the .record tiereof in the -traffic register existed and such findings, are hereby
confirmed and such regulationsshall continue in operation until modified, by
Ordinance of the Cit of Georgetown, Texas. The traffic .register shall be
continuously .maintained by the Chief of Police as provided in this :OrcUance
and all persons shall, be charged with notice of the contests of the same
Whenever the City Concil .shall by ordinance or resolution make any
special regulation of traffic applicable to a. specific location the record of the
location shall be, dated, authenticated, and placed in the traffic Register by the
Chiefof. Police.
The Chief of Police shall cause to be placed and maintained all
official traffic -control devices, markings and signs, and. it shall be unlawful
for any perm`. to violate the regulation imposed thereby.
Proof of the fact that any traffic control device; sign, signal or mark-
ing was actually in place at any location in the City shall constitute prima
facie evidence that, the same was installed under authority of law.
Whanever any special regulation of traffic belcomes expressly not
applicable to a specific location in the city, the record .of such location shall
remain. in the traffic register, but shall be prominently marked "DELETED'
by the Chief of Police, who shall also note the date of such deletion, and the
authority therefor. All entries made by the said Chief of Police in said Regi
ster shall be made only after same are authorized by the City Council,
The provisions of this Ordinance are severable softat anyportion
hereof, which might be deemed to be void as a matter of law, shall not affect
the validity of any other portion hereof.
DULY. APPROVED AND ENACTED this the 17 day of January,, A.D.
196'6, at the regular meeting of the City of Georgetown Council at Georgetown,
Texas.
MAYOR 9V THE CITY Of -
GEORGETOWN, TEXAS
ATTEST:
CITY SECRETARY
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