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HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 2022-05 - Stops SignORDINANCE NO. 2OZ Z - d5 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GEORGETOWN, TEXAS REGARDING THE INSTALLATION OF A FOUR- WAY STOP AT THE INTERSECTION OF COLLEGE STREET AND EAST 2ND STREET AND THE ENTRY OF THE LOCATION IN THE TRAFFIC REGISTER; PROVIDING FOR A PENALTY; REPEALING CONFLICTING ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS; INCLUDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; AND ESTABLISHING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, Texas Transportation Code Section 311.001 grants home rule cities "exclusive control" over public highways, streets, and alleys in the municipality; and WHEREAS, Section 10.08.070 of the City of Georgetown Code of Ordinances (the "Code") requires the City Council by ordinance to direct the Chief of Police (the "Chief') to install, or cause to be installed, traffic -control devices such as signs, signals, and markings at locations consistent with the Texas Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices for Streets and Highways (the "Manual"); and WHEREAS, Section 10.08.080 of the Code requires the Chief to "file a report with the City Secretary in writing and signed officially by the Chief of Police stating the type of traffic -control device, sign or signal, and when and where the same was erected and installed," and instructs the City Secretary to file and maintain such report; and WHEREAS, Section 10.08.090 of the Code also requires the Chief to maintain a "traffic register" in which he shall enter the location of the traffic -control signs, signals, markings and devices, but only upon authorization by Council; and WHEREAS, Section 10.08.100 of the Code says that the existence of a traffic control device is prima facie evidence that the Chief installed the signs in accordance with "the ordinance directing the installation of such device"; and WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Georgetown finds it in the best interest of the community to periodically review the safety of intersections within the city; and WHEREAS, the City of Georgetown Public Works Department performed a study of the intersection of College Street and East 2nd Street and determined that although no warrants for an all -way stop have been met, there is a safety issue due to sight distance and that a four-way stop could improve safety at the intersection. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GEORGETOWN, TEXAS: SECTION 1. The meeting at which this ordinance was approved was in all things conducted in compliance with the Texas Open Meetings Act, Texas Government Code, Chapter 551. Ordinance No. ZOZ2 — Page 1 of 2 Description: Stop Sign at 2"d and College Date Approved: SECTION 2. The facts and recitations contained in the preamble of this ordinance are hereby found and declared to be true and correct and are incorporated by reference herein and expressly made a part hereof, as if copied verbatim. SECTION 3. The Chief shall immediately, or as soon as such specific device, sign or signal can be procured, install, or cause to be installed, a four-way stop at the intersection of College Street and East 2nd Street in accordance with the Manual, and shall enter the location of the signs in the Traffic Register of the City. SECTION 4. The Chief shall file a report with the City Secretary stating the type of traffic - control device, sign or signal, and when and where the same was erected and installed, and the City Secretary shall file and maintain such report. SECTION 5. The driver of any vehicle, motor vehicle or animal shall obey the instructions of the signs installed at the intersection of College Street and East 2nd Street, unless otherwise directed by a police officer, subject to the exceptions granted the driver of an authorized emergency vehicle, and the failure to do so shall be subject to a penalty in accordance with the Code or State law, as applicable. SECTION 6. If any section or any portion of any section of this ordinance, or application thereof to any person or circumstance, shall be held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this ordinance; and that each section and each portion thereof not decreed to be invalid shall remain valid and enforceable, and to this end the provisions of this ordinance are hereby declared to be severable. SECTION 7. All ordinances and parts of ordinances that are in conflict with this ordinance are hereby repealed, and all other ordinances of the City not in conflict with the provisions of this ordinance shall remain in full force and effect. SECTION 8. The Mayor is hereby authorized to sign this ordinance and the City Secretary to attest. This ordinance shall become effective and be in full force and effect ten (10) days after publication in accordance with the provisions of the Charter of the City of Georgetown. PASSED AND APPROVED on First Reading on the day of 2021. PASSED AND APPROVED on Second Reading on the ji' day of 202A ATTEST: THE CITY OZGRG,[-,'[I'OWN By: Robyn De more. City Secretary ' . nn ,Mayor rd Te.V'1 APPROVED AS TO FORM: IIAW- - -n Skye Ma-ssor4 City Attorney Ordinance No. 'f-OZZ [n5 Page 2 of 2 Description: Stop Sign at 2"d and College Date Approved: -Zo 2