HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd 530 Amending Chapter 90 Allowing for the addition of Signalized Intersections on Highway 170 & Roanoke RoadTOWN OF WESTLAKE
ORDINANCE NO. 530
AN ORDINANCE OF THE TOWN OF WESTLAKE, TEXAS, AMENDING THE
WESTLAKE CODE OF ORDINANCES, CHAPTER 90 TRAFFIC AND VEHICLES,
SECTION 90-53, ALLOWING FOR THE ADDITION OF THE SIGNALIZED
INTERSECTION OF STATE HIGHWAY 170 AND ROANOKE ROAD IN WESTLAKE,
TEXAS; PROVIDING A PENALTY CLAUSE; PROVIDING FOR A SAVINGS
CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the Town of Westlake desires to maintain a safe environment for motorists
and pedestrians utilizing Westlake streets and thoroughfares; and
WHEREAS, the Board of Aldermen have adopted Section 90-53 of the Code of
Ordinances to itemize all approved traffic control signals used on town intersections; and
WHEREAS, the traveling public will be better served by this amendment to the Town of
Westlake Code of Ordinances, Chapter 90 Traffic and Vehicles, Section 90-53, by adding the
new traffic signal.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN OF THE
TOWN OF WESTLAKE, TEXAS:
SECTION 1: All matters stated in the preamble are found to be true and correct and are
incorporated herein as if copied in their entirety.
SECTION 2: Chapter 90 Traffic and Vehicles, Section 90-53 is hereby amended to
include the intersection of State Highway 170 and Roanoke Road and shall read as follows:
(4) The intersection of State Highway 170 and Roanoke Road.
SECTION 3: Any person violating any of the provisions of this ordinance shall be
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor offense and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in a sum not
to exceed the maximum established by State law for each separate offense. A separate offense
shall be deemed committed upon each day, or part of a day, during which a violation occurs or
Continues.
SECTION 4: It is hereby declared to be the intention of the Board of Aldermen of the
Town of Westlake, Texas, that sections, paragraphs, clauses and phrases of this Ordinance are
severable, and if any phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph or section of this Ordinance shall be
declared legally invalid or unconstitutional by the valid judgment or decree of any court of
competent jurisdiction, such legal invalidity or unconstitutionality shall not affect any of the
remaining phrases, clauses, sentences, paragraphs or sections of this Ordinance since the same
would have been enacted by the Board of Aldermen of the Town of Westlake without the
incorporation in this Ordinance of any such legally invalid or unconstitutional, phrase, sentence,
paragraph or section.
PASSED AND APPROVED ON THIS 27a' DAY OF AUGUST 2007.
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