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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. ATTEST: ,5; - WL� Ki Sutter, TRMC, Town Secretary APPROVED AS TO FORM: M�! O • I .• • Trent Petty, own er [111F.2 -Mm THE STATE OF TEXAS COUNTY OF 'I TT Dtbb* -tLt�� r�) _, ADVERTISING MANAGER of the aS BRIBED AND S;kVORNTO before me on the day of t ceniwhich witnes-s—,,., o NOTARY PUBLIC, STATE OF TEXAS My Commission Expires: