HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 87-CAll ORDIEARCE.
Entitled an Ordinance amending an;ordinance:"Entitled an
Ordinance regulating the passage, in, along and upon the streets
and ways of the City of Beaumont,' and regulating the use of such
' streets anal ways by'persons riding or walking,'and regulating
the .transportation] of persons by street .cars and all other. vehi-
cles, and providing penalties for the violation thereof; repeal-
ing'all laws and ordinances in conflict herewith, and declaring
an emergency" passed by the City Commission of the .City of
Beaumont, effective on. and after the 4th. day of September, A.D., '
BF IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COi EVII SS ION 4F THE
CITY OF BEAUUIONT
SECTION. 1.,
That�-Section 15 of an ordinance'entitled an ordinance
regulating the passage., in, .along and upon the streets, and ways
of the City of Beaimont, and regulating the use of such streets-
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and ways by persons riding or walking; and regulating the
transportation.. of persons by street cars and all other vehicles,
and providing penalties,for the violation thereof, repealing
all laws and ordinances in cont liA therewith,. and declaring an
emergency, passed by the " City Commission of . the City of' Beavmont
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and made effective -'on and after the 4th. day of September, A.D.,
1920,,.,be and the same is hereby amended so that Section 15 of
said ordinance shall hereafter be and read as follows, to -wit:
"Section 15 There is hereby established and there shall
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hereafter be maintained "Safety Zones" at the following places
on Pearl Street in I,said. City, to -wit:
At the intersection of Pearl and Liberty on the far side of the
street.,;going north; and directly in front of the Pearl Street side
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of the'�Federal Building, and at the intersection of Pearl and
- _- Liber_t.y._on-the,_ne4 -side, and --directly- opposite: the Ziber_ty`,Avenue_
side of the Texas Bank & bust Company Building; and at the .inter-
section of Pearl,axO Crockett on the near side opposite the Keith
Drug Store going sa&uth, and at the same intersection on the near
side going north and. Apposite the Ogden Cafe; and at the intern
section of Pearl an�'d Bowie on the near side going south -in front
of the First National Bank, and at the same intersection on the
near side "going north in `Jitm front of The American National Bank; •`'
and at the intersec ion of Pearl and Fannin on the near side
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going south in front of the Crystal Theatre, and at the same intersection
on the near side going north in front of Hicks Book Store, and at the in-
tersection of Pearl and Forsythe on the near side of the street going south
in front of the White House Dry Goods Company, and on the near side going
north at the southwest corner of the Keith Park, on Pearl Street.
Said "Safety Zones" shall be marked with either @pr a stone or
metal marker or monument bearing the sign -or legend, -plainly written for
When a street car at said places 4
- the view of the public, "SAFETY
ZONE".'.
is at a stand -still receiving and discharging passengers, all vehicles,of
every description shall not stop and wait for passengers to enter or alight
`from said street car before.passing said street car, but shall proceed while
said street car is 'receiving and discharging passengers, to pass the same
by passing between said ma.rkbrs'-or monument and.the curb line of the street,
slowly and cautiously, so as not to block or stop traffic in the rear,,and
at the same time not injure persons entering or alighting ffom said street
car; and vehicles,, In p4.ssing said street car receiving and discharging
passengers at said safety zones , shall pass as, close to the curb line as
safety_ o ersons__�.nd -said. vehicle will permit, so _as_ to -leave as _much
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room between said passing vehicle and street car as is reasonably practi-
cal; provided, however, !that when an automobile or other motor vehicle,
or any other character of vehicle approaches a street car which has stopped
for the purpose of'receiving and discharging passengers, at a place or
places wher.e there are no safety zones, as above described and located,
all such vehicles shall immediately slow down and come to a full stop and-
remain
ndremain stationary until the said street car has completed receiving and
discharging its passengers; 'and at such places where there are no such
safety zones it shall be unlawful for any automobile or another vehicle
of any character to,apprd,ach nearer than five (5) feet to a standing street.
car which is receiving Dr, discharging passengers; and it shall be unlaw-
ful for any.vehicle of any description to stop behind any street car which
is estopped and. rece'ving iand discharging passengers, where such safety
zone.is being maintained unless, -it is appraent to the driver of such
vehicle that to proceed do pass said street car at the moment might injure
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some person. or
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personas btu so' doing,, in which event the .person drivingsaid
vehicle shall immediately proceed when the danger of injuring
the person or, persons is .removed:
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SECTION 2.
That the fact! that street .cars 'operated over the double
tracks-_alongLP-earl._S,tre.e-t=ins- th-e--city of -Beaumont -are constarhtly-
stopping, going,,and coming, at every street intersection along
said tracks, throughout the day; -,causing great congestion of
traffic, affecting the safety and convenience of the general
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public, and there being.no law at present existing in .the City of.
Beaumont establi'sh'ing "safety Zones" along said- street railway
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tracks, permitting vehicles to pass street cars while stopped
receiving and discharging passengers, and at the same time
insuring the safety of those entering and alighting from said
cars, creates an imperative public emergency, necessitating the
suspension of the.. rule. requiring ordinances to be read on three
separate days before their passage; wherefore, :said` rule . is
hereby suspended. and 'this , ordinance shall be and remain effective,
from and after. this, -the % day of June, A. D.1921