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HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 74-11ORDINANCE -NO,` 74_1 11 ENTITLED AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 37 SECTION 37-111 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF BEAUMONT, TEXAS, TO ADD,.A NEW SECTION 37 111(a) (14), MAKING IT UNLAWFUL TO STOP, STAND OR PARK A VEHICLE ADJACENT TO A CURB DESIGNATED AS A NO - PARKING ZONE BY THE PAINY OF THE FACE OF THE CURB WITH RED PAINT; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; AND PROVIDING A PENALTY. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF BEAUMONT, TEXAS: Section 1. That Chapter 37, Section 37-11.1(a) is hereby amended to read as follows: Section 37-111(a): Prohibi'te'd 'at' Certain Places, No Signs Required, Moving Vehicle's erein. (a) No person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or in compliance with law or the directions of a police officer or traffic -control device, in any ofy;the following places: (1) On a sidewalk or sidewalk area. (2) In front of a public or private driveway. (3) Within an intersection. (4) Within fifteen feet of a fire hydrant. (5) On a crosswalk. (6) Within twenty feet of a crosswalk at an intersection. (7) Within thirty feet upon the approach to any flashing beacon, stop sign, or traffic -control signal located at the side of a roadway. (8) Within fifty feet of the nearest rail or rail- road crossing. (9) Within twenty feet of the driveway entrance to any fire station and on the side of a street opposite the entrance to any fire station with- in seventy-five feet of such entrance when pro- perly signposted. (10) Alongside or opposite any street excavation or obstruction.when stopping, standing,'or parking would obstruct traffic. (11) On the roadway side of any vehicle stopped or parked at the edge or curb of a street. (12) Upon any bridge or other elevated structure upon a highway or within a highway tunnel. W -r C13) At any place where official signs prohibited stopping. C14) Adjacent to any curb officially designated as a no -parking zone by the painting of the face of the curb with red paint. Section 2. If any portion of provision of this ordinance is held in- valid'or unconstitutional, the validity of the remaining provisions shall not be affected thereby and for this purpose, the City Council of the City of Beaumont declares this ordinance to be severable. S'ecti:on '3. Any person violating the provisions of this Section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punsihed in accordance with Section 1-8 of this Code. PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL of the City of Beaumont this the',5 % day o � -, 1974. 271