HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd 814-2019 Amend Code Part II, Article 29, Sec 5 Temporary Restriction of Bicycles Along FM 455CITY OF ANNA, TEXAS
ORDINANCE NO. ~Jl}-m)/q
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF ANNA, TEXAS AMENDING SECTION 5
(TEMPORARY RESTRICTION OF BICYCLES ALONG FM 455) TO PART II,
ARTICLE 29 OF THE ANNA CITY CODE OF ORDINANCES; PROVIDING FOR A
PENALTY FOR VIOLATION OF THIS ORDINANCE; PROVIDING FOR SAVINGS,
REPEALING AND SEVERABILITY CLAUSES; PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION OF
THE CAPTION HEREOF AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the City of Anna, Texas ("the City") has previously adopted an ordinance
imposing restrictions on bicycle traffic on certain roadways in the City; and
WHEREAS, some or all of those restrictions were intended to be temporary in nature,
lasting during the period of increased danger presented by road construction on the
highway at issue; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Anna ("City Council") has investigated and
determines that as the road construction in the affected areas has progressed, the
hazard to cyclists has diminished and the restrictions codified at Section 5 to Part 11,
Article 29 ("General Offenses") of the Anna City Code of Ordinances ("Anna Code") can
now be lessened, and it would be advantageous and beneficial to the City and its
citizens to amend the Anna Code accordingly;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
ANNA, TEXAS:
Section 1. Recitals Incorporated.
The above-referenced recitals are incorporated herein as if set forth in full for all
purposes.
Section 2. Amendment.
In accordance with Part II, Article I, Section 9 of the Anna Code, the City Council hereby
amends Part II, Article 29, Section 5 of the Anna Code to read as follows, with added
language shown in underlined text (example) and deleted language shown in
strikethrough text (example):
Section 5. Temporary Restriction of Bicycles Along FM 455
(a) From and after the effective date of this section it shall be unlawful for any person
to ride on or o erate a bic cle on the followin roads or hi hwa s within the
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corporate boundaries of the City of Anna, Texas, to the following extent:
Street
Farm to Market Road 455
(W. White Street)
(Ord. No.
[ ... ]
-2019, adopted I /2019)
Section 3. Penalty.
Extent
Beginning at State Highway 5 (S.
Po 1.vell Parkwa-yt the east service road
of US 75 and continuing in a westerly
direction to East Fork CircleGfe.e.k
A violation of any of the terms of this ordinance, whether herein denominated in this
ordinance as unlawful or not, shall be deemed a misdemeanor. Any person convicted of
any such violation shall be fined in an amount not to exceed $200 for each incidence of
violation. Each day of continuance of such violation is considered a separate offense
and will be punished separately.
Section 4. Savings, Severability and Repealing Clauses.
All ordinances of the City in conflict with the provisions of this ordinance are repealed to
the extent of that conflict. If any provision of this ordinance shall be held to be invalid or
unconstitutional, the remainder of such ordinance shall continue in full force and effect
the same as if such invalid or unconstitutional provision had never been a part hereof.
The City declares that it would have passed this ordinance, and each section,
subsection, sentence, clause, or phrase thereof irrespective of the fact that any one or
more sections, subsections, sentences, clauses, and phrases be declared
unconstitutional or invalid.
Section 5. Publication of the Caption Hereof and Effective Date.
This ordinance shall be in full force and effective upon the posting and/or publication, if
required by law, of its caption and the City Secretary is hereby directed to implement
such posting and/or publication.
~D by the City Council of the City of Anna, Texas, on this the ~day of
_ ~L , 2019.
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