HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd 1020-2022 Re-naming Throckmorton Blvd to Buddy Hayes BlvdORDINANCE NO. I 020 - 2G-),v2
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ANNA, TEXAS,
RENAMING THROCKMORTON BOULEVARD; PROVIDING A SAVINGS,
SEVERABILITY AND REPEALING CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE
DATE.
WHEREAS, the City of Anna, Texas (the "City") is a home -rule municipality; and
WHEREAS, Section 311.001 of the Texas Transportation Code grants home -rule
municipalities control over their streets and the Texas Department of Transportation
recognizes that this control extends to assigning street names to highways within a
municipality's jurisdiction; and
WHEREAS, Throckmorton Boulevard is a street in the City's corporate limits that the City
maintains; and
WHEREAS, after holding a public hearing on the matter, the City Council has found that
the name "Throckmorton Boulevard" is problematic with respect to traffic and navigation
as there is a similarly named street in a nearby community that has exit signage on U.S.
75 and said similarly named street does not connect to Throckmorton Boulevard in the
City of Anna, which can cause confusion to the traveling public and potentially cause
disruption to commerce as well as safety issues; and
WHEREAS, after holding a public hearing on the matter, the City Council has found that
the street previously known as "Throckmorton Boulevard" in the City of Anna should be
changed to "Buddy Hayes Boulevard";
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
ANNA, TEXAS:
SECTION 1. RECITALS. The recitals set forth above are incorporated herein as if set
forth herein in full.
SECTION 2. RENAMING STREET. The street previously known as "Throckmorton
Boulevard" in the City of Anna is hereby changed to "Buddy Hayes Boulevard".
SECTION 3. ADDITIONAL ACTIONS. The Director of Public Works is hereby directed
to: (1) remove any City -managed existing signs to the contrary and erect appropriate
street signs with the new name as set forth in Section 2; (2) send a copy of this ordinance
to TxDOT; and (3) notify the United States Postal Service, existing public utilities, all
property owners abutting such segment of street, and all other appropriate persons of
the name change enacted hereby.
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SECTION 4. SAVINGS, SEVERABILITY AND REPEALING CLAUSES.
That should any word, sentence, paragraph, subdivision, clause, phrase or section of
this ordinance be adjudged or held to be void or unconstitutional, the same shall not
affect the validity of the remaining portions of said ordinance, which shall remain in full
force and effect.
SECTION 5. EFFECTIVE DATE
That this ordinance shall become effective immediately from and after its passage.
APPROVED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Anna, Texas on this the
day of 1, 2022.
ATTESTED: APPROVED:
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