G-96-03-28-12G - 3/28/1996ORDINANCE NO. 0 " q 03-.4:81-- j'
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 1, SECTION 1.2200, AND
CHAPTER 9, SECTIONS 9.300, 9.1200, 9.1800, AND 9.2100, CODE
OF ORDINANCES (1995 EDITION), CITY OF ROUND ROCK, TEXAS
UPDATING CITY CODE REFERENCES TO STATE STATUTES TO
REFLECT RECENT AMENDMENTS TO STATE LAW; PROVIDING
FOR A SAVINGS CLAUSE AND REPEALING CONFLICTING
ORDINANCES OR RESOLUTIONS.
WHEREAS, the recent changes to the Texas Penal Code and the
codification of the state traffic laws into the Texas Transportation Code
require the City to update certain statutory references contained in the
City's Code of Ordinances; Now Therefore
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ROUND ROCK,
TEXAS:
I.
That Chapter 1, Section 1.2200, Subsection 1.2201(2), of the Code
of Ordinances, City of Round Rock, Texas is hereby amended to read as
follows:
(2) Upon commission of an offense under Section 38.10, Penal Code,
or Section 543.009, Texas Transportation Code, V.T.C.A., the
municipal judge shall order that a warrant of arrest shall
issue and be served for the arrest of the person committing
the offense. A special expense of twenty-five dollars ($25.00)
for the issuance and service of the warrant shall be collected
from the person who commits the offense and against whom the
warrant of arrest is issued.
II.
That Chapter 1, Section 1.2200, Subsection 1.2202, of the Code of
Ordinances, City of Round Rock, Texas is hereby amended to read as
follows:
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1.2202 DRIVING SAFETY COURSE FEE
The municipal court is authorized to collect a fee not to
exceed ten dollars ($10.00) from each person requesting a
driving safety course pursuant to Chapter 543, Subchapter B,
Texas Transportation Code, V.T.C.A. The fees collected shall
be paid into the city treasury for the use and benefit of the
city.
III.
That Chapter 9, Section 9.300, Subsection 9.302, of the Code of
Ordinances, City of Round Rock, Texas is hereby amended to read as
follows:
9.302 ADOPTION OF UNIFORM ACT
Title 7, Texas Transportation Code, V.T.C.A., regulating
vehicles and traffic within the State of Texas is hereby
adopted as heretofore and hereafter amended, and said
provisions shall be in full force and effect upon all
thoroughfares, streets, roads, and alleys within the city.
IV.
That Chapter 9, Section 9.1200, Subsection 9.1200(1), of the Code
of Ordinances, City of Round Rock, Texas is hereby amended to read as
follows:
9.1200 OVERTAKING AND PASSING SCHOOL BUS
(1) The driver of a vehicle upon a roadway within the limits
of the city, upon meeting or overtaking from either
direction, any school bus which has stopped on the
highway for the purpose of receiving or discharging any
school children shall stop the vehicle before reaching
such school bus when there is in operation on said
school bus, a visual signal as specified in Section
547.701 of the Texas Transportation Code, V.T.C.A. and
said driver shall not proceed until such school bus
resumes motion or is signaled by the school bus driver
to proceed or the visual signals are no longer actuated.
V.
That Chapter 9, Section 9.1800, Subsections 9.1816(2) and (3), of
the Code of Ordinances, City of Round Rock, Texas are hereby amended to
read as follows:
2.
(2) U.S. Highway 79
It shall hereafter be unlawful for any person to park a motor
vehicle, vehicle, trailer, or automobile, as those terms are
defined by Section 502.001 of the Texas Transportation Code,
V.T.C.A., from that area lying in the highway right-of-way of
U.S. 79 beginning at a point marking the intersection of IH.35
and said U.S. Highway 79 to a point marking the intersection
of U.S. Highway 79 and Loop 384 (State Highway 81), all being
located in the corporate limits in the City of Round Rock,
Texas.
(3) I.H. 35 and Business Highway 81
It shall hereafter be unlawful for any person to park a
passenger car, light truck, truck, tractor truck, or any other
motor driven vehicle, as those terms are defined by Section
502.001 of the Texas Transportation Code, V.T.C.A., within
that area lying in the highway or shoulder on the east side of
the I.H. 35 east frontage road, north of Business Highway 81,
from centerline station 1231+65 southerly to centerline
station 1238+00, and on the west side of Business Highway 81
from centerline station 180+40, eighty-four feet (84') south
of the centerline of Braddock Lane, northerly to centerline
station 182+75, one hundred fifty-one (151) feet north of the
centerline of Braddock Lane, all being located in the
corporate limits of the City of Round Rock, Texas.
VI.
That Chapter 9, Section 9.1800, Subsection 9.1816(8), of the Code
of Ordinances, City of Round Rock, Texas is hereby amended to read as
follows:
(8) Cushing Drive
It shall hereafter be unlawful for any person to park a motor
vehicle, vehicle, trailer, or automobile, as those terms are
defined by Section 502.001 of the Texas Transportation Code,
V.T.C.A., on the west side of Cushing Drive from Gattis School
Road to Logan Street, or on the east side of Cushing Drive
from the intersection of Logan Street south to a point one
hundred fifty-four (154) feet south of the centerline of Logan
Street, or on the east side of Cushing Drive from the
intersection of Gattis School Road north to a point fifteen
(15) feet north of the northwest corner of Lot 7, Block A,
Cushing Park Subdivision.
VII.
That Chapter 9, Section 9.2100, Subsection 9.2101(1), of the Code
of Ordinances, City of Round Rock, Texas is hereby amended to read as
follows:
3.
(1) Abandoned Motor Vehicle Provisions Adopted; Definition
The provisions of Subchapters A through D of Chapter 683 of
the Texas Transportation Code, V.T.C.A., as now enacted or as
hereafter amended, and the provisions of this Subsection, are
hereby adopted to establish a comprehensive and uniform
procedure for the impounding, storage and sale of abandoned
motor vehicles within the City.
VIII.
A. All ordinances, parts of ordinances, or resolutions in conflict
herewith are expressly repealed.
B. The invalidity of any section or provision of this ordinance
shall not invalidate other sections or provisions thereof.
READ and APPROVED on first reading this the day of
, 1996.
READ, APPROVED and ADOPTED on reading this the
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ATTEST:
NE LAND, City Secretary
, 1996.
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CHARLES CULPEPPER, Mayor
City of Round Rock, Texas
4.
DATE: March 26, 1996
SUBJECT: City Council Meeting, March 28, 1996
ITEM: 12.G Consider an ordinance amending Chapter 1,
Section 1.2200, Code of Ordinances (1995
Edition) City of Round Rock, Texas to update
statutory references to state traffic laws.
STAFF RESOURCE PERSON: Tracie Glaeser and/or Steve Sheets
STAFF RECOMMENDATION: Approval of the resolution
Recent changes to the Texas Penal Code and the codification of
the state traffic laws into the Texas Transportation Code
necessitate the updating of certain statutory references in the
City's Code of Ordinances.
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