For the purpose of regulating traffic on the streets, alleys,
and thoroughfares of the city, there is hereby adopted the state Uniform
Act Regulating Traffic on Highways, codified as article 6701d, Vernon’s
Annotated Civil Statutes, and all other state motor vehicle laws,
which act and laws, together with the provisions contained in this
chapter, shall be controlling in the regulation of traffic in the
city. A violation of said act or any state motor vehicle law for which
the municipal court has jurisdiction shall constitute and be punished
as a violation of this Code of Ordinances.
Editor’s note–Since adoption of this
provision, the regulations contained in the Uniform Act Regulating
Traffic on Highways (V.T.C.S., article 6701d) have been recodified
and are now located in V.T.C.A., Transportation Code.
(Ordinance 38, sec. 1, adopted 9/8/81; 1982 Code, ch. 9, sec. 1)
(a) A business may place one (1) portable sign for purposes of advertising
said business, said sign not to exceed dimensions of height in six
(6) feet and width in eight (8) feet, provided said sign be placed
in front of the location of said business establishment and at a distance
no closer than twenty-five (25) feet from the improved shoulder of
the roadway, and placement shall not serve to impede traffic on the
roadway or traffic entering or exiting the roadway from adjoining
businesses or residences. The sign must be kept in good condition
and may be lighted if the manner of lighting does not serve to impede
traffic on the roadway or traffic entering or exiting the roadway
from adjoining businesses or residences.
(b) Any other sign, plant, or obstruction of any kind, maintained, constructed,
placed, planted, or grown in the right-of-way of any public street
(save and except single tree trunks pruned and trimmed to a height
of seven (7) feet above the walk grade and spaced at least ten (10)
feet apart, and other plantings trimmed and pruned so as not to encroach
over and into public areas or streets and so as not to exceed two
and one-half (2-1/2) feet in height above the walk grade, and save
and except all utility poles, street name signs, traffic-control signs
or other devices placed in such areas under lawful authority of the
city) is hereby declared a nuisance and/or traffic hazard and shall
be subject to mandatory removal. It shall be the duty of the city
secretary, mayor, or mayor’s duly appointed designee, upon having
personal knowledge of any violation of this section, to serve written
notice on the owner, lessee or occupant by either hand delivering
in person or by depositing notice in the United States mail by certified
mail, return receipt requested. Such notice shall state the nature
of the violation, the legal address of the property in violation,
and the name of the person to whom notice was sent or delivered. Upon
being served with such notice, the owner, occupant, lessee or any
other person having control of the property shall have ten days from
the date of notification to bring the property into [compliance with
this section, and upon] failure thereof, the mayor is hereby empowered
to remove the obstruction or cause it to be moved without further
notice.
(Ordinance 38, sec. 7, adopted 9/8/81; Ordinance 194 adopted 8/12/97; 1982 Code,
ch. 9, sec. 7)
(a) Enforcement of speed limit.
The speed limits within
the subdivision shall be enforced by personnel of the city’s
police department according to the provisions of the Transportation
Code, the Code of Criminal Procedure, and all duly enacted statutes
of the state related thereto, and offenses cited shall be prosecuted
in the municipal court of the city.
(b) Enforcement of traffic-control devices.
Compliance with
official posted traffic-control devices shall be enforced by personnel
of the city’s police department according to the provisions
of the Transportation Code, the Code of Criminal Procedure, and all
duly enacted statutes of the state related thereto, and offenses cited
shall be prosecuted in the municipal court of the city.
(c) Limited applicability.
Each private road in the subdivision
shall be considered to be a public highway or street for the limited
purposes of application and enforcement of the specified traffic rules.
Nothing herein shall require the city to assume any responsibility
for maintenance or other obligation respecting any road within the
subdivision.
(d) Relief from personal liability.
All regulations provided
in this section are hereby declared to be governmental and for the
health, safety and welfare of the general public. Any member of the
city council or any city official or employee charged with the enforcement
of this section, acting for the city in the discharge of his or her
duties, shall not thereby render himself or herself personally liable,
and he or she is hereby relieved from all personal liability for any
damage that might accrue to persons or property as a result of any
required or permitted action performed in the discharge of said duties.
(Ordinance 387 adopted 4/9/19)