(a) All
parking on that portion of South Front Street between Bains and Purdy
on the south side of said street which is also the south side of U.
S. Highway No. 90, is restricted to parallel parking and facing in
the direction of travel only.
(b) No parking
but for emergency is to be permitted on the north side of the street.
(Ordinance 20, § 1, adopted 3/21/1951)
No parking of vehicles is permitted within 15 feet of any fire
hydrant nor will it be permitted for parked vehicles to park within
20 feet of a crosswalk at an intersection or to stop, stand or park
a vehicle on a crosswalk.
(Ordinance 20, § 2, adopted 3/21/1951)
Parking on Franklin, Otto, Cooper, Velasco, Waller, Rouse and
Purdy for the length of one block, between South Front Street and
Fifth Street shall be restricted to a 45-degree angle, the angle facing
in the direction of travel.
(Ordinance 20, § 3, adopted 3/21/1951)
(a) No person
shall stop, park, or leave standing any vehicle, whether attended
or unattended, on:
(1) Either
side of U.S. Highway 90 and Cooper Street;
(2) Either
side of Farm to Market Road 359 South from Interstate Highway 10 to
South Street; in and through the city where signs have been placed
prohibiting or restricting such parking.
(b) Whenever
any police officer finds a vehicle standing upon that portion of the
roadway in violation of the foregoing provision of the section, such
officer is hereby authorized to move such vehicle, or require the
driver or other person in charge of the vehicle to move same, to a
position outside the restricted area.
(c) Any person violating any provision of subsection
(a) of this section shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished within the limits provided in V.T.C.A., Transportation Code § 542.401.
(Ordinance 36, §§ 1—3,
adopted 2/1/1965; Ordinance
106, §§ 1—3, adopted 10/8/1979)
(a) It shall
be unlawful for any person to park or leave any motor vehicle or trailer,
as herein defined, parked at the following locations within the city
limits at any time:
(1) On
FM 359 from its intersection with 12th Street North to Interstate
Highway 10;
(2) On
either side of the roadway for a distance of 500 feet west of the
Intersection of 11th Street and FM 359;
(3) On
either side of FM 1489 from Interstate Highway ten to South Street;
(4) On
the North side of Park Road from the entrance to Hovas Park to the
west boundary of the park;
(5) On
2½ Street from Otto to Franklin;
(6) On
the north side of First Street in the 3600 and 3700 Blocks of First
Street;
(7) Upon
the east side of Rouse Street from the alley between Second and Third
Streets to the alley between Third and Fourth Streets;
(8) Upon
the north side of Third Street for 300 feet on either side of Rouse
Street except for residents whose property abuts the north side of
Third Street in the no parking zone;
(9) Upon
F. M. 359 North between Kellner Road and Rolins Road;
(10) Upon the south side of Eleventh Street from the corner of FM 359
South for a distance of 200 feet west;
(11) Upon the north side of Seventh Street from the corner of Baines Street
100 feet to the east, and on the east side of Baines Street from the
corner of Seventh Street 100 feet to the north;
(12) Upon the north side of U.S. Highway 90 from Kenney Street to FM 1489.
(b) A motor
vehicle is defined as every vehicle which is self-propelled. A trailer
is defined as every vehicle with or without motive power, designed
for carrying persons or property and being drawn by a motor vehicle.
Under this section any such vehicle or trailer as herein defined shall
be deemed to be parked when the same is standing with or without the
operator occupying the same without regard to whether the engine is
running or the engine is not running.
(c) No person
in charge of said vehicle and/or trailer, no person in charge of operating
said vehicle and/or trailer, and no person in whose name said vehicle
and/or trailer is registered shall allow or permit such vehicle and/or
trailer to be parked in violation of this section. The same is hereby
declared to be a nuisance per se and the fact that such vehicle and/or
trailer is unattended or unoccupied by said persons shall be prima
facie evidence that the person in charge, the operator thereof and
the owner thereof unlawfully and knowingly so parked said vehicle
and/or trailer.
(d) Such
vehicle and/or trailer illegally parked in violation of this section
shall be removed or impounded in the same manner as provided for removal
of motor vehicles under the Texas Abandoned Motor Vehicle Act.
(e) Any
person who shall violate any of the provisions of this section shall,
upon conviction, be fined within the limits provided in V.T.C.A.,
Transportation Code § 542.401.
(Ordinance 123, §§ 1—4,
adopted 11/9/1981; Ordinance
86-212-5, §§ 1—4, adopted 8/12/1986; Ordinance 86-213-5, §§ 1—5,
adopted 8/12/1986; Ordinance
87-218-5, §§ 1—5, adopted 7/14/1987; Ordinance 97-305-7, §§ 1—5,
adopted 7/8/1997; Ordinance
97-308-7, §§ 1—5, adopted 9/23/1997; Ordinance 98-319-7, §§ 1—5,
adopted 8/18/1998; Ordinance
98-322-7, §§ 1—5, adopted 11/17/1998; Ordinance 99-325-7, § 1,
adopted 2/16/1999)
(a) The
city hereby designates a no parking zone on a portion of Waller Avenue
and hereby establishes within the designated no parking zone on said
road, street and highway. The designated no parking zone created hereunder
in the city of Brookshire is described as follows: the east side of
Waller Avenue from the north line of the Missouri Kansas Texas Railroad
(MKT) right-of-way to the south line of Depot Street.
(b) The
driver of any vehicle shall obey the instructions of any official
traffic control device applicable thereto, placed in accordance with
the provisions of this section unless otherwise directed by a traffic
or police officer, subject to the exceptions granted to the driver
of an authorized emergency vehicle or as allowed by law. No provision
of this section for which official traffic control devices are required
shall be enforced against an alleged violation, if at the time and
place of the alleged violations an official device is not in proper
position and sufficiently legible to be seen by an ordinarily observant
person.
(c) No operator
of a vehicle shall park a vehicle in a no parking zone.
(d) The
director of the department of public works is authorized and instructed
to post and maintain no parking signs within the city, displaying
the no parking zone on the road, street and highway as provided by
this article section to vehicular traffic along such road, street
and highway.
(e) Any
person violating any restrictions on such signs shall be fined within
the limits provided in V.T.C.A., Transportation Code § 542.401.
(Ordinance 91-261-6, §§ 2—6,
adopted 5/28/1991)
(a) Parking
shall be prohibited on the east and west sides of Purdy Street from
the south line of First Street to the north line of Second Street
between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m.
(b) Parking
shall be prohibited on the south side of First Street from the east
line of Rouse Street to the west line of Maxwell Street between the
hours of 10:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m.
(c) It shall
be unlawful for any person to park or leave any motor vehicle or trailer,
as herein defined, parked at the following location within the city
limits between the hours of 7:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m.: upon the south
side of Fifth Street from the east property line to the west property
line of Willowsprings Apartments in the 4400 Block of Fifth Street.
(d) A motor
vehicle is defined as every vehicle which is self-propelled. A trailer
is defined as every vehicle with or without motive power, designed
for carrying persons or property and being drawn by a motor vehicle.
Under this section any such vehicle or trailer as herein defined shall
be deemed to be parked when the same is standing with or without the
operator occupying the same without regard to whether the engine is
running or the engine is not running.
(e) No person
in charge of said vehicle and/or trailer, no person in charge operating
said vehicle and/or trailer, and no person in whose name said vehicle
and/or trailer is registered shall allow or permit such vehicle and/or
trailer to be parked in violation of this section. The same is hereby
declared to be a nuisance per se and the fact that such vehicle and/or
trailer is unattended or unoccupied by said persons shall be prima
facie evidence that the person in charge, the operator thereof and
the owner thereof unlawfully and knowingly so parked said vehicle
and/or trailer.
(f) Such
vehicle and/or trailer illegally parked in violation of this section
may be removed or impounded in the same manner as provided for removal
of motor vehicles under the Texas Abandoned Motor Vehicle Act, V.T.C.A.,
Transportation Code ch. 683.
(g) Any
person who shall violate any of the provisions of this section shall,
upon conviction, be fined within the limits provided in V.T.C.A.,
Transportation Code § 542.401. Each day in which any violation
shall occur shall constitute a separate offense.
(Ordinance 88-229-5, § 1,
adopted 4/12/1988; Ordinance
97-302-7, §§ 1—5, adopted 3/25/1997)
(a) It shall
be unlawful for any person, having registered in his name or owning
or operating or having charge of any vehicle, to allow or suffer or
permit the same to be parked or left standing at any time upon:
(1) Cooper
Road west of its intersection with Highway 1489 (Koomey Road) to the
west city limit line ("No Parking Zone").
(2) The
east side of Bains Street south of its intersection with Fifth Street
to a point north of its intersection with Sixth Street ("No Parking
Zone").
(3) The
east side and west side of Solomon Lane south of its intersection
with IH-10 Feeder Road to a point north of its intersection with Eleventh
Street ("No Parking Zone").
(4) The
south side of First Street, beginning at a point 50 feet east of its
intersection with Waller Avenue to a point 50 feet west of Rouse Street
("No Parking Zone").
(b) When any person is charged with having parked or left standing a vehicle in the "No Parking Zone" designated in subsection
(a) of this section, proof that the vehicle was, at the date and time of the offense alleged, owned by the person charged with the offense shall constitute prima facie evidence that the vehicle was parked or left standing at the place by the owner, but the owner shall have the right to introduce evidence to show that such vehicle was not parked or left standing by him or her as charged in the complaint.
(c) The director of public works is hereby authorized and directed to cause the placement of "No Parking" signs along that portion of Cooper Road described in subsection
(a) of this section and designating the hours and days of the "No Parking Zone" established herein.
(d) Any
person who shall violate any provision of this section shall, upon
conviction, be fined within the limits provided in V.T.C.A., Transportation
Code § 542.401.
(Ordinance 00-335-7, §§ 1—4,
adopted 1/20/2000; Ordinance
00-343-7, § 1, adopted 5/18/2000; Ordinance 01-357-8, § 1,
adopted 3/15/2001; Ordinance
01-364-8, §§ 1—4, adopted 6/21/2001)