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Editor's note – Former Art. X, which pertained to photographic traffic signal enforcement and derived from Ordinance 2911, adopted 11/13/2006; Ordinance 2946, adopted 7/23/2007; Ordinance 3505, adopted 5/14/2018, was repealed by Ordinance 3623, 12/9/2019.
The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this article, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section:
Off-street parking facility
means any public or private off-street parking area open for use by the public for parking vehicles, other than a private residential property or the parking area of a garage or parking lot for which a charge is made for the storing or parking of vehicles.
Preparations
means an activity in preparation for a street race or reckless driving exhibition including but not limited to, any of the following acts knowingly done for the purpose of causing or contributing to a street race or reckless driving exhibition:
(a) 
Knowingly causing or contributing to one or more motor vehicles and persons gathering at a predetermined location on a public street, highway, or off-street parking facility;
(b) 
Knowingly causing or contributing to one or more persons gathering on, or adjacent to, a public street or highway;
(c) 
Knowingly causing or contributing to one or more persons gathering in an off-street parking facility;
(d) 
Knowingly causing or contributing to one or more persons impeding the free public use of a public street, highway or off-street parking facility by acts, words or physical barriers;
(e) 
Knowingly causing or contributing to one or more motor vehicles lining up on a public street, highway, or off-street parking facility with motors running, impeding the free public use of a public street, highway, or off-street parking facility or being a physical barrier;
(f) 
Knowingly causing or contributing to one or more drivers revving a vehicle's engine or causing the motor vehicle's tires to spin; or
(g) 
Standing or sitting in a location and knowingly acting, or anticipating to act as a person who signifies the start or beginning of a street race or reckless driving exhibition as defined herein.
Reckless driving exhibition
means any exhibition of reckless driving as defined in V.T.C.A., Transportation Code § 545.401, as amended.
Spectator
means any person who is present at a street race, reckless driving exhibition or the site of the preparations for either of these events, when such a person attends for the purpose of viewing, observing, watching, betting, gambling, recording, transmitting, or witnessing the event as it progresses.
Street race
means any vehicle race, speed contest, drag race, acceleration contest, test of physical endurance of the operator of a motor vehicle or any manner of racing on a highway as defined in V.T.C.A., Transportation Code § 545.420, as amended.
(Ordinance 3810, § 2, adopted 8/28/2023)
(a) 
It shall be unlawful for any person to be present as a spectator:
(1) 
At a street race conducted on a public street or highway;
(2) 
At a reckless driving exhibition conducted on a public street, highway, or off-street parking facility;
(3) 
Where preparations are made or being made for a street race conducted on a public street or highway; or
(4) 
Where preparations are made or being made for a reckless diving exhibition conducted on a public street, highway, or in an off-street parking facility.
(b) 
Exemption.
(1) 
Nothing in this section prohibits law enforcement officers, peace officers, their agents who are acting in the course of their official duties, or media or news personnel with official identification from a news media outlet who are reporting on the event, from being at a street race or reckless driving exhibition or at the location of preparations for either of these activities.
(2) 
Nothing in this section shall prohibit persons from attending properly sanctioned, licensed, or legally authorized racing events conducted pursuant to city or state regulations.
(Ordinance 3810, § 2, adopted 8/28/2023)
(a) 
A person commits an offense if he:
(1) 
Allows street racing or reckless driving exhibitions to occur on the premises that the person owns, operates or controls; or
(2) 
Engages in preparations for street racing or reckless driving exhibitions, as defined in this article.
(b) 
It is a defense to prosecution that the person who owns, operates, or controls the premises:
(1) 
Submitted a criminal trespass affidavit to law enforcement authorities complaining of street racing or reckless driving exhibitions occurring on the premises that the person owns, operates or controls within 30 days prior to receiving a citation pursuant to this section; and
(2) 
Took reasonable and appropriate measures to make the property inaccessible to the public during non-business hours.
(c) 
Exemption. Nothing in this section shall prohibit participation in properly sanctioned, licensed, or legally authorized racing events conducted pursuant to city or state regulations.
(Ordinance 3810, § 2, adopted 8/28/2023)
Any person who intentionally, knowingly, recklessly, or with criminal negligence violates any provision of this article shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by fine not to exceed $500.00.
(Ordinance 3810, § 2, adopted 8/28/2023)