OR 91-515 No crossing zones for pedestrians at 1700 to 1800 block of Beltline Rd .AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS
ORDINANCE NO. 91515
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS, AMENDING CHAPTER
8 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF COPPELL BY ADDING
SECTION 8-5-4; PROVIDING FOR NO CROSSING ZONES FOR PEDESTRIANS IN
THE CITY OF COPPELL; DECLARING THE 1700 BLOCK AND 1800 BLOCK OF
BELT LINE ROADTO BE A PEDESTRIANNO-CROSSING ZONE; PROVIDING
A PENALTY OF FINE NOT TO EXCEED THE SUM OF FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS
($500.00) FOREACH OFFENSE; PROVIDING AREPEALING CLAUSE; PROVIDING
A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE AND DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF T}EE CITY OF COPPET~.,
TEXAS:
SECTION 1. A~ending Article 8-5, Chapter 8 of the City
Code of Ordinances of the City of Coppell, Texas. Chapter 8 of the
Code of Ordinances of the City of Coppell is hereby amended by
adding a new Section 8-5-4 as follows:
"Section 8-5-4. Pedestrian No-Crossing Zone
It shall be unlawful for any pedestrian to cross any public
street within the corporate limits of the City at a location
that has been designated as a 'pedestrian no-crossing zone'
and so marked as a 'No Pedestrian Crossing Zone' with signs or
street markings. The following locations are hereby
designated as 'pedestrian no-crossing zones':
A. That part of East West Belt Line Road that lies in
the 1700 Block and 1800 Block of said road."
SECTION 2. Repealing clause. All parts of ordinances,
inconsistent or in conflict with provisions of this ordinance, are
hereby repealed.
SECTION 3. Severability clause. If any article, paragraph
or subdivision, clause or provision of this ordinance shall be
adjudged invalid or held unconstitutional, the same shall not
affect the validity of this ordinance as a whole or any part or
provision thereof, other than the parts so decided to be invalid or
unconstitutional.
SECTION 4. Penalty clause. Any person, firm or
corporation violating any of the provisions of this ordinance shall
be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be
punished by penalty of fine not to exceed the sum of Five Hundred
Dollars ($500.00) for each offense, and each and every day such
offense is continued shall constitute a new and separate offense.
SECTION 5. Effective date. This ordinance shall take
effect immediately from and after the publication of its caption as
the law in such cases provides.
DULY PASSED by the City Council of the City of Coppell, Texas,
this the 13th day of August, 1991.
APPROVED
Mark Wolfe
MAYOR
ATTEST:
Dorothy Timmons
CITY SECRETARY
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Lawrence W. Jackson
CITY ATTORNEY