HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 86-17 - Changing Parking ZonesORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 22-42 OF GEORGETOWN CODE OF ORDINANCES,
CHANGING THE PERIOD OF TIME, WHICH A VEHICLE CAN BE LEGALLY PARKED IN
ZONES SO MARKED AND DESIGNATED AS TWO HOUR ZONES, TO ONE HOUR ZONES
FOR A TEMPORARY PERIOD OF TIME NOT TO EXCEED THE DURATION OF THE
DOWNTOWN AREA SIDEWALK RENOVATION PROJECT; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY
CLAUSE; ESTABLISHING AN EMERGENCY, PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION AND
SETTING AN EFFECTIVE DATE;
WHEREAS, the City Council ("Counci 1 ") of the City of Georgetown, Texas,
("City') hereby finds that the renovation of the area in downtown Georgetown
pursuant to the Historic District Improvement Project has, for a temporary
period of time, reduced the number of available parking spaces for public
availability; and
WHEREAS, the Council further finds it to be in the City's best interest
that the period of time for parking be reduced from two hours to one hour, in
order that the traffic and parking problems created by such renovation project
be improved; and
WHEREAS, the Council further finds that there exists a necessity for the
immediate preservation of the public peace and safety by adopting this ordinance
by emergency passage.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GEORGETOWN, TEXAS THAT:
SECTION I. That Section 22-42, TWO HOUR ZONES be amended by changing the time
which a vehicle can be legally parked in zones so marked and designated as two
hour zones, and replacing the time "two (2) hours" with the time "one (1) hour"
where ever it appears within such section:
When
signs
are in place
giving
notice thereof,
during
the hours
of
8:00
a.m.
to 5:00
p.m.,
Monday
through
Friday,
inclusive,
legal
holidays
excluded,
it shall
be unlawful
for any
person
to leave
standing
or parked,
any
vehicle
for a period of more than
one (1)
hour
in
the following
one-hour
parking
zones and
each
successive
one
(1)
hour that a vehicle shall be left continuously parked in such zones
shall constitute a separate offense:
SECTION II. If any part of this amendatory ordinance is found by any court of
competent jurisdiction to be void, or unconstitutional the remaining portions
shall not be effected by shall remain in full force and effect.
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SECTION III. This ordinance also establishes an emergency for the immediate
preservation of the public peace and safety, and therefore shall take affect
immediately upon publication of its caption as provided in Section 2.11 of the
Charter of the City.
PASSED, READ AND ADOPTED on first and final reading by the favorable vote of not
less than four (4) council members qualified in serving, this day of
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APPROVED AS TO FORM:
STUMP ,k STUMP, City Attorneys
BY:
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mayor