Ordinance 2013-29ORDINANCE NO. 2013-29
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF WYLIE, TEXAS, AMENDING
SECTION 110 -173 (a) (10) (STOPPING, STANDING, OR PARKING
PROHIBITED IN CERTAIN PLACES) OF ARTICLE VI (STOPPING,
STANDING, AND PARKING) OF CHAPTER 110 (TRAFFIC AND
VEHICLES) OF THE WYLIE CODE OF ORDINANCES; PROHIBITING
PARKING, STOPPING OR STANDING OF A VEHICLE ALONG THE
WEST SIDE OF HILLTOP LANE FROM PIRATE DRIVE TO STONE
ROAD AND ALONG THE WEST SIDE OF BIRMINGHAM STREET
FROM KIRBY STREET TO WILLIAMS STREET DURING THOSE
TIMES SET FORTH IN THIS ORDINANCE; ESTABLISHING AN
OFFENSE; PROVIDING FOR A PENALTY FOR THE VIOLATION OF
THIS ORDINANCE; PROVIDING FOR REPEALING, SAVINGS AND
SEVERABILITY CLAUSES; PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE
OF THIS ORDINANCE; AND PROVIDING FOR THE PUBLICATION OF
THE CAPTION HEREOF.
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Wylie, Texas ( "City Council ") has
investigated and determined that it is in the best interest of the City of Wylie, Texas ("Wylie") to
prohibit the stopping, standing, or parking of a vehicle along the west side of Hilltop lane from
Pirate Drive to Stone Road and along the west side of Birmingham Street from Kirby Street to
Williams Street (the "Zone "); and
WHEREAS, the City Council further finds that it is a reasonable exercise of its police
power to prohibit the stopping, standing, or parking of a vehicle in the Zone; and
WHEREAS, the City Council further finds that the stopping, standing, or parking of a
vehicle in the Zone is dangerous and creates a traffic hazard that threatens the health, safety, and
welfare of motorists and pedestrians; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has investigated and determined that it would be
advantageous and beneficial to the citizens of Wylie and promote the public health, safety and
welfare of the school children to prohibit the stopping, standing, or parking located in Wylie, as
set forth below.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF WYLIE, TEXAS:
SECTION 1: FINDINGS INCORPORATED. The findings set forth above are
incorporated into the body of this Ordinance as if fully set forth herein.
SECTION 2: Amendment to Section 110 -173 (a) 00) (Stopping, Standing, or Parking
Prohibited in Certain Places) of Article VI (Stopping Standing and Parking) of Chapter 110
(Traffic and Vehicles) of the Wylie Code of Ordinances. Section 110 -173 (a) (10) (Stopping,
Standing, or Parking Prohibited in Certain Places) of Article V1 (Stopping, Standing, and
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Parking) of Chapter 110 (Traffic and Vehicles) of the Wylie Code of Ordinances is amended to
read as follows:
(E) West side of Hilltop Lane from Pirate Drive to Stone Road; and
(F) West side of Birmingham Street from Kirby Street to Williams
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SECTION 3: ENFORCEMENT: In no way shall those areas where stopping, standing,
or parking is prohibited be obstructed and no parking shall occur therein. The Police Chief, or
his/her authorized representatives, is authorized to issue citations and /or remove or cause to be
removed any material or vehicle obstructing the area in which stopping, standing, or parking is
prohibited at the expense of the owner of such material or vehicle. The City shall not be
responsible or liable for any damage to any vehicle or personal property removed from the area
where stopping, standing, or parking is prohibited and shall not be responsible for any damage
resulting from the failure to exercise the authority granted under this Ordinance.
SECTION 4: SAVINGS /REPEALING CLAUSE. All provisions of any ordinance in
conflict with this Ordinance are hereby repealed to the extent they are in conflict; but such repeal
shall not abate any pending prosecution for violation of the repealed ordinance, nor shall the
repeal prevent a prosecution from being commenced for any violation if occurring prior to the
repeal of the ordinance. Any remaining portions of said ordinances shall remain in full force and
effect.
SECTION 5: SEVERABILITY. Should any section, subsection, sentence, clause or
phrase of this Ordinance be declared unconstitutional or invalid by a court of competent
jurisdiction, it is expressly provided that any and all remaining portions of this Ordinance shall
remain in full force and effect. Wylie hereby declares that it would have passed this Ordinance,
and each section, subsection, clause or phrase thereof irrespective of the fact that any one or
more sections, subsections, sentences, clauses and phrases be declared unconstitutional or
invalid.
SECTION 6: PENALTY PROVISION. Any person violating this Ordinance shall be
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined a sum of not more
than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00). Each continuing day's violation or separate act under this
Ordinance shall constitute a separate offense. The penal provisions imposed under this
Ordinance shall not preclude Wylie from filing suit to enjoin the violation. Wylie retains all
legal rights and remedies available to it pursuant to local, state and federal law.
SECTION 7: AMENDMENTS. For clarity in reading amendments to the Wylie Code of
Ordinances, any language intended to be added to the code may be underscored in the amending
ordinance, and any language intended to be deleted from the code may be placed in brackets and
stricken through. These markings, when used, and the deleted portions shall be removed when
amendments are printed in the code. The amended provisions as set forth in this Ordinance have
also been renumbered for ease of reading.
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SECTION 8: EFFECTIVE DATE. This Ordinance shall be effective upon its passage
and publication as required by law.
DULY PASSED AND APPROVED by the City Council of the City of Wylie, Texas,
this 13ffi day of August, 2013. 1
ERIC HOGUE,
ATTESTED AND CORRECTLY
RECORDED:
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STATE OF TEXAS
COUNTY OF COLLIN
Before me, the undersigned authority, on this day personally appeared Chad Engbrock,
publisher of The Wylie News, a newspaper regularly published in Collin County, Texas
and having general circulation in Collin County, Texas, who being by me duly sworn,
deposed and says that the foregoing attached:
City of Wylie
Ordinance No. 2013 -29
was published in said newspaper on the following dates, to -wit:
August 21, 2013
Chad Engbrock, Publisher
Subscribed and sworn before me on this, the day of '2013
to certify which witness my hand and seal of office.
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ORDINANCE
NO. 2013-29
AN ORDINANCE
OF THE CITY OF
WYLIE, TEXAS,
AMENDING SEC-
TION 110 -173 (a)
(10) (STOPPING,
STANDING, OR
PARKING PRO-
HIBITED IN CER-
TAIN PLACES)
OF ARTICLE
VI (STOPPING,
STANDING, AND
PARKING) OF
CHAPTER 110
(TRAFFIC AND
VEHICLES) OF
THE WYLIE CODE
OF ORDINANC-
ES; PROHIBIT
ING PARKING,
STOPPING OR
STANDING OF A
VEHICLE ALONG
THE WEST SIDE
OF HILLTOP
LANE ` FROM PI-
RATE DRIVE TO
STONE ROAD
AND ALONG THE
WEST SIDE OF
BIRMINGHAM
STREET FROM
KIRBY STREET
TO WILLIAMS
STREET DURING
THOSE TIMES SET
FORTH IN THIS
ORDINANCE; ES-
TABLISHING AN
OFFENSE; PRO-
VIDING FOR A
PENALTY FOR
THE VIOLATION
OF THIS ORDI-
NANCE; PROVID-
ING FOR REPEAL-
ING, SAVINGS
AND SEVERABIL-
ITY ' CLAUSES;,",', 0
PROVIDING FOR
AN EFFECTIVE
DATE OF THIS �,'
ORDINANCE;
AND PROVIDING
FOR THE PUBLI-
CATION OF THE
CAPTION, HERE -
OF
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