Ordinance 2023-52 ORDINANCE NO. 2023-52
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF WYLIE, TEXAS, AMENDING CHAPTER
110 (TRAFFIC AND VEHICLES) OF ARTICLE VI. (STOPPING, STANDING,
AND PARKING) OF SECTION 110-175 (NO PARKING ZONES DESIGNATED)
OF THE WYLIE CODE OF ORDINANCES; CREATING SECTION 110-175 (14)
PROHIBITING THE STOPPING, STANDING, OR PARKING OF A VEHICLE
ALONG THE WESTBOUND SIDE OF BENNETT ROAD MEASURING 1,600
FEET FROM THE INTERSECTION OF WYLIE EAST DRIVE; 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 westbound side of Bennett Road (the "Designated Area")
measuring 1600 feet from the intersection of Wylie East Drive; 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 Designated Area; and
WHEREAS, the City Council further finds that the stopping, standing, or parking of a vehicle in
the Designated Area 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 Chapter 110 (Traffic and Vehicles) of Article VI. (Stopping,
Standing,and Parking)of Section 110-175(No parking zones designated)of the Wylie Code of Ordinances.
Chapter 110 (Traffic and Vehicles) of Article Vl. (Stopping, Standing, and Parking) of Section 110-175
(No parking zones designated) of the Wylie Code of Ordinances, is hereby amended to read as follows:
(14) Westbound side of Bennett Road. Prohibiting the stopping, standing, or parking of a
vehicle along the westbound side of Bennett Road measuring 1,600 feet from the
intersection of Wylie East Drive.
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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.
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 14`'day
of November, 2023.
Cam'
atthew Porter,Mayor
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ATTESTED AND CORRECTLY
RECORDED: ' 'F
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Stephanie Storm, City Secretary
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Date of publication in The Wylie News—November 22, 2023
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STATE OF TEXAS
COUNTY OF COLLIN
Before me, the undersigned authority, on this day personally appeared Chad Engbrock,
publisher of C & S Media, dba The Wylie News, a newspaper regularly published in
Collin County, Texas and having general circulation in Collin County, Texas, and being
in compliance with Section 2051.044, Texas Government Code (a); (1), (2), (3) and (4),
who being by me duly sworn, deposed and says that the foregoing attached:
City of Wylie
Legal Notice—Ordinance No. 2023-51 and Ordinance No. 2023-52
was published in said newspaper on the following date(s), to-wit:
November 22, 2023
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Chad Engbrock, Publisher
Subscribed and sworn before me on this, the 24th day of November, 2023, to certify
which witness my hand and seal of office.
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