Ordinance 2014-43ORDINANCE NO. 2014-43
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
EAST SIDE OF WOODBRIDGE PARKWAY FROM SOUTH HENSLEY
LANE TO NORTH HENSLEY LANE AND ON THE NORTH SIDE OF
SOUTH HENSLEY LANE FROM WOODBRIDGE PARKWAY TO A
POINT 800' EAST 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 east side of Woodbridge
Parkway from South Hensley Lane to North Hensley Lane and on the north side of South
Hensley Lane from Woodbridge Parkway to a point 800' east (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 l: 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) (lO )(Stopping,, Standing, or Parking
Prohibited in Certain Places) of Article VI (Stopping, Standing, and Parking o) f 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 VI (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:
(G) East side of Woodbridge Parkway from South Hensley Lane to
North Hensley Lane, and
(H) North side of South Hensley Lane from Woodbridge Parkway to a
point 800' east.
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
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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 9th day of December, 2014.
ERIC HOGUE, Ma or
ATTESTED AND CORRECTLY
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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, who being
by me duly sworn, deposed and says that the foregoing attached:
City of Wylie
Ordinance No. 2014 -43
was published in said newspaper on the following dates, to -wit:
December 17, 2014
ad Engbrock, Publisher
Subscribed and sworn before me on this, the A day of r 2014
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to certify which witness my hand and seal of office.
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ORDINANCE
No. 2014-43
AN ORDINANCE
OF THE CITY OF
WYLIE, TEXAS,
AMENDING SEC-
TION 110- 173,(a) (10)
(STOPPING, STAND-
ING, OR PARKING
PROHIBITED IN
CERTAIN PLACES)
OF ARTICLE VI
(STOPPING, STAND-
ING, AND PARK-
ING) OF CHAPTER
110 (TRAFFIC AND
VEHICLES) OF
THE WYLIE CODE
OF ORI ANC
ES; PROHIBITING
PARKING, STOP-
PING OR STAND-
ING OF A VEMCLE
ALONG THE EAST
SIDE OF WOOD -
BRIDGE PARK-
WAY FROM SOUTH
HENSLEY LANE TO
NORTH HENSLEY
LANE AND ON THE
NORTH SIDE OF
SOUTH HENSLEY
LANE FROM WOOD -
BRIDGE PARK-
WAY TO A POINT
800' EAST DURING
THOSE TIMES SET
FORTH IN THIS
ORDINANCE; ES-
TABLISHING AN
OFFENSE; PROVID-
ING FOR A PEN-
ALTY FOR THE
VIOLATION OF
THIS ORDINANCE;
PROVIDING FOR
REPEALING, SAV-
INGS AND SEVER-
ABILITY CLAUSES;
PROVIDING FOR
AN EFFECTIVE
D ANC ,
PROVIDING FOR
THE , PUBLICA-
TION OF THE CAP-
TION HEREOF