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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 Ordinance No. 2014 -43 Prohibiting Stopping, Standing, or Parking in Designated Areas Page 1 596255.1 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 Ordinance No. 2014 -43 Prohibiting Stopping, Standing, or Parking in Designated Areas Page 2 596255.1 tip G m Q r0r^ ♦� ` OOFQ— NOW 1 s 5x i Sao O0 r z cn cn ~ Q8 ee 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 9th day of December, 2014. ERIC HOGUE, Ma or ATTESTED AND CORRECTLY RECORDED: CA LE EHRLI , ity Secretary '' r gpN1A FE R4LWgY Date of publication: December 17, 2014 in The Wylie Ne sr01887 BAs 9TP. O VF Ordinance No. 2014 -43 Prohibiting Stopping, Standing, or Parking in Designated Areas Page 3 596255.1 DIC Z-rnnes • Murpliv Monitor • The Princeton Herald • 7/. tiaihtii: News • THE WYLIE NEWS media 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 , to certify which witness my hand and seal of office. Sonia A. Duggan Commission Expires OF 09 -02 -2016 Notary Public i6/ad/ for The State of Texas My commission expires ' ' /G/ N1u1'phN :Sac1scilk`)I1c Ofoci: • I ID N. 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II"v 512 • 1 ium'1's% iII', TX 75442 • 97°_ -71 14 6397 • iay 972 -782. 7()'_;3 r 4 December 17 -18, 2014 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