Ordinance 2008-48 ORDINANCE NO. 2008-48
~ AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF WYLIE, TEXAS, AMENDING
SECTION 110-243 (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 GLEN
LAKES COURT FROM THE NORTHERN MOST POINT OF GLEN
LAKES COURT EXTENDING 120 FEET SOUTH 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 ("Citv Council") has
investigated and determined that it is in the best interest of the City of Wylie, Texas ("Wvlie") to
prohibit the stopping, standing, or parking of a vehicle along Glen Lakes Court from the northern
most point of Glen Lakes Court and extending one hundred and twenty (120) feet south of said
point (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 110-243 (Stoppin~, Standin~, or Parking
Prohibited in Certain Places) of Article VI (Stopping, Standin~, and Parking) of Chapter 110
~Traffic and Vehicles) of the Wylie Code of Ordinances. Section 110-243 (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 is amended to read as
follows:
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"Sec. 110-173. Stopping, standing or parking prohibited in certain places.
(a) An operator may not stop, stand or park a vehicle:
(1) On the roadway side of a vehicle stopped or parked at the edge or curb of
a street;
(2) On a sidewalk;
(3) In an intersection;
(4) On a crosswalk;
(5) Between a safety zone and the adjacent curb or within 30 feet of a place
on the curb immediately opposite the ends of a safety zone, unless the
governing body of a municipality designates a different length by signs or
markings;
(6) Alongside or opposite a street excavation or obstruction if stopping,
standing, or parking the vehicle would obstruct traffic;
(7) On a bridge or other elevated structure on a highway or in a highway
tunnel;
(8) On a railroad track;
(9) Where an official sign prohibits stopping;
~10) In the followin~desi~nated areas if a no stopping, standing, and parking
sign is posted:
~ Glen Lakes Court from the northern most point of Glen Lakes
~ Court extending one hundred and twent~20) feet south of said
point from 30 minutes.prior to the start of school until 30 minutes
after the start of school and from 30 minutes prior to the end of
school until 30 minutes after the end of school when Groves
Elementarv School is in session; and
(b) An operator may not, except momentarily to pick up or discharge a passenger,
stand or park an occupied or unoccupied vehicle:
(1) In front of a public or private driveway;
(2) Within 15 feet of a fire hydrant;
(3) Within 20 feet of a crosswalk at an intersection;
(4) Within 30 feet on the approach to a flashing signal, stop sign, yield sign or
traffic control signal located at the side of a roadway;
(5) Within 20 feet of the driveway entrance to a fire station and on the side of
a street opposite the entrance to a fire station within 75 feet of the
entrance, if the entrance is properly marked with a sign; or
(6) Where an official sign prohibits standing.
(c) An operator may not, except temporarily to load or unload merchandise or
passengers, park an occupied or unoccupied vehicle:
~ (1) Within 50 feet of the nearest rail of a railroad crossing; or
(2) Where an official sign prohibits parking.
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(d) A person may stop, stand, or park a bicycle on a sidewalk if the bicycle does not
impede the normal and reasonable movement of pedestrian or other traffic on the
sidewalk.
(e) A private vehicle operated by an elevator constructor responding to an elevator
emergency shall be exempt from subsections (a)(1), (a)(5), (a)(6), and (a)(9), (b),
and (c) of this section.
( fl Subsections (a), (b) and (c) of this section do not apply if the avoidance of conflict
with other traffic is necessary or if the operator is complying with the law or the
directions of a police officer or official traffic control device."
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
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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 l l~h day of November, 2008.
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Designated Areas of Glen Lakes Court
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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. 2008-48 and 2008-49
was published in said newspaper on the following dates, to-wit:
November 19 , 20 8.
Chad Engbrock, Publisher
Subscribed and sworn before me on this, the ~~_day of ` , 2008
to certify which witness my hand and seal of office.
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4C November 19 - 20, 2008
ORDINANCE NO.
2008-48
AN ORDINANCE OF
THE CITY OF
WYLIE, TEXAS,
AMENDING SEG
TION 110-243 (STOP-
PING, STANDING,
OR PARKING P~tO-
HIBITED IN CER-
TAIN PLACES) OF
ARTICLE VI (STOP-
PING, STANDING,
AND PARKING) OF
CHAPTER 110
(TRAFFIC AND
VEHICLES) OF THE
WYLIE CODE OF
ORDINANCES; PRO-
HIBITING PARKING,
STOPPING OR
STANDING OF A
VEHICLE ALONG
GLEN LAKES
COURT FROM THE
NOR'I'HERN MOST
_"~;~T, (JF GL,EN
~-~KES COURT
EXTENDING 120
FEET SOUTH DUR-
ING THOSE TIMES
SET FORTH IN THIS
ORDINANCE;
ESTAB~,ISHING AN
OFFENSE; PROVID-
ING FOR A PENAL-
TY FOR THB VIOLA-
TION OF THIS QRDI-
NANCE; PROVID-
ING FOR REPEAL-
ING, SAVINGS AND
SEVERABILITY
CLAUSES; PROVID-
ING FOR AN EFFEC-
TIVE DATE OF THIS
ORDINANCE; AND
PROVIDING FQR
THE PUBLICATION
OF THE CAPTION
HEREOF.