HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance No. 04-1570 CITY OF THE COLONY
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AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF THE COLONY, TEXAS,
AMENDING CHAPTER 19 OF THE CODES OF ORDINANCES BY
AMENDING SECTION 19-14(e) BY AMENDING SUBSECTION (6) TO
REMOVE E. LAKE HIGHLANDS, ELM ST. AND WITT DR. FROM THE
AXLE LOAD LIMITATIONS FOR STREETS IN THE EASTVALE
SUBDIVISION; PROVIDING FOR A REPEAL OF REGULATIONS IN
CONFLICT; PROVIDING FOR SAVINGS; PROVIDING A
SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING A PENALTY OF FINE NOT TO
EXCEED THE SUM OF FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($S00.00) PER DAY
FOR EACH OFFENSE; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, after due deliberations and consideration the City Council of the City of
The Colony finds that it is in the public interest to amend Chapter 19 of the Code of Ordinances
to remove regulations for axle loads of vehicles driven and operated on the specific streets in the
City and further finds that such regulations will promote the health, safety, and general welfare of
the City;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF THE COLONY, TEXAS:
Section 1. That the Section 19-14(c) of the Code of Ordinances of the City of The
Colony be, and the same is, hereby amended by amending subsection (6), which shall read as
follows:
Sec. 19-14. Maximum weights, dimensions and fees.
(6) In no event shall the total gross weight per axle, with load, of any vehicle or
combination of vehicles driven and operated on the streets listed herein in
their entirety, exceed eight thousand (8,000) pounds or 24,000 pounds gross
vehicle weight.
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Street Extent
~,11 pads of Anderlan Dr. within the corporate
~,nderlan Dr. limits of the City
All pads of Bevily Dr. within the corporate limit~
3evily Dr. of the City
All parts of Cedar St. within the corporate limib
Cedar St. of the City
All parts of Haven Hills within the corporate
Haven Hills limits of the City
All pads of Lakecrest Dr. within the corporate
Lakecrest Dr. limits of the City
All pads of Lakeland Dr. within the corporate
Lakeland Dr. limits of the City
All pads of Lakepark Dr. within the corporate
Lakepark Dr. !imits of the City
All parts of Lakeview Dr. within the corporate
Lakeview Dr. imits of the City
~,11 parts of Laurel Ct. within the corporate limits
Laurel Ct. ~f the City
~,11 pads of Mimosa Ct. within the corporate
Vlimosa Ct. imits of the City.
~,ll parts of N. Horseshoe Trail within the
q. Horseshoe Trail corporate limits of the City
All pads of N. Shore Dr. within the corporate
q. Shore Dr. limits of the City
All parts of Oak St. within the corporate limits of
Oak St. the City
All parts of Overlake Dr. within the corporate
Overlake Dr. limits of the City
Ali parts of Pine Ct. within the corporate limits of
Pine Ct. [he City.
All parts of Redbud Ct. within the corporate
Redbud Ct. imits of the City
All pads of S. Horseshoe Trail within the
S. Horseshoe Trail ;orporate limits of the City
~,ll pads of Sunset Cir. within the corporate limits
Sunset Cir. )f the City
~,lJ parts of W. Lake Highlands Dr. within the
N. Lake Highlands Dr. corporate limits of the City
All parts of W. Shore Dr. within the corporate
N. Shore Dr. limits of the City
All pads of Willow Ct. within the corporate limits
Willow Ct. of the City
Section 2. That this Ordinance shall be cumulative of all other Ordinances and shall
not repeal any of the provisions of such Ordinances, except for those instances where there are
direct conflicts with the provisions of this Ordinance. That all ordinances of the City, or parts
thereof, that are in conflict with the provisions of this Ordinance, are hereby repealed to the
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extent that they are inconsistent with this Ordinance. All other ordinances of the City not in
conflict with the provisions of this Ordinance shall remain in full force and effect.
Section 3. All rights and remedies of the City of The Colony, Texas, are expressly
saved as to any and all violations of the provisions of any other Ordinance affecting weight limits
and permitting for certain overweight vehicles which have secured at the time of the effective
date of this Ordinance; and, as to such accrued violations and all pending litigation, both civil
and criminal, whether pending in court or not, under such Ordinances same shall not be affected
by this Ordinance but may be prosecuted until final disposition by the courts.
Section 4. If any section, article, paragraph, sentence, clause, phrase or word in this
Ordinance or application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid or unconstitutional
by a Court of competent jurisdiction, such holding shall not affect the validity of the remaining
portions of this Ordinance, and the City Council hereby declares it would have passed such
remaining portions of this Ordinance despite such invalidity, which remaining portions shall
remain in full force and effect.
Section 5. Any person, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions of this
ordinance or the Zoning Ordinance, as amended hereby, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor
and, upon conviction in the Mtmicipal Court of the City of The Colony, Texas, shall be punished
by a fine not to exceed the sum of Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) per day for each offense.
Section 6. That this ordinance shall take effect immediately from and after its passage
and publication, as the law and charter in such cases provide.
AND IT IS SO ORDAINED.
~PASSED/~D APPROVED by the
/t~J'~ day of~ 2004. City Council of the City of The Colony, Texas, this
Joh~Dillard, Mayor
City~bf The Colony
ATTEST:
~-~ristie Wilson, -
City Secretary
(JJG/si/cdb 8/16/04)
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