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File #: ORD-0403    Version: Name: 2018 Stop Sign Ordinance
Type: Ordinance Status: Approved
File created: 4/26/2018 In control: Engineering Dept
On agenda: 10/23/2018 Final action:
Title: Approving an ordinance on second reading with the caption reading: AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PFLUGERVILLE, TEXAS, AMENDING THE CITY OF PFLUGERVILLE, TEXAS CODE OF ORDINANCES, CHAPTER 72 BY SUPPLEMENTING SCHEDULE III REGARDING STOP SIGNS ON CITY STREETS, INCLUDING PRIVATE STREETS IN THE CITY OF PFLUGERVILLE CITY LIMITS, PROVIDING FOR A PENALTY FOR A VIOLATION OF CHAPTER 72 AS A CLASS C MISDEMEANOR AND A FINE IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $200.00; REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES TO THE EXTENT THEY ARE IN CONFLICT; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
Attachments: 1. Final 2018 ordinance 10012018, 2. Stop Sign Ordinance Location Map

Title

Approving an ordinance on second reading with the caption reading:  AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PFLUGERVILLE, TEXAS, AMENDING THE CITY OF PFLUGERVILLE, TEXAS CODE OF ORDINANCES, CHAPTER 72 BY SUPPLEMENTING SCHEDULE III REGARDING STOP SIGNS ON CITY STREETS, INCLUDING PRIVATE STREETS IN THE CITY OF PFLUGERVILLE CITY LIMITS, PROVIDING FOR A PENALTY FOR A VIOLATION OF CHAPTER 72 AS A CLASS C MISDEMEANOR AND A FINE IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $200.00; REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES TO THE EXTENT THEY ARE IN CONFLICT; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

Summary

The City is amending Chapter 72 of our Code of Ordinances specifically relating to stop signs on public streets by adding new stop signs and modifying certain existing signs due to misspelling or error in jurisdiction.  This is an update to our ordinance to be in compliance with state law in order to enforce stop sign violations on city streets.  A list of the stop sign additions and modifications, vicinity map and the proposed ordinance are attached.

 

The City Attorney has reviewed and approved the ordinance as to form.

 

Status

Chapter 72 Schedule III regarding the installation of stop signs on city streets was last amended by City Council on April 24, 2018. 

 

This ordinance was approved on first reading on October 9, 2018.

 

Deadline for City Council Action

None

 

Fiscal Impact

None

 

Staff Recommendation

Staff recommends approval.

 

Drafter

Manuel Duarte, P.E., CFM

Interim Development Engineering Director

 

Recommended Action

Approve the ordinance on second and final reading on the consent agenda.

If removed from the consent agenda: Motion to approve the ordinance on second and final reading as presented amending the Code of Ordinances, Chapter 72 by Supplementing Schedule III Regarding Stop Signs on City Streets, including private streets in the City of Pflugerville city limits.