1988D4- CLARIFY PREVIOUSLY AMENDED SECTIONS OF SAID CODE
ORDINANCE NO. ~ff-l):jf
AN ORDINANCE
BY TH& CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SCHERTZ. TEXAS,
PROVIDING THAT THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, CITY OF
SCHERTZ, TEXAS BE AMENDED BY REVISING SECTIONS 12-
1, 12-4, 12-6, 18-16. 18-29, 18-78 AND 19-37 TO
CLARIFY PREVIOUSLY AMENDED SECTIONS OF SAID CODE;
AND SECTIONS 2-2, 2-11, 18-32,18-33,18-45 18-58,
18-76, 18-91 TO CLARIFY THE RENAMING OF LIVE OAK
ROAD TO SCHERTZ PARKWAY; REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES
OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT WITH THIS
ORDINANCE.
WHEREAS, the street name of Live Oak Road has officially
be changed to Schertz Parkway and passage of previous revisions
to code of ordinances creates a conflict, it has been determined
that there should be certain amendments to the Code of Ordinances
of the City of Schertz, Texas; NOW THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SCHERTZ, TEXAS:
I
THAT Sec. 2-2 , Code of Ordinances, City of Schertz. Texas
is hereby amended to read as follows:
Sec. 2-2. Time and place of council meetings.
(a)
the
p.m.
1400
The regular meetings of
first and third Tuesdays
Such meetings shall be
Schertz Parkway, in the
the city council shall be held on
of each month, commencing at 7:00
held at the city council chambers,
City of Schertz.
(b) Any special meetings of the city council shall also be held
at 1400 Schertz Parkway, in the city, unless otherwise designated
by posted written notice of the city secretary.
THAT Sec. 2-11 (c) is hereby amended to read as follows:
Sec. 2-11 Non Liability in claims for property damage or personal
injury
(c) All notices required by this Section shall be effectuated by
serving them upon the City Manager at the following location:
1400 Schertz Parkway, Schertz, Texas, and all such notices shall
be effective only when actually received in the office of the
person named above.
THAT Sec. 12-1 of the Code of Ordinances
Schertz is hereby amended to read as follows:
of the City of
Sec. 12-1.
Jurisdiction.
The municipal court shall have exclusive original jurisdiction
within the corporate limits in all criminal cases in which
punishment is by fine only and where the maximum of such fine
does not exceed $1,000 in all cases arising under the ordinances
of such city that govern fire safety, zoning, or public health
and sanitation, including dumping of refuse and where the maximum
of such fine does not exceed $200 in all other cases arising
under the ordinances of such city, and shall have concurrent
jurisdiction with any justice of the peace in any precinct in
which the city is situated in all criminal cases arising under
the criminal laws of this State, in which punishment is by fine
only, and where the maximum of such fine may not exceed $200, and
arising within such corporate limits.
THAT Sec. 12-4 of the Code of Ordinances
Schertz is hereby amended to read as follows:
of the
City of
Sec. 12-4 Assessment and collection of special expenses in
connection with personal bond.
The judge of the municipal court is hereby authorized to assess,
levy and collect those special expenses dealing with the
requisites of a personal bond and a special expense for the
issuance and service of a warrant of arrest, after due notice, in
an amount not to exceed twenty five dollars($25.00) Such
spOecial expenses shall be paid into the city treasury for the
use and benefit of the city.
THAT Sec. 12-6(c),(g) and (h) of the Code of Ordinances of
the City of Schertz is hereby amended to read as follows:
Sec. 12-6. Failure to answer summons
(c) Voluntary payment of fine after issuance of arrest warrant.
In the event a warrant of arrest has been validly prepared,
authorized, logged and issued prusuant to this section and the
defendant, prior to the service of said warrant upon said
defendant, voluntarily comes forward to pay his fine, the fine
assessed shall be in accordance with the fee schedule for
voluntary payment of fines then in force as recommended by the
judge of the municipal court; however, the twenty five dollars
($25.00) warrant fee shall be collected in addition to such fine.
(g) Failure to appear at next docket; forfeiture of
complaint filed; warrants issued; etc.
bond; new
In the event such defendant is released pursuant to his bond and
fails to make his appearance at the next court docket of the
municipal court of the City of Schertz, Texas, such bond or bonds
shall be forfeited in the manner provided by law and a new and
additional complaint for failure to appear shall be filed. The
clerk of the municipal court shall then cause warrants to be
issued on the charges as evidenced by the original complaint and
on both charges of failure to appear. Upon his arrest, such
defendant shall be confined in jail and shall not be released
except upon his payment of a fine of two hundred dollars($200.00)
for each of the two (2) failures to appear and the payment of the
three twenty five dollar($25.00) warrant fees. In the
alternative, however, such defendant shall be released upon his
posting a cash bond in the amount of said fines and warrant fees
or by the direction of his release by a writ of habeas corpus or
other writ issued by a court of competent jurisdiction.
(h) Process server's fee.
There shall be paid a fee of twenty-five dollars($25.00) to each
officer serving, or having made all reasonable attempts to serve,
a warrant issued prusuant to this section.
THAT Sec. 18-16(a) and Sec.
read as follows:
18-16(b) is hereby
amended to
Sec. 18-16. Payment of fine at Municipal Court Clerk Office for
certain violations.
(a) The judge of the municipal court may designate violations of
this chapter which may be satisfied by payment, at the Municipal
Court Clerks office, of fines prescribed by the judge, such fines
to be within the limits prescribed by Sections 1-8 of this Code.
(b) Any person who has received any notice to appear in answer
to a traffic charge designated in accordance with subsection (a)
may, within the time specified in the notice, appear at the
municipal court clerks office and answer the charge set forth in
such notice by paying the prescribed fine and, in writing,
pleading guilty to the charge, waiving a hearing in court and
giving power of attorney to the eprson in charge of the municipal
court clerks office to make such a plea and pay such fine in
court.
THAT Sec. 18-29 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of
Schertz is hereby amended to read as follows:
Sec. 18-29. No-passing zones
The city council is hereby authorized to determine, by ordinance,
those portions of any street in the city where overtaking and
passing or driving of the left side of the roadway would be
especially hazardous and may, by appropriate signs or markings on
the roadway, indicate the beginning and end of such zones. When
such signs or markings are in place and clearly visible to any
ordinarily observant person, every driver of a vehicle shall obey
the directions thereof.
THAT Sec. 18-32 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of
Schertz be amended by deleting the following:
Through Streets
Cross of Stop Streets
Live Oak Road
Aero Avenue
Beck Street
Clyde Ford Drive
Elbel Road
Exchange Avenue
Main Street
Maske Road
Menlo Drive
Mitchell Avenue
Municipal Complex North
Exit
Pecan Drive
School Road
Wuest Store Parking Lot
Maske Road
Live Oak Road
THAT Sec. 18-32 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of
Schertz is hereby amended by adding the following
Sec. l8-32Stop intersections-Designated-Generally.
Through Streets
Cross or Stop Streets
East Live Oak Road
Maske Road
Menlo Drive
IH 35 Access Road
Schertz Parkway
Schertz Parkway
Aero Avenue
Beck Street
Clyde Ford Drive
East Live Oak Road
Exchange Avenue
Live Oak Blvd.(13th Row)
Main Street
Maske Road
Mitchell Avenue
Municipal Complex North Exit
Pecan Drive
Savannah Drive
School Road
Wuest Store Parking lot
THAT Sec. 18-33 of the Code of Ordinance, City of Schertz is
hereby amended by deleting the following:
Sec. 18-33 Same--Same--Four-way stops.
(2) Curtiss Avenue and Live Oak Road
(6) Live Oak Road and ElbellAero Avenue
THAT Sec. 18-33 of the Code of Ordinances City of Schertz is
hereby amended by adding the following:
(2) Curtiss Avenue and Schertz Parkway
(6) Schertz Parkway and Elbel/Aero Avenue
THAT Sec. 18-45 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of
Schertz is hereby amended to read as follows:
Sec. 18-45. Vehicular Weight limit On Portion of Schertz Parkway
and East Live Oak Road.
A vehicle weight limit of three (3)
following:
tons is placed on the
(a) Schertz Parkway from its intersection with Elbel Road north
to IH 35 Access Road.
(b) East Live Oak Road from
Parkway to its intersection with
Hays Boulevard).
its intersection with Schertz
Farm to Market Road 3009(Jack
THAT Sec. 18-58 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of
Schertz is hereby amended by deleting the following:
Sec. 18-58. Traffic light locations.
(d) Intersection of Farm Market 78 at Live Oak Road.
THAT Sec. 18-58 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of
Schertz is hereby amended by adding the following:
Sec. 18-58. Traffic light locations.
(d) Intersection of Farm Market 78 at Schertz Parkway.
THAT Sec. 18-76 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of
Schertz is hereby amended by deleting the following:
Sec. 18-76. Maximum limits on specific streets.
Street
Extent
Speed limit
Elbel Road
From Live Oak Road to
Farm Market 3009(Jack Hays
Blvd)
30 MPH
Live Oak Road
From Farm Market Road 78
to Farm Market Road 3009
30 MPH
THAT Sec. 18-76 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of
Schertz is hereby amended by adding the following
Street
Extent
Speed limit
Elbel Road
From Schertz Parkway to
Farm Market 3009(Jack
Hays Blvd.)
30 MPH
East Live Oak Road
From Schertz Parkway to
Farm Market 3009(Jack
Hays Blvd.)
30 MPH
THAT Sec. 18-78 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of
Schertz is hereby amended to read as follows:
Sec. 18-78. Exceptions from article.
The provisions of this article regulating speeds of vehicles
shall not apply to vehicles owned and operated by the fire
department responding to calls, nor to police officers acting in
their official capacity, nor to physicians or ambulances
responding to emergency calls.
THAT Sec. 19-37(d) of the Code of Ordinances of the City of
Schertz is hereby amended to read as follows:
Sec. 19-37. Water rates established.
(d) Whenever water is purchased by any consumer other than
through a service connection through the mains of the city, and
such water is purchased from taps belonging to the city, such
consumer shall pay thirty cents ($0.30) for each one hundred
(100) gallons of water purchased or three dollars ($3.00)_ per
thousand gallons.
THAT Sec. 18-91 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of
Schertz is hereby amended by deleting the following:
Sec. 18-91. Parking prohibited.
Street
Extent
Elbel Road
Either side from Live Oak Road to
Farm Market 3009 (Jack Hays Blvd.)
Exchange Avenue
North side from Live Oak Road to
Koch Street.
Live Oak Road
Either side from Farm Market 78
to Farm Market 3009(Jack Hays
Blvd. )
Maske Road
From the intersection of Live Oak
Road to the westerly City limits
when signs are posted.
Pecan Drive
Either side from Colony Drive to
Live Oak Road
THAT Sec. 18-91 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of
Schertz is hereby amended to add the following:
Sec. 18-91. Parking prohibited.
Street
Extent
East Live Oak Road
Either side from Schertz Parkway to
Farm Market 3009(Jack Hays Blvd.)
Elbel Road
Either side from Schertz Parkway to
Farm Market 3009(Jack Hays Blvd.)
Exchange Avenue
North side from Schertz Parkway to
Koch Street.
Maske Road
From East Live Oak Road to the
westerly City limits when signs are
posted.
Pecan Drive
Either side from Colony Drive to
Schertz Parkway.
Schertz Parkway
Either side from Farm Market 78 to
IH 35 Access Road.
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THAT all ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict with
this ordinance are hereby repealed.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this the/~day
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(SEAL OF CITY)