ORDINANCE NO. 135
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AN ORDINANCE REGULATING TRAFFIC ON THE PUBLIC STREETS OF
THE CITY OF SCHERTZ, TEXAS, AND FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF OWNERS,
OPERATORS, DRIVERS OR PERSONS IN CHARGE OF CARTS, DRAYS,
WAGONS, BICYCLES, mTORCYCLES, AUTOr.t>BlLES OR OTHER VEHICLES,
AND OF PEDESTRIANS, USING THE STREETS.
BE IT ORDAIJIED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SCHERTZ,
TEXAS:
ARTICLE 1. General
(a). An definitions contained in ,.. Article 6701d,
revised Civil Statutes of Texas~entitle~ Uniform" Act
Regulating Traffic In The State Of Texa~dopted as definitions
for purpose of thts ordinance and made a part hereof the same as
fully contained herein.
(b). The word "horse" includes all domestic animals.
(c) . "School zone" shall mean and include each street and
public ground, or part thereof, within two hundred and fifty
feet of any school, public or private, having a regular average
'attendance of fifty or more pupils, whereabout Signs or markers,
bearing the words "School Zone ---- Slow" shall have been placed
by order of the POLICE DEPARTMENT, and are conspicuously displayed
@n such street or ground, indicating the approach to the boundary
line of such school zone.
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(d). "Park" - When prohibited means the standing of a
vehicle whether occupied or not, otherwise than temporarily for
the purpose of and while actually engaged in loading or unloading.
SECTION 2: Procedure
Any person making an arrest for a violation of this
chapter, within the limits of the city, shall take the person
arrested immediately to the clerk of the Corporation Cour~, or
to the nearest magistrate within the corporate limits of the
city and file a lawful complaint against the offender; except
when the person arrested shall ask to make a bond, when the
person making the arrest shall take a bail bond of the offender,
in the manner and form prescribed by law; that the offender will
appear and answer the accusation brought against him before the
Corporation Court, except an arrest for a violation of the law
relating to the speed of motor vehicles. When the person making
the arrest shall take the within promise of the person arrested,
as stipulated by the statutes of Texas, to appear at the
corporation Court.
(b). Penalty - Any person who shall violate any of the
provisions of this ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a
misdemeanor and upon a conviction shall be fined not less than
one($l.OO) Dollar nor more than Two Hundred ($200.00) Dollars.
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(c). Payment of Fine at Traffic Violation Bureau -
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in answer to a traffic charge under this chapter may, within
the time specified in the notice, appear at the Traffic Violation
Bureau and answer the charge set forth in such notice by paying a
prescribed fine and, in writing, pleading guilty to the charge,
waiving a hearing in Court and giving Power of Attorney, to the
person in charge of the Bureau to make such a plea and pay such
fine in Court.
Any person who has received any notice to appear
I 2. Any person who has been guilty of three or more
traffic violations, except as otherwise provided in this title,
within the proceeding twelve months, shall not be permitted to
pay a fine at the Traffic Violation Bureau, and he must make
statutory bail for appearance in Court.
(d).J Disposition of Fines and Forfeitures -
All fines or forfeitures collected upon conviction or
upon the forfeiture of bail of any person charged with a violation
of any of the provisions of this title shall be paid into the city
treasury and deposited in the general fund.
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Failure to Obey Notice or Summons -
1. Any person who violates his written promise to
appear, given to an officer upon an arrest for any traffic
violation is gUilty of a misdemeanor regardless of the disposition
of the charge on which he was originally arrested.
2. Any driver of a motor vehicle who unlawfully
neglects to answer to the charges set forth in a written notice
affixed to such motor vehicle by a police officer as provided by
any ordinance of this city is guilty of a misdemeanor regardless
of the disposition of the charge for which said notice was
originally given.
(f). Unlawful to Give Wrong Name or Address -~
It shall be unlawful for any person when giving a
written promise to appear, or given a written notice by any
police officer to appear before the Corporation Court of the
City of Schertz to answer for an offense against any law of this
State, or any ordinances to the City of Schertz, to give an
assumed or fictitious name or a false place of residence or
address, or any other than the true name and the true place of
his residence or address, upon the request of such officer.
(g). Vehicles May be Removed and Impounded -
Any vehicle parked in violation of the traffic
ordinances of the City of Schertz at a place where parking is
prohibited or parking time is limited may be removed and impounded
by the Traffic Division and an impounding fee of Two ($2.00) Dollars
assessed against and collected from the owner or driver of the
vehicle before the release of such vehicle. The payment of this
impounding fee shall not excuse such owner or driver of the
vehicle from the charge of violating said traffic ordinance
prohibiting or limiting such parking.
(h). Negligent collision.
If any person driving or operating or in charge of any motor
vehicle, animal, railroad engine, railroad car, wagon, cart, dray
or any other vehicle, shall, by negligence, cause or suffer or
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or permit such vehicle to come in_@ collision with any other
vehicle of any nature whatever, or with any animal,person,
street sign, street post, water plug, mailbox, or any other
obstacle or object whatever, in or on any public street or any
public place whatever in the city, such person shall be deemed
guilty of negligent collision. Negligence shall be prima facie
presumed from the fact of collision, and shall be defined as
the want of such care and caution as a person of ordinary
prudence would use under like circumstances.
(i). Duty of driver involved in collision.
The driver of any vehicle involved in an accident resulting
in injury to or death of any person, or in total property damage
to an apparent extent of not less than twenty-five dollars, or
in any damage to traffic control devices or other public property,
shall immediately stop such vehicle at the scene of such accident,
and shall immediately and by the quickest means of communication,
notify the police department of such accident or cause such
police department to be notified, and shall thereafter remain at
the scene of such accident until a police officer arrives.
(j). Duty upon striking unattended vehicle.
The driver of any vehicle which collides with any private
property under circumstances not requiring a report to the police
department, shall immediately stop and then and there either locate
and notify the owner or person in control of such private property,
of the names and addresses of the driver and owner of the vehicle
striking the private property, or shall leave in a conspicuous
place in or on the private property, a written notice giving the
names and addresses of the driver and owner of the striking vehicle
and a statement of the circumstances under which the accident
occurred.
(k). Duty of other occupants.
Whenever the driver of a vehicle is physically incapable of
notifying the police department immediately, in accordance with
the provisions of the above two sections, or to give the infor-
mation required in the above two sections, and there is another
occupant in the vehicle at the time of the accident capable of
fulfilling such reqUirements, such occupant shall fulfill, or
cause to be fulfilled, such requirements.
(1). Telephone reports by garages receiving damaged vehicles.
The owner or person in control of any garage or repair shop
to which any motor vehicle shoWing evidence of having been
involved in any accident (regardless of amount of damage) or of
having been struck by any buJle,t; i~ R~oVgq~, shall immediately
telephone such fact to the ~f:[d~~tMid~, unless such motor
vehicle will be in the possession of such garage or repair shop
for a period longer than twenty-four hours after such motor
vehicle is received.
(m). Written reports by garages.
The owner or person in control of any garage or
repair ship to which any motor vehicle, showing evidence of
having been involved in an accident (regardless of amount of
damage), or of having been struck by any bullet, is brought,
shall furnish a written report to the police department, within
twenty-four hours after such motor vehicle is received, on
report forms furnished by the police department which shall
contain such information as may be required by the police department.
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(n). Impounding damaged vehicles.
It shall be the duty of the police department to
impound for the purpose of inspection, evidence and public
safety, any motor vehicle demolished or disabled and involved in
a wreck or collision on the streets of the city which is unable
to proceed safely under its own power, or when the occupants or
owners are unable or fail to have such motor vehicles removed,
and it shall then be towed by the police to the city pound, or
other space under the control of the city, where it shall be
kept until released by a written order of the owner.
(0). Towage fees; lien.
For such service, the police department shall demand
and be paid, before releasing such car, the sum of five dollars.
A receipt shall be given upon payment. Such money shall be
deposited by the officer making the collection with the license
and dues collector within twelve hours after such collection.
The city shall have a lien for the unpaid towage fee upon the
automobile or vehicle so towed, which lien shall be prior and
superior to all other liens of every kind and description, save
and except liens for ad valorem taxes.
(p). Traffic engineer generally.!
The office of traffic engineer is hereby established.
The city engineer shall serve as traffic engineer in addition to
his other functions, and shall exercise the powers and duties
with respect to traffic as provided in this chapter. It shall
be the general duty of the traffic engineer to determine the
installation and proper timing and maintenance of traffic-
control devices, to conduct engineering analysis of traffic
accidents and ,to devise remedial measures, to conduct engineering
investigation of traffic conditions and to cooperate with other
city officials in the development of ways and means to improve
traffic conditions, and to carry out the additional powers and
duties imposed by this chapter and other ordinances of the city.
(q). Article 6701d, revised Civil Statutes of Texas an
act entitled Uniform~Act Regulating Traffic on Highways is
hereby adopted and made a part hereof as if fully set out herein.
(r). Authority of officers of fire department to direct (
traffic.
Officers of the fire department, when at the scene of
a fire, may direct or assist the city marshall in directing
traffic thereat or in the immediate vicinity.
(s). Obedience to traffic officers.'
No person shall wilfully fail or refuse to comply
with any lawful order or direction of the city marshall or fire
department official vested by this chapter with authority to
direct, control or regulate traffic.
(t). Permit for funeral processions and parades. I
No funeral procession or parade containing two
hundred (200) or more persons or fifty (50) or more vehicles,
excepting the forces of the United States Army and Navy, the
military forces of this state, and the forces of the police
and fire departments, shall occupy, march,~'or proceed along any
street except in accordance with a permit.. issued by the mayor.
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(u). Identification of vehicles in funeral processions. /
The traffic division shall designate a type of pennant
or other identifying insignia to be displayed upon, or other
method to be employed to identify, the vehicles in funeral
processions, and no vehicle shall be operated in such a proces-
sion unless it is identified in accord with such designation.
(v). Use of roller skates, coasters, etc., in roadway.1
No person upon roller skates or riding in or by means
of any coaster, toy vehicle or similar device shall go upon any
roadway except while crossing a street on a crosswalk and, when
so crossing, such person shall be granted all the rights and
shall be subject to all of the duties applicable to pedestrians.
This section shall not apply upon any street set aside as a
play street as authorized by this chapter.
(w). Clinging to movang vehicle.
No person riding upon any motorcycle, coaster, sled,
roller skates, or any toy vehicle shall attach the same or
himself to any moving vehicle upon any roadway.
(x). Boarding or alighting from moving vehicle.!
No person shall board or alight from any vehicle
while such vehicle is in motion.
(y). Riding on portion of vehicle not intended for
passengers. ,;
No person shall ride on any vehicle upon any portion
thereof not designated or intended for the use of passengers.
This provision shall not apply to an employee engaged in the
necessary discharge of a duty, or to persons riding within truck
bodies in space intended for merchandise.
(z). Riding on motorcycles.
A person operating a motorcycle shall not ride other
than upon the permanent and rigular seat attached thereto or
carry any other person, nor shall any other person ride upon
such motorcycle, other than upon a.~irmly attached seat to the
rear or side of the operator.
SECTION 3 - PEDESTRIANS - RIGHTS AND DUTIES
(a). The roadway of the public streets of this city are
primarily intended for the use of vehicles, but pedestrians
exercising due care shall ~~le the right to cross them in safety.
(b). General - Stop Signals
At intersecting streets where traffic is directed by
an official traffic control signal, a pedestrian shall not cross
the roadway against a facing red light or the word "STOP."
SECTION 4 - REGULATION OF VEHICULAR TRAFFIC GENERALLY
(a). State Speed Laws Applicable
The State traffic laws regulating the speed of vehicles
shall be applicable upon all streets within this city, except as
this ordinance, as authorized by State laws, hereby declares and
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determines upon the basis of engineering and traffic investi-
gation that certain speed regulations shall be applicable upon
specified streets or in certain areas, in w~ich event it shall
be prima facie unlawful for any person to drive a vehicle at a
speed in excess of any speed so declared in this ordinance when
signs are place giving notice thereof.
(b). No passing Zone. ('
The City Council of the City of Schertz are hereby
authorized to determine by resolution those portions of any
highway in the city limits of the City of Schertz where over-
taking and passing or driving on the l~ft side of the roadway
would be especially hazardous and may ~ appropriate signs or
markings on the roadway indicate the beginning and end of such
zones and 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.
(c). One-way Roadways and Rotary Traffic Islands.
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1. The City Council of the City of Schertz may
designate any highway or any separate roadway under its juris-
diction for one-way traffi~ and shall erect appropriate signs
giving notice thereof;
12. Upon a roadway designated and signposted for
one-way traffic the driver of a vehicle shall drive only in
the direction designated.
3. The driver of a vehicle passing around a rotary
traffic island shall drive only to the right of such island.
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~ (d). Driving in processions.
Each driver in a funeral or other procession shall
drive as near to the right-hand edge of the roadway as practical
and shall follow the vehicle ahead as close as is practical and
safe.
j(e). Driving between vehicles of procession.
No driver of a vehicle shall drive between the
vehicles comprising a funeral or other authorized procession
while they are in motion and when such vehicles are conspi-
cuously designated as required by Section 3, paragraph (u).
This provision shall not apply at intersections where traffic is
controlled by traffic-control signals or traffic officers.
(f). Official signs upon authorization by the City Council
may be erected directing slow moving traffic to use a designated
lane or deSignating those lanes to be used by traffic moving in
a particular direction regardless of the center of the roadway
and drivers of vehicles shall obey the direction of every such
sign.
SECTION 5 - RAILROADS
Obediance to Signal Indicating Approach of Train---Whenever
any person driving a vehicle approaches a railroad grade cross-
ing, the driver of such vehicle shall stop within fifty feet,
but not less than fifteen feet from the nearest fail of such
railroad and shall not proceed until he can do so safely when:
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1. A clearly visible electric or mechanical signal device
gives warning of the immediate approach of a train;
2. A crossing gate is lowered, or when a human flagman
gives or continues to give a signal of the approach or passage
of a train;
3. A railroad engine approaching within approximately
fifteen hundred feet of the highway crossing emits a signal
audible from such distance and such engine by reason of its
speed or nearness to such crossing is an immediate hazard;
4. An approaching train is plainly visible and is in
haza7dous proximity to such crossing;
V 5. No person shall drive any vehicle through, around or
under any crossing gate or barrier at a railroad grade crossing
while such gate or barrier is closed or is being opened or closed.
SECTION 6
TURNING AND STARTING AND SIGNALS ON STOPPING AND TURNING
(a). Limitations on Turning Around
1. It shall be unlawful for the operator of any
vehicle to turn such vehicle so as to proceed in the opposite
direction unless such movement can be made in safety and without
backing or otherwise interference with other traffic.
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J 2. A complete turn shall not be made at any inter-
section of any two streets or upon any street or alley in the
City of Schertz where the City Council may determine that it
is unsafe to make a complete turn and shall have caused to be
posted at such place in the street or alley a sign showing that
a complete turn is prohibited.
(g). Emerging from Alley or Private Driveway.
The operator of a vehicle emerging from an alley,
driveway or bUilding shall stop such vehicle immediately prior
to driving onto a sidewalk or onto the sidewalk area extending
across any alleyway.
(h). Vehicles Shall Not be Driven on the Sidewalk.
The operator of a vehicle shall not drive or park
said vehicle within any sidewalk area except at a permanent or
temporary driveway.
SECTION 7 - TRAFFIC-CONTROL DEVICES
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Installation and maintenance generally.
The traffic engineer shall place and maintain traffic-
control signs, signals, and devices when and as required under
this chapter and other traffic ordinances, to make effective
the provisions thereof, or under state law, or to guide or warn
traffic.
~(b). Conformity with state highway department requirements;
uniformity.
All traffic-control signs, signals, and devices shall
conform to the manual and specifications approved by the state
highway department. All signs and signals required for a parti-
cular purpose shall, so far as practicable, be uniform as to
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type and location throughout the city. All traffic-control
devices so erected and not inconsistent with the provisions of
state law or this chapter shall be official traffic-control
devices.
V(c). Obedience to devices.
The driver of any vehicle shall obey the instructions
of any official traffic-control device applicable thereto placed
in accordance with this chapter and other traffic ordinances of
this cit~ unless otherwise directed by a traffic officer.
(d). Necessity for signs.
No provision of this chapter for which signs are
required shall be enforced against an alleged violator if, at
the time and place of the alleged violation, an official sign
is not in proper position and sufficiently legible to be seen
by an ordinarily observant person. Whenever a particular
section does not state that signs are required, such section
shall be effective even though no signs are erected or in
place.
J (e). Designation of crosswalks and safety zones; laning
streets for traffic.
The traffic engineer is hereby authorized:
I. To designate and maintain~ by appropriate devices,
marks or lines upon the surface of the roadway, crosswalks at
intersections where, in his opinion, there is particular danger
to pedestrians crossing the roadway, and at such other places
as he may deem necessary.
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To establish safety zones of such kind and
at such places as he may deem necessary for the
the pedestrians.
3. To mark lanes for traffic on street pavements at
such places as he may deem advisable, consistent with this chapter.
(f). Installation of traffic lights.
The traffic engineer, as authorized by the city
council from time to time, shall designate intersections at
Which traffic shall be controlled by electric traffic-control
signals or lights and shall cause such signals or lights to
be installed and maintained at such intersections.
J (g). Unauthorized signs, signals, etc.
1. No person shall place, maintain, or display upon
or in view of any street or highway any unauthorized sign,
signal, marking or device which purports to be or is in an
imitation of or resembles an official traffic-control device or
railroad Sign or signal, or which attempts to direct the move-
ment of traffic, or which hides from view or interferes with
the effectiveness of any official traffic-control device or
any railroad sign or signal, and no person shall place or main-
tain, nor shall any officer of the city permit upon any street
or highway any traffic sign or signal bearing thereon any
commercial advertising. This shall not be deemed to prohibit the
erection upon private property adjacent to streets of signs
giving useful directional information and of a type that cannot
be mistaken for official signs.
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2. Every such prohibited sign, signal, or marking is
hereby declared to be a public nuisance and the traffic engineer
is hereby empowered to remove the same or cause it to be removed
without notice.
J(h). Injuring, removing, etc., official devices.
No person shall, without lawful authority, attempt to
or in fact alter, deface, injure, knock down, or remove any
official traffic-control device or any railroad sign or signal, or
any inscription, shield, or insignia thereon, or any other part
thereof.
SECTION 8 - MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
(a). Compliance with signals.
Drivers of vehicles and pedestrians shall at all times
comply with the directions, or instructions, by hand, or other-
wise, of any member of a traffic officer, as to the placing,
stopping, starting, approaching or departing from any place, and
as to the manner of receiving or discharging passengers, or the
loading or unloading of goods, at any time or place.
(b). Acceleration of speed unlawful _
It shall be unlawful for the driver of a vehicle to
accelerate the speed of such vehicle approaching within seventy-
five feet of any official traffic control signal.
(c). Turning around in street _
It shall be unlawful to turn any vehicle around upon
any street, unless such vehicle shall first proceed to the next
intersecting street, and shall then make a turn to the left
reaching the center of said cross street.
(d). Backing to make turn; loop turns _
It shall be unlawful to back any vehicle to make a
turn in a street, if by doing so it interferes with other vehicles
on the street; nor shall the driver of any vehicle make a loop
turn around at any intersection where an official traffic control
signal is in operation.
(e). Speed limit in school zones _
It shall be unlawful to drive any motor vehicle
faster than ten miles per hour along any street or part thereof,
included in any "School Zone," on any school day and during the
school hours of such school, or at any time within thirty
minutes before or after such school hours.
SECTION 9 - SPECIAL STOP SIGNS
(a). Authority to Erect Stop Signs.
There may be installed at such points on streets and
avenues in the City of Schertz, as may be directed by the City
Council, appropriate signs notifying drivers of vehicles to come
to a full stop. Such signs, devices or marks are to bear the
word "STOP" and to be located in such position and to be pro-
vided with letters of a size to be clearly legible from a
distance of at least one hundred (100) feet along the street
upon Which the sign is placed. All such signs shall be
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illuminated at night or so placed as to be illuminated by street
lights or by the headlights of approaching motor vehicles.
Whenever any such sign has been created it shall be unlawful for
the driver or operator of any vehicle to fail to stop in
obedience thereto. The operator of any vehicle who has come to
a full stop as required above shall be subject to the usual
right-of-way prescribed by law.
(b). No person shall drive any vehicle, motor vehicle, or
animal onto any of the following named streets without first
bringing such vehicle, motor vehicle or animal to a full stop,
not further than ten feet from the near curb line of such street
nearest to such driver as he approaches such street preparatory
to going upon such street.
Main Street at the intersection of Live Oak Street
Exchange Street at the intersection of Live Oak Street
Curtiss Street at the intersection of Live Oak Street
Randolph Street at the intersection of Main Street
Lindberg Street at the intersection of 1518
Oak Street at the intersection of Main Street
William Street at the intersection of Main Street
SECTION 10
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Yield right-of-way intersections.
The traffic engineer, as authorized from time to time
by the city council, shall determine and designate intersections
where special hazards exist and where vehicles are required to
yield the right-of-way at one or more entrances to such inter-
section. The traffic engineer shall erect a yield right-of-way
sign at all entrances to such designated intersections as deemed
necessary. Such signs shall bear the words "YIEID RIGHT-oF-WAY"
and shall be located in such positions and be provided with
letters of such size as to be clearly legible from a distance of
at least one hundred (100) feet along the street upon which the
sign is placed. All such signs shall be illuminated at night or
so placed as to be illuminated by street, lights or by the head-
lights of approaching motor vehicles.
The driver of a vehicle approaching an intersection
with a yield right-of-way Sign facing him shall yield the right-
of-way to other vehicles which have entered the intersection
from another street or avenue or are approaching so closely on
such other street or avenue as to constitute an immediate hazard,
and shall proceed cautiously, yielding to vehicles not so obliged
to stop or yield. The operator of any vehicle who has yielded
and acted as required above shall be subject to the usual right-
of-way prescribed by law.
(b). Authority to Erect Signs -
There may be installed at such pOint on streets and
avenues in the City of Schertz, as may be directed by the City
Council, appropriate signs notifying drivers of vehicles to
yield right-of-way to traffic traveling on the other inter-
secting streets. Yield right-of-way signs to be placed as follows:
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Aviation Street at
Aviation Street at
Aviation Street at
Mitchell,Street at
Mitchell Street at
Mitchell Street at
Aero Street at the
the intersection of
the intersection of
the intersection of
the intersection of
the intersection of
the intersection of
intersection of Oak
Lindberg Street
Randolph Street
Oak Street
Oak Street
Lindberg Street
Randolph Street
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Aero Street at the intersection of Lindberg Street
Aero Street at the intersection of Randolph Street
Brooks Street at the intersection of Oak Street
Brooks Street at the intersection of Lindberg Street
Brooks Street at the intersection of Randolph Street
Winburn Street at the intersection of Oak Street
Winburn Street at the intersection of Lindberg Street
Winburn Street at the intersection of Randolph Street
Wright Street at the intersection of Oak Street
Wright Street at the intersection of Lindberg Street
Wright Street at the intersection of Randolph Street
Cultioo Street at tag j~t9rs9gtioR ef Qak Street
Curtiss Street at the intersection of Lindberg Street
Curtiss Street at the intersection of Randolph Street ~
ExehAUl;;c Stleet at the ;F'i-"',........i-inn ef Oak Street j,V'1l-t../flMS
Exchange Street at the intersection of Lindberg Street
Exchange Street at the intersection of Randolph Street
SECTION n - SPEED
(a). It shall be unlawful for any person to operate any
automobile, motor vehicle or other vehicle at a greater rate of
speed than twenty miles per hour upon the following streets:
Aviation Street
Mitchell Street
Aero Street
Brooks Street
Winburn Street
Wright Street
Curtiss Street
Exchange Street
(b). It shall be unlawful to drive any automobile, motor
behicle, or other vehicle at a greater rate of speed than thirty
miles per hour on the following streets:
Oak Street ./
Lindberg Street
Randolph Street
Main Street
Live Oak Road
First Street
SECTION 12 - MISCELLANEOUS TRAFFIC SIGNS
There shall be a sign erected twenty feet east of First
Street on Zuehl Road indicating that Zuehl Road is a dead end
street and ends at Second Street.
SECTION 13 - PARKING REGULATIONS
(a). Parallel Parking.
It shall be unlawful to park any character of vehicle
upon any street, except as provided in this ordinance, in any
other manner than that the said vehicle shall be parallel with
the street upon which it is parked and upon the right side
thereof, determined by the way said vehicle is headed, and
parked so that the wheels on the right hand side of said vehicle
shall be within eighteen (18) inches of the curb or edge of the
roadway.
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(b). Angle Parking.
It shall be lawful to park vehicles at an angle not
greater than 45 degrees to the line of traffic at such places
in the City of Schertz as the City Council shall by resolution
determine that angle parking shall be permitted and shall cause
the same to be marked or signed; and in all places where side-
walks have been set back and provisions made for parking vehicles
across or inside of the usual curb line on any street in the City
of Schertz. In leaving said angle parking space cars shall not
be backed into the traffic lane any further than necessary to
get straightened out and faced in the proper direction for
traffic between said space and center of the street.
(c). No person shall allow, suffer or permit any vehicle
registered in his name to stand or be parked in any street in
the City of Schertz in violation of any of the ordinances of
this City regulating the standing or parking of vehicles.
(d). Restricted Parking.
No person shall stop, stand or park a vehicle except
when necessary to avoid conflict with another traffic or in
compliance with law or directions of a traffic officer or traffic-
control device, in any of the following places:
1. On a sidewalk;
2. In front of a public or private driveway;
3. Within an intersection;
4. Within fifteen (15) feet of a fire hydrant;
5. On a crosswalk;
6. Within twenty (20) feet of a crosswalk at an
intersection;
7. Within thirty (30) feet upon the approach to any
flashing beacon, stop sign, or traffic-control signal located
at the side of the roadway;
8. Between a safety zone and the adjacent curb or
within thirty (30) feet of points on the curb immediately
opposite the ends of a safety zone, unless the traffic authority
indicates a different length by signs or markings;
9. Within fifty (50) feet of the nearest rail of a
railroad crossing;
10. Within twenty (20) feet of the driveway entrance
to any fire station and on the side of a street opposite the
entrance to any fire station within seventy-five (75) feet of
said entrance (when properly signposted);
11. Alongside or opposite any street excavation or
obstruction when stopping, standing, or parking would obstruct
traffic;
12. On the roadway side of any vehicle stopped or
parked at the edge or curb of a street;
13. Upon any bridge or other elevated structure upon
a highway or within a highway tunnel;
14. At any place where official signs prohibit
stopping;
15. In any alley.
(e) Permit for backing to curb for loading or unloading.
The traffic engineer is authorized to issue special
permits to permit the backing of a vehicle to the curb for the
purpose of loading or unloading merchandise or materials subject
to the terms and conditions of such permit. Such permits may be
issued either to the owner or lessee of real property or to the
owner of the vehicle and shall grant to such person the privilege
as therein stated and authorized herein, and it shall be unlawful
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for any permittee or other person to violate any of the special
terms or conditions of any such permit.
(f). Designation and marking of areas where parking is
prohibited or limited.
Whenever authorized by the city council so to do, the
traffic engineer shall designate streets and alleys, or parts
thereof, on or in which the parking of vehicles is prohibited or
limited to a specified length of time. Such prohibition or
limitation shall apply at all times or only between certain hours
or on certain days, as prescribed by the city council. Whenever
such designation is made, as authorized by the council, the traffic
engineer shall erect appropriate signs or other markings giving
notice thereof and no such regulations shall be effective unless
the signs or markings are erected and in place at the time of any
alleged offense.
(g). Parking in prohibited areas; overtime parking.
It shall be unlawful for any person to park any vehicle
in any space or area where parking is prohibited in accord with
Section (f), or to permit any vehicle owned or operated by him to
be parked or to remain in any space or area for a longer period of
time than that designated by the markings or signs erected in
accord with section (f).
(h). Parking for certain purposes prohibited.
No person shall park a vehicle upon any roadway for the
principal purpose of:
(1) Displaying such vehicle for sale.
(2) Washing, greasing, or repairing such vehicle, except
repairs necessitated by an emergency.
(i). Parked vehicles to leave at least ten feet of roadway
available for traffic.
No person shall park any vehicle upon a street or in
an alley in such a manner or under such conditions as to leave
available less than ten (10) feet of the width of the roadway for
the free movement of vehicular traffic.
(j). Parking near scene of fire.
No person shall park any vehicle, other than one on
official business, within any block where any fire apparatus has
stopped in answer to a fire alarm.
(k). Impoundment of standing or parked vehicles.
1. Members of the police department are hereby
authorized to remove a vehicle from a street or highway to the
nearest garage or other place of safety, or to a garage designated
or maintained by the traffic department, or otherwise maintained
by the city, under the circumstances hereinafter enumerated.
a. When any vehicle is left unattended upon any bridge,
viaduct or causeway, or in any tube or tunnel where
such vehicle constitutes an obstruction to traffic.
b. When a vehicle upon a street or highway is so dis-
abled as to constitute an obstruction to traffic
and the person in charge of the vehicle is, by
reason of physical injury, incapacitated to such an
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extent as to be unable to provide for its custody
or removal.
c. When a vehicle is left unattended upon a street
and is so parked illegally as to constitute a
definite hazard or obstruction to the normal
movement of traffic.
2. Whenever an officer removes a vehicle from a
street as authorized in this section and the officer knows or is
able to ascertain from the registration records in the vehicle the
name and address of the owner thereof, such officer shall
immediately give or cause to be given notice in writing to such
owner of the fact of such removal and the reasons therefor and of
the place to which such vehicle has been removed. In the event
any such vehicle is stored in a public garage, a copy of such notice
shall be given to the proprietor of such garage.
3. Whenever an officer removes a vehicle from a street
under this section and does not know and is not able to ascertain
the name of the owner or for any other reason is unable to give
the notice to the owner as hereinbefore provided, and in the
event the vehicle is not returned to the owner within a period of
three (3) days, then and in that event the officer shall immedi-
ately send or cause to be sent written report of such removal by
mail to the state department whose duty it is to register motor
vehicles, and shall file a copy of such notice with the proprietor
of any public garage in which the vehicle may be stored. Such
notice shall include a complete description of the vehicle, the
date, time, and place from which removed, the reason of such
removal, and the name of the garage or place where the vehicle is
stored.
4. The owner of a vehicle impounded under this section,
or his duly authorized agent, shall be entitled to the possession
thereof upon payment to the city of the sum of two dollars ($2.00),
together with all costs of removal and storage that may accrued
thereon.
5. The remedy and impounding fee and costs provided in
this section shall be cumulative of any and all other penalties
provided for any violation of this chapter.
SECTION 14 - ORDINANCE CUMULATIVE, ETC.
This ordinance shall be and is hereby declared to be cumula-
tive of all other ordinances of the City of Schertz affecting
traffic and shall not operate to repeal any such ordinance or
ordinances, except insofar as the provisions of any such ordinance
or ordinances are inconsistent or in conflict with the provisions
of this ordinance, in which instance or instances, those provisio~s
shall be and are hereby repealed.
SECTION 15 - INVALIDITY
In any section or provision or part thereof, in this ordinance
shall be adjudged invalid or unconstitutional by any court of com-
petent jurisdiction, such adjudication shall not affect the validity
of this ordinance as a whole or any section or provision thereof
not adjudged invalid or unconstitutional.
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