ORDINANCE NO. 2234

AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF TERRELL, TEXAS, AMENDING CHAPTER 11: TRAFFIC REGULATIONS, SECTION 4: ENFORCEMENT OF TRAFFIC REGULATIONS OF THE REVISED CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF TERRELL; PROVIDING FOR REPEAL OF CONFLICTING ORDINANCES; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY, AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

SECTION I.

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TERRELL, TEXAS THAT THE REVISED CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF TERRELL, CHAPTER 11: TRAFFIC REGULATIONS, SECTION 4: ENFORCEMENT OF TRAFFIC REGULATIONS, BE AMENDED AS FOLLOWS:

SECTION 4: ENFORCEMENT OF TRAFFIC REGULATIONS

It shall be the duty of the police department to enforce the provisions of this chapter. Officers of the police department and/or the fire department are hereby authorized to direct all traffic, either in person or by means of visible and/or audible signals in conformance with the provisions of this chapter, providing that in the event of a fire or other emergency, or to expedite traffic or safeguard pedestrians, officers of the police department and/or fire department may direct traffic, as conditions may require, notwithstanding the provisions of this chapter.

SECTION II

All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are, to the extent of such conflict, hereby repealed.

SECTION III

It is hereby declared to be the intention of the City Council that the sections, paragraphs, sentences, clauses, and phrases of this ordinance are severable and if any phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph, or section of this ordinance shall be declared unconstitutional by the valid judgment or decree of any court of competent jurisdiction, such unconstitutionality shall not affect any of the remaining phrases, clauses, sentences, paragraphs, and sections of this ordinance, since the same would have been enacted by the City Council without the incorporation in this ordinance of any such unconstitutional phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph, or section.

SECTION IV

This ordinance will take effect immediately from and after its passage and the publication of the caption as the law in such cases provides.

PASSED AND APPROVED this the 3rd day of August, 2004.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this the 17th day of August, 2004.

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Frances R. Anderson, Mayor

ATTEST:

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John Rounsavall, City Secretary

APPROVED AS TO FORM:

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Mary Gayle Ramsey, City Attorney

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