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TOWN OF TROPHY CLUB, TEXAS
ORDINANCE NO. 1999-31
AN ORDINANCE OF THE TOWN OF TROPHY CLUB, TEXAS RELATING TO
TRAFFIC AND STREET CONTROL AND PROVIDING REGULATIONS AS
FOLLOWS: PROVIDING DEFINITIONS; PROVIDING FOR A MAXIMUM
RATE OF SPEED FOR VEHICLES OF THIRTY (30) MILES PER HOUR
WITHIN THE TOWN AND TWENTY (20) MILES PER HOUR WITHIN A
CERTAIN DISTANCE OF SCHOOLS; PROVIDING FOR THE POSTING OF
SPEED LIMIT AND SCHOOL ZONE SIGNS; PROVIDING FOR THE POSTING
OF STOP SIGNS; PROVIDING FOR THE POSTING OF STOP LIGHTS;
REGULATING THE CONSTRUCTION OF STRUCTURES WHICH MIGHT
IMPACT VISIBILITY ON THE ROADWAY; PROVIDING PARKING
REGULATIONS; PROHIBITING THE PARKING OF MOTOR VEHICLES ON
PUBLIC HIGHWAYS, STREETS AND OTHER RIGHTS-OF-WAY BETWEEN
THE HOURS OF 3:00 A.M. AND 5:00 A.M. EACH DAY; PROVIDING
REGULATIONS FOR OVERWEIGHT VEHICLES; PROVIDING FOR
PERMITS; PROVIDING FOR WEIGHTS OF LOADS; PROVIDING FOR THE
WEIGHING OF LOADED VEHICLES BY POLICE OFFICERS; PROVIDING
PROCEDURES FOR THE TRANSPORTATION OF SOLID WASTE;
PROVIDING PROCEDURES FOR THE TRANSPORTATION OF READY
MIXED CONCRETE; PROVIDING THAT THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BE
CUMULATIVE OF ALL OTHER ORDINANCES AFFECTING SPEED OF
MOTOR VEHICLES, TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES, OBSTRUCTION OF
VIEW, PARKING, AND OVERWEIGHT VEHICLES EXCEPT TO THE
EXTENT OF CONFLICT HEREWITH; PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE;
REPEALING ORDINANCE NO. 1999-21; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY
CLAUSE; PROVIDING A PUBLICATION CLAUSE; PROVIDING A PENALTY
CLAUSE; PROVIDING AN ENGROSSMENT AND ENROLLMENT CLAUSE;
AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the Town Coi.uicil is empowered under §51.001, TEX. LOC. GOV'T ANN.
(Vernon 1998) and §122.005, TEX. HEALTH & SAFETY CODE ANN. (Vernon 1998) to do all
acts and make all regulations which may be necessary or expedient for the promotion of the
public health; and
WHEREAS, the Town Cori-icil under §311.002, TEX. TRANSP. CODE ANN. (Vernon
1998) is given control and power over the streets and roads of the Town including the power to
regulate the streets and road; and
WHEREAS, the Town Council is authorized under §542.201 and §542.202, TEX.
TR.ANSP. CODE ANN. (Vernon 1998) to adopt local traffic regulations with respect to streets
ai-id roads under its jurisdiction; and
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WHEREAS, the Town Council is authorized under §545.356, TEX. TRANSP. CODE
ANN. (Vernon 1998) to alter the prima facie speed limits within the Town; and
WHEREAS, the Town Council desires to establish regulations governing the maximum
speed of vehicles within the Town; and
WHEREAS, upon the basis of a traffic investigation study taking into consideration the
health, safety and general welfare of the citizens of the Town, the number of children residing
throughout the Town, the type of development throughout the Town, the width and condition of
the pavement or other surface of the streets and roads within the Town, the usual traffic thereon,
and other circumstances on such streets and roads, the Town Council hereby finds and
determines that a reasonable and safe prima facie maximum speed limit on the streets and roads
within the Town be set; and
WHEREAS, the Town Council is farther empowered pursuant to §544.003, TEX.
TRANSP. CODE ANN. (Venlon 1998) to erect stop signs at specified entrances to highways and
streets under its jurisdiction and designate any intersections as a stop intersection and erect
appropriate signs at one or more entrances to such intersections, and is further empowered by
§544.002, TEX. TRANSP. CODE ANN. (Vernon 1998) to place and maintain any traffic control
devices upon any street within its jurisdiction as it may deem necessary to indicate and carry out
the provisions of said section, local traffic ordinances or to regulate, wan, or guide traffic, and
finds that the placement of such signs and other traffic control devices within the Town is in the
best interests of the health, safety and welfare of the members of the public; and
WHEREAS, the Town is authorized pursuant to §621.303, TEX. TRANSP. CODE
ANN. (Vernon 1998) to regulate the movement and operation of overweight, oversize or
over -length commodities which cannot reasonably be dismantled, as well as the movement and
operation of superheavy or oversize equipment for the transportation of oversize or overweight
or aver -length commodities which cannot be reasonably dismantled, on public roads within the
Town; and
WHEREAS, the Town is authorized pursuant to §622.014, TEX. TRANSP. CODE
ANN. (Vernon 1998) to prescribe by order or ordinance reasonable rules and regulations
governing the operation of vehicles used to transport ready mixed concrete over the streets of the
Town; and
WHEREAS, the Town Council hereby finds that the adoption of this Ordinance is in the
best interests of the health, safety and welfare of the citizens of the Town.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE TOWN COUNCIL OF THE
TOWN OF TROPHY CLUB, TEXAS:
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I.
INCORPORATION OF PREAMBLE
That the above and foregoing preamble is true and correct and is incorporated herein as if copied
herein in its entirety.
II.
DEFINITIONS
When used in this Ordinance, the following words and phrases shall have the respective
meanings ascribed to them:
"Alley" means a street that is not used primarily for through traffic and provides access to
rear entrances of buildings or lots along a street.
"Chief" or "Chief of Police" ineans the Chief of Police of the Town.
"Commercial motor vehicle" means any motor vehicle other than a motorcycle, designed
or used for the transportation of property, including every vehicle used for delivery
purposes.
"Motor Vehicle" means every vehicle, as herein defined, which is self-propelled.
"Semi -trailer" means every vehicle of the trailer type so designed or used in conjunction
with a motor vehicle that some part of its own weight and that of its own Ioad rests upon
or is carried by another motor vehicle.
"Stoplight" means a traffic control signal displaying different colored lights or colored
lighted arrows successively or in a combination, and may display only green, yellow, or
red and applies to operators of vehicles as provided by the Texas Transportation Code.
"Street" means every street, road and alley within the Town of Trophy Club, Texas,
exclusive of state highways within the Town.
"Trailer" means every vehicle without motive power designed or used for carrying
property or passengers wholly on its own structure and to be drawn by a motor vehicle.
"Truck -tractors" means every motor vehicle designed or used primarily for drawing other
vehicles, and not so constructed as to carry a load other than a part of the weight of the
vehicle and load so drawn, except that is engaged with a semi -trailer in the transportation
of automobiles, and that transports motor vehicles on part of the truck -tractor.
"Vehicle" means every mechanical device in, upon or by which any person or property's
or may be transported or drawn upon a public highway, including motor vehicles,
cormnercial motor vehicles, truck -tractors, trailers, and semi -trailers, severally, as
hereinafter defined, but excepting devices moved by human power or used exclusively
upon stationary rails or tracks.
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III.
SPEED OF VEHICLES
A. Maximum speed.
1. Except as provided by Section IV.(E) of this Ordinance, no person shall drive a
vehicle on a street or highway within the Town at a speed greater than is
reasonable and prudent under the circumstances then existing.
2. The maximum rate of speed on all of the streets, roads and highways within the
corporate limits of the Town shall be thirty (30) miles per hour, except in
designated school zones as provided herein.
3. The maximum rate of speed on all of the alleys within the corporate limits of the
Town shall be (15) fifteen miles per hour.
B. School Zones. The following areas, streets or portions thereof shall be designated
special speed zones and it shall be unlawful for any person to drive any vehicle thereon at
a speed greater than twenty (20) miles per hour during the designated times:
1. On Village Trail Road from the 0 block to the 200 block, between the hours of
7:00 a.m. and 9:00 a.m, and between the hours of 2:00 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. on
school days.
2. On Trophy Lake Drive at the corner of Trophy Club Drive to 300 feet south of
Village Trail Road, between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 9:00 a.m, and between the
hours of 2:00 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. on school days.
3. On Marshall Creels Road from the most western Town limits sign to 300 feet east
of Parkview Drive, between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 9:00 a.m. and between the
hours of 2:30 p.m. and 4:30 p.m. on school days.
4. On Parkview Drive from the intersection of Marshall Creels Road, south to Park
Lane between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 9:00 a.m. and between the hours of 2:30
p.m. and 4:30 p.m. on school days.
C. Suns. Speed limit and school zone signs in conformity with the manual and
specifications for uniform traffic control devices as adopted by the State Highway
Commission shall be and hereby are directed to be erected at the appropriate locations as
detennined by the Chief of Police.
IV.
TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES
A. Uniformity of traffic control devices; conformance to manual. All traffic control
devices including signs, signals and markings (pavement and/or curb) installed or used
for the purpose of directing and controlling traffic within the Town shall conform with
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the Texas Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices for Streets and Highways adopted
by the State Highway Commission (the "Manual"). As required by §544.002, TEX.
TRANSP. CODE ANN. (Vernon 1998), all signs, signals and markings erected or used
by the Town shall be uniform, and shall be located throughout the Town in confonnity
with the directions shown in the Manual as far as practicable.
B. Stop signs. Stop signs shall be erected at the following intersections and such
intersections are hereby designated as stop intersections. Every driver of a velhicle
approaching a stop intersection shall stop before entering the crosswalk on the near side
of the intersection or, in the event there is no crosswalk, shall stop at a clearly marked
stop line, but if none, then at the point nearest the intersecting roadway where the driver
has a view of the approaching traffic on the intersecting roadway before entering the
intersection, except when directed to proceed by a police officer or traffic control signal.
The stop intersections and locations of stop signs shall be as follows:
At the conger of every street or court intersecting with and entering onto Trophy
Club Drive.
2. At the comer of every street or court intersecting with and entering onto Indian
Creels Drive.
3. At the corner of every street or court intersecting with and entering onto Village
Trail Drive.
4. At the northeast corner of the intersection of Indian Creek Drive and Trophy
Wood Drive facing east on Indian Creels Drive.
At the southwest confer of the intersection of Indian Creels Drive and Trophy
Wood Drive facing west on Indian Creels Drive.
G. At the southeast comer of the intersection of Indian Creek Drive and Trophy
Wood Drive facing south on Trophy Wood Drive.
7. At the northeast comer of the intersection of Inverness Drive and Forest Hill
Drive facing east on Inverness Drive.
At the northeast corner of the intersection of Phoenix Drive and Pebble Beach
Drive facing east on Phoenix Drive.
At the northeast corner of the intersection of Cannoustie Drive and Oakmont
Drive facing cast on Camoustie Drive.
10. At the northwest corner of the eastern most section of the intersection of Seminole
Drive and Fresh Meadow Drive facing north on Seminole Drive.
11. At the northeast corner of the intersection of Pin Oak Drive and Trophy Wood
Drive facing east on Pin Oak Drive.
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12. At the northeast confer of the intersection of Pebble Beach Drive and Trophy
Wood Drive facing east on Pebble Beach Drive.
13. At the southwest corner of the intersection of Pebble Beach Drive and Trophy
Wood Drive facing west on Pebble Beach Drive.
14. At the northeast confer of the intersection of Inverness Drive and Trophy Wood
Drive facing east on Inverness Drive.
15. At the southwest comer of the intersection of Inverness Drive and Trophy Wood
Drive facing west on Inverness Drive.
16. At the northwest corner of the intersection of Michelle Court and Indian Creek
Drive facing north on Michelle Court.
17. At the southeast comer of the intersection of Brook Hollow Lane and Indian
Creek Drive facing northeast on Indian Creels Drive.
18. At the southeast comer of the intersection of St. Andrews Court and Indian
Creek Drive facing southwest on St. Andrews Court,
19. At the southeast comer of the intersection of Lake Forest Court and Indian
Creek Drive facing southwest on Lake Forest Court.
24. At the southeast corner of the intersection of Tumbury Court and Iridian Creek
Drive facing southwest on Turnbur-y Court.
21. At the southeast comer of the intersection of Glen Eagles Court and Indian
Creek Drive facing southwest on Glen Eagles Court.
22. At the northeast corner of the intersection of Woodlands Court and Indian
Creels Drive facing east on Woodlands Court,
23. At the northeast comer of the intersection of Shady Oaks Court and Indian
Creek Drive facing east on Shady Oaks Court.
24. At the northeast comer of the intersection of Ross Court and Indian Creel:
Drive facing east on Ross Court.
25. At the northwest corner of the most easterly intersection of Fair Green Drive
and Indian Creek Drive facing north on Fair Green Drive.
26. At the northwest corner of the most westerly intersection of Fair Green Drive
and Indian Creek Drive facing north on Fair Green Drive.
27. At the northeast comer of the intersection of Sunrise Court and East Hillside
Place facing east on Sunrise Court.
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28, At the northeast corner of the intersection of Greenhill Trail South and East
Hillside Place facing east on Greenhill Trail South.
29. At the northeast corner of the intersection of Crestwood Drive and East Hillside
Place facing east on Crestwood Drive.
30. At the southeast corner of the intersection of Rockwood Drive and Crestwood
Drive facing south on Rockwood Drive.
31. At the southwest comer of the intersection of Overhill Drive and Skyline Drive
facing west on Overhill Drive.
32. At the southwest corner of the most southerly intersection of Panorama Trail
and Skyline Drive facing west on Panorama Trail.
33. At the northeast corner of the intersection of Panorama Court and Skyline Drive
facing east on Panorama Court.
34. At the southwest comer of the most northerly intersection of Panorama Trail
and Skyline Drive facing west on Panorama Trail.
35. At the northwest corner of the intersection of Brookfield Drive and Creels Courts
Drive facing north on Brookfield Drive.
36. At the northwest corner of the intersection of Oakmont Drive and Creek Courts
Drive facing north on Oaknnont Drive.
37. At the southeast corner of the intersection of Cimarron Drive and Sonora Drive
facing south on Cimarron Drive,
38. At the southwest corner of the intersection of Trophy Club Drive and Indian
Creels Drive facing west and controlling traffic on Trophy Club Drive,
39, At the northeast corner of the intersection of Trophy Club Drive and Michelle
Court facing east and controlling traffic on Trophy Club Drive,
40. At the northwest corner of Overhill Drive and Timber Ridge Drive facing north
on Overhill Drive.
41. At the southwest comer of Timber Ridge Drive and Skyline Drive facing west an
Timber Ridge Drive.
42. At the northwest corner of Rockwood Drive and Meadowbrook Lane facing
north on Rockwood Drive.
43. At the northeast comer of Greenleaf Drive and Meadowbrook Lane facing
southeast on Greenleaf Drive,
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44. At the southeast corner of Timberline Drive and Greenleaf Drive facing east
on Timberline Drive.
45. At the northeast corner of Timber Ridge Drive and Greenhill Drive facing east
on Timber Ridge Drive,
46. At the northwest corner of Greenleaf Drive and Timberline Drive facing north
on Greenleaf Drive.
47. At the southwest confer of Trophy Wood extension at T. W. King Road facing
west on T. W. King Road.
48. At the southeast corner of Lake Forest Drive and Cypress Court facing south on
Lake Forest Drive.
49. At the northwest confer of Summit Cove and Municipal Drive facing north
on Sununit Cove.
50. At the northwest confer of Hill Top Lane and Oak Hill Drive facing north on Oak
Hill Drive.
51. At the southwest comer of Oak Hill Drive and Oak Hill Drive facing west;
this street circles around into itself.
52. At the northeast coiner of Oak Village Court and Oak Hill Drive facing east
on Oak Village Court.
53. At the northwest corner of Camoustie Drive and Wilshire Drive facing north on
Camoustie Drive.
54. At the southeast comer of Portland Drive and Wilshire Drive facing south on
Portland Drive.
55. At the southeast confer of Berkshire Drive and Portland Drive facing southwest
on Berkshire Drive.
56. At the southeast comer of Winding Creek Court and Creek Courts Drive facing
south on Winding Creek Court.
57. At the northeast corner of Palmetto Court and Oalanont Drive facing east on
Palmetto Court.
58. At the southwest corner of Oakmont Drive and Oakuuont Drive facing west;
this street circles around into itself.
59. At the southwest corner of Shasta Drive and Trophy Lake Drive facing west
on Shasta Drive.
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60. At the northwest comer of Llano Drive and Shasta Drive facing north on Llano
Drive.
61. All four corners where Cimarron Drive and Shasta Drive intersect.
62. At the southeast corner of Shasta Drive and Aiamosa Drive facing south on
Shasta Drive.
63. At the southeast corner of Pagosa Court and Sonora Drive facing south on
Pagosa Court.
64. At the southeast corner of Palo Duro Court and Sonora Drive facing south on
Palo Duro Court,
65. At the southeast comer of Mesa Verde Court and Sonora Drive facing south
on Mesa Verde Court.
66. At the southeast comer of Salida Drive and Chimney Rock Drive facing south
on Salida Drive.
67. At the southeast corner of Sonora Drive and Monterey Drive facing south on
Sonora Drive.
68. At the northwest comer of Silver Rock Drive and Chimney Rock. Drive facing
north on Silver Rock Drive.
69. At the southwest corner of Monterey Drive and Silver Rock Drive facing west
on Monterey Drive.
70. At the southeast conger of Silver Rock Drive and Durango Drive facing south
on Silver Rock Drive.
71. At the northeast corner ofChinuiey Rock Drive and Sonora Drive facing east on
Chimney Rock Drive.
72. At the corner of every court intersection with and entering onto Creek Courts
Drive.
73. At the southeast corner of the intersection of Sunset Drive and Portland Drive
facing south on Sunset Drive.
74. At the northeast corner of the intersection of Oak Village Lane and Oak Hill
Drive facing east on Oak Village Lane.
75. At the southwest corner of the intersection of Jaime Court and Trophy Wood
Drive facing west on Jaime Court,
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76. At the southwest comer of the intersection of Fairway Village and Fresh Meadow
Court facing west on Fairway Village.
77. At the southeast corner of the intersection of Village Way and Fairway Village
facing south on Village Way.
78. At the northeast corner of the intersection of Jennifer Court and Michelle Court
facing east on Jennifer Court.
79. At the northwest corner of the intersection of Hill Lane and Oak Hill Drive
facing west on Hill Lane.
80. At the southeast conger of the intersection of Glenwick Court and Meadow
Ridge Drive facing south on Glenwick Court.
81. At the southeast comer of the intersection of Glen Hurst Court and Meadow
Ridge Drive facing south on Glen Hurst Court.
82. At the northwest corner of the intersection of Ridgewood Drive and Meadow
Ridge Drive facing north on Ridgewood Drive.
83. At the southeast corner of the intersection of Briarwood Court and Meadow
Ridge Drive facing south on Briarwood Court,
84 At the southeast corner of the intersection of Meadow Lake Drive and Avalon
Drive facing west on Meadow Lake Drive.
85. At the northwest comer of the intersection of Lakewood Drive and Avalon
Drive facing north on Avalon Drive.
86. At the northeast comer of the intersection of Silver Rock Drive and McKenzie
Drive facing east on Silver Rock Drive,
87. At the southwest corner of the northern most intersection of Lakeview Drive
and Lake Shore Drive facing west on Lakeview Drive.
88. At the southwest comer of the southern most intersection of Lakeview Drive
and Lakeshore Drive facing west on Lakeview Drive.
89. At the southeast comer of the intersection of Parkway Court and Park Lane
facing south on Parkway Court.
90. At the southwest corner of the intersection of Park Lane and Parkview Drive
facing west on Park Lane.
91. At the southeast corner of the intersection of Cimarron Court and Cimarron
Drive facing west on Cimarron Court.
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92. At the northeast corner of the intersection of Round Rock Court and Llano
Drive facing cast on Round Rock Court.
93. At the northeast corner of the intersection of Paint Rock Court and Llano Drive
facing east on Paint Rock Court.
94. At the southwest conger of the intersection of Village Trail and Trophy Lake
Drive facing west on Village Trail.
95. At the southeast corner of the intersection of Colonial Court and Cypress Court
facing south on Colonial Court.
96. At the northwest confer of the intersection of Gentry Court and Fresh Meadow
Drive facing north on Gentry Court.
97. At the northeast conger of the intersection of Harina Court and Trophy Wood
Drive facing east on Hanna Court.
98. At the corner of every street or court intersection with and entering onto Durango
Drive.
99. At the corner of every street or court intersection with and entering onto Skyline
Drive.
100. At the northeast comer of the intersection of Panorama Circle going west and
Panorama Circle going north.
101. At the northwest corner of the intersection of Spyglass Court and Hogan's
Drive facing north on Spyglass Court.
102. At the northwest corner of the intersection of Hayes Court and Hogan's Drive
facing north on Hayes Court.
103. At the northwest corner of the intersection of Hamper Court and Hogan's Drive
facing north on Hamper Court.
104. At the northwest corner of the intersection of Spyglass Court and Cypress Court
facing north on Spyglass Court.
105. At the southeast confer of the intersection of Spyglass Court and Hogan's Drive
facing south on Spyglass Court.
106. At the northeast corner of the intersection of Stephen's Court and Hogan's Drive
facing east on Stephen Court.
107. At the northwest corner of the intersection of Edgemere Court and Edgeinere
Drive racing northeast on Edgemere Court.
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108. At the northwest corner of the intersection of Clear Vista Drive and Eagles
Court facing north on Clear Vista Drive.
109. At the northwest comer of the intersection of Lakeview Drive and Lakeshore
Drive facing north on Lakeshore Drive.
110. At the southwest corner of the intersection of Lakeview Drive and Lakeshore
Drive facing west on Lakeview Drive.
111. At the southeast corner of the intersection of Lakeview Drive and Lakeshore
Drive facing south on Lakeshore Drive.
112. At the southwest corner of the intersection of Parkview Drive and Durango Drive
facing west on Durango Drive,
113. At the northeast corner of the intersection of Parkview Drive and Durango Drive
facing east on Durango Drive,
114. At the northeast confer of the intersection of Durango Drive and Village Trail
facing east on Durango Drive.
115. At the southwest corner of the intersection of Durango Drive and Village Trail
facing west on Durango Drive.
116. At the northeast corner of the intersection of Trophy Club Drive and Trophy Lake
Drive facing east on Trophy Club Drive.
117. At the southwest corner of the intersection of Trophy Chub Drive and Trophy
Lake Drive facing west on Trophy Club Drive.
C. StopliLrhts. Stoplights shall be erected at the following intersections and such
intersections are hereby designated as stop intersections. An operator of a vehicle facing
only a steady red signal shall stop at a clearly marked stop line. In the absence of a stop
line, the operator shall stop before entering the crosswalk on the near side of the
intersection, except when directed to proceed by a police officer or traffic control signal.
The stop light intersections and locations of stoplights shall be as follows:
1. At the intersection of Trophy Club Drive and State Highway 114.
2. At the intersection of Trophy Lake Drive and State Highway 114.
D. Compliance. The driver of any vehicle shall obey the instructions of any official traffic
control device, sign, signal or marking applicable thereto placed in accordance with this
Ordinance or other traffic ordinances of the Town, unless otherwise directed by a police
officer, subject to the exceptions herein granted the driver of an authorized emergency
vehicle.
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E. Exceptions as to authorized emer enev vehicles.
1. The driver of an authorized emergency vehicle, as the term "authorized
emergency vehicle" is defined by §541.201, TEX. TRANSP. CODE (Vernon
1998), when responding to an emergency call or when in the pursuit of an actual
or suspected violator of the law, or when responding to but not upon returning
from a fire alarm, may exercise the privilege set forth in this section, but subject
to the conditions herein stated and subject to other applicable ordinances of the
Town.
2. The driver of an authorized emergency vehicle may:
(a) Park or stand, irrespective of the provisions of this or any other
ordinance of the Town;
(b) Proceed past a red or stop signal or stop sign, but only after slowing
down as Inay be necessary for safe operation;
(c) Exceed the prima facie speed limits so Iong as he does not endanger
life or property; and
(d) Disregard regulations governing direction of movement or turning in
specified directions.
3. The exemption herein granted to an authorized emergency vehicle shall apply
only when the driver of any such vehicle in motion sounds an audible signal by
bell, siren, or exhaust wh-istle as may be reasonably necessary, and when the
vehicle is equipped with at least one lighted lamp displaying a red light visible
under normal atmospheric conditions from a distance of at least five hundred
(500) feet to the front of such vehicle, except that an authorized vehicle operated
as a police vehicle need not be equipped with or display a red light from in front
of the vehicle.
F. Dis lav of unauthorized device.
No person shall place, maintain, or display upon or in view of any highway, street
or alley any unauthorized sign, signal, marking, or device, whether one or more
which purports to be or is an imitation of or resembles an official traffic control
device or railroad sign or signal, or which attempts to direct the movement of
traffic, or which hides from view or interferes with the effectiveness of any
official traffic control device or any railroad sign or signal.
?. No person shall place or maintain nor shall any public authority permit upon
any highway, street or alley any traffic sign or signal bearing thereon any
commercial advertising.
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This subsection (F) shall not be deemed to prohibit the erection upon private
property adjacent to highways, streets or alleys of signs giving useful directional
information and of a type that cannot be mistaken for official signs.
4. Every such prohibited sign, signal or marking is hereby declared to be a public
nuisance, and the Chief of Police or his authorized representative is hereby
empowered to remove the same or cause it to be moved without notice.
G. Interference. No person shall without lawful authority attempt to or in fact alter, deface,
injure, knock down or remove any official traffic control device, sign or signal or any
railroad sign or signal or any inscription, shield, or insignia thereon, or any part thereof
H. Manual Operation by School Crossing Guards.
The school crossing guards officially designated by the Chief of Police are hereby
invested with the authority to manually operate traffic control signals, pursuant to
§542.202, TEX. TRANSP. CODE ANN. (Vernon 1998), by which traffic is
alternately directed to stop and permitted to proceed.
2. Pursuant to §542.501, TEX. TRANSP. CODE ANN. (Vernon 1998), it shall be
unlawful for any person to willfully fail or refuse to comply with a traffic -
control signal operated by a school crossing guard.
L Installation and maintenance generally, The Chief of Police, or a person under the
direct supervision and authority of the Chief of Police, shall place and maintain traffic
control signs, signals and devices when and as required under this Ordinance or other
traffic ordinances of this Town to make effective the provision of this Ordinance or other
ordinances, and may place and maintain such additional traffic control devices as he may
deem necessary to regulate traffic under this Ordinance or other traffic ordinances of this
Town or under state law, or to guide or warn traffic.
J. Same -Evidence „of authority. It being unlawful for any person other than the Chief of
Police, or a person acting under his supervision and control and pursuant to an ordinance
of the Town, to install or cause to be installed any signal, sign or device purporting to
direct the use of the streets or the activities on those streets of pedestrians, vehicles,
motor vehicles, or animals, proof, in any prosecution for a violation of this Ordinance or
any traffic Ordinance of the Town, that any traffic control device, sign signal or marking
was actually in place on any street shall constitute prima facie evidence that the same was
installed by the Chief of Police or tinder his authority and supervision pursuant to the
authority of this Ordinance or of another Ordinance directing the installation of such
device, signal or marking.
K. EmerLency signs. Two emergency signs shall be located on Trophy Club Drive. The
sign for northbound traffic shall be located 242 feet south of the intersection of Trophy
Club Drive and Municipal Drive on the east side of Trophy Club Drive. The sign for
southbound traffic shall be located 343 feet north of the intersection of Trophy Club
Drive and Municipal Drive in the center median of Trophy Club Drive.
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V.
IMPAIRING VISIBILITY
A. Prohibition. No object or combination of objects, including but not limited to any
structure, fence, wall, screen, hedge, tree, bush, shrub, billboard or mound of earth,
terrace, bank or barrier shall be erected, placed, planted or maintained on any corner lot
in such a manner as to create a traffic hazard by obstructing the view of the drivers of
motor vehicles using the streets adjacent thereto.
B. Exceptions. Natural existing terrain which cannot be removed by reasonable
landscaping tecluiiques, including retaining walls constructed below or at the same grade
line of such natural existing terrain, shall be excluded frons the objects otherwise
prohibited as stated within Section V.(A).
C. Presumption. An object, or combination of objects, erected, placed, planted or
maintained on a corner lot or parkway adjacent thereto so as to interfere with the visual
line of sight at an elevation between two and one-half (2-112) feet above the top of the
adjacent roadway curb and eight (8) feet above the top of the adjacent street curb, or if
there is no curb then from the average street grade, within a triangular area formed by the
intersection of the adjacent street curb lines and a point on each such right-of-way line
thirty-five (35) feet from the intersection, shall be prima facie evidence that said object,
or combination of objects, so erected, placed, planted or maintained is an obstruction
constituting a traffic hazard.
D. Removal. Any object, or combination of objects, place, erected, planted or maintained in
violation of this Ordinance, shall be removed within. ten (10) days of receipt of written
notice by certified mail from the Chief of Police or his representative, to the owner, agent
or occupant of the premises where such obstruction has been erected, placed, planted or
maintained.
VI.
PARKING
A. Definitions. For purposes of this Section VI, the terms below shall mean as follows:
1. "Approved paved surface" means a surface on which off street parking is
permitted as authorized by and set forth in the Town Comprehensive Zoning
Ordinance and other applicable ordinances of the Town.
2. "Recreational vehicle" means self-propelled living quarters equipped or used
for sleeping and eating which may be moved from one Location to another over a
public street.
3. "Stand' or "park" means the halting of a vehicle, whether occupied or not,
otherwise than temporarily for the purpose of and while actually engaged in
receiving or discharging passengers.
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B. o stand a motor vehicle,
prohibited. It shall be unlawful for any person to leave, park
.. n�_oi'vehi„
vehicle, mobile home, motor home, recreational vehicle, trailer or
boat upon the following portions of the specified public streets located within the
Town.
1. Indian Creek Drive between its intersection with Trophy Club Drive and
Heritage Court;
2. Along the south bound and west bound lanes of Indian Creel: Drive between
Tirrnberline Drive and Hillcrest Court;
Trophy CIub Drive between its intersection with State Highway 114 and Avenue
Twenty; provided, however, that there shall be excluded from this portion of the
public street that area which lies between median number two and median number
three along Trophy Club Drive and adjacent to the Town information/map sign
(the said area being located approximately ane -fourth mile from the intersection
of Trophy Club Drive and State Highway 114), and which area is designated and
marked by striping or otherwise as a parking area where vehicles may park, stop
or stand for no more than five (5) minutes for the purpose of reviewing the said
information/map sign;
4. Trophy Lake Drive;
Along the south side of the entire length of Fairway Village Drive; and
Along the south side of the entire length of Summit Cove Drive.
C. Parking on unapproved surface.,A person comn-uits an Offense if he stops, stands
or parks a motor vehicle on a lot, unless the vehicle is on an approved paved surface.
D. Exception for emergency vehicles. All emergency vehicles shall be exempt from the
restrictions as set forth in subsection (B) and (C) hereof. Emergency vehicles shall
include ambulances, fire tricks and equipment, police vehicles and all govenrmental
vehicles used for necessary governmental purposes.
E. Overnight parking.
Prohibition. It shall be unlawful for any person to stand or park any motor
vehicle, trailer, mobile home, motor home or boat along or upon any public
highway, street, alley or other public right-of-way located within the Town
between the hours of 3:00 a.m. and 5:00 a.m. each day. This prohibition shall not
be applicable to any motor vehicle which is being used for emergency purposes,
to the operation of any motor vehicle being used by a utility company for repair
purposes, or to any governmental vehicle being used for necessary govenunental
purposes.
2. Authoritv to park with permitz out of town guests. Any person who desires to
stand or park a vehicle upon a public highway, street, alley or other public
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right-of-way between the hours of 3:00 a.m. and 5:00 a.m. may purchase a permit
authorizing the same from the Permit Department, provided there are four (4) or
more vehicles in the household of the person requesting the permit. One permit
shall be issued for each vehicle for which a permit is requested, which permit
shall be pennanently affixed to the left side of the back (rear) window so that it is
plainly visible to a person standing outside of the vehicle, or if there is no back
(rear) window, in a place where the said permit is plainly visible. Permits shall be
issued on a calendar year basis so that they shall expire on December 31 of the
year of issuance. A fee of fifty dollars ($50.00) per vehicle shall be charged for
the issuance of a permit; provided, however, that a fee of $40.00 shall be charged
for a permit issued between April 1 and June 30, and a fee of $30.00 shall be
charged for any permit issued thereafter through December 31.
It shall not be a violation of this Ordinance for a nonresident of the Town, while
visiting a resident of the Town, to park or stand a vehicle owned or controlled by
the non-resident on a public street, highway or other public right-of-way between
the hours of 3:00 a.m. and 5:00 a.m., provided that notice of such parking or
standing is given to the Chief of Police or the Permit Department by no later than
5:00 p.m. of the immediately previous day. Such parking or standing shall not
exceed seven (7) consecutive days nor a total of fourteen (14) days in any one
calendar month.
Any vehicle parked as permitted by this section shall be parked directly in
front of the residence being visited in such a manner as not to obstruct access
to the private driveways of neighboring residents.
F. Presumption_
It is presumed that the registered owner of an tu7attended or unoccupied
vehicle parked, stopped or standing in violation of this Ordinance illegally parked such
vehicle. The records of the State Highway Department or the County Highway License
Department showing the name of the person to whom the State highway license was
issued is prima facie evidence of ownership by the named individual.
G. Parking for handicapped persons.
1. The Town of Trophy Club or any private property owner within the Town, who
vohuitarily designates a parking space or area specifically for a person who is
disabled by reason of mobility problems that substantially impairs the person's
ability to ambulate or who is legally blind, must post a sign that conforms to the
design established and approved by the State Department of Highways and Public
Transportation and the space or spaces provided must conform to the width
requirements set by the Department.
2. Any vehicle displaying a symbol, table, or other device authorized by the State
Department of Highways and Public Transportation and issued to the operator
thereof for use in transporting a disabled person, when operated by or for the
transportation of such disabled person, shall be allowed to park for unlimited
periods in any parking space or parking area designated specifically for the
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physically handicapped. Such vehicle, being properly marked as provided by
such statute, is exempt from the payment of fees or penalties imposed by any
ordinance of the City for parking at a meter or in a space with a limitation on the
length of time for parking, unless the vehicle was not parked at the time by or for
the transportation of a disabled person. This exemption does not apply to fees or
penalties imposed by a branch of the Unites States Government. This section
does not permit parking a vehicle at a place or time that parking is prohibited.
A person corm -nits an offense if the person is neither temporarily or permanently
disabled nor transporting a temporarily or permanently disabled person and parks
a vehicle with such special device or displaying a temporarily disabled person
identification card in any parking space or parking area designated specifically for
the disabled. A person commits an offense if the person parks a vehicle neither
displaying the special device nor displaying a temporarily disabled person
identification card in a parking space or parking area designated specifically for
the disabled. An offense under this section is punishable by a fine of not less than
Fifty Dollars ($50.00) nor more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00).
H. Parking prohibited in specified places. Except where necessary to avoid conflict
with other traffic, or in compliance with law or the direction of a police officer or
official traffic control device, no person shall stop, stand or park- a vehicle:
Between a safety zone or fire lane and the adjacent curb or within thirty (30) feet
of points on the curb immediately opposite the ends of a safety zone, unless a
different Iength is indicated by signs or markings.
2. Adjacent to afire hydrant within ten (10) feet of points on the curb directly
adjacent to a fire hydrant, unless a different length is indicated by signs or
markings
VII.
OVERWEIGHT VEHICLES
A. Weights and loads of vehicles,• special permits.
Prohibition. Except as otherwise provided by law, no person may drive, operate,
or move, nor may the owner cause or permit to be driven, operated or moved, on
any street, any vehicle or vehicles of a weight exceeding the limitations stated in
this Section VII, or transport thereon any Ioad or loads exceeding the weight
prescribed in this Section. VII.
Permit; ,fee. The Towyn Council may issue permits limited to periods of ten (10)
days or less for the transportation over Town streets of overweight commodities
which cannot be reasonably dismantled or for the operation over the Town streets
of superheavy equipment for the transportation of overweight commodities which
cannot be reasonably dismantled.
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A permit fee of $50.00 shall be charged for each vehicle transporting over Town
streets overweight commodities which cannot be reasonably dismantled or for the
operation over Town streets of superheavy equipment for the transportation of
overweight commodities which cannot be reasonably dismantled. The owner or
operator of such vehicles may apply to the Permit Department for said permit.
Each permit shall contain the name of the owner or operator of the vehicle, the
weight which the vehicle is carrying, the vehicle identification number, and any
other information deemed necessary by the Town Council. The Town Council
shall designate the route within the Town to be used by said vehicles operating
over the Town streets.
B. Weight of load.
1. Except as otherwise provided by law, no commercial motor vehicle, truck -tractor,
trailer or semi -trailer, nor combination of such vehicles shall be operated over, on
or upon Town streets, having a weight in excess of one or more of the following
limitations:
(a) No such vehicle nor combination of vehicles shall have a greater weight
than twenty thousand (20,000) pounds carried on any one axle, including
all enforcement tolerances; or with a tandem axle weight in excess of
thirty-four thousand (34,000) pounds, including all enforcement
tolerances; or with an overall gross weight on a group of two or more
consecutive axles produced by application of the following formula:
W=500((LN/(N-1)) + 12 + 36
where W = overall gross weight on any group of two or more consecutive
axles to the nearest 500 pounds, L = distance in feet between the extreme
of any group of two or more consecutive axles, and N = number of axles
in group under consideration, except that two consecutive sets of tandem
axles may carry a gross load or 34,000 pounds each providing the overall
distance between the first and last axles of such consecutive sets of tandem
axles is thirty-six (36) feet or more; provided that such overall gross
weight may not exceed eighty thousand (80,000) pounds, including all
enforcement tolerances.
(b) No such vehicle nor combination of vehicles shall have a greater weight
than six hundred (600) pounds per inch width of tire upon any wheel
concentrated upon the surface of the Town street and using high-pressure
tires, and a greater weight than six hundred and fifty (650) pounds per inch
width of tire upon any wheel concentrated upon the surface of the highway
and using low-pressure tires, and no wheel shall carry a load in excess of
eight thousand (8,000) pounds on high-pressure tires and ten thousand
(10,000) pounds on low-pressure tires, nor any axle a load in excess of
sixteen thousand (16,000) pounds on high-pressure tires, and twenty
thousand (20,000) pounds on low-pressure tires.
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(c) In this subsection, an axle load is defined as the total load transmitted to
the road by all wheels whose centers may be included between two (2)
parallel transverse vertical planes forty (40) inches apart, extending across
the full width of the vehicle. Tandem axle group is defined as two (2) or
more axles spaced forty (40) inches or more apart from center to center
having at least one (1) common point of weight suspension.
2. No person shall load, or cause to be loaded, a vehicle for operation on the Town
streets with the intent to violate the weight limitations in subsection B.(1) of this
Section VII. Intent to violate those limitations is presumed if the loaded vehicle
exceeds the applicable gross vehicular weight limit by 15 percent or more. This
subsection B.(2) does not apply to the loading or causing to be loaded of an
agricultural or a forestry connnodity prior to the processing of the commodity.
3. The load limits established by this subsection B. shall be posted by appropriate
signs within the Town by the Chief of Police or his designated representative
prior to the enforcement of any of the provision hereof.
C. Application for registration to show weight and maximum load; license recei t•
Peenalty for violation. When any person, firm or corporation desires to operate over any
Town street any vehicle that cannot comply with one or more of the weight restrictions
contained in this Section VII, the Permit Department may, as an altemative to any other
procedure authorized by law, upon application issue a pemlit for the movement of such
vehicle, when the Permit Department is of the opinion that the same may be moved
without material damnage to the street or road.
Upon application for a permit for any commercial motor vehicle, truck -tractor, trailer or
semi -trailer, the applicant shall deliver to the Permit Department an affidavit, duly sworn
to before an officer authorized to administer oaths, showing the weight of said vehicle,
the maximum load to be transported thereon, and the total gross weight for which said
vehicle is to be permitted; which affidavit shall be kept on file by the Permit Department.
The permit issued to the applicant shall also show the total gross weight for which said
vehicle is registered. A copy of said receipt shall be carried at all times on any such
vehicle while the vehicle is upon the Town streets.
The copy of the permit above required shall be admissible in evidence in any cause in
which the gross registered weight of such vehicle is an issue, and shall be prima facie
evidence of the gross weight for which such vehicle is permitted. Such copy of the
permit shall be displayed to any officer authorized to enforce this Ordinance, upon
request by such officer.
The Chief of Police shall formulate rules and regulations regarding issuance of permits
including, but not limited to, the forms and procedures to be used in applying for same;
whether a particular penult shall be for one trip only, or for a period of time; and such
other matters as the Chief of Police may deem necessary to carry out the provisions of the
Section. The failure of an owner or his representative to comply with any rule or
regulation of the Chief of Police or any condition placed on his permit shall render the
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permit void and, inn nediately upon such violation, any filrther movement over the Town
streets of the overweight vehicles shall be in violation of existing laws regulating the
weight of vehicles on Town streets.
The movement of such overweight vehicles is a privilege not accorded to every user of
the Town streets. Therefore, the fees for a special transportation permit should be
sufficient to cover the administrative costs incurred in the processing and issuing of the
permit and the additional wear on the Town's streets. It is also recognized that the use of
such overweight vehicles on the Town's streets may inconvenience other vehicle
operators. It is, therefore, declared to be the policy of the Town Council that in
formulating such rules and regulations and in establishing such fees, the Town Council
shall consider and be guided by:
1. The Town's investment in its streets;
2. The safety and convenience of the general traveling public;
3. The suitability of roadways and sub -grades on the streets, variation in soil
grade and the seasonal effect on street load capacity.
D. Liability. The issuance of a permit for an overweight movement shall not be a guarantee
by the Town that the streets can safely accommodate such movement, and the owner of
any vehicle involved in any overweight imovement, whether with or without permit, shall
be strictly liable for any damage such movement shall cause the streets or any of its
structures or appurtenances.
E. Motor vehicle solid waste transport, weight limitations. Vehicles used exclusively to
transport solid waste (except hazardous waste), as defined in the Solid Waste Disposal
Act, §361.003, TEX. HEALTH & SAFETY CODE ANN. (Vernon 1998), may be
operated upon the Town streets with a tandem axle gross load not to exceed 44,000
pounds, a single axle gross load not to exceed 20,000 pounds and a gross load for the
vehicle not to exceed 64,000 pounds, provided that where the vehicle is to be operated
with a tandem axle gross load in excess of 34,000 pouulds, the owner, except if the owner
is a municipality, of such vehicle shall first file with the State Department of Highways
and Transportation a surety bond in the principal suns not to exceed $15,000 for each
vehicle, which suin shall be set by the State Department of Highways and Transportation;
said bond to be conditioned that the owner of such vehicle will pay to the Town, within
the limit of such bond, all damages done to the Town streets by reason of the operation of
such vehicle with a tandem axle gross load in excess of 34,000 pounds.
F. Wei lit of vehicles transporting ready -mix concrete. Vehicles used exclusively to
transport ready -mixed concrete, which is hereby defined as a perishable product, may be
operated upon the public streets of the Town with a tandem axle load not to exceed
44,000 pouiids, a single axle load not to exceed 20,000 pounds and a gross load not to
exceed 64,000 pounds, provided that where the vehicle is to be operated with a tandem
axle load in excess of 34,000 pounds, the owner of such vehicle shall first file with the
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Town a surety bond in the principal sum as fixed by the Town, which sunt shall not be set
at a greater amotuit than $15,000 for each vehicle, said bond to be conditioned that the
owner of such vehicle will pay to the Town of Trophy Chub, within the limit of such
bond, all dannages done to the Town streets by reason of the operation of such vehicle
with a tandem axle Ioad in excess of 34,000 pounds; such bond shall be subject to the
approval of the Town Council.
G. Weighing loaded vehicles by..police officers. Any police officer having reason to
believe that the gross weight or axle load of Ta loaded motor vehicle is unlawful, is
authorized to weigh the same by nlcans of portable or stationary scales furnished or
approved by the Texas Department of Public Safety, or cause the same to be weighed by
any public weigher, and to require that such vehicle be driven to the nearest available
scales for the purpose of weighing. In the event the gross weight of such vehicle is found
to exceed the unaxinnnn gross weight authorized by law, plus a tolerance allowance of
five percent (5%) of the gross weight authorized by law, such police officer shall demand
and require the operator or owner thereof to rearrange his cargo if possible to bring such
vehicle and load within the maximum axle load authorized by law, and if this cannot be
done by rearrangement of said cargo, then such portion of the load as may be necessary
to decrease the axle load to the maximum authorized by law plus such tolerance
allowance shall be unloaded before such vehicle may be operated further over the public
roads of the Town. Provided, however, that if such load consists of livestock, then such
operator shall be permitted to proceed to destination without being unloaded, provided
the destination be within the State of Texas.
It is further provided that in the event the gross weight of the vehicle exceeds the
pennitted gross weight, the police officer shall require the operator or owner thereof to
apply to the Pennit Department for a pemnit in an amount that will cause his gross
permitted weight to be equal to the gross weight of the vehicle, provided such total
permitted weight shall not exceed the Iegal gross weight allowed for such vehicle, before
such operator or owner may proceed. Provided, however, that if such load consists of
livestock or perishable merchandise then such operator or owner shall be permitted to
proceed with his vehicle to the nearest practical point in the direction of his destination
where his load may be protected from damage or destruction in the event lie is required to
secure an additional pen -nit before being allowed to proceed. It shall be conclusively
presumed and deemed prima facie evidence that where an operator or owner is
apprehended and found to be carrying a greater gross load than that for which he is
permitted, he has been carrying similar loads from the date of purchase of such permit.
It is further provided that all forms and accounting procedures necessary to carry out
the provisions of this section shall be prescribed by the Town Council.
VIII.
SAVINGS AND REPEALER CLAUSE
That this Ordinance shall be cumulative of all other ordinances of the Town affecting traffic
control and shall not repeal any of the provisions of said ordinances except in those instances
where provisions of those ordinances are in direct conflict with the provisions of this Ordinance;
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provided, however, that Ordinance No. 1999-21 is hereby repealed in its entirety, but provided
that any complaint, action, cause of action or claim which prior to the effective date of this
Ordinance has been initiated or has arisen under or pursuant to the said repealed Ordinance
No. 1999-21 shall continue to be governed by the provisions of that Ordinance and for that
purpose the Ordinance shall be deemed to remain and continue in full force and effect.
IX.
SEVERABILITY CLAUSE
If any section, article, paragraph, sentence, clause, phrase or word in this Ordinance, or its
application to any person or circumstance is held invalid or unconstitutional by a Court of
coinpetent jurisdiction, such holding shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this
Ordinance; and the Town Council hereby declares it would have passed such remaining portions
of the Ordinance despite such invalidity, which remaining portions shall remain in full force and
effect.
X.
PUBLICATION CLAUSE
The Town Secretary of the Town of Trophy Club is hereby directed to publish in one issue of the
Official newspaper of the Town of Tropliy Club the Caption, Penalty Clause, and Effective Date
Clause of this Ordinance as required by Section 52.011 of the Texas Local Government Code.
XI.
PENALTY
It shall be unlawful for any person to violate any provision of this Ordinance, and any person
violating or failing to comply with any provision of this Ordinance shall be fined, upon
conviction, not less than One Dollar ($1.00) nor more than Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000.00),
and a separate offense shall be deemed committed upon each day during or on which a violation
occurs or continues.
XII.
ENGROSSMENT AND ENROLLMENT
The Town Secretary of the Town of Trophy Club is hereby directed to engross and enroll this
Ordinance by copying the exact Caption, Publication CIause and Effective Date clause in the
minutes of the Town Council of the Town of Trophy Club and by filing this Ordinance in the
Ordinance records of the Town.
EFFECTIVE DATE
This Ordinance shall become effective frons and after its date of passage and publication as
required by law.
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PASSED AND APPROVED by the Town Comicil of the Town of Trophy Club, Texas
this the 7th day of December , 1999.
C�
Mayor, Town of Trophy Club, Texas
ATTEST:
Town Secretaily,
Town of Trophy Club, Texas
[Seal]
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Tow11 AttoMey,
Town of Trophy Club, Texas
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