HomeMy WebLinkAbout2023-4455 - Ordinance - 08/10/2023ORDINANCE NO. 2023-4455
AN ORDINANCE PROHIBITING COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLE PARKING IN
CERTAIN AREAS BY AMENDING CHAPTER 38, “TRAFFIC AND VEHICLES,”
ARTICLE II “STOPPING, STANDING, AND PARKING,” SECTION 38-45 “PARKING
REGULATIONS FOR CERTAIN DESCRIBED AREAS,” AND SECTION 38-79 “CIVIL
FINES, COSTS AND FEES,” ADDING, IN CHAPTER 38, “TRAFFIC AND VEHICLES,”
ARTICLE VI “TRAFFIC SCHEDULES,” SECTION 38-1016 “TRAFFIC SCHEDULE
XVI, NO COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLE OR TRAILER PARKING,” OF THE
CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS,
PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; DECLARING A PENALTY; PROVIDING
AN EFFECTIVE DATE; AND REPEALING ORDINANCE 2023-4449.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLLEGE STATION,
TEXAS:
PART 1: That Chapter 38, “Traffic and Vehicles,” Article II “Stopping, Standing, and
Parking,” Section 38-45 “Parking regulations for certain described areas,” and
Section 38-79 “Civil fines, costs and fees,” of the Code of Ordinances of the City
of College Station, Texas, be amended as set out in Exhibit “A” and Exhibit “B,”
and that Chapter 38, “Traffic and Vehicles,” Article VI “Traffic Schedules,”
Section 38-1016 “Traffic Schedule XVI, No Commercial Motor Vehicle or Trailer
Parking” be created as set out in Exhibit “C” attached hereto and made a part of
this Ordinance for all purposes.
PART 2: If any provision of this Ordinance or its application to any person or circumstances
is held invalid or unconstitutional, the invalidity or unconstitutionality does not
affect other provisions or application of this Ordinance or the Code of Ordinances
of the City of College Station, Texas that can be given effect without the invalid or
unconstitutional provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this
Ordinance are severable.
PART 3: That any person, corporation, organization, government, governmental subdivision
or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, association and any other legal
entity violating any of the provisions of this Ordinance upon a finding of liability
thereof shall be deemed liable for a civil offense and punished with a civil penalty
of not less than one dollar ($1.00) and not more than two thousand dollars
($2,000.00) or upon conviction thereof guilty of a misdemeanor, shall be punished
by a fine of not less than twenty five dollars ($25.00) and not more than five
hundred dollars ($500.00). Each day such violation shall continue or be permitted
to continue, shall be deemed a separate offense.
PART 4: This Ordinance is a penal ordinance and becomes effective ten (10) days after its
date of passage by the City Council, as provided by City of College Station Charter
Section 35.
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PART 5: That Ordinance 2023-4449, adopted on July 13, 2023, is hereby repealed.
PASSED, ADOPTED and APPROVED this 10th day of August, 2023.
ATTEST: APPROVED:
_____________________________ _____________________________
City Secretary Mayor
APPROVED:
_______________________________
City Attorney
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Exhibit A
Chapter 38, “Traffic and Vehicles,” Article II “Stopping, Standing, and Parking,” Section 38-45
“Parking regulations for certain described areas,” is hereby amended to read as follows:
Sec. 38-45. - Parking regulations for certain described areas.
(a) The City hereby designates certain areas to be controlled by "No Parking Here to Corner"
or "No Parking Anytime" locations for the City are described in Section 38-1014.
(b) The City hereby prohibits commercial motor vehicle parking, stopping or stand in certain
designated areas controlled by “No Truck Parking” signs. Commercial Motor Vehicle
Parking, Stopping or Standing and trailer parking, stopping or standing shall be prohibited
in the areas described in Section 38-1016, unless actual supervised loading or unloading of
goods or passengers or for commercial motor vehicles providing an active service to an
adjacent property.
(c) The City Manager or designee may temporarily allow parking where parking is currently
prohibited by City ordinance as part of a City event or special event as defined elsewhere
in this Code, or any time when determined necessary for the safety of the gener al public.
When temporary on-street parking is allowed as set forth above, the existing "No Parking
Here to Corner" or "No Parking Anytime" signs shall be removed or otherwise altered to
provide such notice to citizens. Signs shall not be removed or otherwise altered for more
than a consecutive 72-hour period.
(d) The term "commercial motor vehicle" in Section 38-1014 and Section 38-1016, means a
motor vehicle or combination of motor vehicles used to transport property that:
(1) Has a gross combination weight or a gross combination weight rating of 26,001 or
more pounds, including a towed unit with a gross vehicle weight or a gross vehicle
weight rating of more than 10,000 pounds; or
(2) Has a gross vehicle weight or a gross vehicle weight rating of 26,001 or more
pounds.
(3) For purposes of this Section, and Section 38-1016, the term commercial motor
vehicle includes trailer.
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Exhibit B
Chapter 38, “Traffic and Vehicles,” Article II, “Stopping, Standing, and Parking,” Division II
“Administrative Adjudication of Parking Violations,” Section 38-79 “Civil fines, costs and fees”,
(d) is hereby amended by adding and is to read as follows:
27. Park/Stop/Stand commercial motor vehicle or trailer where prohibited $115 $125
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Exhibit C
Chapter 38, “Traffic and Vehicles,” Article VI “Traffic Schedules,” is hereby amended by adding
Section 38-1016 “Traffic Schedule XVI, No Commercial Motor Vehicle or Trailer Parking” and
is to read as follows:
Sec. 38-45. – No commercial motor vehicle or trailer parking.
Traveling on Between Travel
Direction
Ponderosa Longmire and State
Highway 6 Frontage Road
South
East No parking, stopping, or
standing