ORDINANCE NO. 2023-11-1  ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING A NO PARKING ZONE ON BOUNDS STREET, A STREET WITHIN THE CITY OF THRALL, TEXAS, WITH THE NO PARKING ZONES LOCATED ON THE WEST SIDE OF BOUNDS STREET BETWEEN RAILROAD STREET AND ECKHART STREET; PROVIDING FOR A FINE OR PENALTY OF THIS ORDINANCE AS A MISDEMEANOR SUBJECT TO A FINE NOT TO EXCEED $500.00 FOR EACH OFFENSE, EXCEPT HOWEVER, WHERE DIFFERENT PENALTY HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED BY STATE LAW FOR SUCH OFFENSE, IN WHICH EVENT THE PENALTY SHALL BE FIXED BY STATE LAW AND IF DEEMED A VIOLATION OF ANY PROVISIONAL LAW THAT GOVERNS FIRE SAFETY, ZONING, OR PUBLIC HEALTH AND SANITATION, THE PENALTY SHALL NOT EXCEED THE SUM OF $2,000.00 FOR EACH OFFENSE; PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING FOR  PUBLICATION.  WHEREAS, the Texas Transportation Code delegates powers to cities for regulation of stopping, standing or parking of vehicles with respect to roads within the jurisdiction of the  city; and  WHEREAS, it is within the police powers of the City of Thrall to control parking on the streets within the City; and WHEREAS, it is reasonable and necessary under such police powers to prohibit parking in the areas herein after designated and to impose a penalty for violation of the no parking zones hereinafter created and designated; and  WHEREAS, City ordinance allows the Mayor with advice from the Chief of Police to locate and remove no parking signs designating the no parking area herein after created.  NOW THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF SECTION 1. All of the facts recited in the preamble to this Ordinance are hereby found by the City Council to be true and correct and are incorporated by reference herein and expressly made a part hereof, as if copied herein verbatim.  THE CITY OF THRALL, TEXAS:  Ordinance No. 2023-11-1 No Parking Zone on Bounds Street  Pagelof3    SECTION 2. The Thrall City Code of Ordinances is amended to make it unlawful for any person to park a motor vehicle at the following location on Bounds Street and the location shall  be designated as a no parking zone:  The west side of Bounds Street between Railroad Street SECTION 3. The mayor, with the advice of the Chief of Police, shall have signs conforming to the laws of the State of Texas installed in the no parking zones herein above established designating the areas as no parking zones to the public. The signs as located on the ground and marking the no parking zones placed by the Mayor shall be the no parking areas in conformity with the locations designated by this  and Eckhart Street.  Ordinance.  SECTION 4.  Any person, firm or corporation violating  any of the provisions or terms of this Ordinance shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be subjected to a fine not to exceed the sum of Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) for each offense, except where a different penalty has been established by state law for such offense, and for any violation of any provision which governs fire safety, zoning or public health or sanitation, which shall be punished by a penalty of fine not to exceed the sum of Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000.00) for each offense; and each and every day such violation is continued shall be deemed to constitute a  separate offense. SECTION 5.  If any paragraph, sentence, phrase, or  other portion of this Ordinance should be declared to be unconstitutional by a court of competent jurisdiction, such holding shall not affect the remainder of this Ordinance and all portions of the Ordinance not held to be invalid shall  continue and remain in full force and effect.  SECTION 6. The City Secretary is hereby authorized and directed to publish the caption of this Ordinance, together with the penalty provision contained therein, in the manner  and for the length of time prescribed by law.  Ordinance No. 2023-11-1 No Parking Zone on Bounds Street  Page2of3    PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED on this the Hay of  fo 2023.  /  -  *  becretary  APROVDASIPFORA: E  32  Mark J. Schroeder, City Attorney  CERTIFICATE  THE STATE OF TEXAS COUNTY OF WILLIAMSON I, of Thrall,  being the City Secretary of the City hereby certify that the attached is a  s  true and correct copy of Ordinance No. 2113-11-1 passed and approved by the City,Council of the City of Thrall, Texas, on  the 14 day of Vek, 2023, and such  my hand and seal of office this the 14 day  of 45 2023.  4RA )  Ordinance No. 2023-11-1 No Parking Zone on Bounds Street  Page 3 of3