07-93-Ordinance-Amending the Transportation of Hazardous Materials-07/19/1993CITY OF SANGER, TEXAS � Y
ORDINANCE NO. #07-93
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SANGER, TEXAS
AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES BY
REGULATING THE TRANSPORTATION OF HAZARDOUS
MATERIALS IN THE CITY; PRESCRIBING A PENALTY
FOR VIOLATIONS; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY AND
CONFLICTING PROVISIONS; AND PROVIDING FOR AN
EFFECTIVE DATE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANGER,
TEXAS:
SECTION 1:
That Chapter 10 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Sanger is
hereby amended by the addition of an article, to be numbered Article
10.1100, which shall read as follows:
" ARTICLE 10.1100 TRANSPORTATION OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
§ 10.1101 Transportation of Hazardous Materials Restricted
(a) No person shall transport hazardous materials within the city
unless the person's destination or point of departure is a Sanger terminal
of other location within the city.
(b) The prohibition contained in this section shall not apply if the
hazardous materials are transported on:
(1) Interstate Highway 35
(2) State Highway 455
(3) Second Street from Highway 455 to Church Street
(4) Sante Fe rail line through Sanger
(c) No person shall transport hazardous material requiring
Department of Transportation Hazardous Materials warning placards
on any other streets, public highways or segments of streets and public
highways.
(d) Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) shall be readily available on
the vehicle for hazardous materials regulated by this article."
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§ 10.1103 Penalty for Violations
Any person, firm, or corporation who shall violate any of the provisions
of this article shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction
shall be fined in accordance with the general penalty provision found in
Section 1.105 of this code."
Section II:
That if any section, subsection, paragraph, sentence, clause, phrase,
or word in this Ordinance, or application thereof to any person or
circumstances, is held invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction,
such holding shall not affect the validity if the remaining portions of the
Ordinance, and the City Council hereby declares that it would have
passed such remaining portions of the Ordinance despite such
invalidity.
Section III:
That any and all Ordinances of the City of Sanger heretofore adopted
which are in conflict with this Ordinance are hereby expressly repealed
insofar as the same are in conflict therewith.
Section IV.
That this Ordinance shall take effect immediately, from and after its
passage and publication of the caption, as the law in such cases provides.
PASSED AND APPROVED BY ORDER OF THE MY COUNCIL OF CITY OF
SANGER, TEXAS, THIS THE 19th DAY OF, JuLy—, A.D. 1993.
APPROVED,
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hMYOR
CITY OF SANGER
ATTEST:
CH;f SECRETARY
CITY OF SANGER