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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." 0/ § 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all Ordinances of the City of Sanger heretofore adopted which are in conflict with this Ordinance are hereby expressly repealed insofar as the same are in conflict therewith.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, &Z hMYOR CITY OF SANGER ATTEST: CH;f SECRETARY CITY OF SANGER