02-01-05-Ordinance-Amending the Paving Width Requirements-02/07/2005ORDINANCE 02-01-05
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SANGER, TEXAS AMENDING CHAPTER 10,
ARTICLE 6.00, SECTION 6.02(C) OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES TO ESTABLISH
PAVING WIDTH REQUIREMENTS; PROVIDING FOR THE REPEAL OF ALL
ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE;
PROVIDING FOR A PENALTY; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANGER, TEXAS:
Section 1. That Chapter 10, Article 6.00, Section 6.02(C) of the Code of Ordinances,
City of Sanger, Texas, is hereby amended to read as follows:
"C. Paving Width Requirements
(1) Residential Streets. Collector Street, and Alleys
Residential street paving shall be a minimum of thirty-six feet (36') in width,
measured between the faces of curbs.
Collector Street paving around schools shall be a minimum of thirty-nine feet (4_o') in
width, measured between the faces of the curbs. The width for collector streets in
industrial and commercial areas must be a minimum of forty feet (40') in width,
measured between the faces of the curbs.
(2) Thoroughfares
The following minimum pavement widths are set by this ordinance for the
construction of thoroughfares as follows:
Thoroughfare
Minimum Right -of-
Minimum Pavement Width
Classification
Way Width
Between Faces of Curbs
Class A (Loop)
180'
Two 12' traffic lanes on each
side of the roadway centerline
Class B (Major)
t20'
Three 12' traffic lanes divided
by a 16' median
Class C (Major)
100'
Three 1 F traffic lanes divided
by a 15' median
Class D (Secondary)
80'
Four 11' traffic lanes or two
12' traffic lanes and two 10' parking
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lanes
Note: The minimum width of a median adjacent to a left turn lane shall be five feet (5').
(3) Street Returns.
(a) The minimum radii for all street returns shall be twenty feet (20') on collector
and minor streets and thirty feet (30') on thoroughfares.
(b) Returns for driveways on minor streets shall be ten feet (10'). Driveway returns
onto commercial and industrial property shall be a minimum of fifteen feet (15')
and a maximum of twenty-five feet (25') except in special cases."
Section 2. All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are, to the extent of
such conflict, hereby repealed.
Section 3. It is hereby declared to be the intention of the City Council that the sections,
paragraphs, sentences, clauses, phrases and words of this Ordinance are severable and, if any
word, phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph, or section of this Ordinance shall be declared
unconstitutional by the valid judgment or decree of any court of competent jurisdiction, such
unconstitutionality shall not affect any of the remaining portions of this Ordinance, since the
same would have been enacted by the City Council without the incorporation in this Ordinance
of any such unconstitutional word, phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph, or section.
Section 4. 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 1.109 of this Code.
Section 5. This ordinance will take effect immediately from and after its passage and
the publication of the caption, as the law and Charter in such cases provide
PASSED AND APPROVED this 7t" day of February 2005, by the City Council of the City of
Sanger, Texas.
APPROVED:
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