ORD 1455 08/13/2024ORDINANCE NO. 1455
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CIBOLO, TEXAS
PROVIDING RULES REGULATIONS FOR THE ACTIVITIES OF
COMMERCIAL TRUCKS IN THE CITY OF CIBOLO BY AMENDING
CHAPTER 74, TRAFFIC AND VEHICLES, OF THE CIBOLO CODE;
PROVIDING FOR THE NOTIFICATION OF NO THROUGH TRUCK TRAFFIC
BY THE INSTALLATION OF SIGNS AND MARKERS TO REGULATE
COMMERCIAL TRUCKS IN THE CITY OF CIBOLO; PROVIDING FOR
SEVERABILITY, REPEAL, SAVINGS, PUBLICATION AND CODIFICATION;
DETERMINING THAT THE MEETING AT WHICH THIS ORDINANCE WAS
PASSED WAS CONDUCTED IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE TEXAS OPEN
MEETINGS ACT; PROVIDING A PENALTY; AND PROVIDING AN
EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, heavy truck traffic on certain streets in the City of Cibolo is creating a hazard
threatening the health, safety and welfare of motorists and pedestrians, and creating unnecessary
destruction of streets and pavement not designed for such traffic; and
WHEREAS, the City of Cibolo has exclusive control and power over the streets, alleys, and public
grounds and highways of the City pursuant to Transportation Code §311.001, as it may be amended;
and
WHEREAS, vehicles of extraordinary weight and size can contribute to rapid destruction of surface
streets typical to residential areas; and
WHEREAS, the City desires to eliminate such hazards and destruction by regulating and restricting
truck traffic at such locations.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of Cibolo,
Texas that the following regulations and provisions be adopted:
SECTION 1: Findings. The recitals are hereby found to be true and correct and are hereby
incorporated as part of this Ordinance.
SECTION 2: Amendments to Chapter 74. The Cibolo Code is hereby amended by deleting
subsection 74-38(d) of Chapter 74 ("Traffic and Vehicles") and substituting therefor anew subsection
74-38(d) to provide as follows:
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Sec. 74-38 Through truck traffic
(d) The following streets are designated as "No Through Truck Traffic" streets:
■ Bolton Road
■ Brite Road
■ Brook Shadow
■ Brook View
■ Country Lane from Tolle Road to TxDOT FM 78
■ Country Vale
■ Cibolo Valley Drive from Old Wiederstein to North Main Street
■ Dean Road
■ Green Valley Loop
■ Green Valley Road from F.M. 1103 northeast to the Cibolo city limits.
■ Green Valley Road from Green Valley Loop to Southern Way
■ Haeckerville Road from TxDOT FM 78 to TxDOT Interstate 10 Frontage Road
■ Lower Seguin Road
■ North Main Street from TxDOT FM 1103 to Union Pacific Railroad (UPRR)
■ Persimmon Drive
■ Still Brook Lane
■ South Main Street from Union Pacific Railroad (UPRR) to TxDOT FM 78
■ Tolle Road from Weil Road to Country Lane
■ Vista Del Rey
■ Weil Road from Brite Road to FM 1103
■ Woodland Oaks Drive (within Cibolo)
■ Zuehl Road
SECTION 3. Severability. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this Ordinance
is for any reason held to be unconstitutional or illegal by final judgment of a court of competent
jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this Ordinance.
The City Council hereby declares that it would have passed and ordained all the remaining portions
of this Ordinance without the inclusion of such portion or portions found to be unconstitutional or
invalid.
SECTION 4. Repeal. All resolutions or ordinances or parts thereof conflicting or inconsistent with
the provisions of this Ordinance are hereby repealed to the extent of such conflict. In the event of a
conflict or inconsistency between this Ordinance and any other resolution, code or ordinance of the
City, or parts thereof, the terms and provisions of this Ordinance shall govern.
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SECTION 5. Savings. All rights and remedies of the City are expressly saved as to any and all
violations of the provisions of any ordinances regulating through truck traffic which have accrued at
the time of the effective date of this Ordinance; and such accrued violations and litigation, both civil
and criminal, whether pending in court or not, under such ordinances, shall not be affected by this
Ordinance but may be prosecuted until final disposition by the courts.
SECTION 6. Publication and Codification. The City shall publish this Ordinance in the newspaper
designated as the official newspaper of the City twice as required by Section 3.13(3) of the City
Charter. This Ordinance will be codified in the Cibolo Code in the next appropriate update.
SECTION 7. Open Meeting. The City Council hereby finds and determines that the meeting at
which this Ordinance was passed was conducted in accordance with the Texas Open Meetings Act.
SECTION 8. Penalty. It shall be unlawful to do or perform any act prohibited in this Ordinance, and
it shall be unlawful to fail to do or perform any act required in this Ordinance. Any person violating
any of the provisions of this Ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a class "C" misdemeanor, which
shall be punishable by a fine of not less than Fifty Dollars ($50.00) nor more than Five Hundred
Dollars ($500.00). Each occurrence of any violation of this Ordinance shall constitute a separate
offense.
SECTION 9. Effective Date. This Ordinance will become effective within the corporate city limits
of the City of Cibolo upon the required newspaper publication and the installation of signs
designating "No Through Truck Traffic'.
ORDERED on this 13 day of v> �- 2024.
Mark Allen, Mayor
APPROVED AS TO
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