(a) In this section:
(1) CRUISE or CRUISING means to operate a motor vehicle, or to permit the operation of a motor vehicle under one’s care, custody, or control, so as to pass the same traffic control point within a no cruising zone three times within any two-hour period.
(2) NO CRUISING ZONE means any of the following streets or areas:
(A) The area within the West End Historic District bounded by and including the following streets or portions of streets:
STREET
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EXTENT
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Elm Street | Lamar Street to Houston Street |
Houston Street | Elm Street to Ross Avenue |
Ross Avenue | Houston Street to Record Street |
Record Street | Ross Avenue to McKinney Avenue |
McKinney Avenue | Record Street to Lamar Street |
Lamar Street | McKinney Avenue to Elm Street. |
(B) The area within the Deep Ellum District bounded by and including the following streets or portions of streets:
STREET
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EXTENT
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Good-Latimer Expressway | Elm Street to Commerce Street |
Commerce Street | Good-Latimer Expressway to Hall Street |
Hall Street | Commerce Street to Elm Street |
Elm Street | Hall Street to Good-Latimer Expressway. |
(C) The following streets or portions of streets:
STREET
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EXTENT
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Clarendon Drive | Westmoreland Road to Hampton Road |
Hampton Road | Sharon Avenue to Catherine Street |
Westmoreland Road | Sharon Avenue to Brooklyndell Avenue. |
(D) The following streets or portions of streets:
STREET | EXTENT |
Shady Trail | Willowbrook Road to Fabens Road |
Harry Hines Boulevard | Royal Lane to Lombardy Lane |
Walnut Hill Lane | Composite Drive to Harry Hines Boulevard |
Southwell Road | Ables Lane to Harry Hines Boulevard. |
(3) TRAFFIC CONTROL POINT means any point established by the chief of police within a no cruising zone for the purpose of monitoring cruising.
(b) A person commits an offense if:
(1) between 8:00 p.m. and 4:00 a.m. on any day of the week, he cruises in an area marked in accordance with Subsection (e) as a no cruising zone, as defined in Subsection (a)(2)(A) or (a)(2)(B);
(2) between 3:00 p.m. and 1:00 a.m. on any day of the week, he cruises in an area marked in accordance with Subsection (e) as a no cruising zone, as defined in Subsection (a)(2)(C); or
(3) between 4:30 p.m. and 8:00 a.m. on any day of the week, he cruises in an area marked in accordance with Subsection (e) as a no cruising zone, as defined in Subsection (a)(2)(D).
(c) A citation will be issued under Subsection (b) any time after the third passage of the vehicle by the traffic control point.
(d) It is a defense to prosecution under Subsection (b) that the motor vehicle was:
(1) an official public safety or emergency vehicle;
(2) a licensed public transportation vehicle; or
(3) a vehicle being used for business purposes.
(e) The traffic engineer shall mark a no cruising zone by conspicuously posting appropriate signs at each entrance to the zone. (Ord. Nos. 20606; 23616; 25274; 31714)