(A) For the purpose of this title, the following definition shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
TOWN. The Town of Holiday Lakes, in Brazoria County, Texas.
(B) The definitions set forth in the Local Government Code are hereby incorporated herein by reference and made a part hereof as if copied in full at this point in this title.
(C) When required by the context, in the construction of this title the singular shall include the plural number and conversely the masculine shall include the feminine and neuter genders and the use of a word in one tense shall be construed to include any other tenses of the same word.
(D) In any prosecution in the Municipal Court of the town or any other court of competent jurisdiction, the complaint charging the violation of this title need not negative any exception or affirmative defense but the existence of the same may be raised in any such prosecution by any defendant by way of defense.
(E) Any action tried in the Municipal Court of the town or any other court of competent jurisdiction, proof of the existence of any speed limit sign on or along side any public street within the corporate limits of the town shall constitute prima facie proof of all facts necessary to establish the proper and lawful designation of the speed limit thereon stated at such place and the proper and lawful installation of such sign by competent authority.
(F) Any action tried in the Municipal Court of the town or any other court of competent jurisdiction, proof of the existence of any traffic-control device or any traffic-control signal, as those terms are defined in the Texas Manual of Traffic Control Devices, and Authorized in Title 43 TAC Ch. 25.1, on or alongside any street in the town shall constitute prima facie proof of all facts necessary to establish the proper and lawful installation of such device or signal at such place by competent jurisdiction.
(G) Prima facie proof herein provided for may be rebutted by any party to any action tried in the Municipal Court of the town or any other court of competent jurisdiction.
(Ord. 82-11, passed 3-30-1982; Ord. 2017-05, passed 8-15-2017)