HomeMy WebLinkAbout1999-O-12 - Altering Prima Facie SpeedORDINANCE NO. 1999 - 12
SPEED ZONE ORDINANCE
AN ORDINANCE ALTERING THE PRIMA FACIE SPEED LIMITS
ESTABLISHED FOR VEHICLES UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 167
AND 169 OF ARTICLE XIX,R.C.S. 6701d, UNIFORM ACT REGULATING
TRAFFIC ON HIGHWAYS, UPON THE BASIS OF AN ENGINEERING AND
TRAFFIC INVESTIGATION UPON CERTAIN STREETS AND HIGHWAYS, OR
PARTS THEREOF, WITHIN THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE CITY OF
STEPHENVILLE AS SET OUT IN THE ORDINANCE: AND PROVIDING A
PENALTY OF A FINE NOT TO EXCEED $200.00 FOR VIOLATION OF THEIS
ORDINANCE.
WHEREAS, Section 167 and 169 of Article XIX, R.C.S. 6701d, Uniform Act Regulating
Traffic on Highways, provides that whenever the governing body of the City shall
determine upon the basis of an engineering and traffic investigation that any prima facie
speed therein set forth is greater or less than is reasonable or safe under the conditions
found to exist at any intersection or other place or upon any part of a street or highway,
with the City taking into consideration the width and condition of the pavement and other
circumstances on such portion of said street or highway, as well as the usual traffic
thereon, said governing body may determine and declare a reasonable and safe prima
facie speed limit there at or thereon by the passage of an ordinance, which shall be
effective when appropriate signs giving notice thereof are erected at such intersection or
other place or part of the street or highway, now therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF STEPHENVILLE,
TEXAS:
Section 1. Upon the basis of an engineering and traffic investigation heretofore made as
authorized by the provisions of Section 167 and 169 of Article XIX, R.C.S. 6701d,
Uniform Act Regulating Traffic on Highways, the following prima facie speed limits
hereafter indicated for vehicles are hereby determined and declared to be reasonable and
safe; and such speed limits are hereby fixed at the rate of speed indicated for vehicles
traveling upon the named streets and highways, or parts thereof, described as follows:
Control & Section': 1990 - 001
Street : Harbin Drive
County: Erath
Harbin Drive is zoned at 40 miles per hour from FM 988 to US 377/67.
Section 2. Any person violating any of the provisions of this ordinance shall be deemed
guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not more
than two hundred dollars ($200.00).
This ordinance modifies previous ordinances pertaining to the above -referenced highway.
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PASSED and APPROVED this 15th day of June 1999.
ATTEST:
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Cindy L. * fford, UU - —
City�Seccretaaryn
Reviewed by Donald B. Davis
Approved as to form and legality
Randy Thomas, City Attorney
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