HomeMy WebLinkAbout1994-O-07 - Speed Zone OrdinanceORDINANCE NO. 1994-7
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 THIS 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
thereat 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:
From Station 852+58.5, northeast 3.424 miles to Station
147+07, zoned at 45 MPH.
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 supersedes all previous ordinances pertaining to the
above -referenced highway.
PASSED and APPROVED this 5th day of May, 1994.
APPROVED:
Lavinia Lohi ann, Mayor
ATTEST:
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City cretary
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Reviewed by Donald B. Davis,
City Administrator
Approved as to form and legality
Randy Thomas, City Attorney
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