HomeMy WebLinkAbout2017-O-01 - Speed Zone FM 914Speed Zone FM 914ORDINANCE NO. 2017-0-01
SPEED ZONE ORDINANCE
AN ORDINANCE ALTERING THE PRIMA FACJE SPEED LIMITS ESTABLISHED FOR VEHICLES UNDER THE
PROVISIONS OFTHE TRANSPORTATION CODE, CHAPTER 545, SECTION 545.356, 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 YOUR CITY NAME HERE AS SET OUT IN THE
ORDINANCE: AND PROVIDING A PENALTY OF A FINE NOT TO EXCEED $500.00 FOR VIOLATION OF THIS
ORDINANCE.
WHEREAS, the Texas Transportation Code, Chapter 545 Paragraph 545.356, 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 the Texas Transportation Code, Chapter 545, Paragraph
545.356, 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: 550-3
Highway: FM 914
City: Stephenville
County: Erath
• MP 0.000 to MP 0.302; 0.302 miles zoned at 45 mph
• MP 0.302 to MP 0.738; 0.436 miles zoned at 50 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 five -
hundred ($500.00) dollars.
This ordinance modifies previous ordinances pertaining to the above referenced highway.
Speed Zone Ordinance
February 7, 2017 - pg. 1
Passed and Approved this 71b day of February, 2017.
Jeri
er K. a don II, Mayor
ATTEST:
Interim City Administrator
Approved as to form and legality
Randy Thomas, City Attorney
Speed Zone Ordinance
February 7, 2017 - pg. 2