HomeMy WebLinkAbout1985-O-04 - Speed Zone OrdinanceORDINANCE NO. 1985 -4
SPEED ZONE ORDINANCE
AN ORDINANCE ALTERING THE PRIMA FACIE SPEED LIMITS
ESTABLISHED FOR VEHICLES UNDER 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 PART 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 when-
ever 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 reaso-
nable 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 govern
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, not therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF STEPHENVILLE,
TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Upon on 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. % &)!D, 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 tra-
veling upon the named streets and highways, or parts thereof,
described as follows:
The present 55 miles per hour zone from station 116 + 91.1
to station 73.00 will be reduced to 45 miles per hour.
SECTION 2. Any person violating any of the provisions of this
ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon con-
viction thereof shall be fined in any sum not more than two -
hundred ($200.00) dollars.
This ordinance supersedes all previous ordinances pertaining to
the above referenced highway.
PASSED AND APPROVED this 5th day of March, 1985.
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Secretary
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David Clayton, Mayor