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HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 1975-008 ORDINANCE NO. 75-8 AN ORDINANCE AM�NDING TITLE 9, CHAPTER 3 OF THE CITY CODE OF GRAPEVINE, TEXAS, BY REGULATING THE SPEED OF VEHICLES ON CONTROL 353-03 ,,,,�, SH-114 TARRANT COUNTY ; PROVIDING FOR THE REPEAL OF C�NFLICTING ORDINANCE '�'�'�� PROVISIONS AND FOR THE REPEAL OF CONFLICTING PROVISIONS OF THE CITY CODE OF GRAPEVINE, TEXAS; PROVIDING FOR SIGNS; PROVIDING FOR A PENA LTY; PROVIDING FOR A SAVINGS CLAUSE; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF 7H E CITY OF GRAPEVINE, TEXAS: SECTION 1. That Title 9, Chapter 3 of the City Code of Grapevine, Te�as, be, and the same is hereby amended by adding the following paragraph: �,„ "SpePd brearer than the designated ( } miles per hour on designated streets not reasonable and prudent, " Upon the basis of an engineering and traffic investigation submitted to the City Council, the City Council hereby finds and determines that a maximum prima facie speed limit heretofore set for a public street, roadway or hightivay set forth below in the City of Grapevine, Texas, is not rea sonable or prudent under the conditions found to exist in the City of Grapevine, Texas, at said location, therefore, the City Council hereby finds, determines and declares that - when no special hazard exists that requires a lower speed for compliance with the � provisions of this ordinance andJor the laws of the State of Te�as, no person shall operate or drive any uehicle on the public streets, roadways or highways �f��� set forth below in the City of Grapevine, Texas, at a greater speed than fifty-five ( 55 ) miles per hour, unless otherwise provided by this ordinance or subsequent ordinance, and any speed in excess of fifty-five ( 55 ) miles per hour, unless otherwise provided by this ordinance or subsequent ordinance, shall be prima facie evidence that the speed is not reasonable or prudent and is unlawful. � � f _ � East�ound Lane: � (a) Fro,n SL6ttion 344—'23(Grapevine-Soutnl.ake City L-�;n;_ts on L:sibound lane) easterly 4.492 miies to Station 58�-;-39.77 (Gra;evine City Lim�ts - also T.��rrUr.t-Dalias Cotnty ;ine) at 55 miles per i�oar. ��'est,`,o,:r.d L,� -;e: (a) I'rom Station SUZTJ9.77 (Gra�evine City I,i;iits - also Tr.rr�nt- Dallas County Line) we�terly 4.51b miles to Statio: 342-,94 � (Gra�ev:.^.e—SGut'Clitiice', C'��y I,L;ili.S 011 ti.�eS�DOliriC� 1a..0� ui. �j,5 ii11iC�S '�i?i l;OliY'. • �r,.�, , . ��vr • �,,.,� ii�rwar SF,CTION 2. This ordin,���ce repeals those provi�io��s, �nd o��ly those provisions, of all ordii� nces �nd sections of the City Code of C�-�p�vine, Te�as, in conflict with tlle pro�Tisions hereof, but shall in no «�ay rcpcal any provisions of any ordinai�ce or section of the City Code of Grapc��ine, Texas, establishing �,,, a "Sci�ool Zone" in an area covered by this ordinance, „ S}�C"1-ION 3, rl�he City ��anager is hFreby dzrected to cause appropriate � signs to be posted at reasonable intervals to apprise the public of the speed limit and give them notice thereof. � SECTION 4. Any person violatiilg or failing to coi��ply ��vith any provisions oi this ordinance shall be fined upon c�m�iction not less than One Dollar (�1 . 00) nor more than T�vo Hundred Dollars (�200. 00). SECTION 5. It is hereby declared to be the in�ention of the City Council � of the City of Grapevine, Texas, that the sections, para�raphs, sen�ences, ciauses and phr_ases �f this ordinance are severable and if any phrase, clause, ""�' sentence, paragraph or section hereof should be declared unconstit>>r;nnal, s��ch uncons�itutionality or invalidity shall not affect an5� of the remaining phrases, clauses, sentences, paragraphs or sections of this ordinance, since the same �:�cu;d r�ave been enacted by the City Council without the incorporation in this ordinance of any such u;IconSt��utional oY in��alid phrase, clause, �� 1.tence, paragraph or section. SECl lON b. The fact that_that the City Ca�e of GI-ap�vine, Texas, ,�,� and o�her ordir.a��ces and regulations of the City of Grapevine, Texas, are inauequate to control the speed of vehicles within the corpora�e limits of the City of Grapevine, Texas, creat�s an emergency for the immediate preservation � of the public business, property, health, safety, and general welfare of the public which requires that this ordinance shall become effective from and after the date of its pa ssage a s provided by the Cha rter of the City of G rapevine, �,,, Texas, and it is accordingly so ordained, PASSED AND APPROVED by the City Council of the City of Grapevine, � Texas, this the 18th day of MARCH , 1975 . � �' � .-,• -� ,. . __ _ � /// � /; �._: ,,� --� �f�: __��-, /l /"��.. ''s �� /� -M� Y O R ATTEST: , �.,��, it ecreta ry APPROVED AS TO FORM: �, � �, > C:iiy �icrney