HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 1974-024 OKDINANCE NO. �4-2�
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING 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
WESTBOUND LANE FROM STATION 581+39.77 TO 342+94
EASTBOUND LANE FROM STATION 344+23 to 581+39.77 �
�� PROVIDING FOR THE REPEAL OF CONFLICTING ORDINANCE
"�"°� PROVISIONS AND FOR THE REPEAL OF CONFLICTING
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PROVISIONS OF THE CITY CODE OF GRAPEVINE, TEXAS;
PROVIDING FOR SIGNS; PROVIDING FOR A PENALTY;
PROVIDING FOR A SAVINGS CLAUSE; AND DECLARING AN
EMERGENCY.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF 'I�-i 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:
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"Speed greater than F IF TY-FI VE (5� miles �e� hour
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on designated streets not rea sonable 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 highway
set forth below in the City of Grapevine, Texas, is not reasonable 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 and�or the laws of the State of Texas, no person
� shall operate or drive any vehicle on the public streets, roadways or highways
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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
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ordinance or subsequent ordinance, and any speed in excess of F IFTY-F rvE
( �5 ) 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.
Street Portion of street Speed Lim�t
(Name of street) BetweenSTATION 581+38, 77 55 M. P,H.
SH 114 and STATION 342+94 and between
. STATION 344+23 to STATION 581+39. 77
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SECTION 2. This ordinance repeals those provisions, and only those
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provisions, of all ordirn nces and sections of the City Code of Grapevine, Texas, .
in conflict with the provisions hereof, but shall in no �i�a�T r�peal any provisions
of any ordinance or section of the City Code of Grapevine, Texas, establishing
a "School Zone" in an area covered b5� this ordinance,
SECTION 3. The City Manager is h�reby directed to cause appropriate
signs to be posted at reasonable inter��als to apprise the public of the speed
limit and give them notice thereof.
�- = SECTION 4, Any person violating or failing to comply with any provisions
�,�,:,, of this ordinance shall be fined upon conviction not less than One Dollar
(�1. 00) nor more than Two Hundred Dollars (�200. 00).
SECTION 5. It is hereby declared to be the intention of the City Council
of the City of Grapevine, Texas, that the sections, para�rap'�s, s�n�ences,
clauses and phrases of this ordinance are severable and if any phrase, clause,
sentence, paragraph or section hereof should bP declared unc�nstit>>r;c,nal, s►�ch
unconstitutionality or invalidity shall not affect any of the remaining phrases,
clauses, sentences, paragraphs or sections of this ordinance, since the same
would have been enacted by the Gity Council without the incorporation in this
�` � ordinance of any such unconstitutional or invalid phrase, clause, sentence;
"�`' paragraph or section.
SECTION 6. The fact that..that the City Code of Grapevine, Texas,
and other ordinances and regulations of the City of Grapevine, Texas, are
inadequate to control the speed of vehicles within the corporate limits of the
CitS� of Grapevine, Texas, creates an emergency for the immediate preservation
of the public business, property, health, safety, and genei-al welfare of the
public which requires that this ordinance shall become effective from and after
the date of its passage as provided by the Charter of the City of Grapevine,
Texa s, and it i s a ccordingly so orda ined,
�.� PASSED AND APPROVED by the City Council of the City of Grapevine,
�,�, Texas, this the 16 day of JULY , 19 �4 ,
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