HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 1986-043 ORDINANCE NO. 86-43
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF GRAPEVINE,
TEXAS, AMENDING CHAPTER 23, SECTION 26,
OF THE CITY CODE OF GRAPEVINE, TEXAS, BY
SPECIFYING THE REASONABLE AND PRUDENT
SPEED FOR PUBLIC STREETS AND ALLEYS
WITHIN THE CITY; AUTHORIZING THE EREC-
TION OF TRAFFIC REGULATION SIGNS;
REPEALING CONFLICTING ORDINANCES; PRO-
VIDING A PENALTY NOT TO EXCEED THE SUM
;,�„ OF TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS ($200 . 00) AND A
SEPARATE OFFENSE SHALL BE DEEMED COM-
MITTED UPON EACH DAY DURING OR ON WHICH
A VIOLATION OCCURS; PROVIDING A SEVER-
ABILITY; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GRAPEVINE,
TEXAS :
Section 1 . City Code Chapter 23, Section 26, Speed Limits
on Certain Public Streets�. Upon the basis of an engineering and
traffic investigation heretofore made as authorized by the
provisions of Section 167 and 169 Article XIX, V.T.C.S. , 6701d,
Uniform Act Regulating Traffic on Highways, the following prima
facie speed limits are hereafter indicated for vehicles and 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 public streets and
highways, or parts thereof, of the City, said speed limit to be
in force and effect unless otherwise limited as prescribed by the
��ry` provisions of this ordinance. The streets and highways hereby
regulated, and the maximum prima facie speed limits thereof, are
as follows :
A. On Dove Road from Kimball Road to Cimarron Trail at 40
miles per hour.
B. On Dove Road from Cimarron Trail to Park Boulevard at
30 miles per hour.
Section 2 . That the City Manager, or his agent, is hereby
authorized to have speed limit signs erected, constructed, and
placed at such points along said highways, streets , or alleys, or
portions thereof under construction, maintenance, or repair, so
that travelers will be reasonably notified of said traffic
regulations.
Section 3 . That all ordinances or any parts thereof in
conflict with the terms of this ordinance shall be and hereby are
deemed repealed and of no force or effect provided, however, that
the ordinance or ordinances under which the cases currently filed
and pending in the Municipal Court of the City of Grapevine,
Texas , shall be deemed repealed only when all such cases filed
and pending under such ordinance or ordinances have been disposed
"�'"� of by a final conviction or a finding not guilty of nolo con-
�tendere, or dismissal.
+��� Section 4 . Any person, firm, or corporation violating any
of the provisions of this ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a
misdemeanor, and upon conviction in the Municipal Court, shall be
fined in an amount not to exceed the sum of Two Hundred Dollars
($200 . 00) for each offense and a separate offense shall be deemed
committed upon each day during or on which a violation occurs.
Section 5. If any section, paragraph, subdivision, clause,
phrase, or provisions of this ordinance shall be judged invalid
or unconstitutional, the same shall not affect the validity of
this ordinance as a whole or any portion thereof other than that
portion so decided to be invalid or unconstitutional.
Section 6 . The fact that the traffic regulations of the
City of Grapevine, Texas do not adequately regulate the traffic
within the City creates an urgency and an emergency and the
preservation of the public health, safety, and �elfare requires
that this ordinance shall take effect immediately from and after
its passage and the publication of the caption of said ordinance
as the law and the City Charter in such cases provides.
PASSED AND APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
GRAPEVINE, TEXAS on this the lst day of July, 1986 .
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APPROVED:
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Mayor
ATTEST:
City Secretary
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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