HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 1961-026�x SPEED ZONE ORDINANCE
AN ORDINANCE ESTABL HINGT41` LEGAL SPEEDS UPON CERTAIN
HIGIMAY'S AND STREETS OR FARTS THEREOF iIITHIN THE CORPORATE
LIMIT OF THE, CITY OF GRAPEVINE , TEM.,
AS SET FORTH IN THE O 1\ %TY OF A
FINE NOT TO EXCEED 200 FOR. THE VIOLATION OF THIS ORDINANCE
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IR,EA.S, Section 8 of .Article 827a, Vernons Penal. Code of the State
of Texas., provides that whenever the governing body of the City shall deter-
mine
eterm' e upon the bads of an engineering and traffic investigation that any puma
facie speed therein set forth is greater or less than is reasonable or safe
der the conditions found to exist at any Intersection or other place or upon
any part of a street or highway within the Cite taking into consideration
the width and condition of the pavement and other circumstances on such por-
tion 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 intersections or other place or part of the street or hi way, now there-
fore.,
BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of
Grapevine , Texas
S CTION 1® 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 ve-
hicles traveling upon the named streets and hig%salrs or parts thereof
described as follows.-
U.
ollowsU. S, Highway 121.
1. From Station 385*72.4 (one-half mile West of intersection of
S. H. 114, der constru.ction, and U. S. Hwy. 121) East 1.0 mile to
Station. 08+52.4 (one-half mile East of intersection of S. H. 114,
under construction, and. U. S. Highway 1.21), 40 wiles per hoar.
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SECTION 2. The City Council of the City of Grapevine
•' and fixes the .•r maximum speed limits and the District Engineer'
is hereby authorized to proceed with the erection • the s• signal
SECTION 3. It is hereby •- that the construction project • S H
Highway No. 11-4 has necessitated the enactment of this ordinanc�__tot""Ehe
safety of t1i6setraversing S-H.___�Highway No* 121 in the City of
woevinp Thererore., the above 7e—gulations shall be in eFf—ect
passage o s ordinance and the erection of the proper signs; and,,
this shall remain in effect until the completion and acceptance of the said
construction project by the Highway District Engineer or until such time as
the construction project has progressed to a stage whereby., in the opinion
of the Highway District Engineer, traffic may safely travel the construction
project, or portions thereofj at the rate of speed posted prior to the con-
struction. The Highway District Engineer iAll have the authority to replace
the construction speed zone signs with speed zone signs reestablishing the
speed zoning prior to construction and the placement of such signs shall be
evidence of the governing speed zone or zones,. The completion and/or accept-
ance of the said construction project by the Highway District Enrineer shall
cancel the provisions of this ordinance and the Highway District Engineer
shall be authorized to remove all such signes used in compliance with regul.-!
ations set forth in this ordliq.nce.
SECTION 4. Any ordinance or any • thereof in • conflict with this
ordinance is hereby superseded and the part of the ordinance in conflict
herewith shall
• null and void so lono- as this ordinance is in effect.
However., any ordinance • •. • an ordinance superseded by this ordinance
shall automatically be reinstated in force upon the date of completion
and/or acceptance of the said construction project., when this ordinance
is no • in effect.
SECTIO14 5. Any person violating any of the provisions of this ordinance
shall be deemed Fuilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall
• fined in any sum not more than • hundred (�200-00) •!
SECTION 6. If any • • this ordinance be declared unconstitutional
or • void • a court • competent jurisdiction., such decision
shall, in no way, effect the validity of any of the remaining, parts of
this ordinance unless the part held unconsititutional or void is insepa-
ble from_, and indispenaable to., the operation of the remaining parts.
The City Council hereby declares that it would have passed those parts
of this ordinance which are valid and would have omitted any parts which
may be unconstitutional • void, if it had known such parts nTere uncon-,,
stitutional or -void at the time of the passage of this ordinance.
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PASSED P t 1 bLl iJ .t D l HIS S.J,Ci 1 �l' .L i
PASSED ,�.t�TD
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APPROVED:
City Secretary of the City of
a
Texas.. hereby certify that the above
and foregoing is a true and correct copy of are Ordinance duly passed by
the City Council at a meeting held on � 196
City Seer aAy