HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 1961-028SPEED ZONE ORDINANCE 00,
AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING MAXIMI LEGAL SPEEDS UPON CERTAIN
HIGIRIAYS AND STREETS OR PARTS THEREOF ITITHIN THE COPYORATE
LBAIT OF THE, CITY OF GFiAR VINE TEXAS s
AS SET FORTH IN THE O Y OF A
FINE NOT TO EXCEED 0 FOR THE VIOLATION OF THIS ORDINANCE
WHEREAS, Section 8 of Article 827a, Vernons Penal Cade of the State
of Texas., provides that whenever the governing body of the City shall deter-
mine
etem` e upon the basis of an engineering and traffic investigation that any prima
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 City, 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 hiway, now there-
fore
BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City o
Graoe `ne Texas
S CTION 1® The following prima facie speed limits hereafter indicated for
vehicles are hereby determined and declared to be reasonable andsafe; and
such speed limits are hereby fixed at the rate of speed indicated for ve—
hicles traveling upon the named streets and highways or parts thereof,
described as follows
State Highway ll
1. From Station 1204 85.88 (one-half mile Northwest of intersection
of S. H. 114, under construction,and existing S. H. 114) Southeast 1,00
mile to Station 1257 65.88 (one-half mile Southeast of intersection
of So H. 114, under construction, and existing S. R, 114), 40 miles per hour.
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SECTION 2. The City Council of the City of Grapevine
declares and fixes the above maxi:mum speed limits and the District Engineer
is hereby authorized to proceed with the erection of the appropriate signs.
SECTIO11 3. It is hereby declared that the construction project on S.H.
Highway No. 114 has necessARANhe enactment of this ordinance-ror —the
safety of th-os-e-Traversing ig
hway No. in the City of
Grapevine Therefore., the above i•lations shall be Un—e-ff—ect
after the passage o=this 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 thereof, at the rate of speed posted prior to the con-
struction. The Highway District Dingineer iiill have the authority to replace
the construction speed zone signs with speed zone signs reestablishing the
speed zonin-,, prior to construction and the placement of such signs shall be
evidence of the governing speed zone or zones. The completion and/or acceptr
ance of the said construction project by the Highway District Enrdneer shall
cancel the provisions of this ordinance and the Highway District Engineer
shall be authorized to remove all such signeei used in compliance with regul-
ations set forth in this ordinance.
SECTION 4. Any ordinance or any part thereof in direct conflict with this
ordinance ie hereby superseded and the part of the ordinance in conflict
herewith shall be null and void so lon- as this ordinance is in effect.
However, any ordinance or part of 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 longer in effect. I
SECTION 5, Any person violating any of the provisions of this ordinance
shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall
be fined in any sum not more than two hundred (4200-00) dollars.
SECTION 6* If any part of this ordinance be declared unconstitutional
or otherwise void by a court of competent jurisdiction., such decision
shall., in no wayeffect 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 or void, if it had known such parts were, uncon-,
stitutional or,void at the time of the passage of this ordinance.
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pAS ED ApTD APPROVED THIS DAY OF
APPROVED:
ATTEST a )ay
City,Se etary
y City Secre f -he� of
Teras s hereby certify that the above
and foregoing ass true and correct copy of an Ordinance duly passed by
the City Council at a meeting held on 1961.
City Se etary