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Home My WebLink AboutORD 2005-053 ORDINANCE NO. 2005-53 � � AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GRAPEVINE, TEXAS AMENDING THE GRAPEVINE CODE OF ORDINANCES, CHAPTER 23 TRAFFIC, SECTION 23-26 SCHEDULES FOR CERTAIN PUBLIC STREETS AND WAYS, ALTERING THE PRIMA FACIE SPEED LIMITS ESTABLISHED FOR VEHICLES UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF SECTIONS 167 AND 169 OF ARTICLE XIX, R.C.S. 6701 d, UNIFORM ACT REGULATING TRAFFIC ON HIGHWAYS, UPON THE BASIS OF AN ENGINEERING AND TRAFFIC INVESTIGATION UPON CERTAIN STREETS AND HIGHWAYS, OR PARTS THEREOF, WITHIN THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE CITY OF GRAPEVINE AS SET OUT IN THE ORDINANCE; AUTHORIZING THE ERECTION OF TRAFFIC REGULATION SIGNS; REPEALING CONFLICTING ORDINANCES; PROVIDING A PENALTY OF FINE NOT TO EXCEED THE SUM OF FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($500.00) FOR EACH OFFENSE AND A SEPARATE OFFENSE SHALL BE DEEMED - COMMITTED EACH DAY DURING OR ON WHICH AN OFFENSE OCCURS OR CONTINUES; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; DECLARING AN EMERGENCY AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE WHEREAS, Sections 167 and 169 of Article XIX, R.C.S. 6701 d, Uniform Act Regulating Traffic on Highways, provide that whenever the governing body of the City shall determine 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 under the conditions found to exist at any intersection or other place or upon any part of a street or highway, with the City taking into consideration the width and condition of the pavement and other circumstances on such portion 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 intersection or other place or part of the street or highway. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GRAPEVINE, TEXAS: ;�.,� Section 1. That Chapter 23 Traffic, Section 23-26 Schedule for Certain Public Streets and Ways of the Grapevine Code of Ordinances is hereby amended upon the �.� basis of an engineering and traffic investigation heretofore made as authorized by the provisions of Sections 167 and 169 of Article XIX, R.C.S. 6701d, Uniform Act. �� ' Section 2. That Section 23-26 is hereby amended by deleting the following sections: "Bethel Road" "FM 157, control 747-3" "Fairway Drive detou►'' "Loop 382, Control 353-T' "Mustang Drive: (c) from State Highway 121 frontage road to South Main Street...35" "Parr Road" "School Access RoaaP' "SH 114, Control Section 353-03" "SH 121, Control 743-3 (Connection B)" "Spur 382 (Northwest Highway)" "State Highway 26, Control Section 364-6, Tarrant Count,�' Section 3. That Section 23-26 is hereby amended by the addition of the following sections: "Bass Pro Drive, between State Highway 26 and the Coppell City Limits...40" "Northwest Highway(Business 114) (a) from Grapevine-Southlake City limits to Dooley Street, both directions...40 (b) from Dooley Street to Ruth Wall Street, both directions...45" "Parr Lane, from the intersection of Parr Road and Parr Lane east to the ' � east terminus of Parr Lane...20" � ORD. NO. 2005-53 2 _ "Texan Trail(Business 114L), from Ruth Wall Street to the north frontage road of State Highway 114, both directions...45" *N ' Section 4. That Section 23-26 is hereby amended by amending the following sections to read as follows: "Anderson Gibson Road, both sides, entire section...25" "Dallas Road, from William D. Tate Avenue to Texan Trai1...40" "Dove Road: (b) from Cimarron Trail to Dove Loop...35" "Hall-Johnson Road, from Pool Road to State Highway 121...35" "Park Boulevard, from Dove Road to Northwest Highway, both directions...40" "SH 114: (a) Eastbound lane: From station 344+23 (Grapevine-Southlake city Y limits on eastbound lane) easterly 4.492 miles to station 581+39.77 (Grapevine city limits; also Tarrant-Dallas county �-� line)...60 (b) Westbound lane: From station 581+39.77 (Grapevine city limits; also Tarrant-Dallas county line) westerly 4.516 miles to station 342+94 (Grapevine-Southlake city limits on westbound lane)... 60" "Spur 103, Control 363-4: (a) from station 3+75 (intersection of Hudgins Street and Main Street) southerly 0.230 mile to station 15+90...30 (b) from station 15+90 (0.230 mile south of intersection of Hudgins Street and Main Street) southerly 0.540 mile to station 44+39 (intersection of Spur 103 with South Frontage Road of SH 114)...40" "William D. Tate Avenue: ,,:. .� (a) from Ira E. Woods Avenue to the south right-of-way line of State Highway 114...35 �. ..� ORD. NO. 2005-53 3 (b) from State Highway 114 south right-of-way line to Mustang Drive...40" Section 5. That the City Manager, or his agent, is hereby authorized to have the proper traffic 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 6. 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 of not guilty, nolo contendere, or dismissal. Section 7. That 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 Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) for each offense and a separate offense shall be deemed committed each day during or on which an offense occurs or continues. Section 8. If any section, article, paragraph, sentence, clause, phrase or word in the ordinance, or application thereto any person or circumstance is held invalid or unconstitutional by a Court of competent jurisdiction, such holding shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this ordinance; and the City Council hereby declares it would have passed such remaining portions of this ordinance despite such invalidity, which remaining portions shall remain in full force and effect. Section 9. The fact that the present ordinances and regulations of the City of Grapevine, Texas do not adequately regulate the traffic within the City creates an emergency and the preservation of the public health, safety, and welfare requires that this ordinance take effect immediately from and after the date of its passage. PASSED AND APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GRAPEVINE, TEXAS on this the 5th day of July, 2005. APPROVED: ��T S�,/�"�--- �..,� William D. Tate i fdlayor �ra.:�: ORD. NO. 2005-53 4 ATTEST: L d Huff City Secretary APPROVED AS TO FORM: �-2-, John F. Boyle, Jr. City Attorney �,,,�� ORD. NO. 2oo5-s3 5