HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 1987-076 o�nv�uvc� No. s�-�h
AN ORDINANCE ANNIELVLVDING TI� CITY CODE OF TI�
CITY OF GRAPEVINE, TEXAS, BY AMII�iDING
APPEE[�JJDIX E, ARTICLE I, STANDARDS OF
DFSIQ�1, ITEM 2.3 RELATIVE TO HORIZONTAL
CURVE LIMITATIONS AND ITII�I 2.11 RII�ATIVE
TO STRF�E'r GRADES; PROVIDING A PENALTY NOT
, TO EXCEID THE SUM OF 'I'WO HUNDRID DOT,T,ARS
($200.00) AND A SEPARATE OFFENSE SHALL BE
DEENIED CODM'1_ZTTID UPON EACH DAY DURING OR
. ,�n , ON WHICH A VIOLATION OCCURS; PROVIDING A
SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; DDCI,ARING AN
EMERGE[�TCY AND PROVIDING AN EFFECI'IVE DATE
BE IT ORDAINID BY TI� CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GRAPEVINE, 'I�A.S:
Section 1. That the Grapevine City Code be, and the same is, hereby
. amended by amending Appendix E, Article I, Standards of Design, Item 2.3
relative to Horizontal Curve Limitations shall read as follows:
"2.3. Horizontal curve limitations: The minim�un radii at the
centerline of the street shall be in accordance with the
following tabulation:
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Minimum radii
; Major thoroughfare, 'I�pe A & B 2,000 feet
! Major thoroughfare, Type C & D 1,125 feet
' Collector street 800 feet
Residential street 300 feet
Any deviation frcan these minimtBn radii shall be in accordance with
"A Policy on Gec�metric Design of Highways and Streets", 1984, by the
American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials."
Section 2. That the Grapevine City Code be, and the same is, hereby
amended by amendi.ng Appendix E, Article I, Standards of Design, Item 2.11
relative to Street Grades shall read as follows:
"2.11. Street grades: Thoroughfare streets may have a maximiun grade
of five (5) percent, unless the natural topoqraphy is such as
to require steeper grades, in which case a seven and one-half
(7�) percent grade may be used for a maximLun continuous
distance of twr� hundred (200) feet. Collector streets may
have a maximtun grade of seven and one-half (7�) percent.
Residential streets may have a maxim�n grade of ten (10)
percent, unless otherwise approved by the City where the
natural topography is such as to require steeper grades. All
streets must have a minimum grade of at least one-half of one
(.5) percent. Centerline grade changes with algebraic
difference greater than one (1) percent shall be connected
with vertical curves in canpliance with the requirements set
forth in "A Policy on Geometric Design of Highways and
Streets," 1984, American Association of State Highway and
' ' Transportation Officials. The design speed shall be in
accordance with the tabulation below:
�W=::-� Major thoroughfare, 'I�pe A & B 55 miles per hour
Major thoroughfare, Type C & D 45 miles per hour
Collector streets 40 miles per hour
Residential streets 30 miles per hour"
Section 3. 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 a siun not to exceed Ztao Hundred ($200.00) for each offense and a
separate offense shall be deemed cammitted upon each day during or on which a
violation occurs or continues.
Section 4. If any section, article, paragraph, sentence, clause, phrase
or word in this ordinance, or application thereof to any person or
circiunstance, is held invalid or unconstitutional by a Court of competent
jurisdiction, such holding shall not affect the validity of the remaining
portions of the ordinance, and the City Council hereby declares it would have
passed such remaining of the ordinance despite such invalidity, which
remaining portions shall remain in full force and effect.
Section 5. The fact that the present ordinances and regulations of the
���= City of Grapevine, Texas, are inadequate to properly safeguard the health,
safety, morals, peace, and general welfare of the inhabitants of the City of
Grapevi.ne, Texas, creates an emergency for the inmiediate preservation of
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public business, property, health, safety, and general welfare of the public
which requires that this ordinance shall becane effective from and after the
date of its passage and it is accordingly so ordained.
PASSID AND APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF Tf� CITY OF GRAPEVINE, TEXAS
on this the 1 �th day of November , 1987.
APPROVED:
Mayor �
ATTEST:
' City ecretary
. _ APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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City Attorney
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