HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 1986-065 ORDINANCE NO. 86-65
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; AMENDING CHAPTER 23,
SECTION 30 BY ADDING STOP SIGNS AT
CERTAIN LOCATIONS DESCRIBED HEREIN;
AMENDING CHAPTER 23 , SECTION 63 BY
,�,, PROHIBITING PARKING AT CERTAIN LOCATIONS
DESCRIBED HEREIN; AUTHORIZING THE
ERECTION OF TRAFFIC REGULATION SIGNS;
REPEALING CONFLICTING ORDINANCES,
PROVIDING A PENALTY NOT TO EXCEED THE
SUM OF TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS ($200 . 00) AND
A SEPARATE OFFENSE SHALL BE DEEMED
COMMITTED UPON EACH DAY DURING OR ON
WHICH A VIOLATION OCCURS; PROVIDING A
SEVERABILITY; 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 a rate of speed indicated
for vehicles traveling upon the named public streets and high-
� ways, or parts thereof, of the City, said speed limit to be in
force and effect unless otherwise limited as prescribed by the
provisions of this ordinance. The streets and highways hereby
regulated, and the maximum prima facie speed limits thereof, are
as follows :
REDBIRD LANE
On Redbird Lane from the intersection of Kimball Road north
to the end of Redbird Lane, at 20 miles per hour.
Section 2 . That the City Code of the City of Grapevine,
Texas, Chapter 23, Section 30 , is hereby amended by adding stop
signs at the following described locations:
(415) BROOKHOLLOW ESTATES
(i) On northbound Lucas Drive at Shady Brook Drive.
(j ) On southbound Lucas Drive at Shady Brook Drive.
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(c) On northbound Baze Road at Hughes Road.
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(442) LOCATIONS NOT WITHIN NAMED SUBDIVISIONS
(oo) On southbound Baze Road at Glade Road.
Section 3 . That the City Code of the City of Grapevine,
Texas, Chapter 23 , Section 63 , is hereby amended to include the
following No Parking designations and restrictions:
A. SOUTH MAIN STREET, east side, no parking between Vine
Street and State Highway 114 Access Road.
B. VINE STREET, both sides , no truck parking between South
Main Street and Airline Drive.
Section 4 . 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.
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Section 5 . 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 6 . 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 7 . 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 8 . 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 welfare 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 7th day of October, 1986 .
APPROVED:
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Mayor
ATTEST:
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Cit Secretary
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
City ttorney