HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 1982-018 ORDINANCE NO. 82-18
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF GRAPEVINE,
TEXAS , SPECIFYING THE REASONABLE AND
PRUDENT SPEED FOR PUBLIC STREETS AND
ALLEYS WITHIN THE CITY; REPEALING CON-
FLICTING ORDINANCES; PROVIDING FOR A
PENALTY OF FINE NOT TO EXCEED TWO
HUNLRED DOLLARS ($200 . 00 ) FOR EACH
OFFENSE; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY
CLAUSE; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF GRAPEVINE, TEXAS:
Section 1 . Speed Limits on Certain Public Streets.
Upon the basis of an engineering and traffic investigation
heretofore made as authorized by the provisions of Section
169 , V.T.C.S. , 6701d, Uniform Act Regulating Traffic on
Highways , 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 vehicles traveling
upon the named public streets and highways, or parts there-
of, 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 :
Twenty miles per �our (20 m.p.h. ) on the Fairway
Drive detour, more specifically described as
follows :
FROM Station 0 + 00 on center line for the
north end of the Grapevine Dam, along said cen-
ter line S 42° 06 ' 18" E, a distance of 2067 . 87
feet to a point for center line of spillway;
THENCE N 61° 55 ' E, a distance of 1060 feet,
more or less, to a point in the center line of
Fairway Drive;
THENCE Southeasterly a distance 500 feet
along the center line of Fairway Drive to the
point of beginning;
THENCE Northwesterly alor�g the center line
of Fairway Drive 500 feet to a point;
THENCE S 56° 50 ' W, a distance of 458 feet,
more or less, to a point for the beginning of a
curve to the right;
THENCE along the arc of said curve to the
right (Central Angle = 67° 45 ' , Tangent = 105 . 65
feet, Radius = 100 . 00 feet) , 118 . 25 to a point
for end of said curve;
THENCE N 55° 25 ' W, 175 . 42 feet to a point
for the beginning of a curve to the right;
THENCE along the arc of said curve to the
right (Central Angle = 93° 09 ' , Tangent = 105 . 65
feet, Radius = 100 . 00 feet) , 162 . 58 to a point
for end of said curve;
THENCE N 37° 44 ' E, 500 feet, more or less , to
a point situated in the center line of Fairway Drive;
THENCE Northwesterly a distance of 500 feet to
the end of line.
Section 2 . That the City Manager, or his agent, is
hereby authorized to have speed limit signs erected, con-
structed, 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 speed.
Section 3. 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 pro-
vided, 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 ordi-
nance or ordinances have been disposed of by a final con-
viction or a finding not guilty of nolo contendere, or
dismissal.
Section 4 . 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 Munici-
pal Court, shall be fined in an amount not to exceed the
sum of Two Hundred Dollars ($200 . 00) for each offense.
Section 5. If any section, paragraph, subdivision,
clause, phrase , or provisions of this ordinance shall be
judged invalid or unco�stitutional , 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 6 . The fact that the traffic regulations of
the City of Grapevine 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 re-
quires that this ordinance shall take effect immediately
from and after its passage and the publication of the cap-
tion 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 20th day of April , 1982 .
APPROVED:
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Mayor
ATTEST:
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City Secr ar
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY:
City Attorney