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HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 1981-077 . ORDINANCE NO. 81-77 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF GRAPE- VINE, TEXAS, REGULATING THE SPEED OF VEHICLES WITHIN THE CITY; SPECI- FYING THE REASONABLE AND PRUDENT SPEED FOR PUBLIC STREETS AND ALLEYS WITHIN THE CITY; AUTHORIZING THE ERECTION OF TRAFFIC REGULATION SIGNS; REPEALING CONFLICTING ORDINANCES; PROVIDING FOR A PENALTY OF FINE NOT TO EXCEED TWO HUNDRED ($200. 00) DOL- LARS 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. General Speed Limits. (a) No person shall drive as defined by State Law a motor vehicle, a motorcycle, bicycle, motor-driven cycle, motor-assisted cycle , or any other vehi�le of any kind upon a public street, alley, high- way, or parkway within the corporate limits of the City of Grapevine, Tarrant County, Texas, at a speed greater than is reasonable and prudent under the circumstances then existing. Except where a special hazard exists that requires lower speeds for compliance with paragraph (b) of this section, no person shall operate or drive any motor vehicle or other vehicle on any street within the City of Grapevine at a greater speed than thirty (30) miles per hour, unless otherwise pro- vided by subsequent sections of this ordinance or other ordi- nances, and any speed in excess of thirty (30) miles per hour, unless otherwise provided by subsequent sections of this ordi- nance or other ordinances, shall be prima facie evidence that the speed is not reasonable or prudent and is unlawful. (b) No person shall drive a vehicle upon a public street or a public alley within the corporation limits of the City of Grapevine at a speed greater than is reasonable and prudent under the conditions and having regard to the actual and poten- tial hazards then existing. In every event speed shall be so controlled as may be necessary to avoid colliding with any per- son, vehicle, or other conveyance on or entering the highway in compliance with legal requirements and the duty of all per- sons to use due care. Section 2. Speed Limits on Certain Public Streets. Upon the basis of an engineering and traffic investigation hereto- fore 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 pub- lic streets and highways, 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 : Streets & Location Speed Limit Park Boulevard: Between Northwest High- 35 m.p.h. way (Spur 382) and Dove Road, Northbound and Southbound Section 3. That when, upon the basis of an engineering and traffic investigation, it is necessary that the speed limit on any street, highway, or alley within the City of Grapevine, because of the maintenance, construction and/or repair of such street, highway, or alley, or portion thereof, be reduced, the City Manager or his agent shall have the authority to erect signs at the beginning, end, and other por- tions where such street, highway, or alley is under mainte- nance, construction and/or repair limiting the speed to the maximum speed determined by the City Manager or his agent, and it is unlawful for any person to operate or drive any motor vehicle within such posted area at a speed in excess of said speed, said speed limit hereby being deemed to be the prima facie evidence of reasonable and prudent maximum speed at which a vehicle may travel on such portions of said street, highway, or alley under construction, maintenance, or repair. Section 4 . That the City Manager or his agent is hereby authorized to have speed limit 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 speed. 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, how- ever, 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 contendere 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 Hun- dred Dollars ($200. 00) for each offense. 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 do not adequately regulate the traffic with- in the City creates an urgency and an emergency and the pre- servation 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 lst day of December, 1981. APPROVED: Mayor ATTEST: City Sec t y APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY: C City Attorney