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HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 1980-060 ORDINANCE NO. 80-60 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, BY IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GRAPEVINE, TEXAS : Section l. General Speed Limits (a) No person shall drive as defined by State Law a motorcycle, bicycle, motor driven cycle, motor-assisted cycle, or any other vehicle of any kind upon a public street, alley, highway, 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 oper- ate or drive any motor vehicle or other vehicle on any street within the City of Grapevine, at a speed greater than thirty (30) miles per hour, unless otherwise provid- �" ed by subsequent sections of this ordinance or other or- dinances , and any speed in excess of thirty (30) miles '�, per hour, unless otherwise provided by subsequent sections of this ordinance 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 potential hazards then existing. In every event speed shall be controlled as may be necessary to avoid colliding with any person, vehicle or other conveyance on or entering the highway in compliance with legal requirements and the duty of all persons to use due care. Section 2. 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.A.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 thereof, of the City, said speed � limit to be in force and effect unless otherwise limited as pre- � scribed 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 Roaring Springs southbound from Kimball 30 M.P.H. Willow Creek Drive southbound from Kimball 30 M.P.H. Trail Lake Drive eastbound from Kimball 30 M.P.H. Sweet Briar Drive eastbound from Kimball 30 M.P.H. 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 portions where such street, highway or a11ey is under main- tenance, 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 hereof under construction, maintenance or repair so that travelers will be reasonably notified of said speed. Section 5. That all ordinances or any par`s thereof in con- flict 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 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 Hundred 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, Texas do not adequately regulate the traffic within the City creates an urgency and an emergency and the preser�ration 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 21st day of October, 1980. APPROVED: �T� � ATTEST: � � City S cr � APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY: City Attorney .�_<.�. �� �