HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 1979-042 CITY OF GRAPEVINE
ORDINANCE NO. 79-42
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF GRAPEVINE ,
TEXAS , REGULATING THE SPEED OF VEHICLES
WITHIN THE CITY ; SPECIFYING THE REASONABLE
AND PRUDENT SPEED FOR PUBLIC STREETS AND
ALLEYS WITHIN THE CITY;AUTHORIZING THE
ERECTION OF TRAFFIC REGULATION SIGNS ;RE-
PEALING CONFLICTING ORDINANCES ;PROVIDING
FOR A PENALTY OF FINE NOT TO EXCEED TWO
HUNDRED($200 . 00) DOLLARS FOR EACH OFFENSE;
PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE ;AND DE-
CLARING 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 vehicle of any kind upon a public street, alley,
highway, or parkway within the corporate limits of the City of Grape-
vine , 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 provided by subsequent sections of this ordinance or other
ordinances , 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 Grape-
vine 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 so 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.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 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 and Location Speed Limit
North and South Bound on Tanglewood
Drive between the North Line of the 20 MPH
Oak Creek Addition and Mustang Drive
Section 3 . That the City Code of the City of Grapevine ,
Texas , Section 23-30 is hereby amended by adding a stop sign at
the following location:
on Tanglewood Drive at Mustang Drive
Section 4. 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 alley is under maintenance ,
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 5 . 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 6 . 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 contendere, or dismissal.
Section 7 . 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 8 . 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 9 . 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 requires that this ordinance shall
take effect immediately from and after its passage and the publication
opte of the caption of said ordinance as the law and the City Charter in
such cases provides .
DULY PASSED by the City Council of the City of Grapevine ,
Texas , on this the 21 day of august , 1979 .
Mayor , City o Grapevine ,Texas
ATTEST:
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City ecr- a
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
City Attorney