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Home My WebLink AboutORD 1974-022 ORDINANCE NO. �4-2� AN ORDINANCE AMENDING TITLE 9, CHAPTER 3 OF THE CITY CODE OF GRAPEVINE, TEXAS, BY REGULATING THE SPEED OF VEHICLES �N CONTROL 353-07 LOOP 382 TARRANT COUNTY ; "'� PROVIDING FOR THE REPEAL OF CONFLICTING ORDINANCE �� PROVISIONS AND FOR THE REPEAL OF CONFLICTING PROVISIONS OF THE CITY CODE OF GRAPEVINE, TEXAS; PROVIDING FOR SIGNS; PROVIDING FOR A PENALTY; PROVIDING FOR A SAVINGS CLAUSE; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF ']�-I E CITY OF GRAPEVINE, TEXAS: SECTION 1. That Title 9, Chapter 3 of the City Code of Grapevine, Texas, be, and the same is hereby amended by adding the following paragraph: �. . "Speed greater than the designated O miles per hour �. N on designated streets not rea sonable and prudent, " Upon the basis of an engineering and traffic investigation submitted to the City Council, the City Council hereby finds and determines that a maximum prima facie speed limit heretofore set for a public street, roadway or highway set forth below in the City of Grapevine, Texas, is not reasonable or prudent under the conditions found to exist in the City of Grapevine, Texas, at said location, therefore, the City Council hereby finds, determines and declares that ' � when no special hazard exists that requires a lower speed for compliance with the provisions of this ordinance and�or the laws of the State of Texas, no person �-.r� shall operate or drive any vehicle on the public streets, roadways or highways .�,,:� set forth below in the City of Grapevine, Texas, at a greater speed than F if ty-�i ve ( s5 ) miles per hour, unless otherwise provided by this ordinance or subsequent ordinance, and any speed in excess of fifty-fi�e ( 55 ) miles per hour, unless otherwise provided by this ordinance or subsequent ordinance, shall be prima facie evidence that the speed is not reasonable or prudent and is unlawful, ,�-� �� [a] From Station 568+06. 694 [Beginning o� Airport Control ) northwesterly 1 . 161 miles to Station 1315+00 [Approx. 900° north o� the St. Louis E Soutl-iwestern Railroad] at 45 miles per hour. [b] From Station 1315+00 northwesterly 0. 347 mile to Station 1334+76 [Intersection with SH-121 Business] at 35 miles per hour. (c ) From Station 1376+02 [Intersection of Loop 382 and SH-121 , Main St. ] westerly 0. 624 mile to Station 1400+00 [Approx. 310' West of Dove Road) at 35 miles per I-iour. SCHOOL SPEED ZONE [1 ] From Station 1373+00 [Approx. 500' East of Scribner Street] westerly 0. 1s9 mile to Station 1383+00 [Approx. 500' West of Scribner Street] at 30 miles per hour wl-ien so signed for sci-iool crossing; 35 miles per I-iour all other times. �,, ,. [d) From Station 1400+00 westerly 0. 602 mile to Stetion 13+72 �.,_, [West City Limits of Grapevine - also the City Limits of Southlake] at 50 miles per hour. �...,.r �a� SECTION 2. This ordinance repeals those provisions, and only those pro��isions, of aIl ordina n�es and sections of the CitS- Code of Grapevine, Texas, in conflict with the provisions hereof, but shall in no way repeal any provisions of any ordinance or section of the City Code of Grapevine, Texas, establishing a "School Zone" in an area covered by this ordinance. ;�._, SECTION 3. The Cit�- Mana,� r is hF reby directed to cause appropriate Y�>.� signs to be posted at reasonable inter.�als to apprise the public of the speed limit and give them notice thereof. SECTION 4, Any person violatina or failing to comply with any provisions of this ordinance shall be fined upon conviction not less than One Dollar ($1. 00) nor more than Two Hundred Dollars (�200. 00). SECTION 5, It is hereby declared to be the intention of the City Council of the City of Grapevine, Texas, that the sections, para�raphs, sen�ences, � -� clauses and phrases of this ordinance are severable an� if any phrase, clause, ,�.,A, sentence, paragraph or section hereo� should bP cjPclared unc�nstit��tic,nal, such unconstitutionality or invalidity shall not affect any of the remaining phrases, clauses, sentences, paragraphs or sections of this ordinance, since the same would have been enacted by the Gity Council without the incorporation in this ordinance of any such unconstitutional or invalid phrase, clause, ser.tence, paragraph or section. SECTION 6. The fact that:.that the City Code of Grapevine, Texas, and other ordinances and regulations of the City of Grapevine, Texas, are inadequate to control the speed of vehicles within the corporate limits of the City of Grapevine, Texas, creat�s an emergency for the immediate prese•rvation �� ..__ �_, of the public business, property, health, safety, and general welfare of the public which requires that this ordinance shall become effective from and aft�r the date of its passage as provided by the Charter of the City of Grapevine, Texas, and it is accordingly so ordained, �,�,,. PASSED AND APPROVED by the City Council of the City of Grapevine, �, Texas, this the 16 day of JULY , 19 74 • � � ATTEST: � ecret ry APPROVED AS TO FORM: �:� GL-- ,�...�, City tiarney �,,. .�� - .