HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 1974-023 ORDINANCE NO. 74-z3
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING TI7"LE 9, CHAPTER 3 OF THE
CITY CODE OF GRAPEVINE, TEXAS, BY REGULATING THE
SPEED OF VEHICLES ON coNrro� 363-0� 6 364-01
SH-121 [BUSINESS] TARRANT COUNTY :
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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
EMERG ENCY.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF 'IH E CITY �F
GRAPEVINE, TEXAS:
SECTION 1. That Title 9, Chapter 3 of the City Code of Grapevine,
Te�as, be, and the same is hereby amended by adding the following paragraph:
"Speed greater than the designated ( ) miles �e� hour
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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 high�vay
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 andJor the laws of the State of Texas, no person
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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
FIFTY-FIVE � 55 ) miles per hour, unless otherwise provided by this
ordinance or subsequent ordinance, and any speed in excess of F IFTY-F IVE
� 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,
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STREET - SH-121 [business] SPEED LIMIT - varied as listed:
� � [a] From Station 286+50. 6 [Southwest City Limits o�F Grapevine]
northeasterly 2. 149 miles to Station 400+00 [Approx. 1100°
Southwest of SH-11'4] at 55 miles per hour.
[b] From Station 400+00 northeasterly 0. 68z mile to Station
436+00 [Approx. 720� southwest of FM-157) at 45 miles per
ho ur.
[c ] From Station 436+00 northeasterly 0.540 mile to Station
464+50 [Intersection with Spur 103 and Main Street) at
30 miles per hour.
[d) From Station 464+50 northerly 0. 472 mile to Station 1068+50
[Intersection with Loop 382] at 30 miles per hour.
[e] From Station 1068+50 northeasterly 0.881 mile to Station
1115+00 an 35 miles per hour.
SCHOOL SPEED ZONE
[1 � From Station 1080+00 [Approx. 300� West of Dooley
�,, _ . Street] northeasterly 0. 114 mile to Station 1086+00
[Approx. 300' East of Dooley Street] at 30 miles
per hour when so sighnec� �or school crossing; 35
°�"'�' miles per hoUr all other times.
[f ) From Station 1115+00 northeasterly 0. 379 mile to S-tation
1135+00 [Approx. 1315' southwest of Grapevine Lake Rd. ] at
45 miles per hour.
[g] From Station 1135+00 nortl-ieraterly 2.296 miles to Station
1254+80 [Nortl-ieast City Limits o� Grapevine - also Tarrant-
Dallas County line] at 55 miles per hour.
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SECTION 2, This ordinance repeals those provisions, and only those
pro��isions, of all ordina nces and sections of the Cit_y 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.
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SECTION 3. The CitS• Manager is h�reby directed to cause appropriate
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signs to be posted at reasonable int�r��als to apprise tl�e public of the speed
limit and give them notice thereof.
SECTION 4, Any person violatin� or failing to comply with any provisions
of this ordinance shall be fined upon con��iction 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, paragraphs, sentences,
� clauses and phrases of this ordinance are severable and if any phrase, clause,
�;..� sentence, paragraph or section hereof should bP declared unc�nstir��r;nnal, 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 City Council without the incorporation in this
ordinance of any such unconstitutional or im-alid 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 limit� of the
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Ci.ty of Grapevine, Texas, creates an emergency for the immediate prese•rvat�on
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of the public business, property, health, safety, and beneral welfare of the
public which requires that this ordinance shall become effective from and after
the date of its passage as provided by the Charter of the City of Grapevine,
Texa s, a nd it i s a ccordingly so orda ined,
�* PASSED AND APPROVED by the City Council of the City of Grapevine,
�� Texas, this the � s day of JULY , 19�4
ATTEST:
it ecreta y
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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City ttorney
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