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Home My WebLink AboutItem 01 - School Zone Extension - Park BoulevardY MEMO TO: FROM: MEETING DATE: SUBJECT: RECOMMENDATION: ITEM 0 HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL ROGER NELSON, CITY MANAGER& OCTOBER 3, 2000 SCHOOL ZONE EXTENSION — PARK BOULEVARD City Council consider adopting an Ordinance amending Section 23-27, Speed Limits - Schedules of additional school zones, of the City Code of Ordinances to establish a school zone on Park Boulevard and take any necessary action as follows: Section 23-27 Speed Limits - Schedules of additional school zones ADDITION: Park Boulevard, from the intersection of Park Boulevard and Dove Road to the intersection of Park Boulevard and Big Bend Drive for a distance of 875 feet. BACKGROUND: The school zone is being provided to enhance the safety of children that attend Dove Elementary school. The current school zone (the area where a reduced speed limit of 20 mph is in effect during school hours) extends through the intersection of Dove Road/ Park Boulevard 250 feet west of the school property along Dove Road. It also currently extends 375 feet on Park Boulevard south of Dove Road. Although the City Ordinance does not list Park Boulevard as having a school zone, signs and flashers provide a 20 - mph speed zone during school hours for this section. An additional 500 feet of school zone for a total of 875 feet is being proposed on Park Boulevard, up to the intersection with Big Bend Drive. Parents have indicated that school children that live in this area walk to and from school along Park Boulevard. The reduced speed zone has the potential to improve pedestrian safety. RC\rc 0:\agenda\100300\SchoolZoneExtensiononParkBlvd September 26, 2000 (2:44PM) ED 'Q F -1F -I � acc w 8 a F-1 El ED E-1 N ■iii■■i■-.`�.\ f ��i■ 1 HsmS3SVS Naga cp Q 0 -ED El � a U U F] ❑ �❑ 0 'Ej ❑ *ice u Cl D [I [I �o��z El ❑ F] MEAN El El 11 HsmS3SVS cp Q 0 -ED El � a U U F] ❑ �❑ 0 'Ej ❑ ; C� ID Cl D [I [I �o��z El ❑ F] El E? El El 11 11 ❑ -a I �.. IM, !Wl IN AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GRAPEVINE, TEXAS AMENDING THE GRAPEVINE CODE OF ORDINANCES, CHAPTER 23 TRAFFIC, SECTION 23-27 SCHEDULES OF ADDITIONAL SCHOOL ZONES, ALTERING THE PRIMA FACIE SPEED LIMITS ESTABLISHED FOR VEHICLES UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF SECTIONS 167 AND 169 OF ARTICLE XIX, R.C.S. 6701 d, UNIFORM ACT REGULATING TRAFFIC ON HIGHWAYS, UPON THE BASIS OF AN ENGINEERING AND TRAFFIC INVESTIGATION UPON CERTAIN STREETS AND HIGHWAYS, OR PARTS THEREOF, WITHIN THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE CITY OF GRAPEVINE AS SET OUT IN THE ORDINANCE;. AUTHORIZING THE ERECTION OF TRAFFIC REGULATION SIGNS; REPEALING CONFLICTING ORDINANCES; PROVIDING A PENALTY OF FINE NOT TO EXCEED THE SUM OF FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($500.00) FOR EACH OFFENSE AND A SEPARATE OFFENSE SHALL BE DEEMED COMMITTED EACH DAY DURING OR ON WHICH AN OFFENSE OCCURS OR CONTINUES; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; DECLARING AN EMERGENCY AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE WHEREAS, Sections 167 and 169 of Article XIX, R.C.S. 6701 d, Uniform Act Regulating Traffic on Highways, provide that whenever the governing body of the City shall determine upon the basis of an engineering and traffic investigation that any prima facie speed therein set forth is greater or less than is reasonable or safe under the conditions found to exist at any intersection or other place or upon any part of a street or highway, with the City taking into consideration the width and condition of the pavement and other circumstances on such portion of said street or highway, as well as the usual traffic thereon, said governing body may determine and declare a reasonable and safe prima facie speed limit thereat or thereon by the passage of an ordinance, which shall be effective when appropriate signs giving notice thereof are erected at such intersection or other place or part of the street or highway. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GRAPEVINE, TEXAS: Section 1. That Chapter 23 Traffic, Section 23-27 Schedules for Additional School Zones of the Grapevine Code of Ordinances is hereby amended by the addition to subsection (a) as follows: Street and Location Speed Limits "Park Boulevard from the intersection of Park Boulevard and Dove Road to the intersection of Park Boulevard and Big Bend Drive for a distance of 875 feet" 20)) Section 2. That the City Manager, or his agent, is hereby authorized to have the proper traffic 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 traffic regulations. Section 3. 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 of not guilty, nolo contendere, or dismissal. Section 4. That 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 Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) for each offense and a separate offense shall be deemed committed each day during or on which an offense occurs or continues. Section 5. If any section, article, paragraph, sentence, clause, phrase or word in the ordinance, or application thereto any person or circumstance is held invalid or unconstitutional by a Court of competent jurisdiction, such holding shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this ordinance; and the City Council hereby declares it would have passed such remaining portions of this ordinance despite such invalidity, which remaining portions shall remain in full force and effect. Section 6. The fact that the present ordinances and regulations of the City of Grapevine, Texas do not adequately regulate the traffic within the City creates an emergency and the preservation of the public health, safety, and welfare requires that this ordinance take effect immediately from and after the date of its passage. PASSED AND APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GRAPEVINE, TEXAS on this the 3rd day of October, 2000. ORD. NO. 2 ATTEST: