HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 2019-044 ORDINANCE NO. 2019-044
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
GRAPEVINE, TEXAS AMENDING THE GRAPEVINE CODE
OF ORDINANCES, CHAPTER 23 TRAFFIC, SECTION 23-26;
SPEED LIMITS - SCHEDULES FOR CERTAIN PUBLIC
STREETS AND WAYS, ALTERING THE PRIMA FACIE
SPEED LIMITS ESTABLISHED FOR VEHICLES UNDER THE
TRANSPORTATION CODE CHAPTER 545, 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 TWO HUNDRED
DOLLARS ($200.00); DECLARING AN EMERGENCY AND
PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE
WHEREAS, the City of Grapevine, Texas (the "City") is a home rule municipality
having full powers of self-government and may enact ordinances relative to its citizens'
health, safety, and welfare that are not inconsistent with the Constitution and laws of the
State; and
WHEREAS, Texas Transportation Code Section 545.356 permits the City to alter by
ordinance the prima facie speed limits on City streets; and
WHEREAS, the current authorized speed limit for residential subdivision streets
within the City of Grapevine is established as 30 miles per hour unless otherwise identified
within Chapter 23, Traffic, Section 23-25.1, Speed Limits-Generally in the City Code of
Ordinances; and
WHEREAS, the residents have exhibited support for a 25 mile per hour speed limit
within their respective neighborhood; and
WHEREAS, adjacent neighborhoods have requested and been granted similar
speed limit reductions; and
WHEREAS, Texas Transportation Code Section 545.356(b-1) authorizes the City to
declare a lower speed limit of not less than 25 miles per hour on certain streets if the City
Council determines that the prima facie speed limit on the street is unreasonable or unsafe;
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WHEREAS, the City Council finds and determines that the prima facie speed limit
on the streets identified in this ordinances are unreasonable and unsafe; and
WHEREAS, all constitutional and statutory prerequisites for the approval of this
ordinance have been met, including but not limited to, the Open Meetings Act and Chapter
211 of the Local Government Code; and
WHEREAS, the City Council deems the adoption of this ordinance to be in the best
interests of the health, safety, and welfare of the public.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
GRAPEVINE, TEXAS:
Section 1. That all matters stated hereinabove are found to be true and correct
and are incorporated herein by reference as if copied in their entirety.
Section 2. That Chapter 23 Traffic, Section 23-26; Speed Limits - Schedule for
Certain Public Streets and Ways of the Grapevine Code of Ordinances is hereby amended
by the adding the following streets and speed limits:
Street and Location Speed Limits
(Miles Per Hour)
"Hidden Lake Estates Phase One and Phase Two
Hidden Lake Drive 25
Hidden Lake Cove 25
White Oak Drive 25
Pin Oak Drive 25
Chase Oak Drive 25
Indian Oak Drive 25"
Section 3. 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.
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Section 4. 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 5. 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 Two Hundred
Dollars ($200.00) for each offense and a separate offense shall be deemed committed
each day during or on which an offense occurs or continues.
Section 6. 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 7. That the terms and provisions of this ordinance shall be deemed to be
severable, and that if the validity of any section, subsection, word, sentence or phrase
shall be held to be invalid, it shall not affect the remaining part of this ordinance.
Section 8. That the fact that the present ordinances and regulations of the City of
Grapevine, Texas, are inadequate to properly safeguard the health, safety, morals, peace
and general welfare of the inhabitants of the City of Grapevine, Texas, creates an
emergency for the immediate preservation of the public business, property, health, safety
and general welfare of the public which requires that this ordinance shall become effective
from and after the date of its final passage, and it is accordingly so ordained.
PASSED AND APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
GRAPEVINE, TEXAS on this the 6th day of August, 2019.
APPROVED:
William D. Tate
Mayor
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