HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 1999-161 ORDINANCE NO. 99-161
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
GRAPEVINE, TEXAS AMENDING THE GRAPEVINE CODE
OF ORDINANCES BY AMENDING CHAPTER 23 TRAFFIC,
SECTION 23-26, SPEED LIMITS, RELATIVE TO
REASONABLE AND PRUDENT SPEED FOR A CERTAIN
PUBLIC STREET WITHIN THE CITY; 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, Section 167 and 169 or Article XIX, R.C.S. 6701d, Uniform Act
Regulating Traffic on Highways, provides 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 23-26 Speed Limits - Schedule for
Certain Public Streets and Ways, of the Grapevine Code of Ordinances, is hereby
amended upon the basis of an engineering and traffic investigation heretofore made as
authorized by the provisions of Section 167 and 169 or Article XIX, R.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 streets and highways, or parts thereof, described as
follows:
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"State Highway 26, Control Section 364-6, Tarrant County
Mile Point 0.500, east 0.253 miles to Mile Point 0.753 zoned at 45 MPH
(Northwest Highway from 950 feet west of Ruth Wall Street to Ruth Wall Street)
(State Highway 26 from Ruth Wall Street to 385 feet east of Ruth Wall Street)
Mile Point 0.753, east 0.397 miles to Mile Point 1.150 at 50 MPH
(State Highway 26 from 385 feet east of Ruth Wall Street to 1,478 feet west of
Fairway Drive)
Mile Point 1.150 east 1.652 miles to Mile Point 2.802 zoned at 55 MPH
(State Highway 26 from 1,478 feet west of Fairway Drive to Farm to Market
2499)"
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. 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
this 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.
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PASSED AND APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
GRAPEVINE, TEXAS on this the 16th day of November, 1999.
APPROVED:
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Ted R. 6uare
Mayor Pro Tem
ATTEST:
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Lin a Huff
City Secretary
` °� APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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John F. Boyle, Jr.
City Attorney
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