HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 1998-064 ORDINANCE NO. 98-64
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 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; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY
CLAUSE; DECLARING AN EMERGENCY AND PROVIDING
AN EFFECTIVE DATE
WHEREAS, Section 167 and 169 of 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; 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, Winding Creek Estates I & II residents have exhibited support for a
speed limit reduction on their street; and
WHEREAS, these residential subdivision streets are the site of closely spaced
driveways providing access to the numerous homes fronting said streets; and
WHEREAS, these residential subdivision streets' close proximity to residential
��� yards magnifies the potential for children and other pedestrians to enter the street in the
path of oncoming vehicular traffic; and
WHEREAS, these residential subdivision streets are commonly bordered by small
and often times shallow lots, resulting in the buildings having a close proximity to the
edge of roadway pavement; and
WHEREAS, these residential subdivision streets have the most narrow pavement
widths and right-of-way widths in the City.
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 of 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:
"Street and Location Speed Limit
(Miles Per Hour)
Winding Creek Drive South 25 mph
� � Mill Crossing 25 mph
Steep/ewood Drive 25 mph
Aspenwood Drive North 25 mph
Aspenwood Drive South 25 mph
Winding Creek Drive West 25 mph
Woodbriar Drive 25 mph
Aspenwood Drive West 25 mph
Brownstone Drive 25 mph
Brownstone Court 25 mph
Id/ewood Drive 25 mph
Brook Gate Drive 25 mph
Brentcove Drive 25 mph
Sandell Drive 25 mph
Branchwood Drive 25 mph
Rosewood Drive 25 mph"
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
u 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. 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
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 7. 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 znd day of .lune , 1998.
APPROVED:
William D. Tate
Mayor
ATTEST:
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Lin Huff
. City Secretary
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APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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John F. Boyle, Jr.
City Attorney
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