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ORDINANCE NO. gs-15
,� AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
GRAPEVINE, TEXAS AMENDING THE GRAPEVINE CODE
OF ORDINANCES, CHAPTER 23 TRAFFIC, SECTION 23-26
RELATIVE TO REASONABLE AND PRUDENT SPEED FOR
CERTAIN PUBLIC STREETS AND WAYS, 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 TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS (5200.00) 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
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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:
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Section 1 . That Chapter 23 Traffic, Section 23-26 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 Sections 167 and 169 of Article XIX, R.C.S. 6701 d, Uniform Act
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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
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traveling upon the named streets and highways, or parts thereof, described as
follows:
"Street and Location Speed Limits
(Miles Per Hour)
(c) SH 114, Control Section 353-03
From Mile Point 8.454 east 2.757 miles to
Tarrant/Dallas County Line at Mile Point 1 1 .21 1 60
(d) SH 12�, Control Section 364-01
From Mile Point 10.000 north 1 .546 miles
to Mile Point 8.454 60"
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 violatin� 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 (5200.00) 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.
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Section 6. The fact that the present ordinances and regulations of the City of
� M 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 26th day of March , 1996.
APPROVED:
William D. Tate
Mayor
ATTEST:
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Linda Huff
City Secretary
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
John F. Boyle, Jr.
City Attorney
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