HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 1991-086 �.� �
ORDINANCE NO. 91-86
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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 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
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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 , Section 23-26 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
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vehicles traveling upon the named streets and highways, or parts
�'� thereof, described as follows:
"FM 2499, Control 2681-2 :
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(a) From Station 131+57.96 (Denton-Tarrant County Line)
southerly 1. 145 mile to Station 192+00 at 55 mph.
(b) From Station 192+00 southerly 0.231 mile to Station
204+20. 38 (intersection with SH 121) at 45
mph. "
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 f inal
� conviction or a finding of not guilty, nolo contendere, or
dismissal.
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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
f ined 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 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 3rd day of December , 1991. I
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� APPROVED: '
Wi liam D. Tate
Mayor
ATTEST:
Lind Huff
City Secretary '
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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John F. Boyle, Jr.
� City Attorney
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