HomeMy WebLinkAbout104 12-09-1958ORDINANCE NO. 104
AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING MAXIMUM LEGAL SPEED
UPON CERTAIN HIGHWAYS AND STREETS OR PARTS THEREOF
WITHIN THE CORPORATE LIMIT OF THE CITY OF EULESS,
TEXAS, AS SET FORTH IN THIS ORDINANCE AND PROVIDING
A PENALTY OF A FINE NOT TO EXCEED $200 FOR THE
VIOLATION OF THIS ORDINANCE.
WHEitr;AS, Section d of Article 827a, Vernons Penal Code of the State
of iexas, provides that whenever the governing bony of the City shall
determine upon the oasis 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 within 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 de-
clare 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 intersections or other
place or part of the street or highway, now therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of Euless, Texas:
SECTION 1. The following prima facie speed limits hereafter indicated
for vehicles are hereby determined and declared to be reasonable and
safe; and sucn speed limits are nereby fixed at the rate of speed indicated
for vehicles traveling upon the named streets and nighways or parts there-
of, described as follows:
(a) On SR No. ld3 from the West City Limit of Euless at Center-
line Survey Station b /U+UU.UU to the East City Limit of
Euless at Centerline Survey Station 1015 +e -b.3U, 40 miles
per hour.
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SEui:Iun 2, The City Council of the City of Euless aeclares and fixes
the above maximum speed limits ana the District engineer is hereby
authorized to proceed witn the erection of the appropriate signs.
SEC YiuN j. It is nereby declared that the construction project on
Sti Noe lo-i has necessitatea the enactment of this ordinance for the
safety ana well oeing of those traversing SH No, lo,) in Euless. Therefore2
the above regulations shall be in effect after the passage of this ordinance
and the erection of the proper signs; andj this shall remain in effect
until the completion ana acceptance of the said construction project by
the Highway District Engineer or until such time as the construction
job has progressed to a stage wherebyy in the opinion of the Highway
District Engineers traffic may safely travel the construction project,
or portions Lnereof, at the rate of speed postea prior to the construction.
The Highway District Engineer will nave the authority to replace the
construction speed zone signs with speed zone signs re— establishing the
speed zoning prior to construction and the placement of such signs shall
be evidence of the governing speea zone or zones. 'Me completion and /or
acceptance of the said construction project by the Highway District Engineer
snall cancel the provisions of this ordinance ana the Highway District
Engineer shall oe authorized to remove all such signs used in compliance
with the regulations set fortn in this ordinance.
SLUiIun 4. Any ordinance or any part thereof in direct conflict with
this ordinance is nereby superseaea and one part of the ordinance in
conflict nerewita shall oe null ana void so long as this ordinance is
an effect. Howevers any ordinance or part of an ordinance superseaea
by Lnis ordinance shall automatically oe reinstatea in torte upon the
date of the completion ana /or acceptance of the said construction project.
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when this ordinance is no longer in effect.
ShC'i'IuN 5. Any person violating any of the provisions of this ordinance
shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall
be fined in any sum not more than two hundred (920U.UU) dollars.
SEUTIUN 6. If any part of this ordinance be declared unconstitutional
or otherwise voia by a court of competent jurisdiction, sucn decision
stall, in no way, effect the validity of any of the remaining parts
of this ordinance unless the part held unconstitutional or void is inseparable
from, and indispensable to, the operation of the remaining parts. i'he
City Council hereby declares that it would have passed those parts of
this ordinance which are valid and would have omitted any parts which
may be unconstitutional or void, if it had }mown such parrs were un-
constitutional or void at the time of the passage of this ordinance.
MayoP of ftlesa
City Secretary of Euless, Texas, hereby
certify that the above and foregoing is a true and correct copy of an
ordinance duly passed by the City Council at a meeting held"f? ,7jf , 1y58.
Cig3r See cx) of 1yuless