HomeMy WebLinkAbout1451 TABLEDORDINANCE NO. 1451
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 82 "TRAFFIC AND MOTOR VEHICLES," ARTICLE
III "OPERATION OF VEHICLE, " SECTION 82 -63 "SAME - SCHOOL ZONES," TO AMEND THE
AFTERNOON SCHOOL ?ONE TIME; PROVIDING A PENALTY FOR VIOLATION THEREOF;
PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING A SAVING CLAUSE, AND PROVIDING
AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the City of Euless desires to provide for traffic safety adjacent to school
locations; and
WHEREAS, the City of Euless desires to amend the afternoon school zone time
previously established;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
EULESS, TEXAS: that Chapter 82 "Traffic and Motor Vehicles," Article Ill "Operation of Vehicle,"
Section 82 -63 "Same - School zones," be hereby amended as follows:
Section 1.
Amend Sec. 82 -63. (a) entitled "Generally." To be and read as follows:
(a) Generally. On that portion of those streets or highways being designated in
this section as a school zone, the prima facie maximum reasonable and
prudent speed is 20 miles per hour between 7:30 a.m. and 8:30 a.m. and
between 2:30 p.m. and 4:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, or "when flashing,
" provided that an appropriate sign giving notice thereof is erected. It shall
be qn affirmative defense to a charge of exceeding such prima facie
maximum speed, established in this section, that the day in question was a
day tiihen there were no classes in session at the nearest school, as well as
at any school within 2,000 feet of the location of such alleged excessive
speed.
and as so amended Section 82 -63 remains in effect.
Section II.
Penalty for Violation. Any person, firm or corporation violating any of the terms and
provisions of this ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction
thereof, shall be fined in accordance with Chapter 1, Section 1 -12, Euless Code of Ordinances.
Each. such violation shall be deemed a separate offense and shall be punishable as such
hereunder.
Section III.
Severability Clause. That it is hereby declared to be the intention of the City Council
that the sections, paragraphs, sentences, clauses, and phrases of this ordinance are severable,
and if any phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph or section of this ordinance shall be declared
invalid or unconstitutional by the valid judgment or decree of any court of competent jurisdiction,
such invalidity or unconstitutionality shall not affect any of the remaining phrases, clauses,
sentences, paragraphs and sections of this ordinance, since the same would have been enacted
by the City Council without the incorporation in this ordinance of any such invalid or
unconstitutional phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph or section.
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Section IV.
Saving Clause. That Chapter 82 of the Code of Ordinances, City of Euless, Texas, as
amended, shall be in full force and effect, except as expressly amended hereby.
Section V.
Effective Date. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage
and publication by the Euless City Charter and the laws of the State of Texas.
PRESENTED AND GIVEN FIRST AND FINAL READING AND APPROVED at a regular
meeting of the Euless City Council on the day of 2000, by a vote of
ayes, nays, and abstentions.
APPROVED:
Mary Lib Saleh, Mayor
ATTEST:
Susan Crim, CMC /AAE, City Secretary
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
City Attorney
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