HomeMy WebLinkAbout1890 10-26-2010ORDINANCE NO. 1890
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 82, "TRAFFIC AND MOTOR
VEHICLES ", ARTICLE III, "OPERATION OF VEHICLE ", SECTION 82-
62, "SAME — ON CERTAIN STREETS AND PORTIONS OF STREETS ",
OF THE EULESS CODE OF ORDINANCES AMENDING THE SPEED
LIMIT FOR BEAR CREEK PARKWAY FROM STATE HIGHWAY 183 TO
HARWOOD ROAD; PROVIDING A PENALTY FOR VIOLATION
THEREOF; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE; AND PROVIDING A
SEVERABILITY CLAUSE.
WHEREAS, the City of Euless desires to amend the speed limit on Bear Creek
Parkway from State Highway 183 to Harwood Road; and
WHEREAS, appropriate speed studies have been performed to justify this speed
limit amendment,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF EULESS, TEXAS:
SECTION I
Section 82 -62 "Same — On certain streets and portions of streets," of Article III,
"Operation of Vehicle" of Chapter 82, "Traffic and Motor Vehicles" of the Euless Code of
Ordinances is hereby amended to increase the speed limit on Bear Creek Parkway from
State Highway 183 to Harwood Road from 30 mph to 35 mph, as follows:
Bear Creek Parkway 0 -1000N State Highway 183 north 35 mph
to Harwood Road
SECTION II
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
This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage and
publication as provided by the Euless City Charter and the laws of the State of Texas.
SECTION IV
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.
PRESENTED AND APPROVED ON FIRST AND FINAL READING at a regular
meeting of the Euless City Council on the 26th day of October 2010, by a vote of 7
ayes, o nay and o abstentions.
APPROVED:
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Mary LibfSaleh, Mayor �(-Willia cKamie, Interim City Attorney
ATTEST:
Susan Crim, MC, City Secretary
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