HomeMy WebLinkAbout351 04-08-1969SPEED ZONE ORDINANCE 351
AN ORDINANCE ALTERING THE PRIMA FACIE SPEED LIMITS
ESTABLISIIFD FOR VEHICLES UNDER THF. PROVISIONS OF
SECTION 167 AND 169 OF ARTICLE XIX, R.C.S. 6701d,
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 EULESS
AS SET OUT IN THE ORDINANCE: AND PROVIDING A PENALTY
OF A FINE NOT TO EXCEED $200.00 FOR VIOLATION OF THIS
ORDINANCE.
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
engineering and traffic investigation that any prima facie speed there-
in set forth is greater oY 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 considera-
tion .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 govern 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
Euleas Texas:
Section 1. 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 6n 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
traveling; upon the named streets and highways, or parts thereof, described
as follows:
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Farm to Narket Road 157
(n) From Station 275,160 (1.405 miles mouth of North City Limits of Euless,
bein3 alao the South City Limits of Grapevine) southerly 1.042 miles to
Station 330¢00 at 60 miles par.hour.
(b) From Station 33000 southerly 1.534 ailea to Station 413¢63 (South City
Limits of Eulea3, beinS also the City Limits of Fort Uorth) at 45 miles
per hour.
Section 2. Any person violating any of tae provisions of this ordinance
shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor aid upon conviction thereof shall
be fined in any sum not more than two hundred ($200) dollars.
PASSED AND APPROVED THIS 8th DAY OF April , 196 9 .
ATTEST: /� APPROVED
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