HomeMy WebLinkAbout435 10-10-1972SPEED ZONE ORDINANCE No. 435
AN ORDINANCE. ALTERING THE PRIMA FACIE SPEED LIMITS
ESTABLISHED FOR VEHICLES UNDER THE 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 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 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
Euless' . 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 on Highways,
the following prima facie speed limits hereafter indicated for vehicles
are txereby 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:
Control 747 -3
Farm to Market Rd. 157 1
(a) From Station 275 +00 (1.405 miles south of the North City Limits of Euless,
being also the South City Limits of Grapevine) southerly 0.341 mile to
Station 293 +00 at 60 miles per hour.
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(b) From Station 293+00 southerly 0.701 mile to Station 330 +00 at 50 miles
per hour.
1. School Crossing from Station 301 +50 southerly 0.189 mile to
Station 311 +50 at 35 miles per hour when so signed for school
crossing, 50 miles per hour all other times.
(c) From Station 330 +00 southerly 1.584 miles to Station 413 +63 (South City
Limits of Euless, being also the City Limits of Fort Worth) at 45 miles
per hour.
Section 2. 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 ($200) dollars.
PASSED AND APPROVED THIS 10 DAY OF October 19 72 .
ATTEST: APPROVED
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city Secretary Mayor