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HomeMy WebLinkAbout534 12-13-1977ORDINANCE NO. 534 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING A PORTION OF THE TRAFFIC CODE OF THE CITY OF EULESS, TEXAS, BY AMENDING ORDINANCE 116, ARTICLE III, SECTION 21, REGU- LATING SPEEDING ON PUBLIC ROADWAYS WITHIN SAID CITY; PROVIDING A PENALTY; REPEALING ORDINANCE INCONSISTENT HEREWITH; MAKING THIS ORDINANCE CUMULATIVE OF PRIOR ORDINANCES; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; DECLARING AN EMERGENCY; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, pursuant to Ordinance 116, Article III, Section 21, of the Ordinances of the City of Euless, as well as Sections 169(b) and 170(b) of Article 6701d, Revised Civil Statutes, the Citv of Euless has authority to establish both minimum speed limits and prima facie maximum reasonable and prudent speed limits within its corporate bounda- ries for vehicles on streets and highways; and, WHEREAS, upon the basis of engineering and traffic investigations taking into consideration the width and condition of the pavement, the usual traffic, as well as other circumstances on public streets and high- ways, the City Council has determined that certain speeds at certain locations are reasonable and prudent prima facie maximum speeds; NOW THEREFORE BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EULESS, TEXAS: SECTION 1. That Ordinance 116, Article III, Section 21, of the Ordinances of the City of Euless, Texas, be and the same is hereby amended as follows: Subsection A General Speed Limits (1) No person shall drive as defined by state law a motor vehicle, a motorcycle, bicycle, motor driven cycle, motor - assisted cycle, or any other vehicle of any kind upon a public street, alley, highway, or parkway within the corporate limits of the City of Euless at a speed greater than is reasonable and prudent under the circumstances then existing. Except where a special hazard exists that requires lower speeds for compliance with paragraph (2) of this subsection, the limits specified in this Subsection A or Subsection B herein and established as authorized by law shall be the lawful speed limit, but any speed in excess of the limits so specified and established as authorized by law shall be prima facie evidence that the speed is not reason- able or prudent and that it is unlawful; Thirty (30) miles per hour in any urban district. "Urban District" means the territory contiguous to and including any highway or street which is built up with structures devoted to business, industry or dwelling houses, situated at intervals of less than one hundred (100) feet for a distance of one - quarter (1/4) of a mile or more on either side. (2) No person shall drive a vehicle upon a public street or a public alley within the corporate limits of the City of Euless at a speed greater than is reasonable and prudent under the conditions and having regard to the actual and potential hazards then existing. In every event speed shall be so controlled as may be necessary to avoid colliding with any person, vehicle or other conveyance on or entering the highway in compliance with legal requirements and the duty of all persons to use due care. Subsection B Speed Limits on Certain Streets Upon the basis of an engineering and traffic investigation heretofore made as authorized by the provisions of Section 169, V.G.S., 6701d, Uniform Act Regulating Traffic on 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, or parts thereof, the same being portions of the public street system of the city, said speed limit to be in force and effect unless otherwise provided. The streets hereby regulated, and the maximum prima facie speed limits thereof, are as follows: - 2 - Street Ash Ln. N Euless Main St. S. Euless Main St. Block Numbers 0 -1400 0 -3000 0 -1000 Euless Westparkway 1200 -1500 Euless Westparkway 600 -1100 Fuller -Wiser Rd. 1000 -3000 Glade Rd. 0 -600 Glade Rd. 0 -1600 E Harwood Rd. 0 -1000 W Harwood Rd. 0 -1000 Pipeline Rd. 2100 -4300 Raider 1100 -1500 Royal Parkway 1100 -1500 Trojan Trail 600 -1000 Maximum Extent Speed (MPH) N. Euless Main St. 35 W. to N. Industrial (FM 157) W. Euless Blvd. (SHY 183) 35 N. to Grapevine City Limits (Glade Rd.) W. Euless Blvd. (SHY 183) 35 So. to Ft. Worth City Limits (Pipeline Rd.) W. Euless Blvd. (SHY 183) 35 So. to Ft. Worth City Limits (Pipeline Rd.) W. Euless Blvd. (SHY 183) 30 N. to Bedford City Limits Harwood Rd. N. to glade 30 N. Euless Main St. E. to 35 D /FW airport property N. Euless Main St. W. to 35 Bedford City Limits (Sparger Rd.) N. Euless Main St. E. 35 to Minters Chapel Rd. N. Euless Main St. W. to N. Industrial (FM 157) 35 W. Euless Blvd. (SHY 183) 35 W. to Hurst City Limits (Arwine Cemetry Rd) Pipeline Rd. S. to Ft. 35 Worth City Limits (Pipeline Rd) W. Euless Blvd. (SHY 183) 35 S. to Ft. Worth City Limits (Pipeline Rd.) Ector Dr. W. To N'. 30 Industrial Blvd. (FM 157) SECTION 2. That any person who violates any of the provisions of this ordinance shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not less than One Dollar ($1.00) nor more than Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00). SECTION 3. That this ordinance shall repeal every prior ordinance and provision of the Ordinances of the City of Euless, as amended, in conflict herewith, but only in so far as the portion of such prior ordinance or provision shall be in conflict, and as to all other ordinances and provisions of the Code not in conflict here- with, this ordinance shall be and is hereby made cumulative. SECTION 4. 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 unconstitutional by the valid judgment or decree of any court of competent jurisdiction, such 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 unconstitutional phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph or section. SECTION 5. The fact that the enactment of an amendment to the Traffic - 4 - Code of the City of Euless is necessary to preserve and continue the public business, health, safety and general welfare of the citizens of the City of Euless, creates an emergency in the im- mediate passage of same, and requires that this Ordinance shall take effect immediately from and after its passage, and it is accordingly so ordained. SECTION 6. 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. PASSED AND APPROVED by the City Council of the City of Euless, Texas, on first and final reading this 13th day of December , 197 7 ATTEST; �Yl_ le. e la Houy, City V cretary AS - 5 - Harold Samue s, Mayor