HomeMy WebLinkAbout542 04-11-1978ORDINANCE NO. 542
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, STATE
HIGHWAY 183, ON 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; DECLARING AN EMERGENCY; PROVIDING A
SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE;
AND PROVIDING A PENALTY FOR VIOLATION THEREOF.
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 therein 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 consideration 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 governing 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 I.
Upon the basis of an engineering and traffic investigation hereto-
fore 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 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 State
Highway 183, also known as Euless Boulevard, at the following locations:
State Hiqhwav 183 Eastbound Lane Onl
(a) From Station 677 +28 (West City Limits of Euless, being
also the City Limits of Hurst) easterly 1.567 miles to
Station 760 +00 (approximately 700' west of Pamela Drive)
at 50 miles per hour.
(b) From Station 760 +00 easterly 2.424 miles to Station
888 +00 (approximately 100' east of Dickey Drive) at
45 miles per hour.
1. School Crossing - From Station 827 +00 (just east of
Ridgecrest Drive) easterly 0.436 mile to Station
850 +00 (just west of Martha Street) at 35 miles
per hour when so signed for school crossing; 45
miles per hour all other times.
(c) From Station 888 +00 easterly 0.330 mile to Station
905 +45 (east City Limits of Euless, being also the
City Limits of Fort Worth) at 50 miles per hour.
II. State Highway 183 Westbound Lane Only
(a) From Station 905 +45 (east City Limits of Euless, being
also the City Limits of Fort Worth) westerly 0.502 mile
to Station 878 +95 (approximately 250' east of Millican
Drive) at 50 miles per hour.
(b) From Station 878 +95 westerly 2.253 miles to Station
760 +00 (approximately 700' west of Pamela Drive) at
45 miles per hour.
1. School Crossing - From Station 850 +00 (just west
of Martha Street) westerly 0.436 mile to Station
827 +00 (just east of Ridgecrest Drive) at 35 miles
per hour when so signed for school crossing; 45
miles per hour all other times.
(c) From Station 760 +00 westerly 1.567 miles to Station
677 +28 (west City Limits of Euless, being also the
City Limits of Hurst) at 50 miles per hour.
SECTION II.
PENALTY FOR VIOLATION
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 dollars ($200.00).
SECTION III.
EMERGENCY CLAUSE
By the affirmative vote of four or more of its members, the City
Council declares that this is an ordinance for the immediate preservation
of the public peace, property, health and safety, and is an emergency measure
within the meaning of Article II, Section 11, of the City Charter; and the
requirement that it be read at two meetings, as specified in such Section 11,
is hereby dispensed with.
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SECTION IV.
SEVERABILITY CLAUSE
That it is hereby declared to be the intention of the City of
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
judement or decree of any court of competent jurisdiction, such unconstitution-
ality 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 V.,
EFFECTIVE DATE
This ordinance shall become effective upon and after final passage
and publication as provided by the Euless City Charter and the laws of the
State of Texas, and the posting of appropriate signs giving notice thereof,
upon such streets and highways.
PRESENTED AND PASSED ON first and final reading on the 11th day
of April, 1978, at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of
Euless, Texas, by a vote of 4 ayes and 0 nays and 0 abstentions.
ATTEST:
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City Secretary
APPROVED OR
APPROVED:
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