HomeMy WebLinkAbout604 12-11-1979ORDINANCE NO. 604
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 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 of 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 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 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:
Control: 364 -5 - State Highway 183 (Main Lanes) - Tarrant County
I. EASTBOUND MAIN LANE ONLY
a) From Station 333 +64.5 (west city limits of Euless, being
also the east city limits of Bedfore) easterly 1.811 miles
to Station 905 +45.0 (east city limits of Euless, being also
the city limits of Fort Worth) at 55 miles per hour maximum,
45 miles per hour minimum.
II. WESTBOUND MAIN LANE ONLY
a) From Station 905 +45.0 (east city limits of Euless, being
also the city limits of Fort Worth) westerly 1.811 miles
to Station 333 +63.5 (west city limits of Euless, being also
the city limits of Bedford) at 55 miles per hour maximum,
45 miles per hour minimum.
SECTION II.
Any person violating any of the provisions of this ordinance shall be
deemed builty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined
in any sum not more than two hundred dollars ($200.00).
SECTION III.
By affirmative vote of fo
declares that this is an ordinance
public peace, property, health and
the meaning of Article II, Section
that it be read at two meetins, as
dispensed with.
ar or more of its members, the City Council
for the immediate preservation of the
safety, and is an emergency measure within
11, of the City Charter, and the requirement
specified in such Section 11, is hereby
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 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 unconstitu-
tional phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph, or section.
SECTION V.
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
December, 1979, at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Euless,
Texas, by a vote of 4/ ayes and C nays.
APPROVED:
ATTEST: Mayor
City Secretary
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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City Attorney
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