HomeMy WebLinkAbout609 01-08-1980ORDINANCE NO. 609
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 INVESTIGATION UPON CERTAIN STREETS
AND HIGHWAYS, OR PARTS THEREOF, WITHIN THE
CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE CITY OF EULESS AS SET
OUT IN THE ORDINANCE; PROVIDING A PENALTY
OF A FINE NOT TO EXCEED $200.00 FOR VIOLATION
OF THIS ORDINANCE; DECLARING AN EMERGENCY;
PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING
AN EFFECTIVE DATE:
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 in-
vestigation 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 inter-
section 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 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 there-
of 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 fixed at the rate
of speed indicated for vehicles traveling upon the named streets and highways,
or parts thereof, described as follows:
I. EASTBOUND LANE ONLY
a) From Stati.on 6771 -28 (west city limits of Euless, being also Lhe city
limits of Hurst) easterly 1.567 miles to Station 760 +00 (approximately
700 feet west of Pamela Drive) at 50 m.p.h.
b) From Station 760 +00 easterly 2.424 miles to F'tation 888 +00 (approximately)
100 feet east of Dickey Drive) at 45 m.p.h.
1. School Crossing - From Station 838 +38 (approximately 100 feet west
of Norman Drive) easterly 0.220 mile to Station 850 +00 (just west
of Martha Street) at 35 m.p.h. when so signed for school crossing;
at 45 m.p.h. at 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 m.p.h.
II. WESTBOUND LAND 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 m.p.h.
b) From Station 878 +95 westerly 2.253 miles to Station 760 +00
(approximately 700 feet of Pamela Drive) at 45 m.p.h.
1. School Crossing - From Station 850 +00 (just west of Martha
Street ) westerly 0.220 mile to Station 838 +38 (approximately
250' east of Ector Drive) at 35 m.p.h. when so signed for
school crossing; 45 m.p.h. all other times.
c) From Station 760 +00 westerly 1.567 miles to Station 677 +28 (west
city limits of Euless, being also t'-ie city limits of Hurst) at
50 m.p.h.
SECTION II.
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.
By 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 II, of the City Charter, and the requirement
that it be read at two meetings, as specified in such Section II, is hereby
dispensed with.
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
unconstitutional 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 8th day of
January, 1980, at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Euless,
Texas, by a vote of �Tayes and C/ _ nays.
APPROVED:
T: A Mayor
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Ci y Attorney