HomeMy WebLinkAbout963 04-26-1988ORDINANCE NO. 963
SPEED ZONE ORDINANCE
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 hereby determined and declared to be reasonable and cafe; 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 -03
Highway: FM 157
County: Tarrant
Control: 747 -03
Highway: FM 157
County: Tarrant
(A) From station 245 +55 (intersection with SH 121)
southerly 3.183 miles to station 413 +63 at 45 miles
per hour.
(1) School Crossinq
From station 330 +00 (500 feet north of Midway
Drive) southerly 0.348 mile to station 348 +40
(260 feet south of Trojan Trail) at 35 miles
per hour when so signed for school crossing,
45 miles per hour all other times.
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 an- sum not more
than two - hundred ($200.00) dollars.
This ordinance supersedes all previous ordinances
pertaining to the above referenced highway.
PASSED AND APPROVED THIS 26th DAY OF April 1988
ATTESTS : APPROVED:
City S retary Mayor
ORDINAACE NO. 963
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