HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance No. 488 CITY OF THE COLONY, TEXAS ORDINANCE NO. ~
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF THE COLONY, TEXAS
AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY
BY AMENDING CHAPTER 19 OF THE CODE RELATING
TO TRAFFIC; AMENDING SCHOOL ZONE AREAS;
PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING
THAT THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BE CUMULATIVE OF
ALL OTHER ORDINANCES OF THE CITY RELATING TO
TRAFFIC EXCEPT TO THE EXTENT OF CONFLICT
HEREWITH; PROVIDING A PENALTY NOT TO EXCEED
THE SUM OF TWO HUNDRED DOTJ.~RS ($200.00) AND
A SEPARATE OFFENSE SHALL BE DEEMED COMMITTED
EACH DAY DURING OR ON WHICH A VIOLATION
OCCURS OR CONTINUES; DECLARING AN EMERGENCY
AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE
WHEREAS, Section 169(b) of article 6701d, Texas Revised
Civil Statutes Annotated (Vernon), as amended, provides that
whenever the governing body of a 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 within 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; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of The Colony,
Texas, (the "City") finds that the adoption of the maximum prima
facie speed limits set forth hereinafter is in the best interest
of the health, safety and welfare of the citizens of the City.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF THE COLONY, TEXAS:
Section 1. That all of the above premises are found to
be true and correct and are incorporated into the body of this
ordinance as if copied in their entirety.
Section 2. That Chapter 19 of the Code of Ordinances of
the City of The Colony, Texas (the "City") relating to traffic is
hereby amended in the following particulars, and that all other
chapters, sections, subsections, paragraphs, sentences, words and
phrases of said Code are not amended but are hereby ratified,
verified, approved and affirmed:
A. That Section 19-11 of Chapter 19 relating to speed
limits in school and traffic zones is amended to read
as follows:
"Sec. 19-11. Same In school traffic zones.
Upon the basis of an engineering and traffic
investigation, the following streets are
designated school traffic zones. The maximum
prima facie speed limits hereinafter
indicated for vehicles are hereby determined
and declared to be reasonable and safe, and
such speed limits are hereby fixed for
vehicles traveling upon the following named
public streets, highways, or parts thereof,
during the hereinafter designated hours on
school days, either when such hours are
described on official school traffic zone
speed limit signs located at said zones or
when school zone signs bearing a flashing
amber light and located at said zones are in
operation. Said speed limits shall be in
effect on school days from the hours of 7:00
a.m. to 9:00 a.m., and from 2:45 p.m. to 4:15
p.m. The maximum lawful prima facie speed
limit in said school traffic zones during
said ours shall be twenty (20) miles per
hour. The locations of said school traffic
zones are as follows:
Squires Drive From a point 280 feet East of its
intersection with Taylor Dr., to a point
280 feet West of its intersection with
Taylor Dr.
Taylor Drive From its intersection with Squires Dr.,
to a point 280 feet South of Squires Dr.
N.Colony Blvd. From a point 280 feet East of its
intersection with Taylor Dr., to a point
280 feet West of its intersection with
Taylor Dr.
N.Colony Blvd. From a point 280 feet East of its
intersection with Keys Dr., to a pint
280 feet West of its intersection with
Keys Dr.
Keys Drive From a point 280 feet East of its
intersection with Anderson Dr., to a
point 280 feet West of its intersection
with Anderson Dr.
Nash Drive From its intersection with John Yates
Street to a point 280 feet West of its
intersection with John Yates Street.
Section 3. If any section, article, paragraph,
sentence, clause, phrase or word in this ordinance, or
application thereto any persons or circumstances is held invalid
or unconstitutional by a Court of competent jurisdiction, such
holding shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions
of this ordinance; and the City Council hereby declares it would
have passed such remaining portions of this Ordinance despite
such invalidity, which remaining portions shall remain in full
force and effect.
Section 4. That this ordinance shall be cumulative of
all other ordinances of the City affecting traffic and shall not
repeal any of the provisions of said ordinances except in those
instances where provisions of those ordinances are in direct
conflict with the provisions of this ordinance.
Section 5. Any person violating any of the provisions
of this ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and
upon conviction thereof shall be subject to a fine in a sum not
to exceed Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00) for each offense and a
separate offense shall be deemed committed upon each day during
or on which a violation occurs or continues.
Section 6. The fact that the present ordinances and
regulations of the City of the Colony, Texas, are inadequate to
properly safeguard the health, safety, morals, peace, and general
welfare of the inhabitants of the City of The Colony, Texas,
creates an emergency for the immediate preservation of the public
business, property, health, safety, and general welfare of the
public which requires that this ordinance become effective from
and after the date of its passage and it is accordingly so
ordained.
PASSED AND APPROVED b~ the City Cou~il of the City of
The Colony, Texas on this the ~ day of ~,~ ,19~.
Don amlC~, Mayo~' . --
ATTEST:
lty Secretary