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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance No. 293 ORDINANCE NO. c~ CITY OF THE COLONY, TEXAS AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF THE COLONY, TEXAS AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES BY AMENDING SECTION i9-11 WITH RESPECT TO SPEED LIMITS ON SCHOOL DAYS DURING DESIGNATED HOURS; DIRECTING THE ERECTION OF NECESSARY SIGNS; PROVIDING A PENALTY NOT TO EXCEED TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS FOR EACH OFFENSE AND A SEPARATE OFFENSE SHALL BE DEEMED COMMITTED UPON EACH DAY DURING OR ON WHICH A VIOLATION OCCURS; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE AND PROVID- ING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF THE COLONY, TEXAS: Section 1. That Chapter 19 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of The Colony, Texas is hereby amended in the following particulars and all other existing sections, subsections, paragraphs, sentences, definitions, phrases and words of said Code are hereby ratified, verified and affirmed: A. That Section 19-11 is hereby amended to read as follows: "Sec. 19-11. Same--In school traffic zones. (a) Upon the basis of an engineering and traffic in- vestigation, the following streets are designated school traffic zones. The maximum lawful 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 streets and 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 traffic zone signs bearing a flashing amber light and located at said zones are in operation. Said speed limits shall be in effect on schooi days from the hours of 7:00 a.m., to 9:00 a.m., and from 2:30 p.m., to 4:00 p.m. The maximum lawful prima facie speed limit in said school traffic zones during said hours shall be twenty (20) miles per hour. The locations of said school traffic zones are as follows: Street Extent South Colony Blvd. From a point 600 feet east of its intersection with Blair Oaks Drive to a point 200 feet west of its inter- section with Alta Oaks Lane Blair Oaks Drive From the point of its intersection with South Colony Blvd., to the point of its intersection with Arbor Glen Road Arbor Glen Road From the point of its intersection with Ash Glen Lane to a point 200 feet east of Blair Oaks Drive Nash Drive From a point 600 feet west of John Yates Street to the point of its intersection with Miller Drive John Yates Street From the point of its intersection with Roberts Drive to the point of its intersection with Shannon Drive North Colony Blvd. From a point 150 feet east of its intersection with Allen Drive to a point 200 feet west of its intersection with Blair Oaks Drive Paige Road From a point 25 feet south of its intersection with Kisor Drive to a point 25 feet south of its intersection with Gibson Drive. (b) Upon the basis of an engineering and traffic in- vestigation heretofore made as authorized by the provisions of section 169(b) of Article 6701 d, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes, the following prima facia 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: No motor vehicle shall be operated along and upon Farm Road Highway No. 423 within the corporate limits of the city in excess of the speeds now set forth in the following limits. Beginning at said point being the north city limits on Farm Road 423; thense continuing in a southerly direction for a distance of 0.341 mile (1,800 feet), approximately, a maximum speed of thirty (30) miles per hour when so signed for school crossing locations. Said speed limit shall be in effect on school days from the hours of 7:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m., from 11:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m., and from 2:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m." Section 2. That the City Manager, the Chief of Police or such representative as either of said officials may appoint, is hereby authorized and directed to cause appropriate signs to be posted and maintained giving notice of the maximum speed limit on school days during the hours designated in Section 1 of this ordinance. Section 3. That any person violating the provisions of this ordinance shall, upon conviction, be punished in accordance with Section 1-5 of the Code of Ordinances. Section 4. If any section, article, paragraph, sentence, clause, phrase or word in this ordinance or application thereto any person or circumstance is held invalid or unconstitutional by a Court of competent jurisdiction such holding shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of the ordinance; and the City Council hereby declares it would have passed such remaining portions of the ordinance despite such invalidity, which remaining portions shall remain in full force and effect. Section 5. This ordinance shall become effective from and after the date of its passage and publication and it is accordingly so ordained. PASSED AND APPROVED this c~)~ day of ~-~-~_, 1984. city ATTEST: City ~eC~etary [SE~ APPROVED AS TO FORM: -3-