HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance No. 184 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF THE COLONY, TEXAS, AMENDING
ORDINANCE 147 TO DELETE FROM SECTION 5(b) THEREOF THE LISTED SPEED
LIMITS FOR SOUTH COLONY BOULEVARD, NORTH COLONY BOULEVARD, AND
PAIGE ROAD; AMENDING SECTION 6 THEREOF TO PROVIDE SPEED LIMITS IN
SCHOOL TRAFFIC ZONES ON SOUTH COLONY BOULEVARD FROM SIX HUNDRED
(600) FEET EAST OF BLAIR OAKS DRIVE TO TWO HUNDRED (200) FEET WEST OF
ALTA OAKS LANE AND ON PAIGE ROAD FROM TWENTY-FIVE (25) FEET SOUTH
OF KISOR DRIVE TO TWENTY-FIVE (25) FEET SOUTH OF GIBSON DRIVE; PROVIDING
A PENALTY OF FINE NOT TO EXCEED THE SUM OF TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS
($200.00) FOR EACH OFFENSE; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF THE COLONY,
TEXAS:
SECTION 1.
That Ordinance No. 147, Section 5(b) is hereby amended to delete therefrom
South Colony Boulevard, North Colony Boulevard, and Paige Road, the City Council
having found and determined that such streets constitute urban districts within the
City for which the maximum prima facie speed limit is established by State law at
thirty (30) miles per hour, and that it is unnecessary to list such streets for that
purpose in Ordinance No. 147.
SECTION 2.
That Section 6 of Ordinance No. 147 is hereby amended in part as follows,
to-wit:
"STREET EXTENT
South Colony Boulevard From a point 600 feet east
of its intersection with Blair
Oaks Drive to a point
200 feet west of its
intersection with Alta Oaks
Lane.
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."
SECTION 3.
That the other provisions of Section 5(b) and Section 6 of Ordinance 147
designating maximum lawful prima facie speed limits and speed limits in certain school
traffic zones shall remain in full force and effect.
SECTION 4.
Any person violating any of the provisions of Ordinance 147 as amended hereby
shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction in the Municipal Court
of the City of The Colony, Texas, shall be fined in an amount not to exceed Two
Hundred Dollars ($200.00) for each offense.
SECTION 5.
This ordinance shall become effective from and after its passage and the
publication of the caption as the law and charter in such cases provide.
DIJI,Y PA/~ by the City Council of the City of The Colony, Texas on the
ATTEST:
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APPROVED AS TO LEGALITY
OF THE FORM:
CITY ATTORNEY