HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance No. 551 CITY OF THE COLONY, TEXAS
O IN CE 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 SHATJ. 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 DOLLARS ($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
W~REAS, 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 hea3th, 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 Chapte[ 19.relating to speed
limits in school and traffic zones, is amended to read
as follows:
= "Sec. 19-11. Same - In school traffic zones.
(a.) 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 D~., 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.
N. Colony Blvd. From a point 460 feet East of its
intersecting point with Ragan Dr. to a
point 560 feet West of its intersection
with Ragan Dr.
N. Colony Blvd. From a point 250 feet East of Joy Dr. to
a point 260 feet West of Farm Rd.
Highway No. 423 (Main St.)
N. Colony Blvd. From a point 250 feet East of its
intersection with Paige Rd. to a point
250 feet West of its intersection with
Paige Rd.
S. Colony Blvd. From a point 300 feet East of its
intersection with Blair Oaks Dr. to a
point 20 feet West of its intersection
with Alta Oaks Ln.
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 a point 25~0 ~eet West of its
intersection with J6hn.~ates Street to
its intersecting point with Miller Dr~
Paig~ Road From its intersecting point with N.
Colony Blvd. to 250 feet South of its
intersection with N. Colony Blvd.
Paige Road From its intersecting point with Slay
Dr. to its intersecting point with Gates
Dr.
Augusta Street From a point 250 feet East of Anderson
Dr. to a point 730 feet West of Anderson
Dr.
Anderson Drive From a point 540 feet South of Augusta
St. to its intersection with Augusta St.
Curry Drive From a point 250 feet North of its
intersection with N. Colony Blvd. to its
intersection with Hale St.
Blair Oaks Rd. From a point 300 feet North of its
intersection with S. Colony Blvd. to its
intersection with Arbor Glen Rd.
Arbor Glen Rd. From its intersection with Ash Glen Lane
to a point 200 feet East of Blair Oaks
Rd.
John Yates St. From its intersection with Roberts Dr.
to its intersection with Shannon Dr.
(b.) Upon the basis of an engineering and traffic
investigation heretofore made as authorized by the
provisions of section 169(b) of Article 6701d, Vernon's
Texas Civil Statutes, the following prima facie speed limits
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,
during the hereinafter designated hours on school days,
either when such hours are prescribed on official school
traffic zone speed limits signs located at said zones or
when school zone signs bearing a flashing amber light and
located said zones are in operation:
No motor vehicle shall be operated along and upon Farm Road
Highway No. 423 (Main Street) within the corporate limits of
the city in excess of the speed now set forth in the
following limits: BEginning at station 509 plus 85 to
station 522 plus 85, being a distance of 1,300 feet, 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 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m., and from 2:45 p.m. to
4:15 p.m."
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 ord~aDces 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 by ~ City Council of the City of
The Colony, Texas on this the /i~- day of ~_~ ,19~.~/
Dofi~mSc~, Mayor
ATTEST:
%~..g~-~3s, City Secretary