HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance No. 749 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 THE MAXIMUM PRIMA FACIE
SPEED LIMIT AND THE TERRITORIAL EXTENT OF SUCH
SPEED LIMIT ALONG PIANO PARKWAY; 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 DOLLARS ($200.00) AND A SEPARATE
OFFENSE SHALL BE DEEMED COMMITYED 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 thc 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
thc 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 i. 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 thc 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 19-10 of Chapter 19 relating to speed limits is amended to
read as follows:
"Sec. 19-10. Speed limits - Generally,
"(b)
Street Extent S_p_i_eg.(_~l
Plano Parkway From its intersection with State 40
Highway 121 to a point approximately
260 ft. south of that intersection.
Piano Parkway From a point approximately 260 ft. 45
south of its intersection with State
Highway 121 to a point approximately
1500 ft. south of its intersection
with State Highway 121.
Plano Parkway From a point approximately 1500 ft. 50
south of its intersection with State
Highway 121 to The Colony southern
city limits as it intersects with
Piano Parkway.
Section 3. If any section, article paragraph, sentence, clause, phrase or word
in his 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.
PAS~S6~D AND ~APPRg, VED by the City Council of the City of The Colony,
Texas on this the_.¢.~-- day of ~, 1992.
W. ~anning, Mayor ~
ATI~ST: [.
City Secretary