HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance No. 817 ORIGINAL
CITY OF THE COLONY, TEXAS
ORDINANCE NO. o~! 7
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 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 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 upon the basis of an engineering and traffic investigation, Section 19-11 of
Chapter 19 relating to speed limits in school and traffic zones is amended as follows:
Sec. 19-11. Same - In school traffic zones.
Sec. 19-11 (c)
"......In addition to the hours said speed limits shall be in effect
as described in Section 19-11 (a), said speed limits shall also be
in effect on school days from 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. at the
below named, previously designated, school zones. 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:
Paige Road From its intersecting point with Yager Drive to
its intersecting point with Norris Drive.
N. Colony Blvd. From a point 300 feet east and west of its
intersection with Etheridge Drive.
Squires Drive From a point 280 feet east of its intersection with
Taylor Drive, to a point 280 feet west of its
intersection with Taylor Drive.
Taylor Drive From its intersection with Squires Drive, to a
point 280 feet south of Squires Drive.
Nash From a point 250 feet west of its intersection with
John Yates Street to its intersection point with
Miller Drive.
Anderson Drive From a point 540 feet south of Augusta Street to
its intersection with Augusta Street.
Augusta Street From a point 250 feet east of Anderson Drive to
a point 730 feet west of Anderson Drive.
Blair Oaks Road From a point 300 feet north of its intersection
with S. Colony Blvd. to its intersection with Arbor
Glen Road.
Arbor Glen Road From its intersection with Ash Glen lane to a
point 200 feet east of Blair Oaks Road.
John Yates Street From its intersection with Roberts Drive to its
intersection with Shannon Drive.
Etheridge Drive From a point 200 feet north of Fryer St. to its
intersection with N Colony Blvd.
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.
PA[~ED AND, APPROVED by the City Council of the City of The Colony, Texas on
this the ~.~day of ~993,
W~lham W Manm~lg, Mayor -~
ATFEST:
Patti A. Hicks, TRMC, City Secretary
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
City Ath~rney'