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ORDINANCE NO. 00-1174
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF THE COLONY, TEXAS AMENDING
ORDINANCE NO. 99-1160 WHICH AMENDED CHAPTER 19 TRAFFIC OF
THE CODE OF ORDINANCES IN SECTION 19-11 SCHOOL TRAFFIC
ZONES; INSTRUCTING THE CITY MANAGER OR HIS DESIGNEE TO
POST THE REQUIRED SIGNS; PROVIDING FOR A PENALTY OF A
FINE NOT TO EXCEED THE SUM OF TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS
($200.00); PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING AN
EFFECTIVE DATE
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF THE COLONY, TEXAS:
Section 1. That Ordinance No. 99-1160 of the City of The Colony, Texas passed and approved
on the 6th day of December 1999; which amended Chapter 19 Traffic of the Code of Ordinances; shall be amended
relating to School Traffic Zones as follows:
"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 one thousand three hundred (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
2:45p. m. to 4:15 p. m."
Section 2. That the City Manager, or his designee, is hereby authorized to post the appropriate
traffic zone signs including a flashing amber light at the locations provided hereinabove.
Section 3. 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 accordance with the general provisions
of the Code of Ordinances.
Section 4. If any section or provision of this ordinance, or application of that section or provision
to any person, firm, corporation, situation or circumstance is for any reason judged invalid, the adjudication shall
not affect any other section or provision of this ordinance or the application of any other section or provision to any
other person, firm, corporation, situation or circumstance, and the City Council declares that it would have adopted
the valid portions of the Ordinance without the invalid parts and to this end the provisions of this ordinance shall
remain in full force and effect.
PASSED AND APPROVED by_the City Council of the City of The Colony, Texas on this the _
28th day of February 2000. ~~ ~~_ ~~. ,
ATTEST: William W. Manning, Mayor ~