HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance No. 2010-19 (Title: An ordinance repealing Ordinance No. 70 Which declared a school speed zone and
fixed the speed limit at 25 mph along FM 518 from Magnolia Avenue to Spreading Oaks
Avenue (a distance of approximately 0.199 miles)).
ORDINANCE NO.2010-19
AN ORDINANCE REPEALING ORDINANCE NO. 70 WHICH
DECLARED A SCHOOL SPEED ZONE AND FIXED THE
PRIMA FACIE SPEED LIMIT AT 25 MPH ALONG FM 518,
FROM A POINT FIFTY FEET NORTHWEST OF MAGNOLIA
AVENUE, TO A POINT FIFTY FEET SOUTHEAST OF
SPREADING OAKS AVENUE, A DISTANCE OF
APPROXIMATELY 0.199 MILES; FIXING THE NEW PRIMA
FACIE SPEED LIMIT AT 30 MPH; PROVIDING A PENALTY
OF AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $200 FOR EACH
VIOLATION OF ANY PROVISION HEREOF; AND
PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY.
WHEREAS, Ordinance No. 70 declared a school speed zone and fixed the speed limit at
25 mph along FM 518 from Magnolia Avenue to Spreading Oaks Avenue (a distance of
approximately 0.199 miles); and
WHEREAS, the school speed zone was declared in connection with the establishment of
the junior high school; and
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WHEREAS, the purposes for the establishment of a school speed zone at this location no
longer exist; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Friendswood, Texas, deems it in the best
interest of the citizens of Friendswood to repeal Ordinance No. 70 and determine and declare a
reasonable and safe prima facie speed limit thereat at 30 mph, which shall be effective when
appropriate signs giving notice thereof are erected at such place or part of the street or highwa ;
now therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FRIENDSWOOD,
STATE OF TEXAS:
Section 1. Ordinance No. 70 declaring a school speed zone and fixing the speed limit
at 25 mph along FM 518 from a point fifty feet northwest of Magnolia Avenue, to a point fifty
feet southeast of Spreading Oaks Avenue, a distance of approximately 0.199 miles, is hereby
repealed.
Section 2. The prima facie speed limit for vehicles is hereby determined and declared ,
to be reasonable and safe and such speed limit is hereby fixed at the rate of speed indicated for
vehicles traveling upon the following named street, or part thereof, described as follows:
(A) Along FM 518 from a point fifty feet northwest of Magnolia Avenue, to a
point fifty feet southeast of Spreading Oaks Avenue, a distance of
approximately 0.199 miles,the speed limit shall be 10 MPH".
Said speed limit shall be effective when appropriate signs giving notice thereof are erected at j
such place or part of the street or highway.
I Section 3. Any person violating any provisions of this Ordinance shall by deemed guilty
of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall by fined in any sum not less than One
Dollar($1.00)nor more than Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00).
Section 4. In the event any section, paragraph, subdivision, clause, phrase, provision,
sentence, or part of this Ordinance or the application of the same to any person or circumstance
shall for any reason be adjudged invalid or held unconstitutional by a court of competent l
jurisdiction, it shall not affect, impair, or invalidate this Ordinance as a whole or any part or
provision hereof other any part or provision hereof other than the part declared to be invalid or
unconstitutional; and the City Council of the City of Friendswood, Texas, declares that it would'
have passed each and every part of the same notwithstanding the omission of any and every part
of the same notwithstanding the omission of any such part thus declared to be invalid or
unconstitutional, or whether there be one or more parts.
PASSED AND APPROVED on first reading this 2Id day of August 2010.
PASSED,APPROVED,AND ADOPTED on second and final reading this the 16th
day of August 2010.
David J. H. Smith
ATTEST: OF F NAD
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Melinda Welsh,TRMC
City Secretary
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