HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance No. 2005-16 Title: An ordinance establishing new speed limits for specified areas on FM 2351,
providing for a penalty and providing for severability.
ORDINANCE NO.2005-16
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF FRIENDSWOOD, TEXAS,
ALTERING THE PRIMA FACIE SPEED LIMITS ESTABLISHED FOR
VEHICLES UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF § 545.356, TEXAS
TRANSPORTATION CODE, UPON THE BASIS OF AN ENGINEERING
AND TRAFFIC INVESTIGATION, UPON CERTAIN STREETS AND
HIGHWAYS, OF PARTS THEREOF, WITHIN THE CORPORATE
LIMITS OF THE CITY OF FRIENDSWOOD, AS SET OUT IN THIS
ORDINANCE; PROVIDING A PENALTY OF A FINE NOT TO EXCEED
$200 FOR THE VIOLATION OF THIS ORDINANCE; AND PROVIDING
FOR SEVERABILITY.
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WHEREAS, § 545.356, Texas Transportation Code, provides that whenever the governing
body of the 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 of 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 of
highway;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF FRIENDSWOOD, STATE OF TEXAS:
Section 1. Upon the basis of an engineering and traffic investigation heretofore made as
authorized by the provisions of§ 545.356, Texas Transportation Code, the following prima facie
speed limits hereafter 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, described as follows:
(A) Along FM 2351 from the west City limit of City of Friendswood to the 316
feet west of Sunset, a distance of approximately 0.663 miles, the speed limit
shall be "45 MPH".
(B) Along FM 2351 from 316 feet west of Sunset to 211 feet east of Live Oak, a
distance of approximately 0.637 miles, the speed limit shall be "35 MPH".
(C) Along FM 2351 from 211 feet east of Live Oak to Galveston/Harris County
Line, a distance of 0.927 miles, the speed limit shall be "40 MPH".
(D) Along FM 2351 from Galveston/Harris County Line to east City limit of City
of Friendswood, a distance of 1.559 miles, the speed limit shall be "45 MPH".
(E) Along FM 2351 a school zone 107 feet east of East Stadium to 396 feet east of
Prairie Wilde, a distance of approximately 0.257 mile, the speed limit shall be
"20 MPH" WHEN FLASHING.
(F) Along FM 2351 a school zone 1267 feet east of Watkins Way to the centerline
of Hope Village, a distance of approximately 0.200 mile, the speed limit shall
be "30 MPH" WHEN FLASHING.
Section 2. Any person violating any of the provisions of this ordinance shall by
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall by fined in any sum not more
than Two Hundred Dollars ($200).
Section 3. In the event any clause,phrase,provision, sentence, or part of this Ordinance
or the application of the same to any person or circumstances shall for any reason be adjudged
invalid or held unconstitutional by a court of competent jurisdiction, it shall not affect, impair, or
invalidate this Ordinance as a whole or 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 such part
thus declared to be invalid ar unconstitutional, whether there be one or more parts.
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PASSED AND APPROVED on first reading this 18t� day of A ril, 2005.
PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED on second and final reading this 2°d day of
May,2005.
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Kimball W. Brizendine
Mayor
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D loris McKenzie, T C �4rF OF T��
City Secretary
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