HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance No. 80-E SPEED ZONE ORDINANCE PD
AN ORDINANCE ALTERING THE PRIMA FACIE SPEED LIMITS ESTABLISHED
FOR VEHICLES UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF ARTICLE 6701D, VERNON'S
TEXAS CIVIL STATUTES, UPON THE BASIS OF AN ENGINEERING AND
TRAFFIC INVESTIGATION., UPON CERTAIN STREETS AND HIGHWAYS, OR
PARTS THEREOF, WITHIN THE CORPORATE-LIMITS OF THE CITY OF
FRIENDSWOOD, AS SET OUT IN THIS ORDINANCE; AND PROVIDING A ; .
PENALTY OF A FINE NOT TO EXCEED $200 FOR THE VIOLATION OF THIS
ORDINANCEJAND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
WHEREAS, Article 6701D, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes, provide s
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 or highway within the City, taking into
consideration the width and condition of the pavement and other circum-
stances on such portion of said street or highway, as well as the usual
traffic thereon, said governing body may determine and declare a reason-
able 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, now therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FRIENDSWOOD,I
TEXAS] THAT AN EMERGENCY EXISTS REQUIRING THE ADOPTION OF THE FOLLOWING
ORDINANCE IN ORDER TO INSURE THE SAFETY OF THE CITIZENS OF FRIENDSWOOD
AND OTHER PERSONS UTILIZING THE PUBLIC ROADS OF THE SAID CITY:
SECTION 1, Upon the basis of an engineering and traffic investi-
gation heretofore made as authorized by the provisions of Article 6701D,
Vernon' s Texas Civil Statutes, _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 rape
of speed indicated for vehicles traveling upon the named streets and high-
ways, or parts thereof, described as follows :
(a) Along FM 518 from the Friendswood north city limit to a point
1,056 feet south of Mary Ann Street, a distance of approximately
0,403 mile, 55 miles per hour;
(b) Along FM 518 from a point 1,056 feet south of Mary Ann Strreet
to a point 53 feet north of FM 2351, a distance of approximately
0,230 mile, 45 miles per hour;
(c) Along FM 518 from a point 53 feet north of FM 2351 to a point
53 feet south of Clearview Street, a distance of approximately
0.775 mile, 40 miles per hour;
(d) Along FM 518 from a point 53 feet south of Clearview Street
to Cowart Bayou, a distance of approximately 0.693 mile, 50
miles per hour;
(e) Along FM 518 from Cowart Bayou to the Friendswood south city
limit, a distance of approximately 0.890 mile, 60 miles per hour;
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(f) Along FM 528 from the Friendswood west city limit to FM 518, a
distance of approximately 0.269 mile, 45 miles per hour;
(g) Along FM 528 from FM 518 to a point 1,584 feet east of FM 518,
a distance of approximately 0.295 mile, 50 miles per hour;
(h) Along FM 528 from a point 1,584 feet east of FM 518 to a point
2,640 feet east of FM 518, a distance of approximately 0.200
mile, 55 miles per hour;
(i) Along FM 528 from a point 2,640 feet east of FM 518 to the
Friendswood east city limit, a distance of approximately 0.339
mile, 60 miles per hour;
(j ) Along FM 2351 from FM 518 to a point 1,346 feet southwest of
FM 518, a distance of approximately 0.200 mile, 40 milesiper
hour;
(k) Along FM 2351 from a point 1,346 feet southwest of FM518 to
a point 1,003 feet southwest of Woodlawn, a dsitance of approxi-
mately 0.250 mile, 50 miles per hour;
(1) Along FM 2351 from a point 1,003 feet southwest of Woodlawn to
the Friendswood southwest city limit, a distance of approxi-
mately 0.290 mile, 60 miles per hour.
SECTION 2. Any person violating any of the provisions of this
ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon convictionithere-
of shall be fined in any sum not more than Two hundred dollars ($200) .
PASSED AND APPROVED THIS o7i„ DAY OF _-=? �9�.
APPROVED:
mayor v
ATTEST:
City Secretary
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