HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance No. 144 ORDINANCE N0. 144
AN ORDINANCE ALTERING THE PRIMA FACIE SPEED LIMITS ESTABLISHED
FOR VEHICLES UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF ARTICLE 6701 D, 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 $200.00 FOR THE VIOLATION OF
THIS ORDINANCE, AN(�-.�-4€��A��-1�1G-AN �1�-R�GE�VCY.
WHEREAS, Article 6701 D, of Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes, provides
that whenever the governing body of the City sha17 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, now
therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FRIENDSWOOD,
TEXAS:
Section 7 . 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
rate of speed indicated for vehicles traveling upon the named streets and
highways, or parts thereof, such streets being public streets and within
the corporate limits of the City of Friendswood, Texas, named and described
as follows:
TWENTY (20) MILES PER HOUR
(a) Along Brigadoon drive from FM 2351 to Mary Ann Drive, a
distance of approsimately three-tenths of a mile
(b) Along Heather Lane from Sunset Drive to Merriwood Drive,
a distance of approximately five-tenths of a mile
(c) Along Cherry Lane from FM 2351 throughout its length and
re-intersection with itself, a distance of approximate7y
1769 feet
Section 2. Any person violating any of the provisions of this
ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof
shall be fined in any sum not more than Two Hundred Dollars. ($200.00)
Section 3. Any person violating the terms of this ordinance may be
arrested by officers or auxiliary officers of the Police Department of the
City of Friendswood without issuance of a warrant of arrest from a
magistrate.
Section 4, Severabi7ity. If any provision of this ordinance, or the
application thereof to any person or circumstances, is held invalid, the
remainder of the ordinance, and the application of such provision to the
other persons or circumstances, sha�l not be affected thereby.
PASSED AND APPROVED as an emergency ordinance on this the lst day
of October , 1970. /
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PASSED AND APPROVED on first reading this lst day of October , 1970
PASSED AND APPROVED on second reading this 15th day of October , 1970
PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED on third and final reading this 5th day of
,,,�.� November , 1970.
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