HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance No. 165 ORDINANCE N0, 165
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-
WHEREAS, Article 6701 D, of Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes, 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 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,
STATEa OF
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FRIENDSWOOD,I TEXAS:
SECTION 1., Upon the basis of an engineering and trafic investigation
heretofore made as authorized by the provisions of Article 6701 D Vernon's
Texas Civil Statutes, the followin� prima facie speed limits hereafter indi-
cated 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 (2� MILES PER HOUR
(a) Along Echo Avenue extending from its intersection with Quaker Drive in
a southwesterly direction to its end: ,1 of a mile
(b) Along Penn Drive extending from its southeast end to its northwest end,
from cul-de-sac to cul-de-sac: .1 of a mile
(c) Along Greenbriar Drive extending from its intersection with Castlewood
Avenue to its intersection with Falling Leaf; .35 of a mile
(d) Along Lexington extending from its intersection with Castlewood Avenue
to its end in a cul-de-sac: . 1 of a mile
(e) Along Castlewood Avenue from Coward Creek to FM 518, a distance of approxi-
mately .4 of a mile
THIRTY (30� MILES PER HOUR
(a) Along Castlewood Avenue extending from its intersection with Sunset Drive
to its intersection with Greenbriar Drive: .4 of a mile
(b) Along Falling Leaf extending from its intersection with Greenbriar Drive
to its intersection with Sunset Drive: .35 of a mile
(c) Along Melody Lane extending from its intersection with Edgewood Avenue
(FM 2351 ) to the Friendswood City Limits at the Brazoria County Line:
1 .2 miles
(d) Along John Drive extending from the Friendswood City Limits to its
intersection with Myrtlewood Drive: .3 of a mile
(e) Along Myrtlewood Drive extending from its intersection with John Drive
to its end in a cul-de-sac: .2 of a mile
(f) Along Steele Drive extending from its intersection with Judy Avenue to
its end in a cul-de-sac: .2 of a mile
(g) Along Judy Avenue extending from its intersection with Steele Drive to
its intersection with Thomas Drive: .3 of a mile
(h) Along Thomas Drive extending from its intersection with Judy Avenue to
its intersection with John Avenue: .2 of a mile
(i ) Along Crawford Drive extending from its intersection with John Avenue to
its intersection with Judy Avenue: .2 of a mile
SECTION 2. Any person violating any of the provisions of this ordinance
shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof sha11 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. Severability. 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, shall not be affected thereby.
FIRST READING TAKEN THIS 6th DAY OF April y 1972,
SECOND READING TAKEN THIS 20th DAY OF April y 1972
THIRD AND FINAL READING TAKEN, PASSED, APPROVED AND FINALLY ADOPTED THIS
4th DAY OF May , 1972.
VOTING AYE: 6
VOTING NAY: 0
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