HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance No. 89-01 . • � �,
4RU�I�ANCE N0. �5�3-1
AN ORL�INANCE ALT�RING THF, PRY1�1A FACIF SPEED LIMITS
ESTASLiSH�;U FOR vEHiCL�:s UNn�R THE PRUVIS10NS OF
ARTYCLE 6741D, VERNON' S TEX/�S CIVIL STATUT�S, UFON TN�
BASIS OF AN �NG�NEERING AND TRAFFZG �NV�STIGATIaN, TO
45 M.P.N. AT10NG �'.M. 2351 FROM THE BRA70RIA/GALVFST4N
CQUNmY LIN� TO SUNSET, TO �p M. F.t�. ALONG F.M. 2351
FROM SUNS�T TO ONE-TENTH MILE SDUTHW�ST OF THF
NARRIS/G11T.VESTON C:OUNTY I.T.NF,, AND TO �+5 M. P.�l, ALONG
F.M. 2351 FROM ON�-'1'ENTH M�LE SOUTHWEST OF T�iE
HARRIS/GAIaV�STpN� C4UNTY �aINE TO }3EAr1ER ROAD•, ALL SA�D
P4RTIONS BEING LOCAT�D WITHIN TH� C�RP�RAT� L�IMITS 0�'
TH� C�TY OF FRIENDSWOOD, TEXAS ; PR(7VYDING FOR TH�
PI�AC�M�NT OF SIGNAGE; PROVIDING IT UNLAWFUI. �'Ol� ANY
PFRSON TO UP�RATE A VEHICi�F IN �XCESS OF TH� FOST�D
MAXIMUM S�'EED; AND PRaVIDING A PENALTY OF A FINE NOT
TO FXCEE� �?.DO FOR THE V�.OLATiON OF T��IS ORniNANCE.
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WH�REAS , Art�.c2e 6701D, V�r�ion' s Texas Civi� Sratut�s,
pravic�es thaC wheciever �he g�verning i�ody af ttl� City sha11
de�erm�.ne u�on �l�e be��is df �n engineerin� �nd treffic
investi�ation that any prima facie �pe�d therei.n set forth is
gr�ater or less than i.s reasonable or sa�e under �h� condit�ans
found to exis� at any inrers�ct�on or other place or upan any
p�rC of a sCreet or highway within the City, taki.ng in�o
cbn�id�ra�ion �he w�_dtt1 €�nd condfrion of Che pavemenr and o�her
cirGUmst�nces oc� such porti.an of said stree� or highway, as
well as Che usual treffic Chereon, said governing bvdy m�y
determine ancl dec].are g reason�ble �nd ��fe prima facie speed
].imit C1�ereat or ther�on by the p�ssage of an ordfnance , wlni�h
shr�11 be e£feCtiive whect r�ppropriR�e si.pns giving no�i�e thereof
�re ereczed �C �uch i�t�terseceivn or other place or part c�f ��i�
street ar highw�ty, now, there�ore ,
BF IT ORI7AINED BY TNE CYTY COt1NCIT.� OF TH�; CtTY �F �'RIENDSWQOD,
S'rATE OF TEXAS :
Section 1 . Upon �h� bas�,s af an engineeri.ng and traf£ic
investigaCion heretoFore made Hs �tuthorized by the provisions
Qf Ar�icl� 6701D, V�rnon' s Texas Civil St�tutes , Che £ollowing
prima facie speed 1i.mits h�rcaf�er indica� ed �or vehicles are
Yte�reby determ�ned �nd declared to be reasongble and eafe ; and
�uch speed 1irni.ts are hereby fixed a� rhe ra�e af speed
indicated for vehicles traveling upon the named streets and
highways, or parts thereof, deseribed as follows :
Along F .M. 2351 from the Brazoria/Galveston
County Line to Sunset , a distanee of approximately
0 .750 mile , 45 m. p.h. ,
Along F .M. 2351 from Sunset to one-tenth mile
southwest of the Harris/Galveston County Line , a
distance of approximately 1 . 445 miles, �0 m. p.h. ,
Along F.M. 2351 from one-tenth mile southwest of
the Harris/Galveston County Line to Beamer Road , a
distanee of approximately 1 . 630 miles , 45 m. p .h.
Section 2. The City Manager is hereby authorized and
directed to notify the Texas Department Highways & Public
Transportation and request the placement of speed limit signs
along the above-described roadways specifying the maximum speed
limits established hereby.
Seetion 3 • It shall be unlawful for any person to operate
a vehiele at speeds in excess of the speed limits established
hereby and upon the placement of appropriate si.gns and any speed
in excess of such limits as described herein shall be prima facie
evidence that the speed is not reasonable or prudent and that it
is unlawful .
Seetion � . Any person who shall violate any provision of
this ordinanee shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon
convietion thereof, shall be fined in an amount not to exeeed
$200. 00 .
PASSED AND APPROVED on first reading this 23rdday of
January , 1989 ,
PASSED , APPROVED , AND ADOPTED on second and final reading
this 3rdday of April , 1g89 .
Mayor Paul W. Schrader
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Deloris MeK nzi , CMC
City Se�re�ary