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WHEREAS, the Texas Department of Transportation ("TxDOT") has completed
speed studies on the segment of SH 195 located within the corporate limits of the City of
Georgetown and has determined that adjustments to the existing speed zones are
currently warranted; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Georgetown finds it to be in the best
interest of the citizens of Georgetown to adopt the speed zone adjustments
recommended by TxDOT on the segment of SH 195 within the City of Georgetown.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF GEORGETOWN:
SECTION 1. The facts and recitations contained in the preamble of this ordinance
are hereby found and declared to be true and correct, and are incorporated by reference
herein and expressly made a part hereof, as if copied verbatim. The City Council hereby
finds that this ordinance implements the following elements of the Century Plan Policy
Plan and that the enactment of this ordinance is not inconsistent or in conflict with any
other Century Plan Policies, as required by Section 2.03 of the Administrative Chapter the
Policy Plan:
Transportation Policy 10.00 of the Century Plan - Policy Plan
Element, which states: "Citizens and commercial goods move
safely and efficiently throughout all parts of the City. if
SECTION 2. It is hereby determined upon the basis of an engineering and traffic
investigation that the prima facie maximum speed limit on those portions of SH 195
routed in the City of Georgetown is hereby stated, which prima facie maximum speed
limit shall be effective at all times and signs will be erected giving notice of the prima
facie maximum speed limit so declared to wit:
Ordinance No. � i
SH 195 Speed Zone
Page I of 3
Speed Zone
For Eastbound and Westbound traffic:
On SH 195 from mile point 20.055 (Shell Rd) to mile point 22.219 (I-35 NBFR) a distance
of 2.164 miles, a prima facie maximum speed limit of 60 miles per hour.
SECTION 3. That all of the streets of this city, and all portions of any such
streets, are hereby declared to be public streets and that the driving or operating of any
motor vehicle on or along any portion of any street of this city at a rate of speed that is
greater than the maximum rate of speed for said portion of said street, as fixed by this
ordinance shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, which is named "The Offense of Speeding"
and that the said offense is punishable by a fine in any sum not to exceed two hundred
dollars ($ 200.00). That the use of the word "Speeding" shall be sufficient to designate
the said offense, and shall mean that a motor vehicle has been driven upon a public
street at a greater rate of speed than fixed by City Ordinance for the street and for the
zone thereof, that such motor vehicle was so being driven upon, if zoned.
SECTION 4. That in prosecutions under this ordinance, for the offense of
speeding, the complaint, if in other respects sufficient in form, shall as to the portion
thereof seeking to acknowledge the offense, be sufficient if it in substance alleges that
the defendant did while driving a motor vehicle in said city commit the offense of
"Speeding".
SECTION 5. That should any section or any portion of any section hereof be
decreed to be void, the invalidity of such section or such portion thereof shall not affect
the validity of the remaining portions of this ordinance; and that each section and each
portion thereof not decreed to be invalid shall remain valid and enforceable.
SECTION 6. That all ordinances and parts of ordinances that are in conflict with
this ordinance are hereby repealed.
SECTION 7. The Mayor is hereby authorized to sign this ordinance and the City
Secretary to attest. This ordinance shall become effective in accordance with the
provisions of state law and the City Charter of the City of Georgetown.
Ordinance , A 00. Q
SpeedSH 195 Zone
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PASSED AND APPROVED on first reading on this 69511 day of April, 2008.
PASSED AND APPROVED on second reading on this day of April, 2008.
ATTEST:
Sandra D. Lee, City
CITY OF GEORGETOWN, TEXAS
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APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Patricia E. Carls, City Attorney
Ordinance No.
SH 195 Speed Zone
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