HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 08.15.1963 - Zoning Traffic & SpeedAN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF GEORGETO'ii;N, TEXAS, ZONING FOmi TRAFFIC., AND
RATE til' SPEED THEREIN, U. S. HIGHWAY 81, STATE HIGHWAY 2 AND F• M.
HICU AY.1460, AND DECLARING RATE OF SPEED ON OTHER STREwj S; DEFINING
SPEEDING ,AND FIXING A PENALTY THEREFOR; DECLARING VV&AT Kff BE A SUF
FICIENT COMPLAINT IN' THD PROSECUTIONS HEREUNDER; WITH A SIAVIKG CLAUSE
AND A CLAUSE REPEALING CONFLICTING LAWS A1,T7 DECLARING AT IE12EROKTCY.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COLM CT l OF THE CITY OF OEOIZGUTOWN:
Section I
That portions of U. S. Highway 81, State highway 29 and . Me Highway
1460 in the City of Georgetown are hereby zoned for traf is upon said
highways and the maximum rate of speed for each zone is fixed as followss
U. S. Highway 81 - For North Bound Traffic
From the Georgetown South City Limits, Station. 542+30, tcStation 55550
a distance of 0.250 mile, a maximum speed of 50 miles pe hour.
From Station 555}50 to Station 510§00 a distance of 0.27 mile a maximum
speed of 40 miles per hourt k
From station 570100 to Station • ! . distance of !,,
speedOf 30 miles per
Station 596+00 to Station 622400 a distance of 0.4
speed of 45 miles per hour.
From StationI622f00 'ter Station 630 00 a distance of 0.152
speed of 35 miles per hour.
From Station 630400 to Station 640+00 a distance of Oa
speed of 45 miles per hour.
From Station 640tOO to Georgetown north City Limit, Stat
of 0.390 anile, a maximum speed of 35 miles per hour.
For South Bound Traffic
mile, a maximum
From Georgetown North City Limit, Station; 660+59, to Sta# on 640100 a distance
of 0.390 mile, a maximum speed of 55 miles per hour.
From Station 640fOO to Station 630.00 a distance of 0.1
speed of 45 miles per hour.
Prom Station 630+00 to Station 622400 a distance of 0.1
speed of 35 miles per hour.
From Station 622+00 to Station 596f*00 a distance of 0.4
speed of 45 miles per hour.
From Station S96#00 to Station 570$0=0 a distnee of 0.452 r ile, a maximum
speed of 30 miles per hour.
From Station 570+00 to Station 555 50 a distance of 0.27 mile, a maximum
speed of 40,miles per hour.
From Station
555450
to
South City
Limits
of
Georgetown,
distance of 0.250
mile,
hour.
a maximum
speed
of
50 miles per
State Highway 29 - For Fast Bound Traffic
From Georgetown
Vilest City .Limit,
Station.
Oy00
, to Stati
of0.511 mile, a
maximun speed of
40 miles
per
hour.
From
Station
27¢00 to Georgetown East
City
Limit, Stati
of 0.845
mile,
a maximum speed of 35
miles
per hour.
ation 542+30 a
ur.
27#-00 a distance
71+63.3 a distance
I
299
For West Bound Traffic
From Georgetown. East City Limit, Station 7i+63#3, to Station 27WO a distance
of 0.845 mile, a maximum speed of 35 miles per hour.
From Station.. 27+00 to Georgetown West City Limit, Station 0+00, a distance
of 0#511 mile, a maximum speed of 40 miles per hour.
F. M. Highway 1460- For South Bound Traffic
From Station 17130 to Station 40¢00 a distance of 0.430 mile, a maximum
speed of 30 miles per hour.
From Station. 40¢00 to Georgetown South City Limit, Station 50,93.2 , a
distance of 0.207 mile, a maximum speed of 40 miles per hour.
For North Bound Traffic
From Georgetown South City Limits, Station 50493.2, to '.station 4000 a
distance of 0.207 mile, a maximum speed of 40 miles per hour.
From Station 40400 to Station 17430 a, distance of 0.430 mile, a maximum
speed of 30 miles per hour.
That the maximum rate of speed for motor vehicles upon each of the remaining
streets of the City of Georgetown shall remain at the rate of speed fixed by
other existing city ordinances.
Section II
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 zpeed 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 fine in any sum not less than one dollar ($1.00)
no more than two hundred dollars (4200.00) . 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 that fixed by City Ordinance for the street and for the
zone thereof, that such motor vehicle oas so being driven upon, if zoned.
That in prosecutions under this ordinance, for the offense of speeding, the
complaint, if in other respect 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 III
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.
That all ordinances and parts of ordinances that are in conflict with this
ordinance are hereby repealed.
That the fact that prompt action should be taken in the regulation of traffics
on the streets of this City, in the manner provided for in this ordinance
creates an emergency requiring that the rules that provide that an ordinance
shall be read at three separate meetings of the City Council before final pas"
sage; be suspended, and that the said rules are hereby suspended, and this
ordinance is here and now passed, and that it is ordered that it take effect
from and after its passage and publication.
this the l th d of August As Do l 67 0
Passed and approved is e � ay �. �; 9 3
ayor, City of eorgetown, Texas
City Clerk, City of eorgetovrn, Texas`
The Mate of Teas
County of Wi lliams6n
City of Georgetown
City Secretary of the City f Georgetown, Texas.,
hereby certify that t e above and foregoing is, a true an correct copy of an
ordinance passed by the City Commission, of the City of eorgetown, Texas, on
the 15 day of august , 1963, and of the miniftes pertaining to the
adoption of said ordinance as the same appears of record in Volume 1 Wage
299 of the minutes of the said Commission.
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Given under my hand and seal of said City, this the lr�[ day of ,August 1963®
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