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Home My WebLink AboutORD 2016-66 - Speed Zone Pedernales FallsORDINANCE NO. ZjQ(t- — GU AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF GEORGETOWN, TEXAS, ZONING FOR TRAFFIC AND RATE OF SPEED THEREIN, ON PEDERNALES FALLS DRIVE IN THE CITY LIMITS OF THE CITY OF GEORGETOWN BETWEEN COOL SPRINGS WAY AND ROCKY HOLLOW CREEK DRIVE AND ROCKY HOLLOW CREEK DRIVE IN THE CITY LIMITS OF THE CITY OF GEORGETOWN BETWEEN PEDERNALES FALLS DRIVE AND COUNTY ROAD 245 DEFINING SPEEDING AND FIXING A PENALTY THEREFOR, DECLARING WHAT MAY BE A SUFFICIENT COMPLAINT IN PROSECUTIONS HEREUNDER, WITH A SAVING CLAUSE REPEALING CONFLICTING LAWS; AND ESTABLISHING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, the City's Systems Engineering Department has determined upon the basis of an Engineering and Traffic investigation that the prima facie maximum speed limit on Pedernales Falls Drive routed between Cool Springs Way and Rocky Hollow Creek Drive, and Rocky Hollow Creek Drive routed between Pedernales Falls Drive and County Road 245 within the corporate limits of the City of Georgetown should be declared and signed indicating the prima facie maximum speed limit; 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 zones set out herein within the corporate limits of 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 Vision Statements, Goals and Policies of the 2030 Comprehensive Plan: 3.0 Balanced Transportation/EfficientMobility A. Georgetown has implemented improvements to the local road and traffic control system, including new thoroughfare linkages to enhance connectivity, improved and coordinated traffic signalization, and standards for access management to enhance traffic flow and safety. Ordinance No. OIL# 4 " Pedernales Falls Drive Speed Zone (September 2016) Rocky Hollow Creek Drive (September 2016) Page 1 of 3 SECTION 2. Section 10.12.083 of the City of Georgetown Code of Ordinances is hereby adopted and shall provide as follows: Section 10.12.083 Pedernales Falls Drive and Rocky Hollow Creek Drive It is hereby determined upon the basis of an engineering and traffic investigation that the prima facie maximum speed limits) on those portions of Pedernales Falls Drive and Rocky Hollow Creek Drive routed in the corporate limits of the City of Georgetown is hereby stated as follows, which prima facie maximum speed limit(s) shall be effective at all times and signs will be erected giving notice of the prima facie maximum speed limit so declared to wit: A. SPEED ZONE 1. For both directions of traffic along Pedernales Falls Drive: Beginning at the centerline of Cool Springs Way to the centerline of Rocky Hollow Creek Drive, a distance of 4,577 feet, a prima facie maximum speed limit of 35 miles per hour. 2. For both directions if traffic along Rocky Hollow Creek Drive: Beginning at the centerline of Pedernales Falls Drive to the east edge of the pavement for County Road 245, a distance of 3,553 feet, a prima facie maximum speed limit of 35 miles per hour. B. 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. C. 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 Ordinance No. 4016-66 Pedemales Falls Drive Speed Zone (September 2016) Rocky Hallow Creek Drive (September 2016) Page 2 of 3 the defendant did while driving a motor vehicle in said city commit the offense of "Speeding." SECTION 3. All ordinances and resolutions, or parts of ordinances and resolutions, in conflict with this Ordinance are hereby repealed, and are no longer of any force and effect. SECTION 4. If any provision of this ordinance or application thereof to any person or circumstance shall be held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect the other provisions, or applications thereof, of this ordinance which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this ordinance are hereby declared to be severable. SECTION 5. 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. PASSED AND APPROVED on first reading on this c day of September 2016. PASSED AND APPROVED on second reading on this �_ day of October 2016. ATTEST: CITY OF GEORGETOWN, TEXAS S Shelley N ' g, tity Secret 0+ APPROVED AS TO FORM: Charlie cNabb, City Attorney Ordinance No. Pedernales Falls Drive Speed Zone (September 2016) Rocky Hollow Creek Drive (September 2016) Page 3 of 3 By:<71&� 6t -►.v Date Ross, ayor 0 500 1,000 Proposed Speed Limit Change , Proposed 35 MPH e Feet Rocky Hollow Creek Dr, 35 MPH d LIMIT 35 �4 M 17,A Xl- 'K4 GJ A PStON � � O gNO�P LP PRP °y t� TIV S _. r m f Y ., m SPEED ••, � %. � �' i LIMIT 35 S� 6 OR o F1 �� \ , .SPEED SPEED' LIMIT 11 %i- 35 r N, LIMIT _ I; 35 s R > OCK�Y HOLrLPOWrE ;ONS REEK ORi v� a Y '"ems 1'ks kt mx .. d LIMIT 35 �4 M 17,A Xl- 'K4 GJ A PStON � � O gNO�P LP PRP °y t� :#i «. � . ' � a w -^" , Zc.: ter <F : • ti,5; N Op m ° AV 6 i _. r m , ., m SPEED ••, � %. � �' i LIMIT 35 S� o F1 �� \ , � SPEED' LIMIT 11 %i- 35 r N, :#i «. � . ' � a w -^" , Zc.: ter <F : • ti,5; N Op m ° AV 6 i