HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 01.12.1982 - Speed ZoneAN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF GEORGETOWN, TEXAS, ZONING FOR TRAFFIC AND RATE
OF SPEED THEREIN, ON LOOP 418 IN THE�CITY LIMITS OF THE CITY OF GEORGETOWN;
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 DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF GEORGETOWN.
Section I
It is hereby determined upon the basis of an Engineering and Traffic investi-
gation that the prima facie maximum speed limit on those portions of Loop 418
routed in the city limits of Georgetown, is as hereinafter 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.
Speed Zone
Loop 418
For Southbound Traffic:
Beginning at the north city limit of Georgetown at milepoint 10.963 to
milepoint 11.526, a distance of 0.558 miles, a prima facie maximum speed
limit of 50 miles per hour.
From milepoint 11.526 to milepoint 11.999, a distance of 0.473 miles, a
prima facie maximum speed limit of 45 miles per hour.
School Speed Zone:
From milepoint 10.977 to milepoint 11.204, a distance of 0.227 miles, a
prima facie maximum speed limit of 35 miles per hour when flashing.
For Northbound Traffic:
Beginning at milepoint 11.999 to milepoint 11.526, a distance of 0.473
miles, a prima facie maximum speed limit of 45 miles per hour.
From milepoint 11.526 to the north city limit of Georgetown at milepoint
10.968, a distance of 0.558 miles, a prima facie maximum speed limit of
50 miles per hour.
School Speed Zone:
Beginning at milepoint 11.204 to milepoint 10.977, a distance of 0.227
miles, a prima facie maximum speed limit of 35 miles per hour when flashing.
Section II
That all of the streets of the 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
fine in any sum not to exceed Two Hundred dollars ($200.00). That the use of
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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 was so being driven upon, if
zoned.
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 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 traffic,
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
passage, 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. ,
Passed and approved this the Z day of—JA�,L I U 6UZ-!4 19�:
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