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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 01.12.1982 Airport Road Speed LimitAN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF GEORGETOWN, TEXAS ZONING FOR TRAFFIC AND RATE OF SPEED THEREIN, ON AIRPORT ROAD IN THE CITY LIMITS OF THE CII OF GEORGETOWN: DEFINING SPEEDING AND FIXING A PENALTY THEREFORE: DECLARING WHAT MAY BE A SUFFICIENT COMPLAINT IN PROSECUTIONS HERE- UNDER: WITH A SAVING CLAUSE REPEALING LAWS AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY BE -IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF GEORGETOWN. Section I Itis hereby determined upon the basis of an Engineering and Traffic investigation that the prima facie maximum speed limit on those portions of the below listed streets 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 ZONES Airport Road: Beginning at the intersection of the West Service Road of IH -35 and continuing on Airport Road to the northwest city limits of the City ` of Georgetown, a prima facie maximum speed limit of 40 miles per hour for traffic travelling in each direction. 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 speed that is greater than the maximum rate of speed for said por- tion of said street, as fixed by this ordinance shall be guilty of a misde- meanor, 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 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 thereof 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. C icy a� t74oC� t That the fact that prompt action should be taken in the regulation of traf- fic, on the streets of this City, in the manner provided for in this ordin- ance creates an emergency requiring that the rules that provide that an or- dinance 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 theday of C A.D. l9-z2:- City 9-z2: -City of Ge getown John Doerfle, Mayor ATTEST: City Secretary