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AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF GEORGETOWN, TEXAS, ZONING FOR TRAFFIC AND RATE
OF SPEED THEREIN, ON RM HIGHWAY 2338 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 inves-
tigation that the prima facie maximum speed limit on those portions of R.M.
Highway 2338 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
R.M. Highway 2338
For Eastbound Traffic:
Beginning at the west city limit of Georgetown at milepoint 14.010
to milepoint 14.337, a distance of 0.327 miles, a prima facie maxi-
mum speed limit of 45 miles per hour.
From milepoint 14.337 to milepoint 15.450, a distance of 1.1.13 miles,
a prima facie maximum speed limit of 35 miles per hour.
_CHOOL SPEED ZONE:
Beginning at milepoint 15.055 to milepoint 15.174, a distance of 0.119
miles, a prima facie maximum speed limit of 30 miles per ho+±r when
flushing.
For Westbound Traffic:
Beginning at milepoint 15.450 to milepoint 14.337, a distance of 1.113
miles, a prima facie maximum speed limit of 35 miles per hour.
From milepoint 14.337 to the west city limit of Georgetown at milepoint
14.010, a distance of 0.327 miles, a prima facie maximum speed limit of
45 miles per hour.
SCHOOL SPEED ZONE:
Beginning at milepoint 15.174 to milepoint 15.055, a distance of 0.119
miles, a prima facie maximum speed limit of 30 miles per hour when
flashing.
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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
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 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
W commit the offense of "Speeding".
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Na" Section III
That should any section or any portion of any section hereof be decreed to
Q be void, the invalidity of such section or such portion thereof shall not
Q affect the validity of the remaining portions of this ordinance; and that
each section and each portion theroof 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 _day of 4A.D. 19 r'O .
M -or',- City of orgetowrt
ATTEST:
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City Secretary