HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 01.22.1980 - Traffic Speed RM 2243A 3 3
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AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF GEORGETOWN, TEXAS, 'ZONING FOR TRAFFIC AND RATE
OF SPEED THEREIN, ON R. M. HIGHWAY 2243 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 investiga-
tion that the prima facie maximum speed limit on those portions of R. M.
Highway 2243 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 2243
For gest Bound Traffic
Beginning at centerline station 594+50 to the East city limit of Georgetown at
Station 577+68.7, a distance of 0.318 miles, a prima facie maximum speed limit
of 45 miles per hour.
For East Bound Traffic
Beginning at the East City Limit of Georgetown at Station 577+68.7 to centerline
Station 594+50, a distance of 0.318 miles, a prima facie maximum speed of 45
miles per hour.
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 dse- 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 Ordi-ance for the street and for
the zone thereof, that such motor vehicle was so being driven upon, if zoned.
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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, Lie inva-,,idi.ty of such section or such portion thereof shall not affect
the validity the remaining portions of this ordinance, and that each section
and each port.on thereof not decreed to be invalid shall remain valid and en-
forceable.
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 thezZ/7GYday of ✓�L/Q/' A.D.
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ATTEST:
City Secretary
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