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HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 01.13.1975 - Traffic & SpeedA ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF GEORGETOWN; TEXAS, ZONING FOR TRAFFIC AND RATE OF SPEED THEREIN, ON THE WEST FRONTAGE ROAD OF HIGHWAY I. H. 35 '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 in- vestigation that the prima facie maximum speed limit on those portions of the West Frontage Road of I. H. 35 routed in the City Limits of Georgetown, is as hereinafter stated, which prima facia 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 West Frontage Road of I.H. -35 For North Bound Traffic Beginning at a point 104.72 feet North of the centerline tl 'RAL 2338, Station 805+50, to 'Station 795420, a distance.o£ 0.195 mile, a prima facie maximum speed limit of 40 miles per hour. For South Bound Traffic Beginning at Station 795+20 to a point 104.72 feet north of the c6rnterline of R.M. 2338, Station 805+50, a distance of 0.195 mile, a prima facie maximdm speed limit of 40 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 fisted 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 ($200.00). That the use of the word "Speeding" shall be sufficient to designate the said offense, and shall mean that a motor vehicle has been driven upon a public street, at a greater rate of speed than that fixed by City Ordinance for the speed and for the zone thereof, that such motor vehicle was so being driven upon, if zoned. Cry o�:C�mpy�n That in prosecutions under this ordinance, for the offense of speeding, the complaint, if in other respects sufficient in form, shall as to the portion thereof seeking to acknowledge the offense, be sufficient if it in substance alleges that the defendant did while driving a motor vehicle in said city commit the offense of "Speeding". Section III That should any section or any portion of any section hereof be decreed to be void, the invalidity of such section or such portion thereof shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this ordinance; and that each section and each portion thereof not decreed to be invalid shall remain valid and enforceable. That all ordinances and parts of ordinances that are in conflict with this ordinance are hereby repealed. That the fact that prompt action should be taken in the regulation of traffic, on the streets of this City, in the manner provided for in this ordinance creates an emergency requiring that the rules that provide that an ordinance shall be read at three separate meetings of the City Council before final passage, be suspended; and that the said rules are hereby suspended, and this ordinance is here and now passed, and that it is ordered that it take effect from and after its passage and publication. Passedand approved this the f day of �/1, ©_j_ l A.D. 19 �.2.. ATTEST: City Secretary _2- A • S SiGNT D!�'ANGE 6a�L SA?X or ADV+SORY SPEED C.;$ ES &CR 2 s C'pA6ES OVER 3 ", SUR tiV!UrF1 AND TYPE R g NW10?H A CiDEN TS _ zooE. 'Jo:G?NS l�E ZO�,E SPEEDS MKI ` *OWARD . _ _—_ — J _ C. L. BEARINGS rOWARD I Y Z�v l SPEEDS ti1PH 912NI . E �rG?HS PA L AlCCIDENTS R 0 _W A0ID � E D WF6.rH SUP M 0"O AND TYPE GRAbts OVER 3 '_URYES DYER 2e SAL, SA�4K o; ASV S�iR_Y SPEED §ES SYGnT DISTANCE DE�E�C�PL9EPfT _ _ OIST NO. COUNTY _ - '— u1NUTE NO DATE HIGHWAY N CITY REPLACES OATS —� REPLACED By DATE i OAYE Or SURVEY .� . - + - SCALE , cANGE_ED Br OATE LIMITS OF ZONE - SEC -ION ONE - rL ENGT" _MR ES SEC r10N T wO jr-� E_NG_TH MIL E S { T SYA Op M P luFl 8SEtx PAOJEGT s — - F STA OR MP JCGN) _6 SE_G 0 1 F tl T RO�ECT arca3 E Y_ Y 1- BEGINS f 1 STA OR 11P CONT a$EC ogpJECT T ETA DR My CONT.HSECT. PROJECT J ENDS � rr ae W et •1 �42 i 85 PERCENTILE SPEED w — %62 TOP SPEED MEASURED NUMBER OF CARS CHECKED SPEED 7 0'\: © FATAL ACCIDENT -- .— PERSONAL INJURY ACCIDENT O PROPER-f'V DAMAGE ACCIDENT ._J tNDNCATES SECTION ZONED BY COMMISSION MINUTE .� Z•-r'1Cr77 4 A � 1 7