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HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 02.09.1976 - Loop 418 Traffick9 ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF GEORGETOWN, TEXAS, ZONING FOR TRAFFIC AND RATE OF SPEED THEREIN, ON IAOP 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 DiERGENCY. BE IT ORDAINED BY'THE CITY OF GEORGETOWN. Section I It is hereby determined upon the basis of an Engineering and Traffic investigation 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 Highway 418 For North Bound Traffic Beginning at Station 530+78.2, the same being the south city limits of Georgetown, to Station 543+78, a distance of 0.247 mile, a prima facie maximum speed limit of 45 miles per hour. From Station 543+87 to Station 556+01, a distance of 0.234 mile, a prima facie maximum speed limit of 40 miles per hour. From Station 556+01 to Station 570+46, a distance of 0.274 mile, a prima facie maximum speed limit of 35 miles per hour. From Station 570+46 to Station 597+55, a distance of 0.513 mile, a prima facie maximum speed limit of 30 miles per hour. From Station 597+55 to Station 640+00, a distance of 0.804 mile, a prima facie maximum speed limit of 40 miles per hour. From Station 640+00 to Station 665+00, a distance of 0.474 miles, a,prima facie maximum speed limit of 50 miles per hour. From Station 655+00 to 694+44.46, the Georgetown, a distance of 0.576 mile, 55 miles per hour:. School Speed Zone same being the North City Limit of a prima facie maximum speed limit of From Station 682.00 to Station 694+00, a distance of 0.227 mile., a prima facie maximum speed limit of 35 miles per hour when signals are flashing. or tam lg7ce I For South Bound Traffic From Station 694+44.46, the same being the north city limits of Georgetown to Station 665-000 a distance of 0.576 mile, a prima facie maximum speed limit of 55 miles per hour. From Station 665+00 to Station 640+00, a distance of 0.474 miles, a prima facie maximum speed limit of 50 miles per hour. From Station 640+00 to Station 597+55, a distance of 0.804 mile, a prima facie maximum speed limit of 40 miles per hour. From Station 597+55 to Station 570+46, a distance of 0.513 mile, a prima facie maximum speed limit of 30 miles per hour. From Station 570+46 to Station 556+01, a distance of 0.274 mile, a prima facie maximum speed limit of 35 miles per hour. From Station 556+01 to Station 543+63, a distance of 0.234 mile, a prima facie maximum speed limit of 40 miles per hour. From Station 543+63 to Station 530+78.2, the same being the south city limits of Georgetown, a distance of 0.243 mile, a prima facie maximum speed limit of 45 miles per hour. School Speed Zone From Station 694.00 to Station 682+00, a distance of 0.227 mile, a prima facie maximum speed limit of 35 miles per hour when signals are flashing. Sectim 11 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 commit the offense of "Speeding". 2. Section Ill 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 portico s 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 9::�day of A.D. 19? ATTEST: City Secretary Mayor, City of 3.