O-2016-3645 Amending Chapter 70 "Traffic and Vehicles" Revising Certain Regulations Related to Establishment of School Zones

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ORDINANCE NO. 2016-3645 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 70 "TRAFFIC AND VEHICLES" OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES BY REVISING CERTAIN REGULATIONS RELATED TO ESTABLISHMENT OF SCHOOL ZONES WITHIN THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE; PROVIDING A REPEALING CLAUSE; CONTAINING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; FINDING COMPLIANCE WITH THE OPEN MEETINGS LAW; PROVIDING THAT ANY PERSON VIOLATING THE TERMS OF THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BE DEEMED GUILTY OF A MISDEMEANOR AND UPON CONVICTION SHALL BE FINED IN A SUM NOT TO EXCEED TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS; PROVIDING FOR THE PUBLICATION OF THE CAPTION HEREOF; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE HEREOF. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE, TEXAS: Section 1: That Chapter 70, "Traffic and Vehicles," Article III, "Operation of Vehicles," Division 2. "Speed Limits", Section 70-97 "School zones," of the Code of Ordinances, La Porte, Texas, is hereby amended to read as follows: "Sec. 70-97. - School zones. (a) No person shall drive a vehicle on any portion of a public street or highway designated as a school zone at a speed greater than is reasonable and prudent under the circumstances then existing. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this division, the prima facie reasonable and prudent maximum speed applicable to the operator of a motor vehicle in any of the school zones designated below shall be a speed of twenty (20) miles per hour or thirty miles per hour, as established in accordance with this section: Twenty (20) miles per hour school zones: (1) Along Park Street from San Jacinto to Fairmont Parkway, a distance of 700 feet, 0.133 miles. (2) Along Fairmont Parkway from Park Street to South Broadway, a distance of 1,800 feet, 0.34 miles. (3) Along Texas Avenue from Fairmont Parkway to East G Street, a distance of 1,400 feet, 0.27 miles. (4) Along East G Street from South Broadway to San Jacinto, a distance of 1,500 feet, 0.28 miles. (5) Along South Broadway from a point 250 feet south of East G Street to a point 75 feet south of East B Street, a distance of 2,525 feet, 0.48 miles. (6) Along San Jacinto from a point 20 feet south of East B Street to a point 500 feet south of East G Street, a distance of 2,630 feet, 0.498 miles. (7) Along East C Street from San Jacinto to South Broadway, a distance of 650 feet, 0.123 miles.