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. e La Porte Police Department 915 So 81h Street La Porte, Texas 77571 281-471-3810 Fax: 281-470-1590 Richard E. RetT Chief of Police To: From: Date: Clark Askins, Assistant City Att~~r Richard Reff, Police Chief ~ 03/08/04 Conflict in the Ordinance Debra Feazelle City Manager Subject: You asked me to look into the matter of the speed limit on L Street as indicated by our Ordinances, to determine if there are any errors and what steps need to be taken regarding the speed limit on L Street. Upon reviewing Ordinance 70.- 101 Thirty-five mile an hour zones and comparing it to Ordinance 70 -102 Forty mile an hour zones I found that there is a conflict between these Ordinances as they affect the speed limit on L Street. 70-101 (4) establishes a thirty-five mile an hour zone from, along North L Street, form a point 545 feet east of Alvy Lane to the east right-ol-way line of Underwood Road, a distance of 7,542 feet, 1.42 miles. Which simply means that from Underwood to a point 545 feet east of Alvy Lane the speed limit is 35MPH. 70-102 (3) establishes a forty mile an hour zone from, along North L Street from Underwood Road to a point 850 feet west of Lomax School Road, a distance of 4,000 feet, 0.76 miles. Simply stated this creates a forty mile an hour zone from Underwood to a point 850 west of Lomax School Road. This is the conflict in our Ordinance. The 4,000 feet indicated is in the 7,542 feet area designated as a 35 MPH zone. 70-102 (4) establishes another forty mile an hour zone, along North L Street, from a point 2,750 fiet east of Lomax School Road to 2(/h Street, a distance of 5,500 feet, 1.04 miles. Simply stated, there is a forty MPH zone from Sens to a point 2,750 feet west on L Street. I have requested the Engineering Department to look at this issue to confinn that the point 545 feet east of Alvy Lane and 2,750 feet west of Sens is the same spot. At this point there should be, and is, a sign indicating 35 MPH to westbound traffic and 40 MPH to eastbound traffic on North L Street. Engineering confirmed that they are the same point. They also plotted 70-102(3) and finds that it overlaps the zone established by 70-101(4). I recommend that we delete Ordinance 70-102(3) to rectify this situation.