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• • C~ ORDINANCE NO. 1410 AN ORDINANCE ALTERING THE PRIMA FACIE SPEED LIMITS UPON CERTAIN PARTS OF WEST MAIN STREET, FOR THE PURPOSE OF DESIGNATING MAXIMUM SPEED LIMITS UPON SAID PARTS OF WEST MAIN STREET; ESTABLISHING SCHOOL ZONES UPON CERTAIN PARTS OF WEST MAIN STREET AND UPON CERTAIN PARTS OF FARRINGTON BOULEVARD, FOR THE PURPOSE OF SPECIFICALLY DESIGNATING SAID SCHOOL ZONES AND THE MAXIMUM SPEED LIMITS APPLYING TO SAID SCHOOL ZONES AT THE TIME SPECIFIED HEREIN, AND FURTHER PROVIDING THAT THE CHIEF OF POLICE BE AUTHORIZED AND DIRECTED TO POST SIGNS AT BOTH ENDS OF SAID SPECIAL SPEED ZONES, INCLUDING SAID SPECIAL SCHOOL ZONES CREATED HEREIN IN SAID SPEED ZONES, ALL AS LOCATED WITHIN THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE; PROVIDING THAT ANY PERSON VIOLATING THE TERMS OF THIS ORDINANCE SHALLE BE DEEMED GUILTY OF A MISDEMEANOR AND UPON CONVICTION SHALL BE FINED IN A SUM NOT TO EXCEED $200.00; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; FINDING COMPLIANCE WITH THE OPEN MEETINGS LAW; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE HEREOF. • WHEREAS, Article 6701d, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes, provides that whenever the governing body of the City of La Porte shall deter- mine upon the basis of an engineering and traffic investigation that any prima facie speed limit therein set forth is greater or less than is reasonable or safe under conditions found to exist at any inter- section or other place or upon any part of a street or highway within the City of La Porte, taking into consideration, but not limited to, the width and condition of the pavement and other circumstances on such portion of said street or highway, as well as the usual traffic thereon, said governing body may determine and declare a reasonable and safe prima facie speed limit thereat or thereon by the passage of an ordinance, which shall be effective when appropriate signage giving • notice thereof is erected at such intersection or other place or part of said street or highway; and, WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of La Porte has directed that an Engineering and Traffic Investigation take place for the purpose of ascertaining reasonable and safe prima facie speed limits on certain street or highways within the City of La Porte; and WHEREAS, the results of said Engineering and Traffic Investi- • gation have become known unto the City Council of the City of La Porte; and WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of La Porte finds that it