2008-06-23 Regular Meeting and Workshop Meeting of the La Porte City Council

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ORDINANCE NO. 2008 -, 30 ~ ~ AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 70 "TRANSPORTATION", ARTICLE III "OPERATION OF VEHICLES", DIVISION 2 "SPEED LIMITS", BY AMENDING SECTIONS 70-101 AND 70-106 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE FOR THE PURPOSE OF DESIGNATING MAXIMUM SPEED LIMITS ON STATE HIGHWAY 146 MAIN LINE AND STATE HIGHWAY 146 FRONTAGE ROADS, WITHIN 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. WHEREAS, Section 545.356, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes, provides that whenever the governing body of the City of La Porte shall determine upon the basis of an engineering and traffic investigation that any prima facie speed therein set forth is greater or less than is reasonable or safe under the conditions found to exist at any intersection 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 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 the street or highway; and WHEREAS, the State of Texas has directed that an Engineering and Traffic Investigation take place for the purpose of ascertaining reasonable and prudent prima facie speed limits on State Highway 146 Main Line and State Highway 146 Frontage Roads, within the City of La Porte; WHEREAS, upon the basis of an engineering and traffic investigation heretofore made as authorized by Section 545.356, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes, the following prima facie speed limits hereafter indicated for vehicles are hereby determined and declared to be reasonable and safe; and such speed limits are hereby fixed at the rate of speed indicated for vehicles traveling upon State Highway 146 Main Line and State Highway 146 Frontage Roads, or parts thereof, as more particularly described below: NOW, THEREFOR BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE: