01-12-15 Regular Meeting of La Porte City Council

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ORDINANCE NO. 2015 - AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 70 "TRAFFIC AND VEHICLES" OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES BY ALTERING THE PRIMA FACIE SPEED LIMITS ESTABLISHED FOR VEHICCES UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF SEC. 545.356, TEXAS TRANSPORTATION CODE, UPON CERTAIN STREETS AND HIGHWAYS, OR PARTS THEREOF, 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. Whereas, Sec. 545.356 of the Texas Transportation Code provides that whenever the governing body of a municipality 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, taking into consideration the width and condition of the pavement and other circumstances on such portion of the 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 signs giving notice thereof are erected at such intersection or other place or part of the street or highway; Now Therefore, upon the basis of an engineering and traffic investigation heretofore made as authorized by the provisions of§ 545.356, Texas Transportation Code, 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 the named streets and highways, or parts thereof: 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 70-102 "Thirty-five mile per hour zones," of the Code of Ordinances, La Porte, Texas, is hereby amended to read as follows: "Sec. 70-102. - Thirty-five mile per hour zones. The following streets or portions of such streets shall constitute special speed zones, and it shall be unlawful for any person to operate any motor vehicle at a rate of speed in excess of 35 miles per hour in any such zone: (1)Along Underwood Road, from a point 2,350 feet south of West Main to a point 650 feet north of West Main, a distance of 3,000 feet, 0.57 miles; (2)Along West Main, from a point 925 feet west of Farrington Boulevard to a point 1,125 feet east of Farrington Boulevard, a distance of 2,050 feet, 0.39 miles;