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ORDINANCE NO.
676
AN ORDINANCE ALTERING THE PRIMA FACIE SPEED LIMITS ESTABLISHED
FOR VEHICLES UNDER THE PROVlSIONS OF SECTION 8 OF ARTICLE 827s,
VERNON'S TEXA,S PENAL CODE, UPON TH;E "BASIS OF AN ENGINEERING AND
TRAFFIC INVESTIGATION, UPON CERTAIN STREETS ANDmGHWA YS, OR
PARTS THEREOF, WITHIN THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE CITY OF LA
PORTE, AS SET OUT IN THIS ORDINANCE; PROVlDING A PENALTY OF A
FINE NOT TO EXCEED TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS ($200.00) FOR THE VlOLA-
TION OF THIS ORDINANCE; AND REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES ANDIOR
PARTS OF ORDINANCES -IN CONFLICT HEREWITH.
WHEREAS, Section 8 of Article 827s, Vernon's Penal Code of the
State of Texas, provides that whenever the governing body of the City shall de-
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termine upon the basis of an. engineering and traffic investigation that any prima
facie speed therein set fortb.,is greater or less than is reasonable or safe un-
der 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
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 orqinance, which shall be effec-
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tive when appropriate signs giving notice. thereof are erected at such intersection
or other place or part of the street or highwl;l-'y, now therefore,
BE IT ORDAlNED BY THE CITY CONlNlISSIQN OF THE crTY OF
LAPORTE, TEXAS, THAT:,
Section 1. Upon the basis of an engineering and traffic investigation
heretofore made as authorized by the previsions of Section 8 of Article 827s,
Vernon's Texas Penal 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 tate of speed indi-
cated for vehicles traveling upon the named streets and highways, or parts
thereof, described as follows:
. On State Highway 146-, North 10th Street, from the La Porte North
City Limit at a point 2,500 feet South of the centerline of the Houston Ship
Channel, to a 'point 2,600 feet .south of the centerline of the Houston Ship
Channel, a distance of approximately 0.019 mile, Forty-five (45) miles per
hour.
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Section 2. Any person violating any of the provisions of this
ordinance shall be deemed ~uilty of a mi,sdemeanor and upon conviction there-
of shall be fined in any sum not more than ~o Hundred Dollars' ($200.00).
Section 3. All ordinances and/or parts of ordinances in conflict
with the provisions of this ordinance are hereby expr~ssly repealed to the
extent of such conflict.
Section 4. This ordinance shall become effective and be in force
upon the 11th day after the first publ~cation of the caption hereof.
PASSED AND APPROVED this the
20th day of
May
1963.
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City Cle~:19pf~the' Cio/Jof. La Porte:'
APPROVED:
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I Clovis D. Mann. City Clork. of tb.. CilY fJ tl Porte. 'to~s, be~eb;
certify that all requirementl of the Oit' ell...t" of I,ht (;Iitt of
La Porte have been complied with In lhe pnUl",ll'tti" l\hil/itt
issuance of this Ordinance (No..........~.l~.................) ili MIQWil
Reading (s) ...~..~e,....(.?.f~t). ...............................('iilii)'
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