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SPEED ZONE ORDmANCE 753
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AN ORDINANCE ALTERING THE PRIMA FACIE SPEED LlMITSESTABLISHED
FOR VEHICLES UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF ARTICLE 670lD, VERNON'S
TEXAS CIVIL STATUTES, UPON THE BASIS OF AN ENGINEERING AND
TRAFFIC IN'TESTIGATION, UPON CERTATIJ' STREETS AND HIGHWAYS, OR
PARTS THEREOF, tll!ITHIN THE CORPORATE LJMITS OF THE CITY OF
LA PORTE, AS SET OUT IN THIS ORDINANCE; AND PROVIDING A
PENALTY OF A FnTE NOT TO EXCEED $200 FOR THE VIOLATION OF THIS
ORDINANCE.
WHEREAS, Article 67010, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes, provides that
whenever the governing body of the City shall determine upon the basis of an engineering
and traffic investigation that any prima faqie 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 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
signs giving notice thereof are erected at such intersection or other place or part
of the street or highway, now therefore,
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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY Of LA PORTE, TEXAS:
Section 1. Upon the basis of an engineering and traffic investigation hereto-
fore made as authorized by the provisions of Article 670lD, 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 the named
streets and highw~s, or parts thereof, described as follows:
(a) Along SH 146 from La Porte north city limit to Crest Lane,
a distance of approximately 0.862 mile, 55 miles per hour;
(b) Along SH 146 from Crest Lane to Tyler Street, a distance of
approximately 0.280 mile, 50 mileS per hour;
(c) Along SH 146 from Tyler Street to West Polk, a distance of
approximately 0.180 mile, 40 miles per hour;
(d) Along SH 146 from West Polk to a point 158 feet south of H
Street, a distance of approximately 1.535 miles, 30 miles
per hour;
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(e) Along SH 146 from a point 106 feet south of B Street to a
point 106 feet north of H Street, a distance of approximately
0.520 mile, a school speed zone, 20 miles per hour when so
'signed;
(f) Along SH 146 from a point 158 feet south of H Street to a
point 528 feet south of Avenue J, a distance of approximately
0.260 mile, 35 miles per hour;
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(g) Along SH 146 from a point 528 feet south of Avenue J to the
La Porte south city limit, a distance of approximate~ 0.370
mile, 40 miles per hour.
Section 20 Any person violating any of the prov~s1ons of this ordinance
shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined
in any sum. not more than Two Hundred Dollars ($200).
PASSED AND APPROVED THIS
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APPROVED:
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