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AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF GEORGETOWN, TEXAS, ZONING FOR TRAFFIC
AND RATE OF SPEED THEREIN, ON THE WEST FRONTAGE ROAD OF HIGHWAY
I. H. 35 IN THE CITY LIMITS OF THE CITY OF GEORGETOWN: DEFINING SPEED-
ING AND FIXING A PENALTY. THEREFOR; DECLARING WHAT MAY BE A SUFFICIENT
COMPLAINT IN PROSECUTIONS HEREUNDER: WITH A SAVING CLAUSE REPEALING
CONFLICTING LAWS AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF GEORGETOWN.
Section I
It is hereby determined upon the basis of an Engineering and Traffic invertigation that the
prima facie maximum speed limit on those portions of the West Frontage Road of I. H. 35
routed in the City Limits of Georgetown, is as hereinafter stated, which prima facie maximum
speed limit shall be effective at all times and signs will be erected giving notice of the prima
facie maximum speed limit so declared to -wit.
Speed Zone
West Frontage Road of I. H. 35
For North Bound Traffic
Beginning at a point 104.72 feet North of the centerline of R. M. 2338, Station 805+50,
to Station 795+20, a distance of 0.195 mile, a prima facie maximum speed limit of 40 miles
per hour.
For South Bound Traffic
Beginning at Station 795+20 to a point 104.72 feet north of the centerline of R. M. 2338,
Station 805+50, a distance of 0.195 mile, a prima facie maximum speed limit of 40 miles
per hour.
Section If
That all of the streets of this Ci ty, and all portions of any such streets, are hereby declared to
be public streets and that the driving or operating of any motor vehicle on or along any portion
of any street of this City at a rate of speed that is greater than the maximum rate of speed
for said portion of said street, as fixed by this ordinance shall be guilty of a misdemeanor,
which is named "The Offense of Speeding", and that the said offense is punishable by fine
in any sum not to exceed Two- Hundred dollars ($200.00). That the use of the word "Speeding"
shall be sufficient to designate the said offense, and shall mean that a motor vehicle has been
driven upon a public street, at a greater rate of speed than that fixed by City Ordinance for
the speed and for the zone thereof, that such motor vehicle was so being driven upon, if zoned.
That in prosecutions under this ordinance, for the offense of speeding, the complaint, if in
other respects sufficient in form, shall as to the portion thereof seeking to acknowledge the
offense, be sufficient if it in substance alleges that the defendant did while driving a motor
vehicle in said city commit the offense of "Speeding".
Section III
That should any section or any portion of any section hereof be decreed to be void, the
invalidity of such section or such portion thereof shall not affect the validity of the remaining
portions of this ordinance; and that each section and each portion thereof not decreed to
be invalid shall remain valid and enforceable.
That all ordinances and parts of ordinances that are in conflict with this ordinance are hereby
repealed.
That the fact that prompt action should be taken in the regulation of traffic, on the streets
of this City, in the manner provided for in this ordinance creates an emergency requiring
that the rules that provide that an ordinance shall be read at three separate meetings of the
City Council before final passage, be suspended; and that the said rules are hereby suspended,
and this ordinance is here and now passed, and that it is ordered that it take effect from and after