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ORDINANCE 83-2
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF GEORGETOWN, TEXAS, ZONING FOR TRAFFIC AND
RATE OF SPEED THEREIN, ON RM 2243 IN THE CITY LIMITS OF THE CITY OF
GEORGETOWN: DEFINING SPEEDING 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
investigation that the prima facie maximum speed limit on those por-
tions of RM 2243 routed in the city limits of Georgetown, is as here-
inafter stated, which prima facie maximum speed limit shall be effective
at all times and signs will be erected giving notice of the prima
M facie maximum speed limit so declared to -wit.
co Speed Zone
qq Highway RM 2243
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Q For Westbound Traffic:
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Beginning at milepoint 21.286 to milepoint 20.940, a distance of
0.346 miles, a prima facie maximum speed limit of 45 miles per hour.
From milepoint 20.775 to the west city limit of Georgetown at mile -
point 20.230, a distance of 0.545 miles, a prima facie maximum
spped limit of 45 miles per hour.
For Eastbound Traffic:
Beginning at the west city limit of Georgetown at milepoint 20.230
to milepoint 20.775, a distance of 0.545 miles, a prima facie
maximum speed limit of 45 miles per hour.
From milepoint 20.940 to milepoint 21.286, a distrance of 0.346
miles, a prima facie maximum speed limit of 45 miles per hour.
SECTION II
That all of the streets of this city, 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 street 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 sub-
stance alleges that the defendant did while driving a motor vehicle in siad
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.
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