HomeMy WebLinkAbout0046_1975A 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 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 in-
vestigation that the prima facie maximum speed limit on those portions
of the West Frontage Road of Z. H. 35 routed in the City Limits of
Georgetown, is as hereinafter stated, which prima facia 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 tl 'RAL 2338,
Station 805+50, to 'Station 7954.20, a distance.o£ 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 c6rnterline
of R.M. 233$, Station 805+50, a distance of 0.195 mile, a prima facie maximdm
speed limit of 40 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 fisted 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.
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