HomeMy WebLinkAbout0087_0001API ORDINANCE Or THE CITY OF GEORGETOWN, TEXAS, ZONING FOR TRAFFIC AND RATE. OF
BPFPD THEREIN, ON T.,M. HIGHWAY 1460 7N THE CITY LIMITS OF THE CITY OF GEORGETOWN;
DEMING SPEEDING AND FIXING A PENALTY THEREFOR; DECLARING WHAT MAY BE A SUr-
FICIENT COMPLAINT IN PROSECUTIONS,HEREUNDER; WITH A,SAV'ING CLAUSE. REPEALING
CONFLICTING LAWS.AND DECLARING'AN EMERGENCY,
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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF GEORGETOWN.
Section I
It is hereby determined upon the basis of an Engineering and 'Traffie inveetigation
that the prima facie maximum speed limit an those portions of F. M Highway 1460
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
F. M. Highway 1460
For North'Bound Traffic.
Beginning at the South City Limit of Georgetown, at Station 50++53.2 to Station
46+60, a distance of 0.082 miles, a prima facie maximum speed limit of 45 miles
per hour.
From Station 46+60 to'Station 17+30, a distance of 0.555 miles, a prima facie
maximum speed limit .af~ 30 miles per 'hour,
For South Bound Traffic
Beginning at Station 177+30 to Station 46+60, a distance of 0.555 miles, a prima
facie maximum speed limit
of 30 miles per hour.
From Station 46+60 to the South City 'Limit of Georgetown at ,Station 50+93.29,.
a distance of 0.082 miles: a prima facie maximum speed limit of. 45 miles per hour.
Section 11
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 void :"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.