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Home My WebLink AboutORD 80-02 - Traffic & SpeedAo -e AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF GEORGETOWN', TEXAS, ZONING FOR TRAFFIC AND RATE OF SPEED THEREIN, ON R. M. HIGHWAY 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 investiga- tion that the prima facie maximum speed limit on those portions of R. M. Highway 2243 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 R. M. Highway 2243 For West Bound Traffic Beginning at centerline station 594+50 to the East city limit of Georgetown at Station x:.77+68.7, a distance of 0.318 miles, a prima facie maximum speed limit of 45 miles per hour. For East Bound Traffic Beginning at the East City Limit of Georgetown at Station 577+68.7 to centerline Station 594+50, a distance of 0.318 miles, a prima facie maximum speed 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. Ct�`i 2 ��rqc That in prosecutions under this ordinance, for the offense of complaint, if in other respects sufficient in form, shall as thereof seeking to acknowledge the offense, be sufficient if alleges that the defendant did while driving a motor vehicle commit the offense of "Speeding". Section III speeding, the to the portion it in substance in said City 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 en- forceable. 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 its passage and publication. l Passed and approved this the ZZrepo/day of N L./4/' A.D. 19 86 ATTEST City Secretary r u S O O 3}R2 Cl lotV1 A1>NN Ir INI r W v 'r. h «r Ir IPA t i y a t n !� rn Tilm An ti mO= oV tl?�ITt A f- �� r - 1>o -40j W O z t O W G p- Ia l0 v 1 tt o W (� R (Q n' I `n Z �� my A N 3 1�1 rn m I in r 1- n r _41n m h� O � (n u I f*i+N a in '.O t I�� H O A D a. TIf y 1111 A. In !n . ` ► I"i to m mIm m I i 00 O N rn a To CoEoRbETow Tb-W$Ir„�- (nNN ft 01u N H �2 m a 2 -4 co � ~-^- p C O M m O D � N 0 �A1 m Z r- rn (6 pi. x N d N r4 Q�p T C7 1 W 0m n 2 D C im mr j L�rsdt m rn:. a -a A cf n o v MO p � 6 X z m m t o ma N c I 9 ca ....pill j' 4 nip . 9 A 3 3 Fe- z AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF GEORGETOWN, TEXAS, 'ZONING FOR TRAFFIC AND RATE OF SPEED THEREIN, ON R. M. HIGHWAY 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 investiga- tion that the prima facie maximum speed limit on those portions of R. M. Highway 2243 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 R. M. Highway 2243 For gest Bound Traffic Beginning at centerline station 594+50 to the East city limit of Georgetown at Station 577+68.7, a distance of 0.318 miles, a prima facie maximum speed limit of 45 miles per hour. For East Bound Traffic Beginning at the East City Limit of Georgetown at Station 577+68.7 to centerline Station 594+50, a distance of 0.318 miles, a prima facie maximum speed 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 dse- 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 Ordi-ance for the street and for the zone thereof, that such motor vehicle was so being driven upon, if zoned. 484 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, Lie inva-,,idi.ty of such section or such portion thereof shall not affect the validity the remaining portions of this ordinance, and that each section and each port.on thereof not decreed to be invalid shall remain valid and en- forceable. 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 its passage and publication. Passed and approved this thezZ/7GYday of ✓�L/Q/' A.D. 19�_�. ATTEST: City Secretary May r, laity of