HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 11.12.1973 - Zoning for Traffic SpeedsAN' ORDINANNTCE OF THE CITY OF GEORGETOWN, TEXAS, ZONING FOR TRAFFIC AND RATE OF
SPEED THEREIN;: ON STATE HIGHWAY 29 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 portions
of State Highway 29 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
State Highway 29
For Eastbound Traffic
Beginning at the City Limit of Georgetown at Station 54+00.6 to the City Limit
at Station 43+23.6, a distance of 0.204 mile, a prima facie maximum speed limit of
50 miles per,hour.
From the City Limit at Station 0+00 to Station 1+15, a distance of 0.0 22 mile,
a prima facie maximum speed limit of 50 miles per hour.
From Station 1+15 to Station 58+30, a distance of 1.082 miles, a prima facie
maximum speed limit of 35 miles per hour.
From Station 58+30 to Station 70+45, a distance of 0.230 mile, a prima facie
maximum speed limit of 40 miles per hour.
From Station 70+45 to the East City Limit of Georgetown at Station 71+63.3, a
distance of 0.022 mile, a prima facie maximum speed limit of 50 miles per hour.
School Speed Zone
Beginning at Station 32+00 to Station 42+00, 'a distance of 0.189 mile, a prima
facie maximum speed limit of 20 miles per hour from 7:30 A.M. to 8:30 A.M.,
from 11:30 A.M. to 12:30 P.M., and from 3:00 P.M. to 4:00 P.M. on school days
when posted.
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For Westbound Traffic
Beginning at the East City Limit of Georgetown at Station 71+63.3 to Station
70+45, a distance of 0.022 mile, a prima facie maximum speed limit of 50 miles per
hour.
From Station 70+45 to Station 58+310,, a distance of 0.230 mile, a prima facie
maximum speed limit of 40 miles per hour,
From Station 58+30 tea Statith 1+15, -a distance of , f.D8Z "miles, a prima facie
maximum speed limit.ot 35 miles per hour.
From Station 1+15 to the City Limit of Georgetown at Station�:Q+00,, a distance
of 0.022 mile, a prima facie maximum speed limit of 50 miles per hour.
From the City Limit of Georgetown at Station 43+23.6 to the City Limit of
Georgetown at Station 54+00.6, a -distance of 0.204 mile, a prima facie maximum
speed limit of 50 miles per hour.
School Speed Zone
Beginning at Station 42+00 to Station 32+00, a distance of 0.189 mile, a prima
facie maximum speed limit of 20 miles per hour, from 7:30 A.M. to 8:30 A.M.,
from 11:30 A.M. to 12:30 P.M., and from 3:00 P.M. to 4:00 P.M. on school days
when posted.
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 substance
alleges that the defendant did while driving a motor vehicle in said City
commit the offense of "Speeding".
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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
its passage and publication.
Passed and approvec'' this the-_Zg&�day of / v✓ A.D. 19_�
ATTEST:
City' Secret
Mayor, City o _
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