HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 12.20.1973 - Setting Speed ZonesAN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF GEORGET06N, TEXAS, ZONING FOR TRAFFIC AND
RATE OF SPEED THEREIN, ON LOOP 418 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 REIMALING 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 Loop 418 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
Loop 418
For North Bound Traffic
Beginning at the south city limit of Georgetown to Station 530+78.2 to
Station 543+87, a distance of 0.247 mile, a prima facie maximum speed limit
of 45 miles per hour.
From Station 543+87 to Station 556+01, a distance of 0.230 mile, a prima
facie maximum speed limit of 40 miles per hour..
From Station 556+01 to Station 570+46, a distance of 0.274 mile, a prima
facie maximum speed limit of 35 miles per hour.
From Station 570+46 to Station 597+55, a distance of 0.513 mile, a prima
facie maximum speed limit of 30 miles per hour.
From Station 597+55 to Station 640+00, a distance of 0.804 mile, a prima
facie maximum speed limit of 40 miles per hour.
From Station 640+00 to the North City Limit of -Georgetown at Station 660+59,
a distance of 0.390 mile, a prima facie maximum speed limit of 50 miles per
hour.
For South Bound Traffic
Beginning at the North City Limit of Georgetown at Station 660+59, to
Station 640+00, a distance of 0.390 mile, a prima facie maximum speed limit
of 50 miles per hour.
From Station 640+00 to Station 597+55, a distance of 0.804 mile, a prima
facie maximum speed limit of 40 miles per hour.
From Station 597+55 to Station 570+46, a distance of 0.513 mile a prima
facie maximum speed limit of 30 miles per hour.
From Station 570+46 to Station 556+01, a distance of 0.274 mile, a prima
facie maximum speed limit of 35 miles per hour.
From Station 556+01 to Station 543+63, a distance of 0.234 mile, a prima
facie maximum speed limit of 40 miles per hour.
From Station 543+63 to the South City Limit of Georgetown at Station 530+78.2
a distance of 0.243 mile, 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 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, 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.
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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 the day of �`:�C'�ir� '' A.D. 19
G __Mayor, City o
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City Secretary
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