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Home My WebLink AboutOrd 739 Amending Chapter 90 altering the Prima Facie speed limit along State Highway 114 Main LanestFLOVIAN1911r AN ORDINANCE iTOWN OF WESTLAKE, TEXAS, AMENDING• 90ARTICLE 11, TRAFFICAND SPEED CONTROL,DIVISION ! , SECTION 90-79, CERTAIN STREETS, SUBSECTION 11 ADDING K THROUGH M AS AMENDED; PROVIDINGPROVIDING PROVIDING PROVIDING AUTHORIZING i AND ESTABLISHING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, the Town of Westlake, Texas is a general law Town; and WHEREAS, Texas Transportation Code Section 545.356 provides that when the Town of Westlake Town Council determines from the results of an engineering and traffic investigation that any prima facie speed therein set forth is greater or less than is reasonable or safe under the conditions found to exist at any intersection or other place or upon any part of a street or highway within the Town of Westlake, taking into consideration the width and condition of the pavement and other circumstances on such portion of said street of highway, as well as the usual traffic thereon or other circumstances, the Town Council may determine and declare a reasonable and safe prima facie speed limit thereat or thereon said street or highway by the passage of an ordinance, which shall be effective when appropriate signs giving notice thereof are erected along that part of the street or highway; and WHEREAS, the Fort Worth District Office of Texas Department of Transportation conducted a speed zone study dated December 3, 2013, for portions of State Highway 114 as show in Exhibit A, specifically Control -Section: 0353-03; and WHEREAS, the Dallas District Office of Texas Department of Transportation conducted a speed zone study dated June 11, 2014, for portions of State Highway 114 as show in Exhibit B, specifically Control -Section: 0353-02 & 09; and WHEREAS, upon the recommendation of the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) the Town Council of the Town of Westlake, Texas, is of the opinion that it is in the best interests of public safety, the town and its citizens that the amendments should be approved and adopted. NOW, i'ORDAINED1BY THE TOWNa OF i OF SECTION 1: That all matters stated in the preamble are found to be true and correct and are incorporated herein as if copied in their entirety. SECTION 2: That upon the basis of an engineering and traffic investigation heretofore made as authorized by the provisions of the Texas Transportation Code, Section Ordinance 739 Page 1 of 3 545.356, the following prima facie speed limits hereafter indicated for vehicles are hereby detennined and declared to be reasonable and safe; and such speed limits are hereby fixed at the rate of speed indicated for vehicles traveling upon the named streets and highways, or parts thereof. SECTION 3: That Chapter 90, Article II, Traffic and Speed Control, Division 3, Speed, Section 90-79, Certain Streets, Subsection 11, adding k through m of the Town of Westlake Code of Ordinances, as amended, is hereby amended as follows: Sec. 90-79. Certain Streets (I1) No motor vehicle shall be operated along and upon the main Lanes and fi-ontage road lanes of S.H. No. 114 within the corporate limits of the town in excess of- effect. f k. Sixty-five miles per hour as (Main Lanes), beginning at Mile Point 0.60; in both easterly and westerly directions for a distance of 1.768 miles zoned at 65 MPH to Mile Point 1.828, approximately located fiom the Westlake and Southlake city limits to the Denton and Tarrant County line. 1. Sixty-five miles per hour, as (Main. Lanes) beginning at Mile Point 020.604 in both easterly and westerly directions for a distance of 0.319 miles zoned at 65 MPH to Mile Point 020.285, approximately located from Trophy Club Drive/Westlake Parkway to a point east of Trophy Lake Drive. nn. Sixty miles per hour, as (Main Lanes), beginning at Mile Point 020.285 in both easterly and westerly directions for a distance of 0.217 miles zoned at 60 MPH to Mile Point 020.068, approximately located from a point east of Trophy Lake Drive to the Westlake/Roanoke city limits. SECTION 4: That all provisions of this Ordinance shall remain in full force and effect. SECTION 5: That this Ordinance shall be cumulative of all other Town Ordinances and all other provisions of other Ordinances adopted by the Town which are inconsistent with the terms or provisions of this Ordinance are hereby repealed. SECTION 6: Any person violating any of the provisions of this ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined a sum not to exceed the maximum amount allowed by law. SECTION 7: It is hereby declared to be the intention of the Town Council of the Town of Westlake, Texas, that sections, paragraphs, clauses and phrases of this Ordinance are severable, and if any phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph or section of this Ordinance shall be declared legally invalid or unconstitutional by the valid judgment or decree of any court of competent jurisdiction, such legal invalidity or unconstitutionality shall not affect any of the Ordinance XXX Page 2 of 3 remaining phrases, clauses, sentences, paragraphs or sections of this Ordinance since the same would have been enacted by the Town Council of the Town of Westlake without the incorporation in this Ordinance of any such legally invalid or unconstitutional, phrase, sentence, paragraph or section. SECTION 8: This ordinance shall take effect immediately from and after its passage as the law in such case provides. ATTEST: Kell Edwa —,Town Secretary L. anton Lo Lau a Wheat, Mayor Thomas E. Brymer, To n Manager Ordinance 739 Page 3 of 3 \ - - - DCFJ/DEC-13/TARRANT/WESTLAKE, SOUTHLAKE, GRAPEVINE/SH 114-ML*2014 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - DEVELOPMENT 4UNDEVELOPED RESIDENTIAL CWIMERCIM UNDEVELOPED COMMERCIAL 'UNDEVELOPED RES, SIGHT DISTANCE BALL BANK or ADVISORY SPEED O o o CURVES OVER 2° GRADES OVER 3% SURFACE WIDTH AND TYPE 2 - 1 2, 5 FT CONC LNS 6 FT SHLDRS LT & 10 FT SHLDRS RT 3 - !z FT CONC LNS - 10 FT SHLDRS LT AND RT o R, 0. W, AND RDBD, WIDTH 350 FT - R, 0, W, & 41 FT ROADBED 350 FT - R. 0. W. & 41 FT ROADBED 350 FT R. 0. W. & 56 FT ROADBED 5E 350 FT R.O.W. & 56 FT ROADBED ACCIDENTS ZONE LENGTHS MILE 4 1,768 MILES 1,768 MILES 1.768 MILES 4,923 MILES ZONE SPEEDS MPH 65 MPH 65 MPH 65 MPH 65 MPH TOWARD 0�``✓ 0e�i® DIST M t DIST Q% Vn s v �r pp p t� �` t� T f� f� f TON D L V `J N C O U N Y d o o 0 O->,� 0 / 79 0 6 0 0 65 0 �aF� dd o 0 •t' 00 o m Q v 00 lol 69 o �ti 4- y �`� r�Or�' $ x p 70 9uatf 74 w > 0 �eyTli 4P 131 TROPHY CLUB CITY LIMITS x 13t 0 ao `ti SJ x t4B c 6� 151 t • 53215. E 40'2.0 a o 4wvs WESTLAKEi s �¢® w _TOWARD DALLAS BOUNTY �`` 67 � m ti Ct L1 `L66 U� 0 0 0. V� 0 $ 2 66 �-' Nr a� �Y 67 p 74 > 4 0 79 o Y a 74 w iv 7 0v 72 t� w 123 [26 r 126 o 4U ZONE SPEEDS MPH 65 MPH 65 MPH 65 MPH 65 MPH ZONE LENGTHS MILE i. 768 MILES 1.768 MILES 1.768 MILES 4.923 MILES ACCIDENTS R.O.W. AND RDBD WIDTH 350 FT - R, 0, W, & 41 FT ROADBED 350 FT - R, 0, W, & 41 FT ROADBED 350 FT R, 0, W, & 56 FT ROADBED 350 FT R. 0, W< & 56 FT ROADBED SURFACE WIDTH AND TYPE 2 - 1 2, 5 FT CONC LNS 6 FT SHLDRS LT & 10 FT SHLDRS RT 3 - 12 FT CONC LNS 10 FT SHLDRS LT AND RI GRADES OVER 3% CURVES OVER 2° BALL BANK or ADVISORY SPEED RES, SIGHT DISTANCE DEVELOPMENT UNDEVELOPED UNDEVELOPED COMMERCIAL DIST, FORT WORTH COUNTY TARRANT MINUTE NO. DATE / / WESTLAKE, SOUTHLAKE, REPLACES DATE / 1 HIGHWAY SH 1 14 Cl I Y rTn 85 PERCEN TLE SPEED AND GRAPEVINE " REPLACED BY DATE / / 74 TOP SPEED MEASURED 143 DATE OF SURVEY 1 2 - 3 - 1 3 SCALE 1 = 0- 1 M I CANCELED BY DATE / / HJMBER OF CARS CHECKED LIMI-S OF ZONE SECTION ONE LENGTH 7.092 MILES SECTION TWO LENGTH 2,179 MILES SECTION THREE LENGTH 7.880 MILES FATAL ACCIDENT I _ ( \J P L L D O (Y I / \JL STA. OP. M.P. CONT. & SECT. PROJECT STA. OR M. P, CONT. & SECT. STC. OR M.P. CONT. & SECT. PROJECT PERSONAL PERSONL �NJURY ACCIDENT BEGINS 01060 0353-03 BEGINS 7,152 0353-03 BEGINS 9.331 0353-03 T PROPERTY DAMAGE ACCIDENT DENTON / TARRANT COUNTY LINE STA. OR M.P. CONT. & SECT. PROJECT MERGER WITH SH 26 SPLIT STA. DR M. P. CONT, & SECT. PROJECT STA. FROM SH 26 OR M.P. CONT. & SECT. PROJECT INDICATES SECTION ZONED '� T O _ _ 0 { 5- 7 S E C 0 ENDS 7.152 0353-03 1 ENDS 9,331 0353-03 ENDS `1.211 0353-03 mommmmo BY COMMISSION MINUTE � f V I � J J LJ MERGER WITH SH 26 SPLIT FROM SH 26 TARRANT / DALLAS CONUTY LINE 808 Throckmorton St. FORT WORTH, TX 76102 (817)390-7761 Federal Tax ID 26-2674582 "' Dill To: NOV 0 .7 0 14 TOWN OF WESTLAKE 3 VILLAGE CIR STE 202 WESTLAKE, TX 76262-7940 Customer ID: TOW27 Invoice Dumber: 331925521 Invoice Bate: 10/25/2014 Terms: Net due in 21 days Due Date: 10/31/2014 PO Dumber: Order Dumber: 33192552 Sales Rep: 073 Description: TOWN OF WESTLA Publication Dates:10/24/2014 -10/25/201 ...�..._.. ......._ .._'---- notary Put�lic, Siote of Texas - My Commission Expires July 31, 2016 THE STATE OF TEXAS County of Tarrant Before me, a Notary Public in and for said County and State, this day personally appeared Deborah Baylor, Bid and Legal Coordinator for the Star - Telegram, published by the Star -Telegram, Inc. at Fort Worth, in Tarrant County, Texas; and who, after being duly sworn, did depose and say that the attached clipping of an advertisement was published in the above named paper on the listed dates: BIDS & LEGAL DT. STAR TELEGRAM (817) 390-7039 , r—,\r-,. F SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN TO BEFORE ME, THIS Tuesday, Oc/obet t, 2014. .. - . ill.WIN, MIJlV/N"iRSI Thank You For Your Payment Remit To: Star -Telegram P.O. BOX 901051 FORT WORTH, TX 76101-2051 Customer ID: TOW27 Customer Name: TOWN OF WESTLAKE Invoice Number: 331925521 Invoice Amount: $318.00 PO Number: Amount Enclosed: