HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd 701 Amending Chapter 90 School ZoneTimes and DistanceWHEREAS, Sections 545.356 and 545.357 of the Texas Transportation Code, provide
That whenever the governing body of a City, under the provisions of the code; determines and
declares a reasonable and safe prima facie speed limit on the street or streets, including the prima
facie speed limit near a public elementary or secondary school (as defined by the Texas
Education Code) by the passage of an ordinance, which shall be effective when appropriate signs
giving notice thereof are erected at the intersection or other place or part of the street or highway;
and
WHEREAS, The Town of Westlake Town Council desires to amend the Town of
Westlake code of Ordinance by changing the published school zone times and distance; and
WHEREAS, The Town Council of the Town of Westlake fords that the amendment set
forth to the school zone distance is in the best interests of the Town of Westlake and Westlake
Academy.
TUM, !17-17171, 77
OF WESTLAKE, TEXAS:
SECTION 1: All matters stated in the Recitals above are found to be true and correct
and are incorporated herein by reference as if copied in their entirety.
SECTION 2: Chapter 90, traffic and Vehicles, Section 80 of the Town of Westlake
Code of Ordinances, as amended, is hereby amended to read as follows:
(a) Westlake Academy:
20 miles per hour on J.T. Ottinger Road from 600 feet south of the Westlake Academy
property line to 300 feet north of the Westlake Academy property line, during the posted
times of
7:30 a.m. — 8:15 a.m.
2:30 p.m. — 4:00 p.m.
Ordinance 701
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The maximum legal speed limit stated herein for this specified section of J.T. Ottinger
Road shall be in effect on school attendance days and at the times listed; and, at all other
times, the maximum legal speed limit shall remain at thirty (30) miles per hour or at the
maximum speed limit established by law.
SECTION 3: If any portion of this Ordinance shall, for any reason, be declared invalid
by any court of competent jurisdiction, such invalidity shall not affect the remaining provisions
hereof and the Council hereby determines that it would have adopted this Ordinance without the
invalid provision.
SECTION 4: That all provisions of Ordinance 698 not hereby amended shall remain in
full force and effect.
SECTION 5: That any person violating any of the provisions of this Ordinance shall be
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and shall upon final conviction thereof, be fined in an amount
not to exceed the maximum amount allowed by law.
SECTION 6: 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
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.
SEC'T'ION 7: That this Ordinance shall become effective from and after its date of
passage.
ATTEST:
KellyEdw4t, Town Secretary
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
' L. S nton Low , Town Attorney
Lau6 Wheat, Mayor
Tom Brymer, Town Manager
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