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Home My WebLink AboutOrd 412 Altering the Prima Ficie Speed Limits on Highway 377TOWN OF WESTLAKE ORDINANCE NO. 412 AN ORDINANCE OF THE TOWN OF WESTLAKE, TEXAS ALTERING THE PRIMA FACIE SPEED LIMITS ESTABLISHED FOR VEHICLES UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 545.356 OF THE TEXAS TRANSPORTATION CODE, UPON U.S. HIGHWAY NO. 377 OR PARTS THEREOF, WITHIN THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE TOWN OF WESTLAKE, AS SET OUT IN THIS ORDINANCE; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING A PENALTY OF A FINE NOT TO EXCEED $500.00 FOR THE VIOLATION OF THIS ORDINANCE. WHEREAS, Section 545.356 of the Texas Transportation Code, provides that whenever the governing body of the Town shall determine upon the basis 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, taking into consideration the width and condition of the pavement and other circumstances on that portion of the street or highway, as well as the usual traffic thereon, the governing body may determine and declare a reasonable and safe prima facie speed limit thereat or thereon 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. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN OF THE TOWN OF WESTLAKE, TEXAS. SECTION 1: Upon the basis of an engineering and traffic investigation heretofore made as authorized by the provisions of Section 545.356 of the Texas Transportation Code, the following prima facie speed limits indicated for vehicles are hereby determined and declared to be reasonable and safe; and these speed limits are hereby fixed as the rate of speed for vehicles traveling upon the named streets and highways, or parts thereof, described as follows: That from and after the date of the passage of this speed zone ordinance, no motor vehicle shall be operated along and upon U.S. Highway No. 377 within the corporate limits of the Town of Westlake in excess of 50 miles per hour, beginning at Mile Post 13.601, being the Denton/Tarrant County line, thence continuing along US 377 in a southerly direction for a distance of 0.642 miles, to Mile Post 14.243, being the Westlake southern town limits. SECTION 2: The Town Manager, upon approval by the Board of Aldermen, is hereby authorized to cause to be erected, appropriate signs indicating this speed zone. SECTION 3: 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 Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00). SECTION 4: If any section, article, paragraph, sentence, clause, phrase or word in this Ordinance, or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid or unconstitutional by a Court of competent jurisdiction, such holding shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this Ordinance; and the Town Board of Aldermen hereby declares it would have passed such remaining portions of the Ordinance despite such invalidity, which remaining portions shall remain in full force and effect. PASSED AND APPROVED THIS 11TH DAY OF MARCH, 2002. ATTEST: dingd4 Crosswy, Towi . ecretary APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM: Scott Bradl y, Mayor Trent O. Petty, Town Manager TL0/JULY/01/2001/TARRANT/ WESTLAKE/ LS_377.dgn DEVELOPMENT RURAL RURAL RES SIGHT DISTANCE BALL BANK OR ADVISORY SPEED — CURVES OVER 20 SAME AS BELOW GRADES OVLR 3% N SURFACE WIDTH AND TYPE — SAME AS BELOW — R.O.W. AND RDBD. WIDTH n a_ ACCIDENTS 7 : ZONE LENGTHS MILE 0.642 MILES ZONE SPEEDS MPH 50 MPH 50 MPH 50 MPH TOWARDS ROANOKE no7?;3 m s WESTLAKE Zy e CITY LIMIT 57 ti� � POP. 1616 68 45 132 ! 132 MP13.5 MP14.0 11 CL cL r WESTLAKE CITY LIMITS MP 14. 5 TOWARDS KELLER G�Li 49 D' o I i28 OHO �o��J �iC1 Al QOM 41 ZONE SPEEDS MPH 50 MPH 50 MPH 50 MPH ZONE LENGTHS MILE 0.642 MILES ACCIDENTS R.Q.W. AND RDBD. WIDTH USUAL 1 50" -TWO WAY SURFACE WIDTH AND TYPE 34' UNKNOWN 43'-3" CRCP 4-�2-10') SHOULDERS/CURBS GRADES OVER 3% CURVES OVER 20 BALL BANK OR ADVISORY SPLLD RES SIGHT DISTANCE DEVELOPMENT RURAL RURAL DIS. NAME= FT WORTH COUNTY: TARRANT MINUTE NO DATE 68 44— 75 125 851lh PERCENTILE SPEED TOP SPEED MEASURED NUMBER OF CARS CHECKED FATAL ACCIDENTS INJURY ACCIDENT PROPERTY DAMAGE ACCIDENT INDICATES SECTION ZONED BY COMMISSION MINUTE SPEED ZONE REPLACES DATE HIGHWAY US 377 CITY= WESTLAKE REPLACED DATE DATE OF SURVEY= MAY 0 1, 2000 SCALE: 1`528' CANCELED BY DATE LIMITS OF ZONE SECTION ONE LENGTH. 0.642 MILES SECTION TWO LENGTH_ EGINS —PERSONAL STA OR MI CONT P SECT PROJECT STA OR MP CONT 8 SECT PROJECT 13.601 81-02—BEGINS NORTH TARRANT COUNTY LINE ENDS STA OR MP CONT B SECT PROJECT ENDS STA OR MP CONT B SECT PROJECT 14.243 81-02 SOUTH WESTLAKE CITY LIMITS