HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd 109 Altering the Prima Facie speed limit on State Highway 114SPEED ZONE ORDTNANCE
AN ORDINANCE ALTERING THE PRIMA FACIE SPEED LIMITS
ESTABLISHED FOR VEHICLES UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF
SECTION 167 AND 169 OF ARTICLE XIX, R.C,S. 6701d,
UNIFORM ACT REGULATING TRAFFIC ON HIGHWAYS, UPON
THE BASIS OF AN ENGINEERING AND TRAFFIC INVESTIGATION
UPON CERTAIN STREETS AND HIGHWAYS, OR PARTS THEREOF,
WITHIN THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE CITY OF WESTLAKE
AS SET OUT IN THE ORDINANCE: AND PROVIDING A PENALTY
OF A FTNE NOT TO EXCEED $200.00 FOR VIOLATION OF THIS
ORDINANCE.
WHEREAS, Section 167 and 169 of Article XIX, R.C.s, 67014,
Uniform Act Regulating Traffic on Highways, provides that whenever zhe
governing body of the City shall determine upon the basis of an
engineering and traffic investigation that any prima facie speed there-
in 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, with the City taking into considera-
tion the width and condition of the pavement and other circumstances
on such portion of said street cm, highway, as well as the usual traffic
thereon, said govern body may determine and deciare a reasonable and
safe prima facie speed limit thereof or thereon by the passage of an
ordinance, which shall be effective when appropriate signs giving notice
thereof are erected at SUch intersection or other place or part of the
street or highway, now therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of
----WESTLAKE Texas:
Section 1. Upon the basis of an engineering and traffic investigation
heretofore made as authorized by the provisions of Section 167 and 169
of Article XIX, R.C.S. 6701d, Uniform Act Regulating Traffic on Highways,
the following prima facie speed limits hereafter indicated for vehicles
are Yereby determined 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, described.
j as follows:
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Control: 353-3
State Highway 114
City of Westlake
Tarrant County
A.) From Station 42+42 (Denton/Tarrant County Line) southerly 0.238
mile to Station 54+98 (south city limit of Westlake on State
Highway 114) at 55 miles per hour.
Section 2. Any person violating any of the provisions of this ordinance
shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall
be fined in any sum not chore than two hundred ($200) dollars.
PASSED AND APPROVED THIS fir` ,L'IsY 0"
ATTEST:
City Secretary
APPROVED:
Payor.
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REPLACES 61961 DATE �-�-�c;
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DATE CF SURVEY - JAN., 1976 SCALE 1'W 1; p0CANCE_ED
BY DATE
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