Ord. 1403 2009-07-27ORDINANCE NO. 1403
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PEARLAND,
TEXAS, ALTERING THE PRIMA FACIE SPEED LIMITS ESTABLISHED
FOR VEHICLES UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF 545.356, TEXAS
TRANSPORTATION CODE, UPON THE BASIS OF AN ENGINEERING
AND TRAFFIC INVESTIGATION, UPON CERTAIN STREETS AND
HIGHWAYS, OF PARTS THEREOF, WITHIN THE CORPORATE LIMITS
OF THE CITY OF PEARLAND (MAGNOLIA DRIVE BETWEEN HARKEY
ROAD AND AUDUBON PLACE), AS SET OUT IN THIS ORDINANCE;
PROVIDING A PENALTY; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
WHEREAS, ' 545.356,Texas Transportation Code, provides that whenever the
governing body of the City 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 of highway within the City, taking into consideration the width and
condition of the pavement and other circumstances on such portion of said street or
highway, as well as the usual traffic thereon, said 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 such intersection or other place or part of the street of highway;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
PEARLAND, TEXAS:
Section 1. Upon the basis of an engineering and traffic investigation heretofore
made as authorized by the provisions of 545.356, Texas Transportation Code, the prima
facie speed limits, attached hereto and incorporated as Exhibit "A", is hereby 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.
ORDINANCE NO. 1403
Section 2. Penalty. 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 more than Two Hundred Dollars ($200).
Section 3. Savings. All rights and remedies which have accrued in favor of the
City under this Chapter and amendments thereto shall be and .are preserved for the benefit
of the City.
Section 4. Severability. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or
portion of this ordinance is for any reason held invalid, unconstitutional or otherwise
unenforceable by any court of competent jurisdiction, such portion shall be deemed a
separate, distinct, and independent provision and such holding shall not affect the validity
of the remaining portions thereof.
Section 5. Repealer. All ordinances and parts of ordinances in conflict herewith
are hereby repealed but only to the extent of such conflict.
Section 6. Publication and Effective Date. The City Secretary shall cause this
ordinance, or its caption and penalty, to be published in the official newspaper of the City of
Pearland, upon passage of such ordinance. The ordinance shall then become effective
ten (10) days from and after its publication, or the publication of its caption and penalty, in
the official City newspaper.
Section 7. Declaration of Emergency. The Council finds and determines that
vehicle speed inures to the benefit of the traveling public and, therefore, bears directly
upon the health, safety and welfare of the citizenry; and that this ordinance shall be
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ORDINANCE NO. 1403
adopted as an emergency measure, and that the rule requiring this ordinance to be read
on two (2) separate occasions be, and the same is hereby waived.
PASSED and APPROVED on First and Only Reading this the 27th day of July, A. D.,
2009.
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TOM REID
MAYOR
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APPROVED AS TO FORM:
DARRIN M. COKER
CITY ATTORNEY
VOTING RECORD FIRST AND ONLY READING
JULY 27, 2009
Voting "Aye" - Councilmembers Owens, Sherman, Kyle,
Saboe, and Cole.
Voting "No" - None.
Motion passed 5 to 0.
PUBLICATION DATE: July 29, 2009
EFFECTIVE DATE: August 7, 2009
PUBLISHED AS REQUIRED BY SECTION 3.10 OF
THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF PEARLAND, TEXAS
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Exhibit "A"
Ordinance No. 1403
SPEED STUDY
MAGNOLIA DRIVE
BETWEEN
HARKEY ROAD AND AUDUBON
PLACE
PREPARED FOR:
CITY OF PEARLAND.
PREPARED BY:
Traff' Uata & Associates
9543 Bissonnet, Suite 301
Houston, Texas 77036
Ph : (713)446-81.67 Fax(713)772-2541
e-mail:tdaiengineers a aol.com
JULY 2009
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l~he availability of roadway net~~urk in our communities has provided several positive
qualities that have ci+ntributed to high standard of living. fit the same time, however, several
problems related to the road~ra} network have developed. -1~hese problems include ruudway-
related accidents. speeding. p:u•kin~~ difficulties, congestion, and dela}. To reduce the negative
impart of ruad~~avs. it is necessary to collect adequate infi~rtnatiun that describes the extent of
the problems and identities their locations. Such information is usually collected by
ur~~anizin~~ and conducting rC°levanl n"aftll' surveys and studies.
I'l`Itl'USE
The purpose of this ttaftic stud} is to evaluate the existing posted speed limit along
Magnolia Urive het~~een Harkey Road and .Audubon Place. and determine if the speed
limit needs to he increased trtscd un the i3j`~' percentile speed. "I~his report contains
conclusions and recommendations necessary to mitigate an} adverse impact on the safety
of the motoring puh;ic. ~ihure 1 shows the aerial photograph of the study location.
~Tl'D1~ ;~~lET1~lOllOLOGti':
The u-a117c enginecr:n~~ eva;uatiun at the intersections were established through the
l~Ilu~~ ing sequence of activities:
• ;\ field reconnaissance ul~ the intersection and inunediate virinit} was conducted fur
the purposes of ~~:tining in~i~~ht into existing travel patterns and chararteristic~.
• "I~ra!•;ic safety eva~uatiun alun~~ the immediate vicinity of the intersection was
conducted.
• ~'-I-hero' bi-dirrrtional spud data ~~~ere collected along 1~la~~nulia Drive.
~iagnulia Drive is a !our lane divided road~~ay within the immediate vicinity of the study
area. The posted speed limit is 30 miles per hour. The average daily U'aftic volume along
is 22h1 vehicles per day. Ho~~ever, it should he noted that the counts were taken during.
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Fi;;urr 2 shows the cuunU locations and bi-directional hattic volume.
Deta~!~ of the average traffic counts can be found in Appendix of this report.
tiYEEO STl'UY':
-\ ?-1-i~,,ur bi-directional spud study ~~crs conducted alun~a '~la~anolia Drive to determine
the ti~th percentile ,;,ecd. These studies were conducted on July 8, 2009. On the basis of
;he ?-1-huur speed ai~~;~. the ~~th percentile speed along Ma~~nolia Drive is rrs tollo~~s:
Eastbound -13.7 mph Westbound ~3 mph
hi~ure ~ shows the study location and bi-directional 8~`r' percentile speed.
IZevie~~ of the 2~-hour spud str.dy indicates that the average number of vehicles
u'avel;n~a in excess of the posted Speed limit were relatively high during the 2~4-huur
reriuc!
!)ctu~;; of the 2=1-huur speed study can be found in Appendix of this report.
:\CC'IUE\T DA"1':\:
\cci.ient records ~~ithin the inu»ediate vicinity of the study area were verified for
inciden:~ that have uecun'ed during the recent 12-month period on tile. No accident was
recor:!e~! during th;~ ;ieriod. ~l he p:~lice accident report obtained from the City of Pearland
1'o!1Ce Uepar-tment uu~ be found in Appendix of this report.
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:\n in-~!epth Held rep hew way cunc!ucted alon~a i\~la~.:nulia Drive. This review involves an
:nspeet~un of the p!~ysical condition of the roadway and an observation of traffic
uperc.t ~~ns. Inform.rtun obtained Drum this field revie~~ in conjunction with traffic data
collecte:l b~ TD.\I ..:n used to anal}ze an} potential existence of ph}sisal deficiencies.
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