Ord. 0264 10-08-73ORDINANCE NO. 264
SPEED ZONE ORDINANCE
AN ORDINANCE ALTERING THE PRIMA FACIE SPEED LIMITS
FOR VEHICLES UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF ARTICLE 6701D,
VERNON'S TEXAS CIVIL STATUTES, 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 PEARLAND, AS SET OUT
IN THIS ORDINANCE; AND PROVIDING A PENALTY OF A FINE
NOT TO EXCEED $200 FOR THE VIOLATION OF THIS ORDINANCE.
WHEREAS, Article 6701D, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes,
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 or 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 appro-
priate 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 PEARLAND:
Section 1. Upon the basis oftan engineering and traffic
investigation heretofore made as authorized by the provisions of
Article 6701D, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes, the following prima
facie limits hereafter indicated for vehicles are 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, described as follows:
(a)
Along SH 35 (North Main Street) from the North
City Limits to a point 385 feet south of Rice
Road, a distance of approximately 1.619 miles,
50 MPH;
(b) Along SH 35 (North Main Street) from a point
385 feet south of Rice Road to Orange Street,
a distance of approximately 0.346 mile, 45 MPH;
(c) Along SH 35 (North Main Street & South Main Street)
from Orange Street to a point 660 feet south of
Walnut Street, a distance of approximately
0.767 mile.,: 35 MPH;
(d) Along SH 35 (South Main Street) from a point
660 feet south of Walnut Street to a point
132 feet south of Third Street, a distance of
approximately 0.383 mile,. 45 MPH;
(e) Along SH 35 (South Main Street) from a point 132
feet south of Third Street to the South City
Limits, a distance of approximately 1.523 miles,
60 MPH;
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 more than Two Hundred
Dollars ($200).
Section 3. This ordinance shall take effect and be in
force on the tenth day after its publication in the official news-
paper of the City of Pearland, Texas,•
PASSED AND APPROVED on first reading this „242day of
, A.D. 1973.
City of Pearland, Texas
By:
ATTEST:
City Secretary
Mayor
PASSED AND APPROVED on second and final reading this
day of (0-E=29_64
By:
ATTEST:
, A.D. 1973.
City of Pearland, Texas
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Date of Publication: October 11, 1973
Effective Date:
October 22, 1973
Voting Record - Final Reading - "Ayes" Frank, Reid, and Griffin
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