Ord. 0256 07-23-73ORDINANCE NO. 256
AN ORDINANCE ALTERING THE PRIMA FACIE SPEED LIMITS
ESTABLISHED FOR VEHICLES UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF
ARTICTF 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,
TEXAS, AS SET OUT IN THIS ORDINANCE;,, PROVIDING A
PENALTY OF A FINE NOT TO EXC'F:F,D $200.00 FOR THE VIO-
LATION OF THIS ORDINANCE; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE.
DATE.
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 appropriate signs giving notice thereof are erected at such intersection
of other place or part of the street or 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 inves-
tigation heretofore made as authorized by the provisions of Article 6701D,
Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes, the following prima facie speed limits
hereafter indicated for vehicles traveling upon the named streetsand highways,
or parts thereof, described as follows:
(a) Along McLean Road from the South right-of-way line
of Walnut, Southerly a distance of approximately
2640 feet to the South right-of-way line of Fite Road,
30 Miles Per Hour.
(b) Along McLean Road from the South right-of-way line of
Fite Road, Southerly a distance of approximately 6500
feet to the City limits of the City of Pearland,
40 MilPs Per Hniir
Section 2. Any person violating any of the provisions of this
ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a misdeameanor and upon conviction thereof
shall be fined in any sum not to exceed Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00).
Section 3. This ordinance shall take effect and be in force on
the tenth day after its publication in the official newspaper of the City of
Pearland, Texas.
PASSED AND APPROVED on first reading this ! day of
, A.D., 1973.
ATTEST:
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City Secreiltary
CITY OF PEARLAND, TEXAS
By:
Mayor
PASSED AND APPROVED on second and final reading this 2d day
, A.D., 1973.
CITY OF PEARLAND, TEXAS
By:
ATTEST:
City Secretary
Date of Publication:
Effective Date: s - 73
CITY OF PEARLAND, TEXAS
TRAFFIC ENGINEER'S REPORT ON
INSTALLATION OF TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICE
Pursuant to the authority conferred on me by the City Council of the
City of Pearland, Texas, as Traffic Engineer, I have caused to be installed
and erected under my direction a traffic control device as follows:
Two thirty Miles per hour signs and two forty miles per hour signs
designating McLean Road a Thirty MPH zone from the south property line
of West Broadway (SH 51S) to the South property line of Fite Road, and
from the south property line of Fite Road to the Sx» south City limits as
a forty MPH zone.
said aforedescribed device.located at the following location in the City of
Pearland, Texas, to --wit:
Sign sl- 30 MPH on the West side of McLean Road approximately thiry feet
south of the south property line of Walnut, facing North.
Sign 112- 30 MPH on the east side of McLean Road approximately thiry feet
south of the south property line of Fite Road facing south.
Sign 43- 40 MPH on the west side of McLean Road approximately thirty feet
south of the south property line of Fite Road facing north.
Sign 44- 40 MPH at the xaxkxxitx east side of McLean Road approximately
thirty feet north of the south city limits facing south.
I have personally inspected said aforementioned traffic control device,
and I certify that the same has been installed in conformity with the manual
and specifications approved by the Texas Highway Department.
SIGNED this /7-S- day of
, 1975 .
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Acting Traff°c ngineer
City of Pear and, Texas
Filed in the office the City Secretary
this /y day of , 197j_.
City Secretary,gy, of Pearland, Texas
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