Ord. 0254 05-30-73ORDINANCE NO. 254 %/ / v
AN ORDINANCE ALTERING THE PRIMA FACIE SPEED LIMITS
ESTABLISHED 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,
TEXAS, AS SET OUT IN THIS ORDINANCE; PROVIDING A
PENALTY OF A FINE NOT TO EXCEED $200.00 FOR THE
VIOLATION 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 reason-
able 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 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
investigation 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 streets and highways, or parts thereof, described
as follows:
(a) Along Dixie Farm Road from the Northeast right-of-way
line of East Broadway (F. M. 518), Northeasterly a
distance of approximately 4300 feet to the Southwest
right-of-way line of Willits Drive , 35 Miles Per Hour.
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 news-
paper of the City of Pearland, Texas.
PASSED AND APPROVED on first reading this day of
, A. D. 1973.
CITY OF PEARLAND, TEXAS
By:
ATTEST:
City Secretary
Mayor
PASSED AND APPROVED on second and final reading this
day of , A. D. 1973.
CITY OF PEARLAND, TEXAS
ATTEST:
City Secretary
Date of Publication:
Effective Date:
By:
Mayor
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:
Four 35 Miles per Hour signs. designating Dixie Farm Rd. as a 35 Miles per
Hour zone from East Broadway St. (SH518) to Willets Dr.
said aforedescribed device
Pearland, Texas, to -wit;
Sign
Sign
west
Sign
Sign
s1-Forty feet south o
west side of Dixie
*2-Forty feet south o
side of Dixie Farm Rd
located at the following location in the City of
f the sout
Farm Rd.
f the sout
facing n
a3- Forty feet south of the
east side of Dixie Farm
s4- Forty feet north of the
east side of Dixie Farm
h property 1
facing north
h property 1
orth
ine of McDonald St. on the
ine of McGinnis Dr, on the
south property line of McGinnis Dr. on the
Rd. facing south.
north property line of East Broadway on the
Rd. 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 Ot4-day of ST
, 197a.
Acting Traff° Engineer
City of Pea and, Texas
Filed in the office f the City Secretary
this OA day of , 197,
ty Secretary, ty of Pearland, Texas
NO.