Ord. 0472 04-23-84ORDINANCE NO. 472
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 cir-
cumstances 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 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 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 Dixie Farm Road from the Northeast R. 0. W. line of
East Broadway (FM 518) northeasterly a distance of
approximately 3,905 feet, 35 miles per hour;
(b) Along Dixie Farm Road from the Northeast R. O. W. line of
East Broadway (FM 518) Northeasterly beginning at a distance
of 3,905 feet to a distance of 6, 190 feet, 40 miles per hour;
(c.) Along Dixie Farm Road from the Northeast R. 0. W. line of
East Broadway (FM 518), Northeasterly beginning a distance of 6,190
to a distance of 7,215 feet, 25 miles per hour;
(d) Along Dixie Farm Road from the Northeast R. O.W. line of
East Broadway (FM 518) northeasterly beginning at a distance
of 7,215 feet to the North City Limit line, 40 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 more than 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 7 day of
A. D. 1984.
/CITY OFP RLAND, c_==F TE 7
By
Mayor
ATTES
City Secret
PASSED AND APPROVED on second reading this ; 3 day of
A. D. 1984.
CITY OF P RLAND, T
BY!4-2L
Mayor
ATTEST
City Secretary
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
City Attorney
Date of Publication:
Effective Date: