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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance - 2210-1957 - Amending Section 1 Of Ordinance 1980 - 05/09/1957\ ORDINANCE NO. 2210 __ _.... ........ ..._ __ AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 1 OF ORDINANCE NO. 1980 OF THE CITY OF LUBBOCK BY ADDING THERETO TWO NEW SUBDIVISIONS SO AS TO CHANGE THE SPEED LIMITS ON CERTAIN STREETS AS MORE PARTICULARLY HEREINAFTER DESCRIBED; PRESCRIBING A PENALTYi PROVIDING FOR THE PUBLICATION OF THIS ORDINANCE; AND DEOLA.RINO AN EMERGENCY. WHEREAS, the governing body of the City of Lubbock had determined upon the basis of an engineering and traffic investigation that the prima facie speed limits set forth and established by Article 82.7a, Sec. 8, Vernon's Annotated • Penal Code, as amended by acts of 1951, 52nd Legislature, page 589, Chapter 346 N"So'"""""'' Subdivision of Section 1, are less than is reasonable or safe under the conditions found to exist upon certain highways, streets, and/or parts of highway.s and streets at the locations named and designated in the body of this Ordinance and in the corporate limits of the City of Lubboc~ taking into consideration the width and condition of the pavement and other circumstances on such certain highways and streets,. and/or parts of highways and streets,. as well as the usual traffic thereon; and, WHEREAS, it is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public health and safety to provide for the immediate enactment of such measures, constituting an emergency; NOW. THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF LUBBOCK: SECTION 1. THAT Section 1 of Ordinance No. 1980 of the City of Lubbock BE and the same is hereby amended by adding thereto two new subdivisions•, which shall read as follows: 11 On the East side of Avenue A, peginning at Broadway and extending Northto'J~ofeet'ilOrt'ti'O'fMackenzie Park entrance. On the East and West sides of Quaker Avenue, from 34th Street ro-ffie""Browiilie1'<rni8tlway.~r --- SECTION 2. Penalty. Any person.t firm or corporation violating any provision of this Ordinance shall upon conviction be punished by a fine of not more than TWO HUNDRED ($2.00. 00) DOLLARS, and for subsequent violations tr' within one year thereafter such person, firm or corporation shall be prosecuted " as prescribed for such violations by Section 15 of Art. 827a, Vernon's Annotated Penal Code. SECTION 3. The City Secretary is hereby authorized and directed to cause the publication of the descriptive caption of this Ordinance, together with the penalty provisions as required by law. \ SECTION 4. The fact that the heavy flow of vehicular traffic through the several highways and streets as herein designated and established as a hazard, dangerous to the safety of persons and property, creates a public necessity requiring all rules that no ordinance shall be finally passed on the day of its introduction be .suspended; and this ordinance is declared to be an emergency measure to take effect from and after the date of its first, publication. AND IT IS SO ORDERED. Passed by the Commission this 9th day of May, 1957. ATTEST: Lave JWF:gb ..