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ORIGINAL
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ORDINANCE NO. 2753
AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING TFE: ALTElHNG A.ND CHANGING OF
TEE PRINA FACIE SPEED LIMIT FROH 35 MILES PER ?'OUR TO 20
MILES PER qouR ON THAT PORTION OF TRE STREBTS DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:
On both sides of Flint Ave nue , beginni ng at Sixth Street and
extending Southwest for approximately 1100 feet.
AUTHORIZING THE PLACING OF SPEED LIMITS SIGNS; PRESCRIBING A PE~ALTY;
PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY; AND PROVIDING
FOR THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS ORDINA.NCE.
WF...EREAS, the governing body, at> at<thorized by Article 827a,
Sec. 8, Vernon's Annotated Pen~l Code, flnds ~h~t certai n prima facie
speed limits on certain highways a r c different fr )m what is reasonable
or safe &nd sh~uld be altered ar:d the immediate preservation of public
health anJ safety re~uires immediate alteration of naid prima f acie
s peed limits as hereafter set forti:, which crec-.tes an emerge CJ;
NOW TtfEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAIN~D DY Tiill CITY C0~1ISSION OF THE CITY OF LUBBOCK:
SECTION 1. The prima facie speed limit eslbblished by Arti-
cle 827u1 Section 8, Subsection 1 (b), Vernon's Annotated Pe~al Code,
is ~ltered and ch~nged for all vehicles to 20 miles per hour on
the following designa ted highnays or stre ts in the corp orate limits
of the City of Lubbock, Lubbock County, Texas , to-wit:
On both sides of Flint Avenue beginning at Sixth Street a nd
extending Southwes t for approximately 1100 feet.
SECTION 2. The City Mana;er is authorized and directed t o
cause the placing of signs so as t ~ cle~rly define the limits of the
prima facie ureas set out in this ordinance.
S~CTION 3. Any persor', firm or corvoration violating the
prima facie speed li:~;it established b this Ordinan .:e shall upon con-
viction be fined in an~· sum not to exceed T~'/0 HU.I\DRED DOLLARS($200.00)
and for subsequent violations withi& one yeer t~ere~Iter shall be pro-
secuted as prescribed for such violations by Section 15 of Article
827a, Vern~n's A:notated Penal Code.
SECTION 4. The City s~cr&t.ry is a uthorized a nd directed tJ
cause the publication of t~e descriptive caption of this Ordi~ance to-
gether with the penu lty provisio~ as ~n alternative method of publi-
cation ~s proviied by law.
SECT10N 5. The f act that public necea&ity and convenience
requires that this Ordinance be passed as an emergency me~~u ~e for
reasons set forth in the preamble hereof, the rule r e qttl.rl.ng t hat no
Ordinance shall be finally passed on the day of its introduction be
suspended, and this Ordi nance is declared to be an emergency mea s ure
to take effect from and afte.r its passage.
AND IT IS SO ORDERED.
Passed unanimously by the City Commission this 26th
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day of March
ATTEST: ~ City Attorney
Cit