HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance - 2857-1959 - Changing Prima Facie From 55 To 45 MPH - 07/23/1959(F~ NO. L. D 57) oRU~di-~~~857
AN ORDIN.\N..CE AUTHORIZING THE ALTERING AND CHANGING OF THE PRIMA FACIE
SPEED LIMIT FROM £~111 MILES PER HOUR TO 4?J MilE) PER HOUR ON THAT PORTION
OF THE STREETS DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:
Oft tb• Wtlt •14• of state ft ~,. SJS be~ appnxhatelJ' 75'
RQrt!J of '6\h Street a n4 exten4J.na South Q634 .U••
AUTHORIZING 'l'HE PlACING OF SPEED LIMIT SIGNS; PRESCRIBING A PENALTr; PROVIDING
FOR PUBUCA.TION; AND DEClARING AN EMERGENCY; AND l'RCYYIDING FOR THE EFFECTIVE
'0!\ TE OF THIS ORDINANCEo
~s, the governing bo~, as authorized by Article S27a, Sec. S,
Vernon's Annotated Penal Code, finds that certain prima facie speed limits on
certain highways are different from what is reasonable or safe and should be
altered and the iilmediat:e preservation of public health and safety requires· im-
mediate alteration of said prima facie speed limits as hereafter set forth, -·
which creates an emergency; NOW THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF LUBBOCK:
SECTION 1. The prima facie speed limit established by Article S27a,
See. 8, Subsection 1 (~)o Vernon9s Annotated Penal Code is altered and changed
for all vehicles to ~T miles per hour on the following designated highways
or street in the corporate limits of the City of Lubbock, Lubbock County,
Texas, to-wit:
On the W.t aid• ot State 11M 111g}na7 SJS begirm1q &AlJ"admatel7 7S'
Wor\h ot .36th Street and. cxtemtiq Scntth 0.434 mil••
SECTION 2. The City Manager is authorized and directed to cause the
placing of signs so as to clearly define the limits of the prima facie areas
set out in this Ordinance.
SECTION 3. An person, firm or corporation violating the prima facie
speed limit established by this Ordinance shall upon conviction be fined in
any sum no1; to ecceed TWO HUNDRED DOWRS ($200o00) and for subsequent viola ..
tions within one year thereafter shall be prosecuted as prescribed for such
violations by Seco 15 of Article 827a, Vernon1s Annotated Penal Code.
SECTION 4. The City Secretar,y is authorized and directed to cause
the publication or the descriptive eaption of this Ordinance together with
the penalty provieion as an alternative method of publication as provided by law.
SECTION 5. The fact that public necessity and conYenience requires
that this Ordinance be passed as an emergency measure for reasons set forth in
the preamble hereof, the rule requiring that no Ordinance shall be final~
passed on the day of its introduction be suspended, and this Ordinance is de-
clared to be an emer~ency measure to take effect for and after ita passage.
AND IT IS SO ORDERED.
Passed unanimously by the City Commission this 23r