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B ~ AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE ALTERING AND CHANGING OF THE PRIMA FACIE
SPEED LIMIT FROM &J MilES 1'ER HOUR TO 50 MIUS PER HOUR ON TRA T PORTION
OF THE STREETS DESCRIBED AS FOI..LOWS: o\>s, ~\~htL taw
· On WeSt side of State Highway Spur 331 begiilning .at a point 2.406 miles
South· of 50th Street and extending South for a distance of .350 miles.
AUTHORIZING THE PlACING OF SPEED LIMIT SimJS; PRFSCRIBING A PENALTY; PRCWIDING
FOR PUBUCATION; AND DEClARING AN EMERGENCY; AND PROVIDING FOR THE EFFECTIVE
DATE OF MS ORDINANCE.
WHEREAS, the governing bo~, as authorized by Article 827a, Sec. S,
Vernon's Annotated Penal Code, finds that certain prima facie !peed limits on
certain highways are different from what is-reasonable or safe and should be
altered and the iamediat·• 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,
Sec. S, Subsection 1 (b), Vernon's Annotated Penal Code is altered and changed
for all vehicles to 50 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 West side of State Highway Spur 331 beginning at a point 2.406 miles
South of 50th Street and extending South for a distance of .350 miles.
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 Ordinanceo
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 no~ toeKCeed TWO HUNDRED DOLlARS ($200.00) and for subsequent viola ..
tions within one year thereafter shall be prosecuted as prescribed for such
violations by Sec. 15 of Article 827a, Vernon's Annotated Penal Code.
SECTION 4. The City Secretary is authorized and directed to cause
the publication of the descriptive caption of this Ordinance together with
the penalty grovieion as an alternative method of publication as provided by law.
SECTION 5. The fact that public necessity and convenience requires
that this Ordinance be passed as an emergency measure for reasons set forth in
the preamble hereof, the rule requiring that no Ordinance shall be final~
p$ssed on the day or its introduction be suspended, and this Ordinance is de-
clared to be an emergency measure to take effect for and after its passage.
AND IT IS SO ORDERED. . Passed unanimously by the City Commission this iif!:. o~ ~·
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