HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance - 2911-1959 - Changing The Prima Facie From 30 To 40 MPH - 09/10/1959{FORM NO. h_ n9 57) o~IilrQi no? 2911
0 AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE ALTERING AND CHANGING OF THE PRIMA FACIE ~... SPEED LIMI T FRCM 30 MILES l'ER HOUR TO 40 MILES PER HOUR ON THAT PORTION
OF THE STREE'l'S DESCRIBED AS FOLLOO:
C\n On both s ides of Slide Road beginning at t he intersection of Fourth
St reet and ~tending South to the intersecti on of 19th Street.
AUTHORIZING THE PlACING OF SPEED LIMIT SIGNS; PRESCRIBING A PENALTY; PR<11IDING
FOR POBUCATION; AND DEClARING AN EMERGENCY; AND PROVIDING FOR TRX EFF!CTIVE
DA. TE OF mrs ORDINANCE.
WHIRElS, the governing bo~, as authorized by Article 827a, Sec. 8,
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~diat• 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 ORDliNED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CIT! OF LUBBOCK:
_ SECTION L The prima facie speed li¢-t established by Article S27a,
Seeo 8, Subsection 1 (b), Vernon's Annotated Penal Code is altered and changed
for all vehicles to 40 miles per hour on the following designated highways
or street in the corporate limits of the City of Lubbock, Lubbock County,
Texas, to-wi. t:
On both sides of Slide Road beginning at the intersection of Fourth
street and extending South to the intersection of 19th Street.
SECTION 2. The City Manager is authori zed 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 couviction be fined in
any sum no1; toar:ceed TWO HUNDRED DOLlARS (S200o00) and for subsequent viola+-
tions within one year thereafter shall be prosecuted as prescribed tor such
violations b,y Seeo 15 of Article 827a , Vernon's Annotated Penal Code.
SECTION 4. The City Secretary is authori zed arid directed to cause
the publication of the descriptive eaption or this Ordinance together with
the penalty pravieion as an alternative method of publication as provided by law.
SECTION ;. The fact that public necessity and eo~enience requires
that this Ordi nance be passed as an emergenct. measure for reasons set forth in
the preamble hereof, the rule requiring that no Ordinanee shall be final~
passed on the day of i t s 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. . ( t;'l ~::,unanimously by the Cit7 Commission this ~t ~
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