HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance - 2968-1959 - Changing The Prima Facie From 40 To 35 MPH - 11/12/1959(FORM NO. Lo D. 57)
ORDINANCE NO. 2968
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AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE ALTERING AND CHANGING OF THE PRIMA FACIE
SPEED LIMIT FROM 4P MIU:S PER HOUR TO 3 5 MILES PER HOUR ON TRA T PORTION
OF THE STREETS DESCRIBED AS FOIJ..Om:
On both sides of 34th street (F. M. 835) beginning at the inter-
section of Cedar Avenue and extending East for 0.200 miles.
AUTHORIZING THE PlACING OF SPEED LIMIT SIGNS; PRESCRIBING A PENALTY; PROITIDING
FOR PUBUOl TION; AND DEClARING AN EMERGENCY; AND PRCN'IDING FOR THE EFF.ECTIVE
DA.'l'E OF THIS ORDINANC!o
~S, the governing body, as authorized by Article aZ?a, See. a,
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 tbe~diat• preservation of-public health and safety requires im-
mediate alteration of said prima facie speed limits as hereafter eet forth, ·
which creates an emergency; NOW THEREFORE,
BE IT ORlli\INED BY mE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF WBBOCK:
SECTION 1. The prima facie speed l~t established by Article S27a,
Sec. a, Subsection 1 {b), Vernon's Annotated Penal Code is altered and changed
for all vehicles to 35 miles per hour on the following designated highway-s
or street in the corporate limits of the City of Lubbock, Lubbock County-,
Texas, to-wit:
On both sides of 34th Street (F. M. 835) beginning at the inter-
section of Cedar Avenue and extending East for 0.200 miles.
SECTION 2. The City Manager is authorized and directed to cause the
placing of signs so as to clearly define tQe 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~y-this Ordinance shall upon conviction be fined in
any sum no~ toacceed TWO HUNDRED DOWRS ($200o00) and for subsequent violat-
tions within one year thereafter shall be prosecuted as prescribed for such
violations by Seco 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 ~ption of this Ordinance together with
the penalty provi•ion as an alternative method of publication as provided by law.
SECTION 5. The tact that public necessity and co~enience requires
that this Ordinance be passed as an emergenct measure for reasons set forth in
the preamble hereof, the rule requiring that no Ordinance shall be finally
passed on the day of its introduction be suspended, and this Ordinance is de-
clared to be an emergen~ measure to take effect for and after its passage.
AND IT IS SO ORDERED. Passed unanimously by-the City-Commission this 12th day-of November 195 9.
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