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ORDINANCE N0. __ 1:_~~-
AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE ALTERING AND CHANGING OF THE
PRIMA FACIE SPEED Ll.MIT F,OR ALL VEHICLES TO FORTH (40) MILES PER
HOUR ON THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAY AND STREET IN'JHE CORPORATE ll.MIT
OF THE CITY OF LUBBOCK., LUBBOCK COUNTY. TEXAS, TO-WIT: ON THE
SOUTH SIDE OF EAST 50TH STREET F. M. 835 BEGINNING AT THE INTER-
SECTION OF SOUTHEAST DRIVE SPUR 331 AND EXTENDING EAST FOR O. 300
MILES: AUTHORIZING THE ALTERING AND CHANGING OF THE PRIMA FACIE
SPEED Lll\.1IT FOR ALL VEIDCLES TO FORTY {40} MILES PER HOUR ON THE
FOLLOWING HIGHWAY AND STREET IN THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE CIT·
OF LUBBOCK, LUBBOCK COUNTY, TEXAS, TO-WIT: ON THE NORTH SIDE
OF EAST 50TH STREET F. M. 835 BEGINNING AT THE INTERSECTION OF
SOUTHEAST DRIVE SPUR 331 AND EXTENDING EAST FOR 0. 200 MILES:
AUTHORIZING THE ALTERING AND CHANGING OF THE PRIMA FACIE SPEED
UMIT FOR ALL VEHICLES TO FORT¥-FIVE (45) MILES PER HOUR :. ·~ .. : "
ON THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAY AND STREET IN THE CORPORATE llMITS OF
THE CITY OF LUBBOCK, LUBBOCK COUNTY, TEXAS, TO-WIT: ON BOTH
SIDES OF EAST 4TH STREET F. M. 40 BEGINNING AT THEINTERSECTION OF
IDALOU ROAD (U. S. 62) AND EXTENDING EAST FOR 0. 200 MILES; AUTHORIZilNC
THE ALTERING AND CHANGING OF THE PRIMA FACIE SPEED llMIT FOR AL~
VEHICLES TO FIFTY (50) MILES PER HOUR ON THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAY 111
AND STREET IN THE CORPORATE llMITS OF THE CITY OF LUBBOCK, LUB-
BOCK COUNTY, TEXAS, TO-WIT: ON THE NORTH SIDE OF EAST 4TH STREE'Ii
F. M. 40 BEGINNING 0. 200 MILES EAST OF THE INTERSECTION OF IDALOU
ROAD (U. S. 62) AND EXTENDING EAST FOR 0. 823 MILES; AUTHORIZING THE
ALTERING AND CHANGING OF THE PRIMA FACIE SPEED LIMIT FOR ALL
VEHICLES TO FIFTY (50) MILES PER HOUR ON THE FOLLOWING lllGHWA Y
AND STREET IN THE CORPORATE llMITS OF THE CITY OF LUBBOCK, LUB-
BOCK COUNTY1 TEXAS, TO-WIT: ON THE WEST SIDE OF SOUTHEAST DRIVE
SPUR 331 BEGINNING 0. 800 MILES SOUTH OF 50TH STREET AND EXTENDING
SOUTH FOR 0. 500 MILES; AUTHORIZING THE ALTERING AND CHANGING OF
THE PRIMA FACIE SPEED UMIT FOR ALL VEHICLES TO FIFTY-FIVE (55)
MILES PER HOUR ON THE FOLLOWING IUGHWAY AND STREET IN THE COR-
PORATE LIMITS OF THE CITY OF LUBBOCK, LUBBOCK COUNTY., TEXAS.,
TO-WIT: ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF EAST 4TH STREET F. M. 40 BEGINNING
0. 200 MILES EAST FROM THE IDALOU ROAD AND EXTENDING EAST FOR 0. 82
MILES; AUTHORIZING THE ALTERING AND CHANGING OF THE PRIMA FACIE
SPEED LIMIT FOR ALL VEHICLES TO FIFTY-FIVE (55) MILES PER HOUR ON
THE FOLLOWING IDGHWAY AND STREET IN THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE
CITY OF LUBBOCK, LUBBOC.K COUNTY, TEXAS, TO-WIT: ON THE SOUTH
SIDE OF EAST 50TH STREET F. M. 835 BEGINNING O. 300 MILES EAST OF THE
INTERSECTION OF SOUTHEAST DRIVE SPUR 331 AND EXTENDING EAST FOR
1 0. 886 MILES; AUTHORIZING THE ALTERING AND CHANGING OF THE PRIMA
FACIE SPEED LIMIT FOR ALL VEHICLES TO FIFTY-FIVE (55} MILES PER
HOUR ON THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAY AND STREET IN THE CORPORATE
UMITS OF THE CITY OF LUBBOCK, LUBBOCK COUNTY, TEXAS, TO:-WIT:
ON THE NORTH SIDE OF EAST 50TH STREET F. M. 835 BEGINNING 0. 200 MIL
EAST OF THE INTERSECTION OF SOUTHEAST DRIVE SPUR 331 AND ExTENDINb
EAST FOR 0. 986 MILES; AUTHORIZING THE ALTERING AND CHANGING OF TH
PRIMA FACIE SPEED LIMIT FOR ALL VEillCLES TO FIFTY-FIVE {55) MILES
PER HOUR ON THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAY AND STREET IN THE CORPORATE
UMITS OF THE CITY OF LUBBOCK, LUBBOCK COUNTY., TEXAS, TO-WIT:
ON THE WEST SIDE OF SOUTHEAST DRIVE SPUR 331 BEGINNING AT THE IN-
TERSECTION OF 50TH STREET AND EXTENDING SOUTH FOR 0. 300 MILES;
AUTHORIZING THE ALTERING AND CHANGING OF THE PRIMA FACIE SPEED .MJ
FOR ALL VEffiCLES TO FIFTY-FIVE (55) MILES PER HOUR ON THE FOLLOW-
ING IDGHWAY AND STREET IN THE CORPORATE ll:MITS OF THE CITY OF
LUBBOCK, LUBBOCK COUNTY, TEXAS, TO-WIT: ON THE EAST SIDE OF •
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SOUTHEAST DRIVE SPUR 331 BEGINNING AT THE INTERSECTION OF EAST
. 50TH STREET AND EXTENDING SOUTH FOR 1. 333 MILES; AUTHORIZING THE
ALTERING AND CHANGING OF THE PRIMA FACIE S~EED UMIT FOR ALL
VEHICLES TO SIXTY (60) MILES PER HOUR (DAY} AND FIFTY-FIVE (55) :MIL
PER HOUR (NIGHT) ON THE FOLLOWING lllGHWAY AND STREET IN THE
CORPORATELIMITS OF THE CITY OF LUBBOCK, LUBBOCK COUNTY, TEXAS,
TO-WIT: ON THE EAST SIDE OF SOUTHEAST DRIVE SPUR 331 BEGINNING
0. 300 MILES SOUTH OF 50TH STREET AND EXTENDING SOUTH FOR 0. 500
MILES; AUTHORIZING THE ALTERING AND CHANGING OF THE PRIMA FACIE
SPEED UMIT FOR ALL VEHICLES TO -~IXTY (60) MILES PER HOUR (DAY) ANDI
FIFTY-FIVE {55) MILES PER HOUR (NIGHT) ON THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAY
AND STREET IN THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE CITY OF LUBBOCK, LUBB CF
COUNTY, TEXAS, TO-WIT: ON THE WEST SIDE OF SOUTHEAST DRIVE SPUR
331 BEGINNING 1. 300 MILES SOUTH OF EAST 50TH STREET AND EXTENDING
SOUTH FOR 0. 233 MILES; AUTHORIZING THE PLACING OF SPEED LIMIT SIGN ;
PRESCRIBING A PENALTY; PROVIDING FOR PUBUCATION; REPEALING ALL
ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH; PROVIDING THAT STREETS OR HIGH-
WAYS NOT SPECIFICALLY SET FORTH HEREIN SHALL NOT BE AFFECTED BY
THE PROVISIONS HEREOF AND THAT THIS ORDINANCE BE CUMULATIVE OF
ALL OTHER PRIMA FACIE SPEED UMIT ORDINANCES EXCEPT THOSE WITH
WIDCH IT SPECIFICALLY CONFLICTS; DECLARING AN EMERGENCY; AND
PROVIDING FOR THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS ORDINANCE.
WHEREAS~ the governing body, as authorized by Article 827a1 Sec. 81 Verno ts
Annotated Penal Code, finds that certain prima facie speed limits on certain high-
ways are. different from what is reasonable or safe and should be altered and the
immediate preservation of public health and safety requires immediate alteration
ofSlid prima facie speed limits as hereafter set forth, which creates an emergencyj:.
NOW THEREFORE:
, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF LUBBOCK:
SECTION 1. The prima facie speed limit established, by Article 827a, Sec.
8, Subsection 1 {b), Vernon1 s Annotated Penal Code is altered and changed for all
vehicles to forty (40} miles per hour on the following designated highway or street
in the corporate limits of the City of Lubbock, Lubbock County, Texas, to-wit:
On the South side of East 50th Street F. M. 835 beginning at
the intersection of Southeast Drive Spur 331 and extending East
for 0. 300 miles.
On the North side of East 50th Street F. M. 835 beginning at
the intersection of Southeast Drive Spur 331 and extending East
for 0. 2 00 miles.
SECTION 2. The prima facie speed limit established, by Article 827a, Sec.
8, Subsection 1 (b), Vernonts Annotated Penal Code is altered and changed for all
vehicles to Forty-five {45) miles per hour on the following designated highway or
street in the corporate limits of the City of Lubbock, Lubbock eounty, Texas, to-wlit:
On both sides of East 4th S:reet F. M. 40 beginning at the inter-
section of Idalou Road (U. S. 62) and extending East for 0. 200 miles.
SECTION 3. The prima facie speed limit established, by Article 827a, Sec.
8, Subsection 1 {b), Vernonts Annotated Penal Code is altered and changed for all
vehicles to Fifty (50) miles per hour on the following designated highway or street
in the f:orporate limits of the City of Lubbock, Lubbock County, Texas, to-wit:
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On the North side of East 4th Street, F. M. 40 beginning o. Zoo miles East of the intersection of Idalou Road (U.s. 'l
62) and extending East for 0. 823 miles.
SECTION 4. The prima facie speed limit established, by Article 827a, Sec.
8, Subsection 1 (b), Vernonta Annotated Penal Code is altered and changed for all
vehicles to Fifty-five (55) miles per hour on the following designated highway and
·street in the corporate limits of the City of Lubbock, Lubbock County, Texas,
to-wit:
On the South side of East 4th Street F. M. 40 beginning 0. 200
miles East from the Idalou Road and extending East for 0. 823 miles.
On the South side of East 50th Street F. M. 835 beginning 0. 300
miles East of the intersection of Southeast Drive Spur 331 and
extending East for 0. 886 miles.
On the North side of East 50th Street F. M. 835 beginning 0. 200
miles East of the Intersection of Southeast Drive Spur 331 and
extending East for 0. 986 miles.
On the West side of Southeast driveS ur 331 beginning at the
.in ersection o treet and exten ng outh for 0. 300 miles.
On the East side of Southeast Drive Spur 331 beginning at the
intersection of East 50th Street and extending South for 1, 333 miles.
SECTION 5. The prima facie speed limit established, by Article 827a, Sec.
8, Subsection 1 (b), Vernon's Annotated Penal Code is altered and changed for all
vehicles to Sixty~:{6:0}.:Miles per hour {day) and Fifty-five (55) miles per hour
{night) on the following designated highway or street in the corporate limits of the
City of Lubbock, Lubbock County, Texas, .to-wit:
On the East side of Southeast Drive Spur 331 beginning 0, 300
miles South of 50th Street and extending South for 0. 500 miles.
On the West side of Southeast Drive Spur 331 beginning 1, 300
miles South of East 50th Street and extending South for 0. 233 miles.
SECTION ;6. The City Manager is: authorized and directed to cause the platin
of signs so as to clearly define the limits of the prima facie areas set out in this
Ordinance.
SECTION 7. Any person, firm or corporation violating the prima facie speed
limit established by this Ordinance shall upon conviction be fined in any sum not to
exveed TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS ($200. 00) and for subsequent violations within
one year thereafter shall be prosecuted as prescribed for such violations by Sec.
15 of Article 827a. Vernonrs Annotated Penal Code.
SECTION 8. The City Secretary is authorized and directed to cause the
publication of the descriptive caption of this Ordinance together with the penalty
provision as an alternative method of publication as provided by law.
SECTION 9. That all Ordinances or parts of Ordinances conflicting with
any of the provisions hereof are hereby repealed insofar as such conflict exists.
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SECTION 10. All highways or streets not specifically set forth in the pre-
ceeding sectios.s hereof shall not be affected by the provisions hereof, and this
Ordinance shall be cumulative of all other prima facie speed limit Ordinances
except those with which it specifically conflicts.
SECTION 11. Should any section, paragraph, sentence, clause, phrase or
word of this Ordinance be declared unconstitutional or invalid for any ~eason, the.
remainder of this Ordinance shall not be affected thereby.
SECTION 12. 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 finally passed on
the day of its introduction be suspended, and this Ordinance is declared to be an
eBlergency measure to take effect for and after its passage.
AND IT IS SO ORDER ED
Passed unanimously by the City Commission this 14tll day of September , ---------+: 1961. ~~---------
ATT~S. <r
----~///~ ------------Lave ia Lowe, Ci-Treasurer
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City Attorney
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