HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance - 4170-1963 - Altering Speed Limit From 30 To 55, S Side Of 82Nd 1/2 Mild E Of Slide Rd - 08/22/1963(FORM NO. L( D. 57) C:8-2Z-C\LP~
ORDINANCE NOo 4170
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tf '} "} AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE ALTERING AND CHANGING OF THE PRIMA FACIE
1:;r SPEED LIMIT FROM _JO MILES PER HOUR TO 55 Mll.ES PER HOUR ON THAT PORTION
OF THE STREE't'S DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: On the south side of S2nd Street
beginning one-half mile east of Slide Road and extending east to
College Avenue.
AUTHORIZING THE PLACING OF SPEED LIMIT SIGNS; PRESCRIBING A PENALTY_; PROVIDING
FOR PUBLICATION; AND DECLARING AN' maRGENCY; AND PROVIDING FOR THE EFFECTIVE
DATE OF THIS ORDINANCE.
~EAS, the governing body9 as authorized b.1 Article A27a, Sec. B,
Vernon's Annctated Penal Code, finds that certain prima facie speed limits on
certain highways are different from wha.t is reasonable or safe and should be
altered and the immediatg preservation of public health and safety requires
immediate 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 CIT.Y OF LUB~OCK:
S~TION 1. T'ne prima facie speed limit established by Article B27a,
Sec. B, Subsection 1 (b), Vernon 1s Annotated Penal Code is altered and changed
for all vehicles to 55 miles per hour on the following designated highways
or street in the corporate limits of the City of Lubbock, Lubbock County,
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Texas, to-wit: On the south side of 82nd Street beginning one-half ·
mile east of Slide Road and extending east to College Avenue.
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 o
SECTION 3o 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 exceed TWO HUNDRED DOLlARS ($200 .. 00) and for subsequent viola-
tions within one year thereafter shall be prosecuted as prescribed for such
violations by Sec:o 15 of Article 827a, Vernon 1s Annotated Penal Code.
SECTION 4. The City Secretary is authorized and directed to cause
the publication of the descriptive caption of this Ordir..c.nce together with
the penalty provision as an alternative method of publication as provided by law.
SECTION 59 rne 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 ~ule requiring that no Ordinance shall be finally
passed on the day of its intrcduction be suspended, and this Ordinance is de-
clared to be an emergency measure to take effect for and after its passageo
MH> IT IS SO ORDEREDo
Passed una.ni.mously by the c:::..ty Commission this 22nd day of August 1961_.
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