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AN ORDINANCE REPEALING ORDINANCE NO. 3420~" 3557 AND 3632 OF
THE CITY OF LUBBOCK; ESTABLISHING SCHOOL ZONES; ESTABLISHING
PRIMA FACIE SPEED LIMITS AT 20 MILES PER HOUR DURING SCHOOL HOURS
IN SUCH ZONES; DEFINING "SCHOOL HOURSt'; MAKING IT UNLAWFUL TO PAS
WITHIN SCHOOL ZONES; PRESCRIBING PENALTY FOR. VIOLATIONS# PROVIDI
FOR PUBLICATION AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.·
WHEREAS .. the governing body of the City of Lubbock .. upon the basis of an
engineering and traffic investigation finds it necessary to alter prima facie speed
limits established by Article 670ld, Section 166 (a} 1 .. Vernonts Texas Civil
Statutes as amended Acts 1963# 58th Legislature .. page 455 .. Cliapter 161, within
the areas and at the locations named and designated in the body of this Ordinance,
all within the corporate limits of the City of Lubbock and in the immediate vicinity
of school areas during periods of time when schools are in session and school
children are going to or from schools and playgrounds; and
WHEREASJI the governing body finds it necessary to make provision for the
regulation of moving vehicular traffic within such areas regarding passing and
stopping for the protection and safety of pedestrians crossing the streets within
such areas; and
WHEREAS, it is necessary to the immediate preservation of the public
health and safety to provide for the immediate enactment of such measures con-
stituting an emergency,_ NOW THEREFORE:
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF LUBBOCK:
SECTION 1. THAT Ordinance Nos. 3420 .. 3557 and 3632, BE, and the
same are here by repealed.
SECTION 2. THAT the following designated locations and areas are
declared to be school zones and the prima facie speed limit of thirty (30) miles
per hour as established by Article 670ld~ Section 166 (a) 1., Vernon's Texas Civil
Statutes. is hereby altered and changed to twenty (20) miles per hour for all
vehicles .. during school hours as herein defined on the following described streets
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1. On East Broadway beginning at the West side of the
intersection of Teak Avenue and extending West for
447 feet.
2. On 34th Street beginning 130 feet West from the West
side of the intersection of Avenue X on the South side
of 34th Street and extending East for 566 feet.
3. On Avenue Q beginning 230 feet North from the North
side of the intersection of 6th Street and extending
South for 7 36 feet.
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/ 4. On West 19th Street beginning at the West side of the
Intersection of Toledo Avenue on the South side of
West 19th Street and extending West for 690 feet.
5. On College Avenue beginning 180 feet South from the
South side of the intersection of 37th Street and ex-
tending North for 790 feet~~
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6. On 4th Street beginning 40 feet from the West side of
the intersection of Avenue E and extending West for
606 feet.
7. On Avenue H beginning at the North side of the inter-
section of 3rd Street and extending North for 544 feet.
8. On Flint Avenue beginning 160 feet South from the South
side of the intersection of 42nd Street and extending
North for 1, 218 feet.
9. On Flint Avenue beginning 150 feet North from the North
side of the intersection of 26th Street and extending South
for 300 feet.
10. On Avenue H beginning 115 feet South of the South side of
the intersection of 50th Street and extending South for 655
feet.
11. On 34th Street beginning 224 feet East of the East side of
the intersection of Toledo Avenue on the North side of 34th
Street and extending West for 424 feet. '
12. On Avenue H beginning at the South side fof the intersection
of 40th Street and extending South for 720 feet.
13. On Parkway Drive beginning on the East side of the inter-
section of Cherry Avenue and extendi~ to the West side
of the intersection of Guava Avenue.
14. On Idalou Road beginning 50 feet West of the West side of
the intersection of Spruce Avenue and extending East for
946 feet.
15. On Avenue P beginning 373 feet North of the North side of
Avenue P and extending South for 624 feet;.
16. On 34th Street beginning 272 feet West of the West side of
the intersection of Avenue N on the South side of 34th
Street and extending East for 672 feet.
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17. On Avenue T beginning at the North side of the intersection
of 20th Street and extending to the South side of the inter-
section of 21st Street.
18. On Memphis Avenue beginning 170 feet South of the South
side of the intersection of 30th Street and extending North
for 904 feet.
19. On 23rd Street beginning 174 feefWest of the West side of
the intersection of Date Avenue and extending East for 578
feet.
20. On Quaker Avenue beginning 100 feet North of the North
side of the intersection of 29th Street and extending
South for 1, 07 4 feet.
21. On Avenue L beginning 10 feet North of the North side of
the intersection of 29th Street and extending South for
572 feet.
22. On 50th Street beginning 500 feet East of the East side of
the intersection of Vanda Avenue and extending West for
940 feet.
23. On 50th Street beginning 200 feet East of the East side of
the intersection of Orlando Avenue and extending West for
430 feet.
24. On 50th Street beginning at the East side of the intersection
of Avenue Nand extending West for 915(feet.
25. On 50th Street beginning 350 feet East from the East side
of the intersection of Avenue P and extending West for 6 50
feet.
26. On 50th Street beginning approximately 75 feet East from
the East side of the intersection of Vanda Avenue, and ex-
tending West for 600 ~eet.
27. On Avenue A beginning approximately 300 feet North from
the North side of the 38th Street intersection and extending
South for 600 feet.
28. On Boston Avenue beginning 170 feet North from the North
side of the intersection of 42nd Street,. and extending South
on Boston Avenue for 410 feet.
29. On North Avenue U beginning on North side of Cornell
Avenue and extending North for 350 feet.
SECTION 3. The Traffic Engineer is hereby authorized and directed to
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cause the placement of traffic control signals and/or signs at each approach to
each school zone herein designated. The signs shall be placed at the most
advantageous point to be conspicuous to approaching vehicular traffic.
SECTION 4. ttschool hours" as that term is used herein~ shall be the hour
between 7:30 A.M. and 4;30 P.M. of each Monday through Friday throughout the
calendar year when the school nearest the school zone is in session.
SECTION 5. It shall be unlawful for any person to drive or operate a
vehicle through a school zone as designated and established herein during school
hours in such a manner as to overtake and pass another vehicle by change of lane,
being driven in the same direction upon the same street within said school zone by
changing traffic lane.
SECTION 6. It shall be unlawful for any person to drive or operate a vehic
1 through the school zones herein designated during school hours at a rate of speed
in excess of the prima facie speed limits herein designated for such school zones.
SECTION 7. Any person violating the prima facie speed limit established
by this Ordinance shall upon conviction be fined as prescribed by the provision of
Article 670ld~ Section 143, Vernonts Texas Civil Statutes, and any person violatin
any other Section of this Ordinance shall upon conviction be fined in a sum not
exceeding $200.00.
SECTION 8. If any part or parts of this Ordinance shall be held unconstitu
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tiona! or invalid by any court of competent jurisdiction, such part or parts shall
' be deemed a separate., distinct and independent provision and such holding shall
not affect the remaining portions hereof.
SECTION 9. That all Ordinances or parts of Ordinances conflicting with an ·
of the provisions hereof are hereby repealed insofar as such conflict exists.
SECTION 10. That the City Secretary is hereby directed to cause publicaU n
of the descriptive caption of this Ordinance together with the penalty clause as an
alternative method provided by law.
SECTION 11. That the enactment of this Ordinance being necessary to the
public safety and welfare of the pedestrian use of the streets in the school zones
herein designated and established is hereby declared to be an emergency measure
creating a public necessity that the rule providing that proposed ordinances be
presented at two separate meetings be dispensed with and this Ordinance is de-
clared to be an EMERGENCY MEASURE to take effect from and after the date of it
first publication.
AND IT IS SO ORDERED; ------------~---......
Passed this 26th day of November 1 1963. --------~~------~
ferm Approved
City Attor~y