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(FORM NO. L. D. 57).
02-2.'7 -!~Col+
ORDINANCE NO. 4320
'Y AN ORDINA!llCE AUTHORIZDJG THE ALTERING AND CHANGING OF THE PRIMA FACIE
SPEED LIMIT ·FROM ,o MILES PER HOUR TO 40 MTI.ES PER HOUR ON THAT PORTION
OF THE STREETS DESCRIBED AS FOLlOWS:
L/3;20
On both sides of Indiana beginning at the south side of 50th Street
and extending south to 5$th Street.
AUTHORIZING THE PLACING OF SPEED LIMIT SIGNS; PRESCRIBING A PENALTY; PROIIIDING
FOR PUBLICATION; AND D:Em.ARIN'G AN EMERGENCY; AND PROVIDING FOR THE EFFECTIVE
DATE OF THIS ORDDTANCE.
WHERFAS9 the governing body ll as authorized by Article 827a, Seco S,
Vernon's A~~otated Penal Code~ finds that certain prima facie speed limits on
certain highways are different from what is reasonable or safe and should be
altered and the immediate preservation of public health and safety requires
immediate alteration of said prima facie speed limits as hereafter set forth,
which creates an emergency; NOW THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF '!'HE CITY OF LUB'10CK:
S~TION 1. The prima. facie speed limit established by Article 827a,
Sec. 8, Subsection 1 (b), Vernones Annotated Penal Code is altered and changed
for all vehicles to 40 miles per hour on the following designated highways
or street in the corporate limits of the City of Lubbock, Lubbock County,
Texas, to-wit:
Onlboth sides of Indiana beginning at the south side of 50th Street
and extending south to 5$th Street.
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 Ordinancea
SECTION J.. 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 Se~o 15 of Article 827a, Vernon~s Annotated Penal Code.
SECTION 4o The City Secretary is authorized and directed to cause
the publication of the descriptive caption of this 0:::-dir-.ance together with
the penalty provision as an alternative method of publication as provided by law.
SECTION 5. The fact that public necessity and convenience requires
that this Ordinar.ce be passed as an emergency measure for reasons set forth in
t he preamble hereof, the r-ule 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 emergency measure to take effect for and after its passage ..
AND IT IS SO ORDERED.
Passed t:m.a.n.i.Toously by the City Commission this 27th day of February , 196_i.