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ORDINANCE NO. 4426
AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE ALTERING AND CHANGING OF THE
PRIMA FACIE SPEED LIMIT FOR ALL VEHICLES ON THE FOLLOWING STREE
IN THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE CITY OF LUBBOCK~ LUBBOCK COUNTY
TEXAS~ TO-WIT: A 40 M.P.H. SPEED LIMIT ON BOTH SIDES OF QUAKER
AVENUE BEGINNING AT 34TH STREET AND EXTENDING TO 50TH STREET;
AUTHORIZING THE PLACING OF SPEED LIMIT SIGNS; PRESCRIBING A PEN-
ALTY; PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION; REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES IN
CONFLICT HEREWITH; PROVIDING THAT STREET OR HIGHWAYS NOT SPEC!
CALLY SET FORTH HEREIN SHALL NOT BE AFFECTED BY THE PROVISIONS
HEREOF AND T HAT THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BE CUMULATIVE OF ALL OT
PRIMA FACIE SPEED LIMIT ORDINANCES EXCEPT THOSE WITH WHICH IT
SPECIFICALLY CONFLICTS; PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE; DECLARING AN
EMERGENCY; AND PROVIDING FOR THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS ORDINA CE
WHEREAS~ the governing body of the City of Lubbock~ as authorized by
Article 670ld, Section 169(b) Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes, finds that certain
prima facie speed limits on certain highways are different from what is reasonab
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 hereafte
set forth, which creates an emergency, NOW THEREFORE:
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LUBBOCK:
SECTION 1. The prima facie speed limit established by Article 6701d,
Section 166{a) 1 -Vernon1s Texas Civil Statutes 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 both sides of Quaker Avenue beginning at 34th Street and
extending to 50th 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 Ordinance.
SECTION 3. Any person~ firm or corporation violating the prima facie sp d
limit established by this Ordinance shall upon conviction be fined any sum not to
exceed TWO HUNDRED ($200. 00) DOLLARS and for subsequent violations within
one year thereafter shall be prosecute d as prescribed for such violations by Sect· n
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 caption of this Ordinance together with the penalty
provision as an alternative method of publication as provided bylaw.
SECTION 5. That all Ordinances or parts of Ordinances conflicting with
any of the provisions hereof are hereby repealed insofar as such conflict exists.
SECTION 6. That all highways or streets not specifically set forth in the
preceding sections hereof shall not be affected by the provisions hereof~ and this
Ordinance shall be cumulative of all other prima facie speed limit ordi nances
except ·.those with which it specifically conflicts.
SECTION 7. Should any section~ paragraph~ sentence~ clause, phrase or
word of this Ordinance be declared unconstitutional or invalid for any reasons, t e
remainder of this Ordinance shall not be affected thereby.
SECTION 8. 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
emergency measure to take effect from and after its pa~t:Jage.
AND IT IS SO ORDERED.
Passed by the City Council this 14th day of ______ M_ay ___ ~ 1964.
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