HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance - 4457-1964 - Changing Speed From 30 To 35, Both Sides Of Quirt Ave, Parkway Dr To Idalou Hwy - 06/30/1964&) (FORM NO. L. D. 57) oeo -ao -\qet>q.
ORDINANCE NO. 4457
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J /} A.N ORDINANCE AU'l'HORIZING THE ALTERING AN'D CHANGING OF THE PRIMA FACIE
~.; SPEED LIMIT FROM JQ MILES PER HOUR TO 3 5 MIT.E3 PER HOUR ON THAT PORTION
OF THE STREETS DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWSz
On both sides o£ Quirt Avenue £rom Parkway Drive to the Idalou
Highway.
AUTHORIZING THE PLACING OF '3PEED LIMI'r SIGNS; l'RESCRffiiNG A !'mALTY; PROVIDING
FOR PUBLICATION; AND DFXIT..A.RIN'G A.N EMERGENCY; AND PROVIDING FOR THE EFFF.CTlVE
DATE OF THIS ORDINANCE.
WHEREAS, the gov~ing body~ as authorized by Article g27a, Seco B,
Vernon's Annotated 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 immedi ata 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 CITY OF LUB~OCK :
SECTION 1. The prima facie speed limit established by Article B27a,
See. g, Subsection 1 (b), Vernon's Annotated Penal Code is altered and changed
for all vehicles to 35 miles per hour on the following designated highways
or street in the corporate limits of the City of Lubbock, Lubbock County,
Texas, to-wit;
On both sides of Quirt Avenue £rom Parkway Drive to the Idalou
Highway. ·
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 J~ Any person, firm or corporation violating the prima facie
speed limit established by this Ordi~nce shall upon conviction be fined in
any sum not to exceed TWO HUNDRED DOLlARS {$200o00) and for subsequent viola-
tions within one year thereafter shall be prosecuted as prescribed for such
violations b,y Seco 15 of Article B27a, Vernon's Annotated Penal Code.
SECTION 4o The City Secreta~ is authorized and directed to cause
the publication of the descriptive caption of this Ordi.-~nce to~ether 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 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 de-
clared to be an emergency measure to take effect for and after its passage&
AND IT IS SO ORDERED.
Paased unanimously by t he City Commission this 30th day of June ' 196_i.
MAYM ~ed
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