HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance - 4734-1965 - Changing Speed Limit On Both Sides Of 66Th St From Ave H To College Ave. 35MPH - 06/24/1965BDS:bw
ORDINANCE N0.~4~Z~3~4 ________ _
tJ"" ) ., AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE ALTERING AND CHANGING OF THE dey_ J,.. PRIMA FACIE SPEED LIMIT FOR ALL VEHICLES ON THE FOLLOWING STREE
--=-J/"' IN THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE CITY OF LUBBOCK~ LUBBOCK COUNTY,
)) TEXAS,. TO"WIT: A 35 MPH SPEED ZONE ON BOTH SIDES OF 66TH STREET b 1 FROM AVENUE H (U.s.· 87) TO COLLEGE AVENUE; AUTHORIZING THE
PLACING OF SPEED LIMIT SIGNS; PRESCRIBING A PENALTY; PROVIDING
FOR PUBLICATION; REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH;
PROVIDING THAT STREETS OR HIGHWAYS NOT SPECIFICALLY SET FORTH
HEREIN SHALL NOT BE AFFECTED BY THE PROVISIONS HEREOF AND THAT
THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BE CUMULATIVE OF ALL OTHER PRIMA FACIE
SPEED LIMIT ORDINANCES EXCEPT THOSE WITH WHICH IT SPECIFICALLY
CONFLICTS; PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE; DECLAR.ING AN EMERGENCY;
AND PROVIDING FOR THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS ORDINANCE.
WHEREAS, the governing b ody of the City of Lubbock, as authorized by
Article 670ld, Section 169 (b) Vernon1s Texas Civil Statutes, 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 COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LUBBOCK:
SECTION 1. The prima facie speed limit established by Article 670ld,
Section 166 (a) {1) .. .,. Vernonts Texas Civil Statutes is altered and changed for all
vehicles to thirty ... five (35) 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 66th Street from Avenue H (U~S~ 87) to College
Avenue.
SECTION 2. The City Manager i s 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 violati ng the prima facie
speed limit established by this Ordinance shall upon conviction be fined any sum
not to exceed TWO HUNDRED ($200. 00) DOLLARS.
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 by law.
SECTION 5. That all ordinances or parts of ordinances confl.icting 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 ordinances
except those with which it specifically conflicts.
SECTION 7. Should any section, paragraph, sentence, clause, phrase, or
word of this Ordinance be declared unconstitutionBl or invalid for any reason, the
remainder of this Ordinance shall not be affected there by.
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 passage.
AND IT IS SO ORDERED~-
Passed by the City Council this 2*th
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APPROVED: r -~l rl ~c-f cf ,_c ~~ L'c~~ -
Fred 0. Senter, Jr., Ci~ttorney
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MAX TIDMORE. Mayor
W. E. ALDERSON, Mayor Pro-tem