HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance - 6009-1971 - Speed Limit - Portions Of 4Th St (FM 2255) - 01/14/1971ORDINANCE NO. 6009 ----:=.:;__ __ _
AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE ALTERING AND CHANGING OF
THE PRIMA FACIE SPEED LIMIT FOR ALL VEHICLES ON PORTIONS OF
4TH STREET (F.M. 2255), WITHIN THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE CITY
OF LUBBOCK# LUBBOCK COUNTY., TEXAS: AUTHORIZING THE PLACING
OF SPEED LIMIT SIGNS; PRESCRIBING A PENALTY; PROVIDING FOR PUB-
LICATION; REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH; PRO-
VIDING THAT ALL STREETS AND HIGHWAYS NOT SPECIFICALLY SET FORT
HEREIN SHALL NOT BE EFFECTED BY THE PROVISIONS HEREOF AND THAT
THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BE CUMULATIVE OF ALL OTHER PRIMA FACIE
SP~ED LIMIT ORDINANCES EXCEPT THOSE WITH WHICH IT SPECIFICALLY
CONFLICTS, AND PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE.
WHEREAS, the governing body of the City of Lubbock~ as authorized by
Article 6701d, Section 169(b) Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes~ finds that certain
prima facie speed limits on certain highways are different from what is reason-
able or safe and should be altered and the preservation of public health and
safety required alteration of said prima facie speed limits as hereinafter set
forth, NOW THEREFORE:
BE IT ORDAlliED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LUBBOCK:
SECTION 1. THAT the prima facie speed limit established by Article
670ld3 Section 166 (a)(S) --Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes is altered and changed
for all vehicles on the following designated highways or streets in the corporate
limits of the City of Lubbock, Lubbock County, Texas, as shown below, to-wit:
SOUTH SIDE
A 65 M.P. H. Speed Zone on the South side of 4th Street
(F. M. 2255) beginning at the West City Limits and ex-
tending East for 1. 081 miles. (To be established by the
Texas Highway Commission).
A 60 M.P. H. Speed Zone on the South side of 4th Street
(F. M. 2255) beginning at a point 1. 081 miles East of the
West City Limits and extending East for 0. 250 miles.
A 55 M.P. H. Speed Zone on the South side of 4th Street
(F. M. 2255) beginning at a point 1. 331 miles East of the
West City Limits and extending East for 1. 000 miles.
A 60 M.P. H. Speed Zone on the South side of 4th Street
(F. M. 2255) beginning at a point 2. 331 miles East of the
West City Limits and extending East for 0. 500 mile.
A 55 M.P. H. Speed Zone on the South side of 4th Street
{F. M. 2255) beginning at a point 2. 831 miles East of the
West City L imits and extending East for 0. 400 mile.
A 60 M.P. H. Speed Zone on the South side of 4th Street
(F.M. 2255) beginning at a point 3.231 miles East of the
West City Lim its and extending East for 0. 600 mile.
A 55 M.P. H. Speed Zone on the South side of 4th Street
(F. M. 2255) beginning at a point 3. 831 miles East of the
West City Limits and extending East for 0. 400 mile.
A 50 M.P. H. Speed Zone on the South side of 4th Street
{F. M . 2255) beginning at a point 4. 231 miles East of the
West City Limits and extending East for 0. 300 mile.
A 40 M.P. H. SpeeEl Zone on the South side of 4th Street
{F. M. 2255) beginning at a point 4. 531 miles East of the
West City Limits and extending East for 0.178 mile.
NORTH SIDE
A 65 M.P. H. Speed Zone on the North side of 4th Street
(F. M. 2255) beginning at the West City Limits and extending
East for 0. 931 mile. (To be established by the Texas
Highway Commission).
A ,60 M.P. H. Speed Zone on the North side of 4th Stree t
(F. M. 2255) beginning at a point 0. 931 mile East of the
West City Limits and extending East for 0. 550 mile.
A 55 M.P. H. Speed Zone on the North side of 4th Street
(F. M. 2255) beginning at a point 1. 481 miles East of the
West City Limits and extending East for 0. 650 mile.
A 60 M.P. H. Speed Zone on the North side of 4th Street
(F. M. 2255) beginning at a point 2.131 miles East of the
West City Limits and extending East for • 700 mile.
A 55 M.P. H. Speed Zone on the North side of 4th Street
(F. M. 2255) beginning at a point 2. 831 miles East of the
West City Limits and extending East for 0. 400 mile.
A 60 M.P. H. Speed Zone on the North side of 4th Street
(F. M. 2 25 5) beginning at a point 3. 2 31 miles East of the
West City Limits and extending East for 0. 505 mile.
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A 55 M.P. H. Speed Zone on the North side of 4th Street
(F. M. 2255) beginning at a point 3. 736 miles East of the
West City Limits and extending East for 0. 200 mile.
A 50 M.P. H. Speed Zone on the North side of 4th Street
(F. M. 2255) beginning at a point 3. 936 miles East of the
West City Limits and extending East for 0. 500 mile.
A 40 M.P. H. Speed Zone on the North side of 4th Street
(F. M. 2255) beginning at a point 4. 436 miles East of the
West City Limits and extending East for 0. 273 mile.
SECTION 2. THAT 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. THAT any person, firm, or corporation violating 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. THAT the City Secretary is authorized and directed to
cause the publication of the descriptive caption of this Ordinance together with
the penalty as an alternative method of publication as provided by law.
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 provisiong here-
of, and this Ordinance shall be cumulative of all other prima facie speed limit
Ordinances except those with which it specifically conflicts.
SECTION 7. THAT should any section~ paragraph, sentence~ clause,
phrase~ or word of this Ordinance be declared unconstitutional or invalid for
any reason, the remainder of this Ordinance shall not be affected thereby.
AND IT IS SO ORDERED.
Passed by the City Council on first reading this 14th day of ___ JaaiWnu.e....,.r~y~-· 1971.
Passed by the City Council on second reading this 28thday of January , 1971.
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ATTEST:
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Way ne Sherrell) Tr~ffic Engineer