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First Reading
January 26, 1989
Item 19
Second Reading
February 9, 1989
Item/16
9256 ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE ALTERING THE PRIMA FACIE SPEED LIMITS ON CERTAIN PORTIONS
OF 4TH STREET, AS HEREINAFTER MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN THE BODY OF
THIS ORDINANCE; DIRECTING PLACEMENT OF SIGNS WITH RESPECT THERETO; REPEALING
CONFLICTING ORDINANCES TO THE EXTENT OF SUCH CONFLICT; APPLICATION OF THIS
ORDINANCE ONLY TO STREETS OR HIGHWAYS NAMED HEREIN; PROVIDING THIS ORDINANCE
SHALL BE CUMULATIVE; PROVIDING A PENALTY; PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE; AND
PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION; AND REPEALING ORDINANCE NO. 9242.
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Lubbock, upon the basis of an
engineering and traffic investigation finds it necessary to alter prima
facie speed limits as established by Section 166(A}(1} of Article 6701d,
Vernon's Annotated Civil Statutes, within the areas and the locations named
and designated in the body of this Ordinance, all within the corporate
limits of the City of Lubbock; NOW THEREFORE:
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LUBBOCK:
SECTION 1. THAT the prima facie speed limits on the following streets
and highways in the urban district set forth below are hereby altered and
changed as hereinafter set forth upon the following described portions of
streets and/or highways located within the City of Lubbock, Lubbock County,
Texas, to-wit:
A 40 MPH speed limit on 4th Street between Avenue L and Boston Avenue.
A 45 MPH speed limit on 4th Street between Boston Avenue and Brown-
field Road.
A 35 MPH speed limit on 4th Street between Avenue Land Avenue A.
SECTION 2. THAT all Ordinances or parts of Ordinances conflicting
with any of the provisions hereof are hereby repealed insofar as such con-
flicts exists.
SECTION 3. 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 limits Ordinances except those with which it specifically conflicts.
SECTION 4. THAT the City Manager is hereby authorized and directed to
cause the placing and maintenance of such traffic control signals and/or de-
vices and/or signs as shall be necessary to apprise the public of the zones
as hereinabove set forth.
SECTION 5. THAT violation of any provisions of this Ordinance shall
be deemed a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed Two Hundred
DOLLARS {$200.00} as provided in Section 1-4 of the City Code.
SECTION 6. THAT should any paragraph, sentence, clause, phrase or
word of this Ordinance be declared unconstitutional or invalid for any rea-
son, the remainder of this Ordinance shall not be affected thereby.
SECTION 7. THAT the City Secretary is hereby authorized to cause pub-
lication of the descriptive caption and penalty clause of this Ordinance as
an alternative method provided by law.
SECTION 8. THAT Ordinance No. 9242 of the City of Lubbock is repealed
in its entirety.
AND IT IS SO ORDERED.
Passed by City Council on first reading this _2_6t_h_ day of _J_a_n_u_a_r_Y __
1989.
Passed by City Council on second reading this 9th day of ~Fe~b~r~ua~ruv~-
1989.
ATTEST:
APPROVED AS TO CONTENT:
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THE STATE OF TEXAS R-49
COUNTY OF LUBBOCK
Before me frnnC!!I Hf! rmmdez a Notarv Public in and for Lubbock Countv. Texas on this dav
personally appeared T.J. Aufll I r Acco'unt HantHler of the S~uthwestern Newspa-
pers Corporation. publishers of the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal -Morning. Evening and Sunday. who
being by me duly sworn did depose and say that said newspaper has been published continuously for more
than fifty-two weeks prior to the t'irst insertion of this _ __.,L,...e~e=:...aQ..f-1--"N"o~t"-i ... c ....... e _________ _
-------:----::--::-::---::--:---No. 027?04 at Lubbock County. Texas and the attached print-
ed copy of the Ler!al Notice: of the original a was printed in the Lubbock
Avalanche-.Journal on the following rY • 18 • S9
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LUBBOCK AVALANCHE-JOURNAL
Southwestern Newspapers Corporation
Subscribed and sworn to before me this _2.1_ day of februarY . 19 S9
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