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ORDINANCE NO . 6627-A ------------
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 6627 OF THE CITY Of LUBBOCK SO AS
TO CHANGE THE 55 M.P.H. SPEED ZONE TO A 50 M.P.H. SPEED ZONE (SAID ORDI-
NANCE 6627 BEING AMENDED AS TO SAID 55 M.P.H. SPEED ZONE BY ORDINANCE NO.
8224 OF THE CITY OF LUBBOCK) THEREBY ALTERING THE PRIMA FACIE SPEED LIMITS
ON CERTAIN PORTIONS OF BOTH SIDES OF 34TH STREET FROM THE WEST CITY LIMITS
TO A POINT APPROXIMATELY 930 fEET WEST OF THE CENTER LINE OF THE WEST
FRONTAGE ROAD Of LOOP 289, IN THE CITY OF LUBBOCK, LUBBOCK COUNTY, TEXAS,
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 STREET OR HIGHWAYS NAMED HEREIN; PROVIDING THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BE
CUMULATIVE; PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE AND FOR PUBLICATION HEREOF, AND A
PENALTY CLAUSE.
WHEREAS, the governing body of the City of Lubbock, upon the basis of
an engineering and traffic investigation finds it necessary to alter prima
facie speed limits established by Article 6701d, Section 166(a)1, Vernon's
Texas Civil Statutes within the area and at the location named and desig-
nated 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 prima facie speed limits on the following streets
and highways in the urban district set forth below is 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: The 55 M.P.H. speed zone provisions of Section 1 of Ordi-
nance No. 6627 as amended by Ordinance No. 8224 are hereby amended to
change said 55 M.P.H. to a 50 M.P.H., which shall read as follows:
50 M.P.H. SPEED ZONE:
1. On the South side of 34th Street beginning at the West City
limits and extending East to a point approximately 930 feet West
of the center line of the West frontage Road of loop 289.
2. On the North side of 34th Street beginning at a point 930 feet
West of the center line of the West Frontage Road of Loop 289 and
extending West to the West City Limits.
SECTION 2. THAT all Ordinances or parts of Ordinances conflicting
with any of the prov1s1ons hereof are hereby repealed insofar as such
conflict exists.
SECTION 3. THAT all highways or streets not specifically set forth
in the preceeding 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 4. THAT the City Manager is hereby authorized and directed
to cause the placing and maintenance of such traffic signs as shall be
necessary to apprise the public of the speed zones as hereinabove set
forth.
SECTION 5. 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.
SECTION 6. THAT any person, firm or corporation violating the
prima facie speed limit established by this Ordinance shall, upon convic-
tion, be fined any sum not to exceed TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS ($200.00).
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SECTION 7. THAT tne 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.
AND IT IS SO ORDERED.
Passed by the City Council on first reading this 8th day of December
1983.
Passed by the City Council on second reading this 15th day of December ,
1983.
ATTEST:
APPROVED AS TO CONTENT:
d#~~u~ .~B.H. McDaniel, Traffic Engineering Department
APPROVED AS TO fORM:
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