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AA: pc ORDINANCE NO. 8189
AN ORDINANCE ALTERING THE PRIMA FA~· f :t;1lIMI_T_S _O_N_C_E_R-TA_I_N-PO_R_T-IONS OF
SLIDE ROAD, 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 CLAY~E AND J
PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION. (_;t7Jt.. /f3tJ
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 Article 6701d, Vernon's Annotated Civil Statute,
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 THERE-
FORE:
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:
1. A 55 MPH speed zone for the Northbound lanes of Slide Road
beginning at the South City Limits of the City of Lubbock and
extending North 0.922 mile.
2. A 45 MPH speed zone for the Northbound lanes of Slide Road beginning
0.922 mile North of the South City Limits of the City of Lubbock and
extending North 0.200 mile.
3. A 40 MPH speed zone for the Northbound lanes of Slide Road beginning
1.122 miles North of the South City Limits of the City of Lubbock
and extending North 0.300 mile.
4. A 50 MPH speed zone for the North bound lanes of Slide Road beginnin
1.422 miles North of the South City Limits of the City of Lubbock
and extending North 0.565 mile.
5. A 45 MPH speed zone for the Northbound lanes of Slide Road beginning
1.987 miles North of the South City Limits of the City of Lubbock
and extending North to the center line of 62nd Street.
6. A 40 MPH speed zone for the Northbound lanes of Slide Road
beginning at the centerline of 62nd Street and extending North to
4th Street.
7. A 40 MPH speed zone for the Southbound lanes of Slide Road beginning
at 4th Street and extending South to the centerline of 62nd Street.
8. A 45 MPH speed zone for the Southbound lanes of Slide Road
beginning at the centerline of 62nd Street and extending South to a
point 1.987 miles North of the South City Limits on Slide Road of
the City of Lubbock.
9. A 50 MPH speed zone for the Southbound lanes of Slide Road beginning
1.987 miles North of the South City Limits on Slide Road of the City
of Lubbock and extending South for 0.665 mile.
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-10. A 45 MPH speed zone for the Southbound lanes of Slide Road beginning
1.322 miles North of the South City Limits on Slide Road of the City
of Lubbock and extendin~ South 0.300 mile.
11. A 55 MPH speed zone for the Southbound lanes of Slide Road beginning
1.022 miles North of the South City Limits of the City of Lubbock on
Slide Road and extending South to the City Limits.
SECTION 2. THAT all Ordinances or parts of Ordinances conflicting
with any of the provisions hereof are hereby repealed insofar as such conflict
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 prim.a facie speed limit
Ordinances except those with which it specifically conflicts.
SECTION 4. THE City Manager is hereby authorized and directed to
cause the placing and maintenance of such traffic control signals and/or
devices 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
as provided in Section 1-5 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 reason,
the remainder of this Ordinance shall not be affected thereby.
SECTION 7. THAT the City Secretary is hereby authorized to cause
publication of the descriptive caption of this Ordinance as an alternative
method provided by law.
AND IT IS SO ORDERED.
Passed by the City Council on first reading this
Passed by the City Council on second reading
Engineering Director
APPROVED AS TO FORM: ~$~ ~~Assistant City Attorney
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.11; ;f ~~ . y .,, .· TflE ~TATE OF TEXAS .. COUNTY OF LUBBOCK Before me Bonnie McKee a Notarv Public in and for Lubbock Countv. Texas on this dav personally appeared Twila Folsom,Business Office Hanal!er 'Of the S~uthwestern Newsp~-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 first insertion of thisLei!al Notice-74 wordsc.85O( Pet word-$37 .OO No. 932007 at Lubbock County. Texas and the attached print-ed copy of the Notice is a true copv of the original and was printed in the Lubbock Avalanche-.Journal on the following dates: HaY 30' · & J Un~ 6, 1981. {8573 OROINANCEN0.118' _ _..:;;,..;:....:;;--'-""--------------------------------1 AN ORDINANCE ALTERING THE PRIMA FACIE 5PctQ UM, ITS ON CERTAIN ,-oRTIONS (I" SLIDE ROAD, AS HEfU:tft· AFTER MORE PART RL'l OESC:RI.IIEO iN THE ()Ii' TtttS NANCE; 01 Tl,l,IO, T OF . SIG!ifS WITM ; THERETO; .alP.lrJ.t.· . I ING ORO•. NANC£S TO HE EXTf!tT .~, Business Office Manal!er LUBBOCK AVALANCHE-JOURNAL Southwestern Newspapers Corporation s KANt:~h; s j, FORM58-10 ~LTY; PROV) A kV· Subscribed and sworn to before me this 8th dav of --=J...,,u...,n~e._____ 9-8..1_ tr-fGs CLAUSE ANO" JOlNG ·: ' . /~7n~k .I I'!;~!;;,· r J ~ BONNIE McKEE, NOTAfilf PUBLIC .,, ANO roR n-1£ STATE UFTt:<AS • t:11 y s·.:PnEl'An MY c~MM1ssit1N c:xrrnts NOV. 10, rn::i4 ""U 1111Y