HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance - 5378-1968 - Changing Prima Facie Speed Limit University Ave. - 01/11/1968I
ORDINANCE NO. 5378 I ,
/ AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE ALTERING AND CHANGING OF THE PRIMA Fl!CIE SPEED LIMIT
FOR ALL VEHICLES ON THE FOLLOWING STREETS IN THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE CITY OF LUBBOCK,
LUBBOCK COUNTY, TEXAS, TO-WIT: On both sides of University Avenue from 22nd Street to
34th Street.
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
SP:OCIFICALLY SET FORTH HEREIN SHALL NOT BE AFFH:TED BY THE PROVISIONS HEREOF AND THAT THIS
ORDINANCE SHALL BE CUMULATIVE OF ALL OTHER PRIMA F.ACIE SPEED LIMIT ORDINANCES EXCEPT THOSE
WITH WHICH IT SPEX:lFICALLY CONFLICTS; PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE; DEX:LARING AN EMERGENCYj .
AND PROVIDING FOR THE EFFEX:TIVE DATE OF THIS ORDINANCE.
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 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 6701d, Section 166 (a)
(1) --Vernon's Texa3 Civil Statutes is altered and changed for all vehicles to thirty-five
(3~ miles per hour on the following designated highways or streets in the corporate limits
of the City of Lubbock, Lubbock County, Texas, to-wit: On both side~ of University Avenue
from 22nd Street to 34th Street.
SECTION 2. 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. Any person, firm or corporation violating the prima facie speed limit
established by this Ordinance shall upon conviction be fined any sum not 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 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 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 unconstitutional or invalid for any reason, the remainder
of this Ordinance shall not be affected thereby.
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 su~pended, 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 __ l_l_t_h __ _
ATTEST:
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