HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance - 7686-1978 - Ordinance Alterning Speed Limits On 59Th From Slide Road To West Loop 289 35 MPH - 06/22/1978JWF:yb ORDINANCE NO. 7686
AN ORDINANCE ALTERING THE PRIMA FACIE SPEED LIMITS ON 50TH
STREET FROM SLIDE ROAD TO WEST LOOP 289 IN THE CITY OF LUBBOCK 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 SAVINGS CLAUSE AND FOR PUBLICATION HEREOF, AND A PENALTY
CLAUSE.
WHEREAS6 the governing body of the City of Lubbock., upon the basis of an
engineering and traffic investigation finds it necessary to alter prim.a facie speed
limits established by Article 6701d., Section 166(a) 1, Vernon's Texas Civil StatuteE
as amended Acts 1971, 62nd Legislature, Page 708, Chapter 73., within the area
and at the location 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 prima facie speed limits on the following streets and high-
ways in the urban district set forth below is hereby altered and changed as herein-
after set forth upon the following described pontions~f streets and/ or highways ,,
located within the City of Lubbock. Lubbock County• Texas, to-wit:
50th Street from Slide Road to West Loop 289/
A 35 miles per hour speed zone (limit) shall be in effect for both east-
bound and westbound lanes of traffic on 50th Street fDom its intersection
with Slide to its intersection with West Loop 289.
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 all Ordinances or parts of Ordinances conflicting with any
of the provisions hereof are hereby repealed insofar as such conflict exists.
SECTION 4. 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 prim.a facie speed limit Ordinances
except those with which it specifically conflicts.
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.
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SECTION 6. 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 7. THAT 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.
AND IT IS SO ORDERED.
Passed by the City Council on fir st reading this 22nd day of
Passed by the City Council on second reading this 13th day of
BY:
Mar·v Lindsey" Deputy
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
4iik~~e--ed0. Senter 1J ~City Attorney
June , 1978,
July 1 1978.