HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance - 8960-1986 - Ordinance Cancelling 35 Mph Speed Zone On Both Sides Of 15Th Street From Ave. Q - 08/28/1986JWF:js
First Reading
August 28, 1986
Agenda Item #31
Second Reading
September 11, 1986
Agenda Item #10
ORDINANCE NO. 8960
AN ORDINANCE CANCELLING THE 35 M.P.H. SPEED ZONE ON BOTH
SIDES OF 15TH STREET FROM AVENUE Q TO UNIVERSITY AVENUE AND
REPLACING SAME WITH A PRIMA FACIE SPEED LIMIT FOR AN URBAN
DISTRICT; PRESCRIBING A PENALTY; PROVIDING FOR REPEAL IN CASE
OF CONFLICT; PROVIDING THAT THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BE CUMULATIVE
OF OTHER SPEED ZONE ORDINANCES; AUTHORIZING PLACEMENT OF .
SIGNS; PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE AND PROVIDING FOR
PUBLICATION HEREOF AS PROVIDED BY LAW.
WHEREAS, the governing body of the City of Lubbock after
an engineering and traffic investigation, finds it in the in-
terest of public safety and welfare to remove the 35 M.P.H.
speed limit on both sides of 15th Street between Avenue Q and
University Avenue, and return said portion of 15th Street to
the prima facie speed limits established by Section 166(A)l,
Article 6701D, V.A.C.S., NOW THEREFORE:
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LUBBOCK:
SECTION 1. THAT the 35 M.P.H. speed limit zone on both
sides of 15th Street from Avenue Q to University Avenue is
hereby cancelled as of the effective date of this Ordinance,
and said portion of 15th street shall be thereafter governed
by the prima facie speed limit for an urban district as estab-
lished by Section 166(A)l of Article 6701D, V.A.c.s., being 30
M.P.H. at the present time or such other prima facie speed
limit as may be later established by the state of Texas.
SECTION 2. THAT any person, firm, or corporation violat-
ing the prima facie speed limit on both sides of 15th street
from Avenue Q to Avenue s in the city of Lubbock, Lubbock
county, Texas, shall upon conviction be fined in any sum not
to exceed Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00).
SECTION 3. THAT all Ordinances or parts of Ordinances
conflicting with any of the provisions hereof are hereby re-
pealed insofar as such conflict exists.
SECTION 4. THAT all highways or streets not specifically
set forth in the preceding sections hereof shall not be af-
fected by the provisions hereof, and this Ordinance shall be
cumulative of all other prima facie speed limit Ordinances ex-
cept those with which it specifically conflicts.
SECTION s. THAT the City Manager is hereby authorized to
cause the placing and maintenance of such traffic signs as
shall be necessary to apprise the public of the prima facie
speed zones as hereinabove set forth, if such action is deemed appropriate.
SECTION 6. 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 7. THAT the City Secretary is authorized and di-
rected 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 this
Ordinance shall become effective ten (10) days after its last publication.
AND IT IS SO ORDERED.
Passf.d bl the City council on
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APPROVED AS TO CONTENT:
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