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First Reading
September 11, 1986
Agenda Item #20
Second Reading
September 25, 1986
Agenda Item #6
ORDINANCE N0. __ 8_9_6_7 ____ _
AN ORDINANCE ALTERING THE PRIMA FACIE SPEED LIMITS ON
CERTAIN PORTIONS OF AVENUE H AND TEXAS AVENUE, 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 CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING FOR
PUBLICATION.
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
Section 166(A) (1) of Article 670ld, Vernon's Annotated Civil
Statutes, 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 THEREFORE:
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 35 MPH speed zone on Avenue H from 19th Street to 34th
Street.
2. A 35 MPH speed zone on Texas Avenue from 19th Street
South to its connection with Avenue H just North of 30th
Street.
SECTION 2. THAT all Ordinances or parts of Ordinances
conflicting with any of the provisions hereof are hereby repealed
insofar as such conflict exists.
j SECTION 3. THAT all highways or streets not specifically
l!!ll set forth in the preceding sections hereof shall not be affected
' by the provisions hereof, and this Ordinance shall be cumulative
E of all other prima facie speed limit Ordinances except those with
11 which it specifically conflicts. ii ti h ~ ~
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SECTION 4. THAT 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 s. 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 1-4 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 and penalty clause
of this Ordinance as an alternative method provided by law.
AND IT IS SO ORDERED.
11th Passed by the Citv Council on first reading
day of -----~-e~pt_e_m_1~_r ______ ~--------' 1986.
Passed by the tCitv Council on second reading day of Sep ember , 1986 •
this
this 25th ------
B. C. McMINN, MAYOR
ATTEST:
-APPROVED AS TO CONTENT:
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
th Fullingim, Assis
ttorney
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THE STATE OF TEXAS
COUNTY OF LUBBOCK
Before me Glen d 21 Ra' co a Notary Public in and for Lubbock County. Texas on this day
personally appeared Twi le Aufi II • Account Manef:!e r of the Southwestern Newspa·
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 this Lel!a I Notice
___ ...._ ________ ,.....--No. 7§6l45 at Lubbock County. Texas and the attached print·
ed copy of the lel!e l Notice is a true copy of the original and was printed in the Lubbock
Avalanche-Journalonthefollowingdates: Seatemher 27• October 4, 19~6
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Account Manal!cr
LUBBOCK AVALANCHE-JOURNAL
Southwestern Newspapers Corporation
GLENDA RASCQ _ .
Notary Public In And For}ht' State Of Texas
My Commission hptf€~ Nov. 9, 1988
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 6th day of Octotre r: ~. 19~ .. .-
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