HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance - 7196-1976 - Altering The Prima Facie Speed Limits On Portions Of 82Nd Street In Lubbock - 01/22/1976JWF:rmj
ORDINANCE NO. V:9'6
AN ORDINANCE ALTERING THE PRIMA FACIE SPEED LIMTS
ON PORTIONS OF 82ND STREET IN THE CITY OF LUBBOCK AS HEREIN-
AFTER MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED IN THE BODY OF TIDS
ORDINANCE: DIRECTING PLACEMENT OF SIGNS WITH RESPECT THERE-
TO; 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.
WHEREAS, the governing body of the City of Lubbock, upon the
basis of an engineering and traffic investigation finds it necessary to alter
prima facie speed limits established by Article 6701d, Section 166(a) 1,
Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes as amended Acts 1971, 62nd Legislature,
Page 708, Chapter 73, within the area and at the location named and des ig-
nated in the body of this Ordinance, all within the corporate Hmits 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 highways in the urban district set forth below is 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:
82ND STREET -From its intersection with U.S. 87 (Avenue H)
to West City Limits
PORTION I.
PORTION II:
PORTION III:
A 45 MPH speed zone on both sides of
82nd Street beginning at Avenue H (U.S.
87) and extending '"6st to University
Avenue.
A 50 MPH speed zone on the North side
of 82nd Street beginning at University
Avenue and extending West to a point
1, 3 20 feet East of Slide Road.
A 45 MPH speed zone on the North side
of 82nd Street be~inning at a point 1,320
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feet East of Slide Road and extertd ing
~st to Slide Road.
PORTION IV~ A 55 MPH speed zone on the North side
of 82nd Street beginning at Slide Road and
extending West to the West City Limits.
l?ORTION V: A 55 MPH speed zone on the South side
of 82nd Street beginning at the West City
Limits and extending East to a point
1,320 feet West of Slide Road,
PORTION VI: A 45 MPH speed zone on the South side
of 82nd Street beginning at a point 1,320
feet West of Slide Road and extending
East to Slide Road.
PORTION VII: A 50 MPH speed zone on the South side
of 82nd Street beginning at Slide Road
and extending East to a point 1, 320
feet ~st of Uni.versity Avenue.
PORTION VIII: A 45 MPH speed zone on the South side
of 8 2nd Street beginning at a point 1,320
feet West of University Avenue and ex-
tending East to University Avenue.
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 con-
flicting 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 provision
hereof, and this Ordinance shall be cumulative of all other prima 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
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invalid for any reason, the remainder of this Ordinance shall not be affected
thereby.
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 DOLLARS ($200. 00).
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 OR DE RED . ,.,,._
Passed by the City Council on first reading this ---1..Lday of January , 19
Passed by the City Council on second reading this _12_day of February , 19 . ,,,~
R~~MAYOR
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