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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance - 5536-1968 - Altering/Changing Prima Facie Speed Limits, Placing Speed Limit Signs - 09/12/1968ORDINANCE NO. 5536 AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE ALTERING AND CHANGING OF THE PRIMA FACIE SPEED LIMIT FOR ALL VEHICLES ON THE FOLLOWING STREET IN THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE CITY OF LUBBOCK. LUBBOCK COUNTY. TEXAS, TO .. WIT: ON BOTH SIDES OF QUAKER AVENUE FROM 60TH STREET SOUTH TO LOOP 289; AUTHORIZING THE PLACING OF SPEED LIMIT SIGNS; REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH; PROVIDING THAT STREETS OR HIGHWAYS NOT SPECIFICALLY SET FORTH HEREIN SHALL NOT BE AFFECTED BY THE PROVJSIONS HEREOF AND THAT THlS ORDINANCE SHALL BE CUMULATIVE OF ALL OTHER PRIMA FACIE SPEED LIMIT ORDIN- ANCES EXCEPT THOSE WITH WHICH IT SPECIFICALLY CONFLICTS; PROVID- ING A SAVINGS CLAUSE; PRESCRIBING A PENALTY AND PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION. WHEREAS, the governing body of the City of Lubbock, as authorized by Arti cl 6701d, Section 169 (b) Vernon1s 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, NOW THEREFORE: BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE C!TY OF LUBBOCK: SECTION 1. THAT the prima facie speed limit established by Article 6701d, Section 166 (a) (1) --Vernonts Texas Civil Statutes is altered and changed for all vehicles to thirty ... five (35) 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 sides of Quaker Avenue from 61st Street South to Loop 289. SECTION 2. THAT the prima facie speed limit established by Article 6701d. Section 166 (a) (1) --Vernonts Texas Civil Statutes is altered and changed for all vehicles to forty (40) miles per hour on the following designated highways or stree in the corporate limits of the City of Lubbock, Lubbock County, Texas, to-wit: On both sides of Quaker Avenue from 60th to 6lst Street. SECTION 3. 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 4. THAT all Ordinances or parts of Ordinances conflicting with an of the provisions hereof are hereby repealed insofar as such conflict exists. SECTION 5. 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. ' KJ·EW 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. SE.CTION 7. 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 8. THAT the City Secretary is authorized and directed to cause the publication of the descriptive captt.on 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 first reading this 12th Passed by the City Council on second reading this ATTEST: APPROVED: APPROVED: - 2 - ::---=S::.::e:.=P;.:t:c:eabe=:=~r-----:~ 19 6 8. __ sl(.le~p'""t..a.ea.bc&M.Or.....__.z_, 1968.