0535ORDINANCE NO. 535
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 118v AS AMENDED#
RELATING TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF SPEED LIMITS ON CERTAIN
STREETS AND ROADWAYS WITHIN THE CITY OF SOUTHLAKE;
PROVIDING THAT THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BE CUMULATIVE OF ALL
ORDINANCES; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING
FOR A PENALTY FOR VIOLATIONS HEREOF; PROVIDING A SAVINGS
CLAUSE; PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION IN THE OFFICIAL
NEWSPAPER; ~ND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the City of Southlake, Texas is a home rule city
acting under its charter adopted by the electorate pursuant to
Article XI, Section 5 of the Texas constitution and Chapter 9 of
the Local Government Code; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 169 of Article 6701d, Vernon's
Tex. Rev. Civ. Stat., the City of Southlake, Texas has the authority
to establish prima facie maximum reasonable and prudent speeds
within its corporate boundaries for vehicles on streets and
highways.
NOW, THEREFORE~ BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF SOUTHLAKE, TEXAS:
SECTION 1
That all of the above premises are found to be true and
correct and are incorporated into the body of this ordinance as if
copied in their entirety.
SECTION 2
That Section XXV of Ordinance No. 118, as amended by Ordinance
Nos. 231, 231-1, 231-2, 349, and 508, is hereby amended to read as
follows:
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XXV
SPEED LIMIT
A. The Chief of Police is hereby authorized to make speed
studies, engineering and traffic investigations, when specifically
required by the City Council, and make recommendations to the City
Council concerning speed regulations and traffic control devices.
B. It sha~l be unlawful for any person to drive or operate
a vehicle on a street or highway at a speed greater than is
reasonable and prudent under the circumstances then existing.
C. Any speed in excess of the prima facie maximum reasonable
and prudent speed limit for the location shall be prima facie
evidence that the speed is no~ reasonable and prudent and that it
is unlawful.
D. Where no prima facie maximum or reasonable and prudent
speed requiring the erection of one or more signs giving notice has
been established for a public street or highway within the City of
Southlake, Texas urban district, the prima facie maximum reasonable
and prudent speed for such location shall be 30 miles per hour
unless a slower speed is required by applicable provisions of the
State laws of Texas.
E. The prima facie maximum reasonable and prudent speed on
the portion of the streets or highways designated below shall be
the speed in miles per hour designated below, between 7:30 a.m. to
8:45 a.m., both inclusive and 2:30 p.m. to 3:45 p.m., both
inclusive, Monday through Friday, provided that an appropriate sign
giving notice thereof is erected. It shall be an affirmative
defense to a charge of exceeding said prima facie maximum speed,
established below, that the day in question was a day when there
were no classes in session at the nearest school.
SCHOOL ZONE
NORTH N. CARROLL AVE. 194 ft. 9 in 268 ft North 20
South of the of the curb
N. curb line line of East
of Casey Ct. Highland St.
SOUTH N. CARROLL AVE. 268 ft North 194 ft 9 in. 20
of N. curb South of N.
line of East curb line of
Highland St. Casey Court
EAST E. HIGHLAND ST.
350 ft. West
of W. curb
line of North
Carroll Ave.
730 ft East of
E. curb line
of N. Carroll
Avenue
20
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WEST E. HIGHLAND St.
730 ft. East 350 ft. West
of E. curb of W. curb
line of North line of North
Carroll Ave Carroll Avenue
EAST E. DOVE STREET
WEST
E. DOV~ STREET
1301 ft West
of W. Curb
line of N.
Carroll Ave.
248 ft East of
E. curb line of
N. Carroll Avenue
248 ft. East 1301 ft. West of
of E. curb W. curb line of
line of N. N. Carroll Avenue
Carroll Ave.
2O
20
SOUTH N. CAtLROLL AVE '1464 ft 5 in. 403 ft south of 20
North of N. S. curb line of
curb line of E. Dove Street
E. Dove St.
NORTH N. CARROLL AVE 403 ft. South 1464 ft 5 in. N. 20
of S. curb of N. curb line
line of E. of East Dove St.
Dove Street
EAST E. SOUTHLAKE BLVD 324 ft. West 70 ft West of W 20
of W. curb curb line of
line-Crooked Crooked Lane Blvd
Lane Blvd.
WEST
E. SOUTHLAKE BLVD
70 ft West of
W. curb line
of Crooked
Lane Blvd.
324 ft W of W.
curb line of
Crooked Lane Blvd
20
F.1. The prima facie maximum reasonable and prudent speed for
travel upon any street or roadway within the corporate city limits
of the City of Southlake, Texas, shall be thirty (30) miles per
hour, except:
a) upon State Highway 114 and Farm to Market Road 1709;
b) upon streets or roadways, or portions thereof
otherwise designated by Ordinance as a School Zone;
c) upon streets and roadways with a speed limit
otherwise established by the State of Texas; or
d) upon those streets and roadways designated in
subparagraph F.2. below.
Said speed limit of thirty (30) miles per hour shall be effective
immediately upon any street or roadway not presently posted by
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appropriate signs and shall be effective upon any street or roadway
otherwise posted with a different speed limit upon such presently
existing speed limit sign being removed and a new speed limit sign
reflecting a posted speed of thirty (30) miles per hour being
erected.
2. The following streets and roadways within the City of
Southlake, Texas, shall have a prima facie maximum reasonable and
prudent speed for travel of forty (40) miles per hour:
(a) South White Chapel Boulevard from East Continental
Boulevard to F.M. 1709; and
(b) North White Chapel Boulevard from F.M. 1709 to Dove
Road.
G. The foregoing itemized speed areas shall have the
following meaning to any abbreviations used therein:
"E" means "East"
"W" means "West"
"N" means "North"
"S" means "South"
"F.M." means "Texas Farm to Market Road"
"R.M." means "Texas State Ranch to Market Road"
"I" means "Interstate"
"S.H." means "Texas State Highway"
"U. S." means "United States Highway"
Block number is inclusive as to the portion of the street covered
by both block numbers and all areas between said block numbers
including intersections.
SECTION 3
This ordinance shall be cumulative of all provisions of
ordinances of the city of Southlake, Texas, except where the
provisions of this ordinance are in direct conflict with the
provisions of such ordinances, in which event the conflicting
provisions of such ordinances are hereby repealed. Ordinance No.
396 is hereby repealed in its entirety.
SECTION 4
It is hereby declared to be the intention of the City Council
that the phrases, clauses, sentences, paragraphs and sections of
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this ordinance are severable,
paragraph or section
unconstitutional by the
competent jurisdiction,
and if any phrase, clause, sentence,
of this ordinance shall be declared
valid judgment or decree of any court of
such unconstitutionality shall not affect
any of the remaining phrases, clauses, sentences, paragraphs and
sections of this ordinance, since the same would have been enacted
by the city Council without the incorporation in this ordinance of
any such unconstitutional phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph or
section.
SECTION 5
Any person, firm or corporation who violates, disobeys, omits,
neglects or refuses to comply with or who resists the enforcement
of any of the provisions of this ordinance shall be fined not more
than Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00) for each offense. Each day that
is permitted to exist shall constitute a separate
a violation
offense.
SECTION 6
Ail rights and remedies of the City of Southlake are expressly
saved as to any and all violations of the provisions of Ordinance
No. 118, as amended, or any other ordinances affecting prima facie
speed limits on roadways within the city limits which have accrued
at the time of the effective date of this ordinance; and, as to
such accrued violations and all pending litigation, both civil and
criminal, whether pending in court or not, under such ordinances,
same shall not be affected by this ordinance but may be prosecuted
until final disposition by the courts.
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SECTION 7
The city Secretary of the city of Southlake is hereby directed
to publish the proposed ordinance or its caption and penalty
together with a notice setting out the time and place for a public
hearing thereon at least ten (10) days before the second reading
of this ordinance, and if this ordinance provides for the
imposition of any penalty, fine or forfeiture for any violation of
any of its provisions, then the city Secretary shall additionally
publish this ordinance in the official city newspaper one time
within ten days after passage of this ordinance, as required by
Section 3.13 of the Charter of the City of Southlake.
SECTION 8
This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and
after its passage and publication as required by law, and it is so
ordained.
PASSED AND APPROVED
FEBRUARYv 1992.
ON FIRST READING ON THIS 18TH DAY OF
MAYOR
ATTEST:
CITY SECRETARY
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PASSED
MARCH, 1992.
AND APPROVED ON SECOND READING ON THIS 3RD DAY OF
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CITY SECRETARY
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY:
City Attorney
Date:
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Fort Worth Star-Telegram ***INVOICE/AFFIDAVIT***INVOICE/AFFIDAVIT***
400 W.SEVENTH STREET•FORT WORTH,TEXAS 76102
E STATE OF TEXAS
inty of Tarrant
Before me, a Notary Public in and for said County and State, this day
personally appeared KATHY SPENCER Billing Specialist for the Fort Worth
Star-Telegram, published by the Star-Telegram Inc . at Fort Worth, in Tarrant
County, Texas; and who, after being duly sworn, did depose and say that the
following clipping of an advertisement was published in the above named
paper on the following dates :
DATE I AD INVOICE NO. DESCRIPTION AD SIZE INCH/LINERATE AMOUNT
MAR 06 6835254 CL . 358 1X46 L 46 . 40 18 .40
mar 6
ORDINANCE NO.535
AN ORDINANCE AMEND-
ING ORDINANCE NO. 118
TO THE ESTABLISHMENT
OFSPEEDLIMITSONCER-
TAIN STREETS AND
ROADWAYS WITHIN THE
1358 Legal Notices
CITY OF SOUTHLAKE-
PROVIDING THAT THIS
ORDINANCE SHALL BE '
CUMULATIVE OF ALL OR-
DINANCES-PROVIDING A I
SEVERABILITkC LAUSE;
POVIDIG FA PEN- \\tF8
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SAVINGS FOR CLAUPUE`l SE LIPRO- SIGNED
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JBSI RI�vN DING ANROFECTIVE TO BEFORE ME, THIS THE 9TH DAY OF MACH, 1992
DATE.
SECTION NOTARY PUBLIC
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Any cerson firm or corpo ra- , e
lion who v(olates, dlantwys, ,L.N
omlis neglects or refuses to G
enfor emehofanyoftheoro- • ARRANT COUNTY, TEXAS
enforcement of any of the pro- -
visions of this ordinance shall -
be fined not more than Two h/N .q4i tiS�E A. ftBSSELI
Hundred Dollars(5200.00)for ,rf
each offense.Each daTong!
that a A.:,
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violation Is permitted to exist �; y
shall g'SsED ifute a separate iP OETGBER N27, 1993
PASSED AND APPROVED �'f,. , �„
INSECONDREADINGTHISFw
THE 3rd Day of MARCH,
1992.
Gary Flckes
CMa Sr o S aonudhrlaa Le L eGrand
City Secretary Approved as to form:E.Allen
Taylor Jr.,City Attorney
THIS PERF RATION AND RETURN THE LOWER PORTION WITH YOUR PAYMENT—�
REMIT TO: 400 W. SEVENTH, FW, TX 76102
Fbrt WorthStar-TelegramTT,.: :. KxXX12051 ACCOUNT AMOUNT
6835254 NUMBER CIT57 DUE 18 . 40
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Fort Worth Star-Telegram
***INVOICE/AFFIDAVIT***INVOICE/AFFIDAVIT***
400 W.SEVENTH STREET•FORT WORTH,TEXAS 76102
- E STATE OF TEXAS
unty of Tarrant
Before me , a Notary Public in and for said County and State, this day
personally appeared KFT,LEY ALLARD Billing Specialist for the Fort Worth
Star-Telegram , published by the Star-Telegram Inc . at Fort Worth, in Tarrant
County, Texas ; and who, after being duly sworn, did depose and say that the
following clipping of an advertisement was published in the above named
paper on the following dates :
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DATE I AD INVOICE NO. DESCRIPTION AD SIZEI RATE AMOUNT
FEB 21 6828420 . CL . 358 1X61 L 61 1 . 40 24 . 40
, Feb 21
NOTICE OF PUBLIC
HEARING
NOTICE isherebYggiventoall
i nterested persons that the C i-
ty Council of the City of South-
lake Texas,will be holding a
pubic hearing during the
Regular CityCouncilmeeting ........ ............ ............. ._._._ _
I
to be held on March 3 1992,at
7:00p.m. SouthlakeC.ityHall,
667 North Carroll Avenue,
Southlake,Texas.
Purpose of the hearing is to
consider the second reading
of the following ordinance:
ORDINANCE NO.535
AN ORDINANCE 25THL FEBR
AMENDING ORDI-AS SIGNE A tf
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MENDED RELATY,- 992
-UBSCRIBE' ING TO THE ESTAB- �,O BEFORE ME , TH THE �A OF
LISHMENT OF SPEED
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PROVIDING THAT
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SHALL BE CUMULA-
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AND PROVIDING API �'�'�'' �
EFFECTIVE DATE. --\
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ration who violates,disobeys, I PERF�FI TION AND RETURN THE LOWER PORTION WITH YOUR PAYMENT
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comp(ywithor who resists the
enforcement of any of the pro-
visions of this ordinance shall
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for each offense. Each day
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