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Item 8DCity of Southlake, Texas MEMORANDUM August 5, 2003 To: Billy Campbell, City Manager From: Pedram Farahnak, P.E., Director of Public Works, 481 -2308 Subject: Ordinance No. 717 -D, V Reading, Amending Ordinance No. 717; designating the speed limit within the Park Place Addition as 25 mph. Action Requested: Consider approving Ordinance No. 717 -D, I' Reading, Amending Ordinance 717; designating the speed limit within the Park Place Addition as 25 mph, specifically Park Place, Boardwalk Avenue and Park Place Court. Background Information: City Staff (Departments of Public Safety and Public Works) have been working with the Homeowners Association to investigate and reduce the speeding concerns in the Park Place Addition. The Public Works Department has received a petition of request from the Park Place Homeowners Association for the City Council to consider reducing the speed limit in the Park Place Addition to 25 mph. The petition includes the signatures of 79.5% of the property owners in the Park Place Addition. Historically, the City Council has requested that a minimum of 75% of property owners in the subdivision petition the City Council for a change in the speed limit. The Park Place Addition is located on the east side of S. Peytonville Ave. South of and adjacent to Carroll High School. Financial Consideration: The cost of changing the speed limit will be in the range of $400 to $600, depending upon the number needed. Funds for this project are available in the current street maintenance operating budget. Citizen Input/ Board Review: City Staff has been working with the Park Place Homeowners Association. Legal Review: Legal staff is reviewing the amended ordinance. Alternatives: Council may approve or deny the amended ordinance. Supporting Documents: Ordinance No. 717 -D The Park Place Addition Homeowners Association Letter Petition Plat Exhibit Location Map Staff Recommendation: Consider approving Ordinance 717 -D, I st Reading, Amending Ordinance 717; designating the speed limit within the Park Place addition as 25 mph, specifically Park Place, Boardwalk Avenue and Park Place Court. Staff Contact: Pedram Farahnak, P.E., Director of Public Works, 481 -2308 Charlie Thomas, P.E., City Engineer, 481 -2175 CC: Mike Patterson, Operations Manager Rick Black, Director of Public Safety PF /kw ORDINANCE NO. 717 -D AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 717, AND CHAPTER 18, "TRAFFIC AND VEHICLES", OF THE SOUTHLAKE CITY CODE (1996), AS AMENDED, BY; DESIGNATING THE SPEED LIMIT WITHIN PARK PLACE ADDITION AS 25 MILES PER HOUR; DIRECTING THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS TO POST APPROPRIATE SIGNS; 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; AND 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 545.352 (b) and 545.356, Texas Transportation Code, 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; and WHEREAS, a special hazard exists that required a slower speed in order for an operator to drive at a speed that is reasonable and prudent under the existing circumstances in the neighborhood; and WHEREAS, the prima facie maximum reasonable speed limits adopted herein are not in conflict with any order of the Texas Transportation Commission declaring speed limits along any roadways within the city limits of Southlake; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTHLAKE, TEXAS: SECTION 1. SPEED LIMITS ESTABLISHED That section 18 -79 of Chapter 18, "Traffic and Vehicles ", of the Southlake City Code is amended to read as follows: The prima facie maximum reasonable and prudent speed for travel on the portions of the streets or highways designated in this section shall be the speed in miles per hour (mph) designated as follows, provided that an appropriate sign giving notice thereof is erected: 25 miles per hour on Park Place, Boardwalk Avenue and Park Place Court. SECTION 2. POSTING SIGNS; INVENTORY The Director of Public Works is hereby directed to ensure that appropriate signs are erected and maintained giving notice of the speed limits adopted in this ordinance and to file an updated inventory indicating the new speed limits with the City Secretary as provided in Section 18 -82 of the City Code. SECTION 3. CUMULATIVE CLAUSE 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. SECTION 4. SEVERABILITY CLAUSE It is hereby declared to be the intention of the City Council that the phrases, clauses, sentences, paragraphs and sections of this ordinance are severable and if any phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph or section of this ordinance shall be declared unconstitutional by the valid judgement or decree of any court of competent jurisdiction, 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 its ordinance of any such unconstitutional phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph or section. SECTION 5. PENALTY 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 ($200.00) for each offense. Each day that a violation is permitted to exist shall constitute a separate offense. SECTION 6. SAVINGS CLAUSE All rights and remedies of the City of Southlake are expressly saved as to any and all violations of the provisions of Chapter 18 of the Code of Ordinance of the City of Southlake, or any other ordinances or statutes adopting prima facie reasonable and prudent speed limits which have accrued at the time of the effective date of this ordinance; and, as to such accrued violations and all pending litigation, both civil and criminal, whether pending in court or not, under such ordinances, same shall not be affected by this ordinance but may be prosecuted until final disposition by the courts. PASSED AND APPROVED ON FIRST READING ON THIS DAY OF MAYOR ATTEST: CITY SECRETARY PASSED AND APPROVED ON SECOND READING ON THIS DAY OF MAYOR ATTEST: CITY SECRETARY EFFECTIVE DATE: APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY: City Attorney Park Place Addition wES7 DO HL WE BLVD EIEV ,ptl IF9E.iE tlei,RE9rtDipE xppp � < rJL��r..q�..41 DF99xgpi ale ]� 1 � io�d . a f'� i CveEF. tMA Tp]E 0.3 Po�1w �m ��lir d 9xeea• i..v <wu rs J .4:y 1r ® >C�W BC P.6.E Klpl Ra10.DOB OBIFpa V d� 6 . � ti� CJ U^Jr a.. {� R^Y l urY Mv.. Pa.d.y a� 9 b 5tirfw p - � uuwRar qo�n � d Q B..i d b ® 5 HDIf�OpfRSfr p E.6<iBrt Be aED Bx rrE s•..r. �i 03S rei..e. d d rh eo5 e uE p iEB vDCUE IP..4. IKE 00Ea OAi.Gi� o I EGOV vay i s a. b J+ •P E n b f J.� _ _ 4. �.�... -0.e CBT I BL BCN ! uR1rY GiJExI �•� x •..0 eey .r3CN (•x c • YB .a J rm P uE _ �' ' ca N,4N scNOa �c . x ARa r .,e - DA • oxaxepE EssE�f,+r E 34n r S.i rws w 1 p E. DsuE dw• <.•d I.[./ �� 3�4dtia abCe,dsNi•lv . rw s.sdd. 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ABSTRACT Na. 1155. .,:'w. u - 3ry a a''a°:.au• f p areowraD m " x 104 Tel Cm Of c TRLAXR, OONB[/DBYHLOPdf: - "— ` Tw11wI1T Co"-- TM- Btl. s•..axm �` - TERRA. LAND R$HALL9 M LOT3 rWlY/- WAMONS DEVELOPMENT CO. llwY l ass • _ 9]O A. N:YTONYIIE AVENUE �' r• amx tr MET "D" sswrn.ACE, rs :AS saosx Cwae x.. zwcl -fc 9 ENFSB)3 ri Jzo/gs NiS. THIS _PLAT FILED N C1B.-,�L—SLDE ZS]S DATED�.1995 a' Park Place Homeowners Association 610 Park Place Court Southlake, Texas 76092 Mr. Charlie J. Thomas City Engineer City of Southlake Department of Public Works Administration Division 1400 Main Street Suite 320 Southlake, Texas 76092 Re: Petition for Speed Zone Change to 25 MPH Dear Mr. Thomas: Pursuant to a phone conversation held earlier this year, I am enclosing a Petition requesting a Speed Zone Change to 25 MPH for Park Place Subdivision. We have 75% approval for this Speed Zone Change. The Board of Directors for the Association has met and agreed that we are in agreement with the homeowners' request. I am enclosing the Petition for your further handling. Should you have any questions, feel free to call me at work or at home. I can be reached at 817 -867 -6943 (w) or 817 - 488 -8235 (h). Sincerely, (� / a - wy D. vw erty, President 0 dwell, Vice President Enclosure (2) RECEIVED JUL 07 2003 DEPT. OF PUBLIC WORKS a Petition for Speed Zone Change to Twenty -five MPH We, the undersigned, hereby petition to request the City of Southlake to set the posted speed limit in Park Place Subdivision at twenty -five (25) miles per hour on the streets of Boardwalk, Park Place, and Park Place Ct. according to the Policy for processing neighborhood request for traffic management initiatives. Each household, business, school, etc. within the impact area is entitled to one signature on the petition per address. Non - property owning residents are not included in the petition to study process. In the case of one property owner with multiple properties within specifically affected area, that property owner will be provided one (1) vote for each parcel they own. Park Place Subdivision: Primary Impact Area — The primary impact area is defined as those residents along the proposed streets. By placing a signature below, the property owner is placing a positive vote for the lowering of the neighborhood speed limit as described by the language above. A blank space indicates a "NO" vote. Owner Name Owner Address Owner City Property Address Signature Janes, Dee Jay 601 Boardwalk Southlake 601 Boardwalk Litke, Darla 603 Boardwalk Southlake 603 Boardwalk t Christopherson, Chuck and Colleen 605 Boardwalk Southlake 605 Boardwalk Jannin , Rob 607 Boardwalk Southlake 607 Boardwalk Burg Stu and Mary 608 Boardwalk Southlake 608 Boardwalk. Roessler, Bob and Nicki 609 Boardwalk Southlake 609 Boardwalk Contardi, Jim and Lisa 610 Boardwalk Southlake 610 Boardwalk Mims, Roy and Stacy 611 Boardwalk Southlake 611 Boardwalk Elam, Tom and Mary 612 Boardwalk Southlake, 612 Boardwalk Seitz, Kerri and Sue 1400 Park Place Southlake 1400 Park Place Shurtleff, Tom and Theresa 1401 Park Place Southlake 1401 Park Place Swieter, Jim and Danielle 1402 Park Place Southlake 1402 Park Place t Itxc 't LC - Bollman, Mike and Judy 1403 Park Place Southlake 1403 Park Place Mamerow, Steve and Heidi 1404 Place Southlake 1404 Park Place_ %� Culp, dney and Shannon 1405 Park Place Southlake 1405 Park Place ' o i Hammond, Pam 1406 Park Place Southlake 1406 Park Place Lambeth, Ronald and Linda 1407 Park Place Southlake 1407 Park Place Howell, Jinx 1408 Park Place Southlake 1408 Park Place Vassios, Mike and Lisa 1410 Park Place Southlake 1410 Park Place Little, Steve and Leigh 1412 Park Place Southlake 1412 Park Place Van o, Gordy and Carol 1414 Park Place Southlake 1414 Park Place Chevalier, Lorin and Kris 1415 Park Place Southlake 1415 Park Place Robinson, Mark and Cindy 1416 Park Place Southlake 1416 Park Place Eads, Jim and Natalie 1417 Park Place Southlake 1417 Park'Place Schwartz, Chris and Angie 1418 Park Place Southlake 1418 Park Place Brouillette Joe and Madlyn 1419 Park Place Southlake 1419 Park Place Rogers, Dennis and Sheila 1420 Park Place Southlake 1420 Park Place C McDowell, Oddibe and Sylvia 600 Park Place Ct. Southlake 600 Park Place Ct. Landry, Gary and Cindy 602 Park Place Ct. Southlake 602 Park Place Ct. McConnell, 60 k Place£ I I ake 04 -Pads -Place Ct. Stephens, Rick and Susie 606 Park Place Ct. Southlake _ '606 Park Place Ct. - Ferber, Doug and Cathy 608 Park Place Ct. Southlake 608 Park Place Ct. Hensley, Scott and Jennifer 609 Park Place Ct. Southlake 609 Park Place Ct. Swagerty, Colby and Sharon 610 Park Place Ct. Southlake 610 Park Place Ct. Polk, Elmer and Wendy 611 Park Place Ct. Southlake 611 Park Place Ct. Walter, Jeff and Julie 612 Park Place Ct. Southlake 612 Park Place Ct. Knight, Ian and Kristen 613 Park Place Ct. Southlake 613 Park.Place Ct. Lan ais, Don and Jane 614 Park Place Ct. Southlake 614 Park Place Ct. Strehlow, Tony and Debbie X15 Park Place Ct. Southlake 615 Park Place Ct.