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rd{ ORDINANCE ALTERING THE PRIMA FACIE SPEI~D L~'~ITS
ESTABLISILHD FOR V~I[IGLES b~DER Ti~ PROVISIOMS OF
SEGTION 167 AND 169 OF ARTIGDF. XiXj R.G.S. 67Old~
UHIFOIU4 ACT REGULATI}IG TP~FFIC 0}I IIIGig{AYS, UPON
T~ BASIS OF AN ENGINEF~IING AMD THAFFIG I[~JESTIGATiO~
UPOU CERTA~IN STREETS AND H~Glg~AYS, OR PARTS TI~REOF~
WITHIN THE CORPORATE LI~ITS OF TI~ GiTY OF $~r~EAXE
AS SET OUT IN ~ ORDINANCE: fdhd PROVIDY~;G A PE~.;AL'Mf-
OF A F~E NOT TO EXGEED $200 FOR VIOLATION OF TILIS
ORDINANCE.
~U~REAS, Section 167 and 169 of Article XIX, R.C.S. 6701d,
Uniform Act Regulating Traffic on Highways, provides that whenever the
governing body of the City shall deten~dmc upon the basis of an engi-
neering and~traffic investigation that any prima facie speed therein
set forth is greater or less than is reasonable or safe under the con-
ditions found to exist at any intersection or other plaOe or upon any
p,%rt of a street or highway, ~rith tho City ta]chng lute consideration
the width and condition of tho pavement and other circumstkxncos on such
portion of said street or highway, as well as the usual traffic there-
on, said govern body may determine and declare a reasonable and safe
prima facie speed limit ~%ereat or thereon by the passage of a~% ordi-
nance~ which shall be effective when appropriate signs giving notice
thereof are erected at such intersection or other place or part of the
street or highway, now therefore, _.
BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of
$~hlake , ., Texas:
Section io Upon the basis of an engineering and traffic investigation
heretofore made as authorized by %he provisions of Section 167 and 15~
of Article XIX, R. CoSo 6701d~ Uniform Act Regulati~ug Traffic on High-
ways~ the follc~clr~ prima facie speed limits hereafter indicated for
vehicles ars hereby determined and declared to be reasonable and safe)
m~d such speed llmi~s are hereby fixed a~ the rate of speed indicated
for vehicles traveling upon the ~amed streets and highways, or parts
thereof~ deeoribsd ae follows~
C~r~l ~53-3
State ,Hlsh~ay 114
(a) ~rom $~a~io~ 1662~29 (No~thwes~ City Limits o~ $ou~hlake) Southeasterly
3.073 miles to Statiee 1~00~00 at 60 mllee I~r haut;
(l) ~rom Station 156:~00 $outheaet~erly 0.28& miles to 5cation tSa8~O0
at &~ miles p~r hau~*,~Lse stsned for school crosotns, 60 miles per
h~ur all other trues.. , ///
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Prom Station 1~00~00 Southeasterly 1,341 miles to Station 3~3;62 (Southeast
City L~iCe o~ 8ou~hlake, be~s aloe the City Lhl~o o~ Grapevine) aC 5~
miles ~r ~ur.
Section 2. Any person violating any of the provisions of this ordinance
shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall
be fined in any sum not more than two hundred ($200) dollars.
PASSED AND APPROVED THIS
ATTEST:
/-/~//, DAY OF
APPROVED
City Secretary
Mayor