0163A1132
SPEED ZONE ORDINANCE
No. 1 6~-A1
AN ORDINANCE ALTERING THE PRIMA FACIE SPEED LIMITS
ESTABLISHED FOR VEHICLES UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF
SECTION 167 AND 169 OF ARTICLE XIX, R.C.S. 6701d,
UNIFORM ACT REGULATING TRAFFIC ON HIGftWAYS, UPON
THE BASIS OF AN ENGINEERING AND TRAFFIC INVESTIGATION
UPON CERTAIN STREETS AND HIGHWAYS, OR PARTS THEREOF,
WITHIN THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE CITY OF SOUTHLAKE
AS SET OUT IN THE ORDINANCE: AND PROVIDING A PENALTY
OF A FINE NOT TO EXCEED $200.00 FOR VIOLATION OF THIS
ORDINANCE.
WHEREAS, 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 determine upon the basis of an
engineering'and traffic investigation that any prima facie speed there-
in set forth is greater or less than is reasonable or safe under the
conditions found to exi8t at any intersection or other place or upon
any part of a street or high. ay, with the City taking into considera-
tion the width and condition of the pavement and other circumstances
on such portion of said street or highway, as well as the usual traffic
thereon, said gover"a body may determine and declare a reasonable and
safe prima fa¢ie speed limit thereat or thereon by the passage of an
ordinance, 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
Southlake' , Texas:
Section 1. Upon the basis of an engineering and traffic investigation
heretofore made as authorized by the provisions of Section 167 and 169
of Article XIX, R.C.S. 6701d, Uniform Act Regulating Traffic on Highways,
the following prims facie speed limits hereafter indicated for vehicles
are*hereby determined and declared to be reasonable and safe; and such
speed limits are hereby fixed at the rate of speed indicated for vehicles
traveling upon the named streets and highways, or parts thereof, described
as follows:
133
~ontrol ~603-03
arm to Market Road 1709
(a)
From Station 125+46 (West City Limits of Southlake) easterly 5.979
miles to Station 441+13 (Intersection with State Highway 114) at
60 miles per hour.
Section 2. Any person.¥iolating any of the provisions of this ordinance
shhll be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall
be fined tn any sum not more, than two hundred ($200) dollars.
ATTEST: APPROVED
City Secretary
Mayor~~