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0237
ORDINANCE NO. 237
` SPEED ZONE ORDINANCE
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 HIGHWAYS, 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 exist at any intersection or other place.or upon
any part of a street or highway, 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 govern body may determine and declare a reasonable and
safe prima facie 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 prima 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:
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Control 353-3 ,
S.H. 114
Tarrant County
I. Northwest Bound Lane -
A) From Station 81+40 (North City Limit of Southlake on S.H. 114) South-
easterly 3,609 miles to Station 27240 (620' Northwest of Kimbell Rd.)
at 55 miles per hour.
b) From Station 272400 Southeasterly 0.379 mile to Station 292+00 (720'
Southeast of F.M. 1709) at 50 miles per hour.
c) From Station 292+00 Southeasterly 0.983 mile to Station 342+94 (South-
lake - Grapevine City Limit) at 55 miles per hour.
II. Southeast Bound Lane -
a) From Station 81+40 (North City Limit of Southlake on S.H. 114) South-
easterly 3.609 miles to Station 272+00 (620' Northwest of Kimbell Rd.)
at 55 miles per hour.
b) From Station 272+00 Southeasterly 0.379 mile to Station 292+00 (720'
Southeast of F.M. 1709) at 50 miles per hour.
c) From Station 292+00 Southeasterly 0.989 mile to Station 344+23 (South-
lake - Grapevine City Limit) at 55 miles per hour.
III. School Zone - (Both Lanes)
a) From Station 207+00 (Approx. 975' Northwest of Carroll School Rd.) South-
easterly 0.379 mile to Station 227+00 (Approx. 1,025' Southeast of Carroll
School Rd.) at 35 miles per hour when so signed for school crossing, 55
miles per hour at all other times.
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 _~DAY OF , 19-7.
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ATTEST: APPROVED:
ity Secretary Mayor
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