ORD CC 09/12/78 - Speed Limits• •
ORDINANCE NO. 78 -13
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY
OF HUNTSVILLE, BY REPEALING PRESENT SECTION 12 -9 OF CHAPTER
12, PROVIDING FOR THE SETTING OF SPEED LIMITS IN THE CITY
OF HUNTSVILLE AND PROVIDING FOR A PENALTY FOR VIOLATION
THEREOF; AND BY ADDING A NEW SECTION 12 -9 OF CHAPTER 12,
MAKING IT UNLAWFUL TO DRIVE A VEHICLE AT A SPEED GREATER
THAN REASONABLE AND PRUDENT UPON THE PUBLIC STREETS OR
HIGHWAYS OF THE CITY OF HUNTSVILLE; ESTABLISHING MAXIMUM
PRIMA FACIE SPEED LIMITS; PROVIDING FOR A PENALTY FOR
VIOLATION THEREOF AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL of the City of Huntsville,
Texas, that:
It shall be unlawful for any person to drive any vehicle upon
the public streets and highways of the City of Huntsville at a
speed greater than is reasonable and prudent under the circumstances
then existing.
Any speed in excess of the limits posted according to law shall
be prima facie evidence that the speed is not reasonable or prudent
and that it is unlawful.
Unless otherwise posted according to law, any speed in excess of
30 miles per hour shall be prima facie evidence that the speed is not
reasonable or prudent and that it is unlawful.
The fact that the health, safety and welfare of the citizens
of the City of Huntsville depends upon valid speed restrictions
upon the public streets and highways creates a public necessity and
an emergency, and this ordinance shall take effect immediately upon
its publication.
PASSED AND APPROVED IN OPEN COUNCIL ON THE 12th DAY OF SEPTEMBER
1978.
DeSHAW, C TY SECRETARY
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JACK ANEY, CITY APORNEY
ORRIS I. WAL ER, MAYOR