ORD 1990-26 - Speed Zone - Old Houston Road, 20 MPH 11-13-1990ORDINANCE NO. 90-
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
HUNTSVILLE, TEXAS, AMENDING CHAPTER 12 OF THE CODE OF
ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF HUNTSVILLE, TEXAS, BY
ESTABLISHING A 20 MPH SPEED ZONE ADJACENT TO BLUEBONNET
CHILDREN'S ACADEMY ON OLD HOUSTON ROAD; MAKING OTHER
FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED THERETO; PROVIDING A
PENALTY OF UP TO $200; REQUIRING THE CITY SECRETARY TO
PUBLISH NOTICE AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS Texas Revised Civil Statute Article 6701d section 169(d) provides
that a City may hold a public hearing to consider maximum prima
facie speed limits on streets and highways adjacent to public and
private elementary and secondary schools; and
WHEREAS Council did hold a hearing upon request on November 13, 1990; and
WHEREAS Council duly considered the evidence presented;
NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF HUNTSVILLE, TEXAS, that:
SECTION 1: Schedule V -A, School Speed Limit Zones of Chapter 12 of the Code of
Ordinances of the City of Huntsville, Texas, is hereby amended by
the addition of a new school zone that shall read as follows:
SCHOOL /STREET NAME SPEED MPH DIRECTION LIMITS
BLUEBONNET CHILDREN'S ACADEMY
Old Houston Road 20 Both From 30' north of
Powell Road to 544'
north of Powell Rd.
7 a.m. to 9 a.m.
3 p.m. to 6 p.m.
School Days Only
SECTION 2: The City Council determines and declares that the speed limits
described are the maximum prima facie speed limits reasonable and
prudent as indicated by an engineering and traffic investigation.
Proof that any person drives a vehicle upon these streets in excess
of the speed limit so indicated shall be prima facie evidence that
the speed was not reasonable or prudent and that it was unlawful.
SECTION 3: The City Manager is authorized and directed to cause the proper
signs to be posted at the above described locations to show the
prima facie maximum speed limits.
SECTION 4: A person commits an offense if he drives a vehicle upon a public
street at a speed greater than is reasonable and prudent under the
circumstances then existing.
SECTION 5: Any person, firm or corporation violating any provision of this
ordinance or failing to comply with any requirement of this
ordinance will be guilty of a misdemeanor and subject to a fine of
up to two hundred ($200.00) dollars upon conviction. Each day
during or upon which that person shall violate or continue violation
of any provision of this ordinance or non - compliance with any
requirement of this ordinance shall constitute a distinct and
separate offense. The violation of any provision of this ordinance
or the failure to comply with any requirement of this ordinance
shall each constitute a distinct and separate offense.
SECTION 6: If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or portion of
this ordinance is for any reason held invalid or unconstitutional,
such portion shall be deemed a separate, distinct and independent
provision and such holding shall not affect any of the remaining
provisions of this ordinance.
SECTION 7: All ordinances and parts of ordinances in conflict with the
provisions of this ordinance are hereby repealed; provided, however,
that such repeal shall be only to the extent of such inconsistency
and in all other respects this ordinance shall be cumulative of
other ordinances regulating and governing the subject matter covered
by this ordinance.
SECTION 8: This ordinance shall take effect 10 days after passage by City
Council. The City Secretary shall publish the caption of this
ordinance in the City's official newspaper twice within ten days of
its passage.
APPROVED this /jj75j day of
ATTEST:
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APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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Bounds, City Attorney
1990.
THE CI Y OF HUNTSVILLE
by . 'e Monsay, its Mayor