ORD 2009-58 - Highway 30 Speed Limits 09-15-2009ORDINANCE NO. 2009-58
AN ORDINANCE RELATING TO SPEED ZONES WHICH SPECIFICALLY DESIGNATES
ADDITIONAL AREAS IN THE CITY OF HUNTSVILLE IN WHICH RATES OF SPEED OF
THIRTY (30) MILES PER HOUR OR MORE ARE AUTHORIZED; RESCINDING ALL
PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH; AND DECLARING THAT
ATTENDANT FACTS NECESSITATE IMMEDIATE ACTION.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT HEREBY ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF HUNTSVILLE, TEXAS, that:
SECTION I. That any and all ordinances or parts of ordinances relating to speed zones
on SH 30 in the City of HUNTSVILLE are hereby rescinded, and the following are
additional specifically designated areas in which a rate of speed of thirty (30) miles per hour
or more is authorized.
A.) SH 30, for traffic moving in an easterly direction for 1.265 miles, from the
Huntsville west city limit, the speed limit shall be sixty (60) miles per hour. For
the next 0.200 miles, the speed limit shall be fifty -five (55) miles per hour. For
the next 0.200 miles, the speed limit shall be forty -five (45) miles per hour.
For the next 1.095 miles, the speed limit shall be forty (40) miles per hour. For
the next 1.149 miles, the speed limit shall be thirty-five (35) miles per hour. For
the next 0.235 miles, the speed limit shall be forty -five (45) miles per hour.
For the next 1.753 miles, the speed limit shall be fifty (50) miles per hour. For
the next 0.319 miles, to the Huntsville east city limit, the speed limit shall be
fifty -five (55) miles per hour.
B.) SH 30, for traffic moving in a westerly direction for 0.319 miles, from the
Huntsville east city limit, the speed limit shall be fifty -five (55) miles per hour.
For the next 1.753 miles, the speed limit shall be fifty (50) miles per hour. For
the next 0.235 miles, the speed limit shall be forty-five (45) miles per hour.
For the next 1.149 miles, the speed limit shall be thirty-five (35) miles per
hour. For the next 1.095 miles, the speed limit shall be forty (40) miles per
hour. For the next 0.200 miles, the speed limit shall be forty-five (45) miles per
hour. For the next 0.200 miles, the speed limit shall be fifty -five (55) miles per
hour. For the next 0.389 miles, to the Huntsville west city limit, the speed limit
shall be sixty (60) miles per hour.
SECTION II: WHEREAS, the preservation of the general welfare of the public necessitates
immediate action, this Ordinance shall be effective from and after the date of its passage
as provided by the Charter of the City of Huntsville.
PASSED AND APPROVED THIS 15T'-'DAY
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
ATTEST:
THE STATE OF TEXAS X
COUNTY OF WALKER X
J. Turner, Mayor
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Leonard Schneider, City Attorney
Laa l oopd l City Secretary of the City of Huntsville,
County of Walker, State of Texas, do hereby certify that the above and foregoing is a
true and correct co%of an Ordinance passed and approved by the City Council of
Huntsville on this 15 day of September,2009, and is now in file in my office and notice
is hereby given of the passage of the same in the manner and for the length of time as
required by the Charter of the City of Huntsville.
GIVEN UNDER MY HAND AND SEAL OF OFFICE, this the 1 m day of-September,
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