ORD 1982-33 - Speed Limit Zones•^
ORDINANCE NO. 82-33
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AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF HUNTSVILLE,
TEXAS, ESTABLISHING MAXIMUM SPEED LIMITS ON FM 2821; DIRECTING
POSTING OF SIGNS; PROVIDING A PENALTY OF UP TO $200°00` REQUIRING
THE CITY SECRETARY TO PUBLISH NOTICES; AND MAKING OTHER RELATED
PROVISIONS.
WHEREAS, Texas Revised Civil Statute article 6701d section 169 provides
that the City may designate maximum prima facie speed limits based upon
engineering and traffic investigation; and
WHEREAS, such an engineering and traffic study was conducted for FM 2821
(the North Loop); and
WHEREAS, Section 12-30 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of
Huntsville, Texas, makes various provisions related to exceeding
reasonable and prudent speeds;
NOW THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF HUNTSVILLE, TEXAS
That:
Section 1. Schedule V, Speed Limit Zones, of Chapter 12 of the Code
of Ordinances of the City of Huntsville, Texas, is hereby amended by the
addition of the follow1Dy speed limit zones:
SCHEDULE V
SPEED LIMIT ZONES
STREET NAME SPEED MPH DIRECTION LIMITS
FM 2821 40 MPH E & W Hwy 75 to 1,000' East
of Hwy 75
FM 2821 50 MPH E & W 1,000' East of Hwy 75 to
150' West of Farm Road
FM 2821 45 MPH E & W 1,100' West of FM 247
to 1,100' East of FM 247
FM 2821 50 MPH E & W Sam Houston National
Forest East boundary
to 1,100' West of 5H 19
FM 2821 45 MPH
E & W 1,100' West of SM 19 to
East City limit
Section 2. The City Council hereby determines and declares that the
speed limits described herein 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 said 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 hereby 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 said 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 from and after ten (10)
days from its passage by the City Council. The City Clerk is hereby
directed to give notice hereof by causing the caption of this Ordinance
to be published in the official City newspaper at least twice within ten
(10) days after the passage of this Ordinance.
PASSED UNANIMOUSLY FIRST READING TH S2nd day of November , 1982.
PASSED SECOND READING THIS day of , 1982.
, 1982.
APPROVED THIS 2nd day of November
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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Scott Bounds, City Attorney
THE CITY OF HUNTSVILLE
BY
William V. Nash, MVor