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TOWN OF COLLEYvILLE; TEXAS - ORDINANCE 0-70-16,
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'CONSTRUCTION SPEED ZONE ORDINANCE
AN OnnntANCE' ESTABLISHIIJG HAXIHUH LEGAL SPEEDS UPON
CERTAD~ HIGm-lAYS AND STREETS OR PARTS THEREOF \fITH-
Dr THE CORPORA'lE LIMIT OF THE CITY OF COLLEYV1LLE ~
TEXAS, AS SET FORT"rI IN THE ORDTIJANCE AND PROVIDING
A PENALTY OF A' FINE NOT TO EXCEED $200 FOR T"ilE VIO-
LATION OF TIUS ORDINANCE
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\'n1EREAS, Section 167 and 169 of Article XIX, . R. C.S. 6701d,
Uniform Act Regulating Traffic on Hi~hi-mys, provides that whenever the
governing body of the CitY' shall determine upon the basis of an enei-
neering and ,traffic investigation that any prima facie speed therein
set forth is greater or less than is reasonable or safe under the con-
ditions found to exi:st at any intersection or other place or upon any
part of a street or hiGin-ray within the City" taldng into gonsideration
the width and condition of the pavement and other circUJ1lS~ces on such
'portion of said street or highvlaY, as 'vell as the usual trq.,ffic thereon,
," said governing body, maY' determine and declare a reasonable and safe prima.
facie speed limit ' thereat or thereon by the passage of an'~ord:i.na.nce,
which shall be e;ffectivewhen appropriate signs giving notice thereo;i'
are 'erected at such 'intersections or other place or part ~ the street
,or highway I now therefore I '," '
BE I~ ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of
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Co11eyvi11e , Texas:
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SECTION 1. The follOt,r.i.ng prima 'facie speed lirn:i.ts hereafter indicated'
for vehicles are hereby' determined ,and declared to. be reasonable and
,sa.:fe; and such speed'limits are hereby fixed at the rate of speed in-
dicated for vehicles traveling upon the named streets and higm.ra.ys
or parts thereof,described as follows: '
Control 363-01
State Highway 121
From Station 64+22 ,(Southwest City Limits ,of Colleyville, being also the East'
City Limits o'fHtirst) 'northeasterly 4.191 miles to Station 285+88.5 (Northeast
City Limits of Co11eyville, being also the Southwest City Limits of Grapevine)
at 40 miles per hour.
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Construction Speed Zone Ordinance
SECTION 2. The City Council of the City of Co11eyvi11e ,
declares and fixes the 'above maximum speed l~ts and the District ~gineer
is hereby authorized to proceed ~dth the erection of the ~ppropriate signs.
SECTION.). It is hereby declared that the construction project on State
Hiehway No. 121 has necessitated the enactment of this ordi.."1.ance for the
safety of those traversing State Highway No. 121 in the City of
Co11eyvi11e . ,Therefore, the above reeulations shall be in
effect after the passage of this ordinance and the erection of the proper
signs; and, this shall remain in effect until the completion and acceptance
of the said construction project by the Highway District Engineer or until
such time as the construction project has progressed to a stage whereby, in
the opinion of the. Highuay District Eneineer, traffic T.1aY safely travel the
, construction project, or portions thereof, at the rate of speed posted prior
to the construction. The Righvlay District Engineer will have the authority
to replace the construction speed zone signs ruth speed zone signs reestab-
lishing the speed zoning prior to construction and the placement' of such
signs shall be evidence of the governing speed zone or zones. The completion
and/or acceptance of the said construction project by the Highway District
Engineer shall cancel the provisions of this ordinance and the Highway Dis- ,
trict Engineer shall be authorized to remove all such signs used in compli-
ance with regulations set forth in this ordinance.
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SECTION 4. ~ ordinance or any part thereot in direct conflict with this
ordinance is hereby superseded and the part of the ordinance in conflict
hereidth shall be null and void so long as this ordinance is in effect. HOvl-
ever, any ordinance or part of an ordinance superseded by this ordinance
shall automatical.lybe reinstated in force upon the date of completion and/or
acceptance 01' the said construction project;, when this ordinance is no longer
in effect.
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SECTION 5. Any person violating any ,of the pronsl-ons 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 dollars ($200). \
SECTION 6. If any part of this ordinance be declared unconstitutional ar
othervdse void by a court of competent ju.i'isdiction, such decision shall in
'no way, effect the validity of any of the remaining parts of this .ordinance
unless the part held unconstitutional or void is inscp:n-D.ble from, and indi.
spensable to, the operation of the remaining parts. The City Council heX'eby
declares that it would have passed those parts of this ordinance which are
valid and l-lould have omitted a.ny parts which may be unconstitutional or void,
if it had known such parts were unconstitutional or void at the time of the
passage of this ordinance. ' ,
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Construction Speed Zone Ordinance
PASSED AND APPROVED THIS 10th DAY OF N oveniber
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APPROVED:
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ATTEST:
Mayor
I'J Randel L. 'Vinson
City Secretary of the City 'of
Colleyvl11e
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.' and foregoing, is a trUe' and correct copy of an O;-dinance duly passed by "
. the C'iey Council, at :a' meetil1g held on November, 1'1,
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