Ordinance No. 16,424 (Item 8.e.) ORDINANCE NO. 16,424
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN, TEXAS,
AMENDING CHAPTER 94 "TRAFFIC AND VEHICLES," ARTICLE IV "SPECIFIC
STREET REGULATIONS," SECTION 94-121 "SCHEDULES ENUMERATED,"
SCHEDULE V "DESIGNATION -- SPEED LIMIT ZONES" OF THE CODE OF
ORDINANCES, CITY OF BAYTOWN, TEXAS, TO ESTABLISH THE MAXIMUM
PRIMA FACIE SPEED LIMITS FOR STATE HIGHWAY 146 (SH 146) FROM
TOMPKINS DRIVE TO CHAMBERS TOWN CENTER; AUTHORIZING AND
DIRECTING THE PLACEMENT OF SIGNS BY THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC
WORKS; REPEALING CONFLICTING ORDINANCES; CONTAINING A SAVINGS
CLAUSE; PRESCRIBING A MAXIMUM PENALTY OF TWO HUNDRED AND
NO/100 DOLLARS($200.00)FOR EACH VIOLATION THEREOF;AND PROVIDING
FOR THE PUBLICATION AND EFFECTIVE DATE THEREOF.
WHEREAS,pursuant to Section 545.356 of the Texas Transportation Code,authorizing alteration
of maximum prima facie speed limits with respect to highways or portions thereof within the corporate
limits of the City of Baytown based upon engineering and traffic investigations and requested public
hearings; NOW THEREFORE
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN,TEXAS:
Section 1: That Chapter 94"Traffic and Vehicles,"Article IV"Specific Street Regulations,"
Section 94-121 "Schedules enumerated," Schedule V "Designation -- Speed Limit Zones" of the Code of
Ordinances, City of Baytown, Texas, is hereby amended by establishing the following maximum prima
facie speed limits:
Slrccl Maximum Prima Facie Speed Limit
State Highway 146(SH 146)
between Tompkins Drive and Chambers Town Center 45 miles per hour
Section 2: The Director of Public Works is authorized and directed as follows:
(a) to place and install appropriate signs for the speed limit established in Sections 1; and
(b) to place and install appropriate signs with flashing lights or beacons for the elementary
school referenced in Section 2 hereof,which lights or beacons shall flash to designate when
the reduced speeds in the school zones are in effect
as more particularly depicted in Exhibit A, which is attached hereto and incorporated herein for all intents
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and purposes.
Section 3: It shall be unlawful for a driver of a vehicle to disobey the instructions of a sign
placed in accordance with the provisions of this ordinance,unless at the time otherwise directed by a police
officer.
Section 4: All ordinances or parts of ordinances inconsistent with the terms 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 5: If any provisions, section, exception, subsection, paragraph, sentence, clause or
phrase of this ordinance or the application of same to any person or set of circumstances, shall for any
reason be held unconstitutional,void or invalid,such invalidity shall not affect the validity of the remaining
provisions of this ordinance or their application to other persons or sets of circumstances and to this end all
provisions of this ordinance are declared to be severable.
Section 6: Any person who shall violate any provision of this ordinance shall be deemed
guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine of not less than One and No/100
Dollar($1.00)nor more than Two Hundred and No/100 Dollars($200.00).
Section 7: 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 newspaper of the City of Baytown at least twice within ten (10)
days after passage of this ordinance.
INTRODUCED, READ and PASSED by the affirmative vote of the City Council of the City of
Baytown this the 12T"day of March, 2026.
VCCR J Mayor
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Current Speed Limit:
50 MPH from Tompkins Drive to Old Needlepoint Road 0 0.5 1 2 km
45 MPH from Old Needlepoint Road to Chambers Town Center
Proposed Speed Limit:
45 MPH From Tompkins Drive to Chambers Town Center Sources Esn,TomTom Garmin FAO, NOAA, USGS,(c)OpenStreetMap
contributors,and the GIS User Community