Ordinance No. 13,035ORDINANCE NO. 13,035
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN,
TEXAS, ESTABLISHING MAXIMUM PRIMA FACIE SPEED LIMITS FOR
MOTOR VEHICLES IN DESIGNATED SCHOOL ZONES AND PROVIDING
FOR HOURS OF ENFORCEMENT ON SCHOOL DAYS OR WHEN
CHILDREN ARE PRESENT; AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE
PLACEMENT OF SIGNS BY THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS;
REPEALING ORDINANCES INCONSISTENT HEREWITH; CONTAINING
A SAVINGS CLAUSE; PRESCRIBING A MAXIMUM PENALTY OF TWO
HUNDRED AND N0/100 DOLLARS ($200.00); AND PROVIDING FOR THE
PUBLICATION AND EFFECTIVE DATE THEREOF.
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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 a special hazard exists to traffic safety in the vicinity of elementary
schools within the corporate limits of the City of Baytown on days when schools are in session
and at times when students and other traffic approach from and depart from the vicinity of such
schools and facilities and the City Council hereby makes such findings and determines and
declares that the maximum prima facie speed limits to be reasonable, prudent and lawful are as
follows at the time and place herein described:
THE SCHOOL SPEED ZONE BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 7:45A.M. AND X:45 A.M. AND
BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 3:00P.M. AND 4:00P.M. SHALL BE 20 MILES PER HOUR
UPON THE FOLLOWING STREET LOCATIONS:
Street Limi ts School
Extending from 822 feet south west of Garth
Banuelos Elementary Seabird Street Road to 14 7 5 feet south west of Garth Road,
for a total distance of 653 feet. School
Extending from 276 feet north of Connor
Eastpoint Drive on East Point Boulevard to 300 feet Banuelos Elementary
Boulevard north of Sheila Drive on Eastpoint Boulevard, School
for a total distance of 276 feet.
THE SCHOOL SPEED ZONE BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 7:15A.M. AND 8:15A.M. AND
BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 2:30P.M. AND 3:30P.M. SHALL BE 20 MILES PER HOUR
UPON THE FOLLO'vVING STREET LOCATION:
Street
Seabird Street
Limits
Extending from 30 feet west of Garth Rd to
822 feet south west of Garth Rd, for a total
distance of 792 feet
School
Victoria Walker
Elementary School
as further depicted in Exhibit "A," which is attached hereto and incorporated herein for all
intents and purposes.
Section 2: That a special hazard exists to traffic safety in the vicinity of junior high
schools , senior high schools , and other student attended facilities within the corporate limits of
the City of Baytown on days when schools are in session and at times when students and other
traffic approach from and depart from the vicinity of such schools and facilities. The City
Council hereby makes such findings and determines and declares that the school zones and the
maximum prima facie speed limits previously established for all Goose Creek Consolidated
Independent School District's junior high and high schools located within the City of Baytown
shall be enforced thirty minutes before and after the start of each school day and thirty minutes
before and after the end of each school day and the City shall install flashing beacons or lights
during the times the reduced speeds in the school zones are in effect.
Section 3: The Director of Public Works is authorized and directed as follows:
(a) to place the appropriate signs for the elementary schools referenced in Section 1
hereof at the locations described in Exhibit "A" and
(b) to place and install appropriate signs with flashing lights or beacons for the junior
high and high schools referenced in Section 2 hereof, which lights or beacons
shall flash to designate when the reduced speeds in the school zones are in effect.
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 provision, section, exception, subsection, paragraph, sentence,
clause or phrase of this ordinance or the application of same to any person or the 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: This ordinance shall take effect from and after ten (1 0) days from its
passage by the City Council. The City Clerk is hereby directed to give notice hereof by causing
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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 PASS ED by the affirmative vo
City of Baytown, this the 16th day of November, 2015.
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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