Ordinance No. 917,F
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ORDINANCE NO. 917
AN ORDINANCE ALTERING THE PRIMA FACIE SPEED
LIMITS ESTABLISHED FOR VEHICLES UNDER THE
PROVISIONS OF ARTICLE 6701D, VERNON'S TEXAS
CIVIL STATUTES, UPON THE BASIS OF AN ENGI-
NEERING AND TRAFFIC INVESTIGATION, UPON CER-
TAIN STREETS AND HIGHWAYS, OR PARTS THEREOF,
WITHIN THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE CITY OF
BAYTOWN, AS SET OUT IN THIS ORDINANCE; DI-
RECTING THE CHIEF OF POLICE TO ERECT APPRO-
PRIATE SIGNS; PROVIDING A MAXIMUM PENALTY
OF TWO HUNDRED ($200.00) DOLLARS; REPEALING
ORDINANCES INCONSISTENT HEREWITH; CONTAINING
A SAVINGS CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING FOR THE PUB-
LICATION AND EFFECTIVE DATE THEREOF.
WHEREAS, Article 6701D, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes,
provides that whenever the governing body of a City shall deter-
mine upon the basis of an engineering and traffic investigation
that any prima facie speed therein set forth is greater or less
than is reasonable or safe under the conditions found to exist
at any intersection or other place or upon any part of a street
or highway within the City, taking into consideration the width
and condition of the pavement and other circumstances on such
portion of said street or highway, as well as the usual traffic
thereon, said governing body may determine and declare a reason-
able and safe prima facie speed limit thereat or thereon by the
passage of an ordinance, which shall be effective when appropriate
signs giving notice thereof are erected at such intersection or
other place or part of the street or highway, now therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
BAYTOWN, TEXAS:
Section 1: Upon the basis of an engineering and
traffic investigation heretofore made as authorized by the
provisions of Article 6701D, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes, the
following prima facie speed limits hereafter indicated for ve-
hicles are hereby determined and declared to be reasonable and
safe; and such speed limits are hereby fixed at the rate of
speed indicated for vehicles traveling upon the named streets and
highways, or parts thereof, described as follows:
(a) Along SH 146 from the northeast city limit to
a point 317 feet north of Crosby -Cedar Bayou
Road, a distance of approximately 1.550 miles,
50 miles per hour;
(b) Along SH 146 from a point 317 feet north of
Crosby -Cedar Bayou Road to a point 924 feet
south of Mabry Road, a distance of approxi-
mately 0.840 mile, 45 miles per hour;
(c) Along SH 146 from a point 924 feet south of
Mabry Road to a point 370 feet north of Davis
Road, a distance of approximately 0.795 mile,
40 miles per hour;
(d) Along SH 146 from a point 370 feet north of
Davis Road to a point 924 feet south of Republic
Avenue, a distance of approximately 1.230 miles,
35 miles per hour;
(e) Along SH 146 from a point 924 feet south of
Republic Avenue to a point 2006 feet
south of Republic Avenue, a distance of ap-
proximately 0.200 mile, 45 miles per hour;
(f) Along SH 146 from a point 2006 feet south of
Republic Avenue to a point 1230 feet north of
Lee Drive, a distance of approximately 1.000
mile, 55 miles per hour;
(g) Along SH 146 from a point 1230 feet north of
Lee Drive to the southwest city limit, a dis-
tance of approximately 1.777 miles, 50 miles per
hour.
Section 2: The Chief of Police is hereby directed
to erect appropriate signs giving notice of the speed zone re-
strictions herein provided.
Section 3: Penalty: Any person, firm or corporation
violating any provision of this ordinance or failing to observe
any provision hereof shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and,
upon conviction, shall be fined in any sum not less than One ($1.00)
Dollar and not more than Two Hundred ($200.00) Dollars.
Section 4: Repealing Clause: 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 res-
pects this ordinance shall be cumulative of other ordinances re-
gulating and governing the subject matter covered by this ordi-
nance.
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Section 5: Savings Clause: If any provision, excep-
tion, section, 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 effect 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: Effective Date: 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 days after the passage of this ordinance.
INTRODUCED, READ and PASSED by the affirmative vote
of the City Council of the City of Baytown, this / day of April,
1968.
Seaborn Cr ey, Ma Fr
ATTEST: �-
dna Oliver, City Clerk
APPROVED:
William R. Laughlin, City Attorney
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