Ordinance No. 1,979ORDINANCE NO.1979
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE
CITY OF BAYTOWN,TEXAS,BY THE AMENDMENT OF CHAPTER 18,
"MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC,"ARTICLE IV,"SPEED
REGULATIONS,"SECTION 18-98.1,DESIGNATION OF SPEED
LIMIT ZONES,BY 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 ENGINEERING AND TRAFFIC INVESTIGATION,WITHIN THE
CORPORATE LIMITSOF THECITY OF BAYTOWN,AS SET OUT IN
THIS ORDINANCE;PRESCRIBING A MAXIMUM PENALTY OFTWO
HUNDRED AND NO/100 ($200.00)DOLLARS FOR VIOLATION
THEREOF;AND PROVIDING FORTHE PUBLICATION AND EFFEC
TIVE DATE HEREOF.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
BAYTOWN,TEXAS:
Section 1:That the Code of Ordinances of the City of
Baytown,Texas,is hereby amended by amending Chapter 18,
"Motor Vehicles and Traffic,"Article IV,"Speed Regulations,"
Section 18-98.1,Designation of speed limit zones,by 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 engineering and traffic investigation
upon the hereinafter named streets in the City of Baytown,
Texas,the following prima facie speedlimits hereinafter
indicated for vehicles are hereby determined and declared to
be reasonable and prudent and such speed limits are hereby
fixed at the rate of speed indicated for vehicles traveling
upon such streets or parts thereof,described as follows:
Section18-98.1
(a)20 mile per hour speed zones:
(1)West Texas Avenue:From Commerce Street to
Pruett Street
(b)35 mile per hour speed zones:
(1)West Texas Avenue:From Goose Creek Stream
to Airhart Drive
(2)Alexander Drive (SH 146):From HCFCD ditch
#0-102-00-00 to Ward Road
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(3)Park Street:FromBayway Drive to Airhart
Drive
(4)Decker Drive:From Garth Road to Airhart
Drive
(5)North Main Street:From Baker Road to
Lynchburg -Cedar Bayou Road
(6)Lynchburg -Cedar Bayou Road:From HCFCD
ditch #0-105-00-00 to North Main Street
(7)Evergreen Road:From Causeway Road (Extension
of LeeDrive)to Tri-City Beach Road
(c)40 mile per hour speed zones:
(1)South Alexander Drive:South Main Street to
SH 146
(2)WestMain Street:From Yupon Street to Civic
Drive
(3)Market Street:From HCFCD ditch #0-101-00-00
to Missouri Pacific Railroad Tracks
(4)Airhart Drive:From Park Street to Lynchburg
Road
(5)East James Avenue:From Bayou Drive to Tenth
Street
(6)Alexander Drive (SH 146):From Ward Road to
CedarBayou Road
(7)Bayway Drive:From San Jacinto Street to
Decker Drive
(8)Garth Road:From Scenic Drive to Baker Road
(9)Garth Road:From Decker Drive to Park Street
(10)Cedar Bayou-Crosby Road:From North Alexander
Drive (SH 146)to Massey Tompkins Road
(d)45 mile per hour speed zones:
(1)Decker Drive (Spur 330):From Airhart Drive
to Rollingbrook Drive
(2)Baker Road:From the western driveway entrance
to St.James House to Garth Road
(3)North Main Street:From Bob Smith Road to
Baker Road
(4)Lynchburg Road:From Airhart Drive to Market
Street
(e)50 mile per hour speed zones:
(1)North Alexander Drive (SH 146):From Cedar
Bayou Road to the bridge over Cedar Bayou
Stream
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(2)SH 146:From South Alexander Drive to Black
Duck Baybridge
(3)Tri-City Beach Road:From HCFCD ditch #0-
102-00-00 to the corporate boundary
(4)Loop 201:From WestMain Street to SH 146
(f)55 mile per hour speed zones:
(1)Decker Drive (Spur 330):From Rollingbrook
Drive to the Spring Gully bridge
Section 2:The Chief of Police is hereby authorized
and directed to cause the proper signs to be posted at the
above described locations.
Section 3:It shall be unlawful for a driver of a
vehicle to disobey the instructions of the signs placed in
accordance with the provisions of this ordinance,unless at
the time otherwise directed by a police officer.
Section 4:Any person violating the provisions of this
ordinance shall be punished by a fine of not more than Two
Hundred ($200.00)Dollars,and each violation shall constitute
a separate offense.
Section 5:This ordinance shall takeeffect from and
after ten (10)days after 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 the passage of this ordinance.
INTRODUCED,READ and PASSED by the affirmative vote of
the City Council of the City of Baytown on this25th day
of March ,1976.
TOM GENTRY,Mayor w
ATTEST:-
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EILEEN P.HALL,City Clerk
APPROVED:
NEEL RICHARDSON,City Attor
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