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ORDINANCE NO. 2497
AN ORDINANCE LOWERING THE PRIMA FACIE SPEED LIMIT FOR
MOTOR VEHICLES ON A PORTION OF BAKER ROAD; PRESCRIBING
A MAXIMUM PENALTY OF TWO HUNDRED AND NO 1100 ($200.00)
DOLLARS; AND PROVIDING FOR THE PUBLICATION AND EFFEC-
TIVE DATE HEREOF.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
BAYTOWN:
Section 1: That the prima facie maximum speed limit
with respect to Baker Road, from Decker Drive to Bush Road,
is altered to 30 miles per hour; and City Council hereby
determines and declares this prima facie speed limit to be
reasonable and prudent.
Section 2: The Director of Planning is hereby authorized
and directed to cause the proper signs to be posted at the
above described location.
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 and No /100 ($200.00) Dollars, and each violation
shall constitute a separate offense.
Section 5: This ordinance shall take effect 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.
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INTRODUCED, READ, and PASSED by the affirmative vote of
the City Council of the City of Baytown on this 13th. day
of July , 1978.
.ATTEST:
EILEEN P. =HALL, City Clerk
1':PPROVED :
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SCOTT BOUNDS, City Attorney
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ETT 0. HUTTO, Mayor