Ordinance No. 5,928Published In.: THE BAYTOWN SUN 910711 -5
Wednesday, June 17, 1991
Thursday, June 18, 199bRDINANCE NO. 5928
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
BAYTOWN, TEXAS, ESTABLISHING A MAXIMUM PRIMA FACIE
SPEED LIMIT OF 20 MILES PER HOUR FOR MOTOR VEHICLES IN
ELEMENTARY AND JUNIOR SCHOOL ZONES; DESIGNATING
ELEMENTARY AND JUNIOR SCHOOL ZONES; PROVIDING FOR HOURS
OF ENFORCEMENT ON SCHOOL DAYS; AUTHORIZING AND
DIRECTING THE PLACEMENT OF SIGNS BY THE DIRECTOR OF
PLANNING AND TRAFFIC; REPEALING ORDINANCES INCONSISTENT
HEREWITH; CONTAINING A SAVINGS CLAUSE; PRESCRIBING A
MAXIMUM PENALTY OF TWO HUNDRED AND N01100 ($200.00)
DOLLARS; AND PROVIDING FOR THE PUBLICATION AND
EFFECTIVE DATE HEREOF.
WHEREAS, pursuant to Sec. 168, Art. 6701D UNIFORM ACT
REGULATING TRAFFIC authorizing alteration of maximum prima facie
speed limits with respect to streets and highways 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 and junior schools on days when
school is in session and at times when students and other traffic
approach and depart from the vicinity of such schools and the
City Council hereby makes such findings and determines and
declares that the maximum prima facie speed limit to be
reasonable, prudent and lawful is 20 miles per hour at the times
and places designated in Exhibit "A" attached hereto and
incorporated herein for all purposes.
Section 2: The Director of Planning and Traffic 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 motor
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 or traffic control
device.
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repealed, provided however, that such repeal shall be only to the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 set of
circumstances, shall for any reason be held unconstitutional,
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void or invalid, such invalidity shall not affect the validity of
the remaining provisions of this ordinance or their application
to other persons or set of circumstances and to this end all
provisions of this ordinance are declared to be severable.
Section 6: Any person who shall
this ordinance shall be deemed guilty t
conviction shall be punished by a fine
No /100 ($1.00) Dollar nor more than
($200.00) Dollars except minors who
birthday but have not reached their
punished by a fine of not more than
($100.00) Dollars.
violate any provision of
)f a misdemeanor and upon
of not less than One and
Two Hundred and No /100
have passed their 14th
17th birthday shall be
One Hundred and No /100
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 11th day of July,
1991.
ATTEST:
EILEENIP.rHALL, -City Clerk
NACIO RAMIREZ R., City Attorney
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THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SPEED ZONES
BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 7:OOAM AND 8:00AM AND
BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 2:OOPM AND 3:OOPM
SHALL BE 20 MILES PER HOUR
UPON THE FOLLOWING STREET LOCATIONS:
Street
Limits
Adjacent School
Robin Road
Between Lazy Lane and
Travis
HCFC Ditch
East Homan
Between Austin and Dallas
Alamo
Austin
Between Homan and Alva
Alamo
East James
Between North Third and
Ashbel -Smith
North Sixth
Clayton
Between Mockingbird and
James Bowie
the north edge of school
property
Lee Drive
Between Lee and western
Carver -Jones
edge of school property
North Pruett
Between West Lobit and
Lamar
Green Avenues
Fairway
Between 220 feet south of
Pumphrey
Inverness and Somerset
Baker
Between 1501 west of
Pumphrey
Hemlock to Village
Virginia
Between Georgia and New
San Jacinto
Jersey
Kentucky
Between Georgia and
San Jacinto
Carolina
Georgia
Between Kentucky and
San Jacinto
Virginia
Massey Tompkins Between the eastern edge Stephen F.
of school property and Austin
western edge of school
property
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THE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL SPEED ZONES
BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 7:30AM AND 8:30AM AND
BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 3:OOPM AND 4:30PM
SHALL BE 20 MILES PER HOUR
UPON THE FOLLOWING STREET LOCATIONS:
STREET
LIMITS
ADJACENT SCHOOL
South Pruett
Between
American and Casey
Horace Mann
Elvinta
Between
East Elvinta
Cedar Bayou
Cedar Bayou Road
Cedar Bayou Rd.
Between
East Elvinta and the
Cedar Bayou
eastern
school property line
Bayway Drive
Between
Honeysuckle and
Baytown Jr.
600 ft. south of Post Oak