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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd 768-2018 Altering Prima Facie Speed Limits for FM 455CITY OF ANNA, TEXAS ORDINANCE NO. AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF ANNA, TEXAS, ALTERING THE PRIMA FACIE SPEED LIMITS ESTABLISHED FOR VEHICLES UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF TRANSPORTATION CODE, SECTION 545.356 UPON FARM TO MARKET HIGHWAY NO. 455 OR PARTS THEREOF, WITHIN THE INCORPORATE LIMTS OF THE CITY OF ANNA, AS SET OUT IN THIS ORDINANCE; PROVIDING FOR A PENALTY FOR ANY VIOLATION OF THIS ORDINANCE NOT TO EXCEED $200; PROVIDING FOR SAVINGS, SEVERABILITY, AND REPEALING CLAUSES; PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE; AND PROVIDING FOR THE PUBLICATION OF THE CAPTION HEREOF. WHEREAS, Section 545.356 of the Texas Transportation Code, provides that whenever the governing body of the City shall determine 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 reasonable 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; and WHEREAS, the City of Anna, Texas City Council has investigated and determined that it would be advantageous and beneficial to the City and its citizens to alter the prima facie speed limits on FM 455 as recommended by the Texas Department of Transportation; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ANNA, TEXAS, THAT: Section 1. Recitals Incorporated. The above -referenced recitals are incorporated herein as if set forth in full for all purposes. Section 2. Authorization. Upon the basis of an engineering and traffic investigation heretofore made as authorized by the provisions of Transportation Code, Section 545.356, the following prima facie speed limits hereafter indicated for vehicles on the attached Exhibit "A" (strip map) 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 CITY OF ANNA, TEXAS ORDINANCE NO. 91 (? PAGE 1 OF 2 the named streets and highways, or parts thereof, described as follows: 1. From and after the date of the passage of this speed zone ordinance, no motor vehicle shall be operated along and upon Farm to Market Highway No. 455 within the corporate limits of the City of Anna in excess of speeds now set forth in Exhibit "A". 2. The City Manager is hereby authorized to cause to be erected, appropriate signs indicating such speed zones. Section 3. Penalty. Any violation of any of the terms of this ordinance, whether denominated in this ordinance as unlawful or not, shall be deemed a misdemeanor. Any person convicted of any such violation shall be fined in an amount not to exceed $200 for each incidence of violation. Each violation is considered a separate offense and will be punished separately. Section 4. Savings, Severability and Repealing Clauses. All ordinances of the City in conflict with the provisions of this ordinance are repealed to the extent of that conflict. If any provision of this ordinance shall be held to be invalid or unconstitutional, the remainder of such ordinance shall continue in full force and effect the same as if such invalid or unconstitutional provision had never been a part hereof. The City declares that it would have passed this ordinance, and each section, subsection, clause, or phrase thereof irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, subsections, sentences, clauses, and phrases be declared unconstitutional or invalid. Section 5. Publication of the Caption Hereof and Effective Date. This ordinance shall be in full force and effective from and after its passage and upon the posting and/or publication, if required by law, of its caption and the City Secretary is hereby directed to implement such posting and/or publication. PASSED by the City Council of the City of Anna, Texas, this 13th day of March, 2018. ATTESTED: APPROVED: q, City Secretary Carrie L. Smith: \ti'���ror Nate Pike U '•^`v CITY OF ANNA, TEXAS ORDINANCE NO. PAGE 2 OF 2 \ 2 w# | i \ / / (n i }$EE/. 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