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HomeMy WebLinkAboutRes 2025-01-1720 Ordinance Altering the Prima Facie Speed Limits for Hwy 5CITY OF ANNA, TEXAS RESOLUTION NO. 2C z 5 -0 I 17 ZC A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF ANNA, TEXAS APPROVING 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 STATE HIGHWAY 5 OR PARTS THEREOF, WITHIN THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE CITY OF ANNA, WITH AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, the City of Anna, Texas ("the City") is a home -rule municipality in Collin County, Texas; and, WHEREAS, the Texas Department of Transportation recently conducted an engineering and traffic investigation on State Highway 5 in the City of Anna, Texas, and; WHEREAS, the findings of the engineering and traffic investigation demonstrate that altering the prima facie speed limits for State Highway 5 is safe and reasonable, and; WHEREAS, Section 545.356 of the Texas Transportation Code, provides that whenever the governing body of a municipality 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 municipality, 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; NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ANNA, TEXAS, THAT: Section 1. Recitals Incorporated The recitals above are incorporated herein as if set forth in full for all purposes. Section 2. Authorization of Speed Zones. The City Council of the City of Anna, Texas, authorizes the Mayor to cause to be erected appropriate signs indicating such speed zones. PASSED AND APPROVED by the City Council of the City of Anna, Texas on thist-Oh day of January 2025. ATTEST: City Secretary, Carrie Land APPROVED: Mayor, Pete Cain Exhibit A (following Page) CITY OF ANNA, TEXAS ORDINANCE NO. 1130. -- - oz ; t 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 STATE HIGHWAY 5 OR PARTS THEREOF, WITHIN THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE CITY OF ANNA, TEXAS, AS SET OUT IN THIS ORDINANCE; PROVIDING FOR A PENALTY; PROVIDING FOR SAVINGS, SEVERABILITY, AND REPEALING CLAUSES; PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE; AND PROVIDING FOR THE PUBLICATION OF THE CAPTION THEREOF. WHEREAS, the City of Anna, Texas ("the City") is a home -rule municipality in Collin County, Texas; and, WHEREAS, Section 545.356 of the Texas Transportation Code, provides that whenever the governing body of a municipality 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 municipality, 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, 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. Engineering And Traffic Investigation. Upon the basis of an engineering and traffic investigation heretofore made as authorized by the provisions of Texas Transportation Code, Section 545.356, the following prima facie speed limits hereafter indicated for vehicles on the attached EXHIBIT "A" (speed zone map) and listed below: • A maximum speed limit of 50 miles per hour is hereby determined and declared to be reasonable and safe; and such speed limit is hereby fixed at the rate of speed indicated for vehicles traveling upon the named streets and highways, or parts thereof, described as follows: the segment(s) of SH 5 within the City of Anna's corporate limits extending from Hackberry Drive to Rosamond Parkway. • A maximum speed limit of 55 miles per hour is hereby determined and declared to be reasonable and safe; and such speed limit is hereby fixed at the rate of speed indicated for vehicles traveling upon the named streets and highways, or parts thereof, described as follows: the segment(s) of SH 5 within the City of Anna's corporate limits extending from Rosamond Parkway to County Road 1106. Section 3. Authorization The Mayor of the City of Anna, Texas is hereby authorized to cause to be erected appropriate signs indicating such speed zones. Section 4. 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 5. 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 thereof. 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 ort invalid. Section 6. 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 AND APPROVED by the City Council of the City of Anna, Texas on this ILI day of 0,jX, , 2025. ATTEST: APPROVED: City Secretary, Ca rie L nd (* f --Mayo , Pete Cain THE CITY M AMA TE Y 1:i Exhibit A Engineering and Traffic Investigation � ± . i ' . 2 4 • . e . o»/ »., !m 2 \; c S: ®e g 2 . ƒ \) ® aMd o _-19 ± . \ I ! ; a• 2! a , � $ « N05N.6 _o| .� . } /gj � ! ! ± _ i i - w .. ;, 6a v - © ©R R G! 28�J&a! ƒ i. . 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