O-1929-4-01ORDINANCE NO. 1929-401
' AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ALLEN, COLLIN
COUNTY, TEXAS, AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES BY AMENDING
CHAPTER 9, "MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC," ARTICLE V, "OPERATION
OF VEHICLES,- DMSION 2, `SPEED REGULATIONS," SECTION 9-137(13),
DESIGNATING THE PORTION OF HEDGCOXE ROAD THREE HUNDRED
(300) FEET WEST OF THE INTERSECTION OF HEDGCOXE ROAD AND
DUCHESS DRIVE AND CONTINUING EAST ALONG HEDGCOXE ROAD TO A
POINT SIX HUNDRED (600) FEET EAST OF THE INTERSECTION OF
HEDGCOXE ROAD AND DUCHESS DRIVE AS A SCHOOL ZONE FOR
BEVERLY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WITH A MAXIMUM PRIMA FACIE
SPEED LIMIT OF TWENTY (20) MILES PER HOUR FOR MOTOR VEHICLES;
PROVIDING A REPEALING CLAUSE; PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE;
PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING FOR A PENALTY OF
FINE NOT TO EXCEED THE SUM OF TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS ($200) FOR
EACH OFFENSE; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, Section 545.356 of the Transportation Code, Vernon's Texas Codes Annotated, 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 Council of the City of Allen, Texas, upon the basis of an engineering and traffic
investigation finds it necessary to alter prima facie maximum speed limits established by Section 545.356 of
the Transportation Code, Vemon's Texas Codes Annotated, the following prima facie speed limits hereafter
indicated for vehicles 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 the named streets and highways, or
parts thereof.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ALLEN,
COLLIN COUNTY, TEXAS, THAT:
SECTION 1. The Code of Ordinances of the City of Allen, Texas, be and the same is hereby amended by
amending Chapter 9, "Motor Vehicles and Traffic," Article V, "Operation of Vehicles," Division 2, "Speed
Regulations," Section 9-137(10) in part, designating the portions of Hedgcoxe Road three hundred (300) feet
west of the intersection of Hedgcoxe Road and Duchess Drive and continuing east along Hedgcoxe Road to a
point six hundred (600) feet east of the intersection of Hedgcoxe Road and Duchess Drive as a school zone
for Beverly Elementary School with a maximum prima facie speed limit of twenty (20) miles per hour for
' motor vehicles, to read as follows:
"Sea 9-137 School zones; signs.
(13) Beverly Elementary: Twenty (20) miles per hour
1 ...
Beginning at a point on Hedgcoxe Road, three hundred (300) feet west of the
intersection of Hedgcoxe Road and Duchess Drive and continuing east along
Hedgcoxe Road to a point six hundred (600) feet east of the intersection of
Hedgcoxe Road and Duchess Drive."
SECTION 2. The Traffic Engineer shall erect appropriate signage giving notice of the maximum prima
facie speed limit established herein.
SECTION 3. All ordinances of the City of Allen in conflict with the provisions of this ordinance shall be,
and the same are hereby, repealed; provided, however, that all other provisions of said ordinances not in
conflict herewith shall remain in full force and effect.
SECTION 4. Should any word, sentence, paragraph, subdivision, clause, phrase or section of this
ordinance or of the Code of Ordinances, as amended hereby, be adjudged or held to be void or
unconstitutional, the same shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of said ordinance or the Code
of Ordinances, as amended hereby, which shall remain in full force and effect.
SECTION 5. An offense committed before the effective date of this ordinance is governed by prior law
and the provisions of the Code of Ordinances, as amended, in effect when the offense was committed and the
former law is continued in effect for this purpose.
' SECTION 6. Any person, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions or terms of this ordinance or
of the Code of Ordinances, as amended hereby, shall be subject to the same penalty as provided for in the
Code of Ordinances of the City of Allen, as previously amended, and upon conviction shall be punished by a
fine not to exceed the sum of Two Hundred Dollars ($200) for each offense.
SECTION 7. This ordinance shall take effect immediately from and after its passage and publication as
required by law, however, the maximum prima facie speed limits established herein shall not take effect until
the Traffic Engineer has erected appropriate signage giving notice of the maximum prima facie speed limits
therefore and it is accordingly so ordained.
DULY PASSED AND APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ALLEN, COLLIN
COUNTY, TEXAS, ON THIS THE 5TH DAY OF APRIL, 2001.
APPROVED: `�^J62/
Stephen e�Ter[ell,' MAYOR
RO D TO FORM: ^ATTEST:
Petcr ' h, CIft ATTORNEY J y Mor on, CMC/AAE, CITY SECRETARY
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