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CITY OF ALLEN
P.O. BOX 487 - ALLEN, TEXAS 75002
214-727-3336 - 214-424-5918
M B PIERSON _
MAYOR
JOE FARMER _
MAYOR PRO TEMPORE
CHARLES CHANDLER
COUNCILMAN, PLACE 2
H R DAUGHERTY
COUNCILMAN, PLACE 3
GLENN ANDREW
COUNCILMAN. PLACE 4 '
REX WOMACK '
COUNCILMAN. PLACE 5 THE STATE OF TEXAS §
RICHARD L CHUMBLEY
COUNCILMAN, PLACE 6 COUNTY OF COLLIN
CITY OF ALLEN §
JON MCCARTY
CITY MANAGER This_ amendment _(Ordinance No. 274) to the Code of Vehicle and Traffic
JUANELLE COOKSEY
CITY SECRETARY
Ordinances (Ordinance No:, 259) has been duly adopted by the governing body of
WALTER CURTIS -
X ESSORCOLLECTOR the City of Allen on this the 20th day of September, A.D., 1979, in. the
GLEN SWSWANER "' '
MUNICIPAL JUDGE -
ANTHONY HANCOCK =manner required by law and does hereby amend Article VI, Division 2, "Speed
CHIEF OF POLICE
JIMMY EATON Regulations", Section 1-46, "Speed in School Zones; Signs in .School Zones",—of
DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS
RON GENTRY the Allen Vehicle and Traffic Code,_ also known by its _short title of "Allen .
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B R Traffic Ordinances"
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Mayor, City of Allen, Texas
I ATTEST:
C'Secretary, City of Allen, Texas
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ORDINANCE NO. 274
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF ALLEN, TEXAS, AMENDING ARTICLE VI,
DIMION 2, "SPEED REGULATIONS", SECTION 1,46, 'SPEED IN SCHOOL ZONES;
SIGNS IN SCHOOL ZONES", OF THE ALLEN VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC CODE,
ORDINANCE 259 OF THE CITY OF ALLEN, TEXAS; ESTABLISHING SCHOOL
ZONES; ESTABLISHING PRIMA FACIE MAXIMUM SPEED LIMITS AT 20 MILES
PER HOUR IN SUCH ZONES DURING CERTAIN TIME PERIODS ON SCHOOL
DAYS; DEFINING "SCHOOL DAYS"; MAKING IT UNLAWFUL TO PASS WITHIN
SCHOOL ZONES; PROVIDING A PENALTY CLAUSE, A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE
AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
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 Article 6701d, Section 166(a), Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes, as amended, and by
certain ordinances of the City of Allen, within the areas and at the locations named and
designated in the body of this Ordinance, all within the corporate limits of the City of Allen,
Collin County, Texas, and in the immediate vacinity of school areas, during periods of time
when schools are in session and school children are going to and from schools and playgrounds;
and,
WHEREAS, the governing body finds it necessary for the protection and safety of
pedestrians crossing the streets within such areas to prohibit the overtaking and passing of
motor vehicles by other motor vehicles within the school zones;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
ALLEN, TEXAS:
Section L That Ordinance No. 259 of the City of Allen, Texas, known also as the "Allen
Traffic Ordinances" and the Allen "Vehicle and Traffic Code", and particularly Article VI,
Division 2, "Speed Regulations", Section 1-46, "Speed in School Zones; Signs in School Zones",
and any other ordinance, or portion thereof, in conflict herewith, be and the same are hereby
amended as below indicated in Section II hereof. However, nothing herein contained shall be
construed as repealing, or conflicting with, prima facie maximum speed limits applicable
during time periods, other than the time periods herein enumerated, as the same having been
established by Article 6701d, Section 166(a), Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes, as amended, or by
any ordinance of the City of Allen.
Section IL That Ordinance No. 259 of the City of Allen, and particularly Article VI,
Division 2, Section 1-46 thereof, be amended to now read as follows:
"A person commits an offense if he operates a vehicle in a school traffic zone
at a speed greater than 20 miles per hour, and any speed in excess of 20 miles per
hour shall be prima facie evidence that the speed is not reasonable nor prudent and
is unlawful. On the basis of recommendations of the traffic engineer, determined
on the basis of engineering and traffic surveys, the City Council shall designate
school traffic zones with appropriate street markings or signs, which street
markings or.signs shall be placed at the school zones by the traffic engineer. The
speed limit designated for school traffic zones shall be effective only at times
when appropriate signs advising motorists of the speed limit are placed in
conspicuous places.
In accordance with the recommendations of the traffic engineer, the follow-
ing designated locations and areas are declared to be school zones and the
maximum speed limit for all motor vehicles operated within such areas and
locations between the hours of 7:00 A.M. and 9:00 A.M., and 2:00 P.M. and 4:00
P.M. on school days `shall be twenty (20) miles per hour:
1. Allen Middle School
a. Beginning at a point on Cedar Drive 100 feet South of the
intersection of Cedar Drive and Main Street and continuing in a
Ordinance No. 274 - Page 2
Southerly direction on Cedar Drive to 35 feet North of the
intersection of Cedar Drive and Ellis Drive.
b. Beginning at a point on Cedar Drive 35 feet North of the
intersection of Cedar Drive and Ellis Drive and continuing in a
Northerly direction on Cedar Drive to 100 feet South of the
intersection of Cedar Drive and Main Street.
C. Beginning at a point on Belmont Drive at its intersection with
Cedar Drive and continuing in a Westerly direction on Belmont
Drive to the intersection of Belmont Drive and Ash Drive.
d. Beginning at a point on McDermott Drive 95 feet East of the
intersection of McDermott Drive and Ash Drive and continuing in
an Easterly direction on McDermott Drive to 165 feet East of the
intersection of McDermott Drive and Young Street.
e. Beginning at a point on McDermott Drive 165 feet East of the
intersection of McDermott Drive and Young Street and continuing
in a Westerly direction on McDermott Drive to 95 feet East of the
intersection of McDermott Drive and Ash Drive.
2. Allen High School and D. L. Roundtree Elementary School
a. Beginning at a point on Farm -to -Market Road 2170 375 feet East
of the intersection of Farm -to -Market Road 2170 and State
Highway 5 and continuing -in an Easterly direction on Farm -to -
Market Road 2170 to 590 feet East of the intersection of Farm -
to -Market Road 2170 and Greeting Gate Lane.
b. Beginning at a point on Farm -to -Market Road 2170 590 feet East
of the intersection of Farm -to -Market Road 2170 and Greeting
Gate Lane and continuing in a Westerly direction on Farm -to -
Market Road 2170 to 375 feet East of the intersection of Farm -
to -Market Road 2170 and State Highway 5.
C. Beginning at a point on Leading Lane Drive at its intersection
with Grassy Glen Drive and continuing in an Easterly direction on
Leading Lane Drive to the intersection of Leading Lane Drive and
Greeting Gate Lane.
d. Beginning at a point -on Leading Lane Drive at its intersection
with Greeting Gate Lane and continuing in a Westerly direction on
Leading Lane Drive to the intersection of Leading Lane Drive and
Grassy Glen Drive.
e. Beginning at a point on Melody Mall Lane at its intersection with
Leading Lane Drive and continuing in a Northerly direction on
Melody Mall Lane to the intersection of Melody Mall Lane and
Farm -to -Market Road 2170.
f. Beginning at a point on Melody Mall Lane at its intersection with
Farm -to -Market Road 2170 and continuing in a Southerly direc-
tion on Melody Mall Lane to the intersection of Melody Mall Lane
and Leading Lane Drive.
Ordinance No. 274 - Page 3
g. Beginning at a point on Jupiter Road 120• feet South of the
intersection of Jupiter Road and State Highway 5 and continuing
in a Southerly direction on Jupiter Road to 365 feet South of the
intersection of Jupiter Road and Farm -to -Market Road 2170.
h. Beginning at a point on Jupiter Road 365 feet South of the
intersection of Jupiter Road and Farm -to -Market Road 2170 and
continuing in a Northerly direction on Jupiter Road to 120 feet
South of the intersection of Jupiter Road and State Highway 5.
3. Alton Boyd Elementary School
a. Beginning at a point on Jupiter Road 590 feet North of the
intersection of Jupiter Road and Bethany Drive and continuing in
a Southerly direction on Jupiter Road to the intersection of
Jupiter Road and Cumberland Drive.
b. Beginning at a point on Jupiter Road at its intersection with
Cumberland Drive and continuing, in a Northerly direction on
Jupiter Road to 590 feet North of the intersection of Jupiter
Road and Bethany Drive.
C. Beginning at a point on Bethany Drive 90 feet East of the
intersection of Bethany Drive and State Highway 5 and continuing
in an Easterly direction on Bethany Drive to the intersection of
Bethany Drive and Jupiter Road.
d. Beginning at a point on Bethany Drive at its intersection with
Jupiter Road and continuing in a Westerly direction on Bethany
Drive to 90 feet East of the intersection of Bethany Drive and
State Highway 5.
'School Days', as that term is used herein, shall be each Monday through
Friday throughout the calendar year when the school nearest the school zone is in
session.
It shall be unlawful for any person to drive or operate a motor vehicle
through a school zone as designated and established herein between the hours of
7:00 A.M. and 9:00 A.M., and 2:00 P.M. and 4:00 P.M. on school days in such a
manner as to overtake and pass another vehicle being driven in the same direction
upon the same street within said school zone.
It shall be unlawful for any person to drive or operate a vehicle on a public
street or highway through the school zones herein designated during the time
periods herein designated at a rate of speed in excess of the prima facie maximum
speed limits herein designated for such school zones.
Ordinance No. 274 - Page 4
` Any person violating any provision of this Ordinance shall be deemed guilty of
a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in the sum of not more
than Two Hundred and No/100 Dollars ($200.00) for each such violation."
Section HL It is hereby declared to be the intention of the City Council that the
sections, paragraphs, sentences, clauses and phrases of this Ordinance are severable, and if any
phrase, clause, sentence or section of this Ordinance shall be declared unconstitutional or
invalid by any judgment or decree of a court of competent jurisdiction, such unconstitution-
ality or invalidity shall not affect any other remaining phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph or
section of this Ordinance; and the City Council hereby declares it would have passed the
remaining portions even though it had known the affected parts would be held unconstitutional.
Section IV. This Ordinance shall become effective immediately from and after its
passage and publication as required by law.
DULY PASSED AND APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ALLEN,
TEXAS, THIS THE DAY OF SEPTEMBER, A.D., 1979.
WB. P erson, Mayor
ATTEST:
J� elle Cooksey, City Secretaryi
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
A. Don Crowder, City Attorne
Ordinance No. 274 - Page 5
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF ALLEN, TEXAS
ORDINANCE NO. 274
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF ALLEN, TEXAS, AMENDING ARTICLE VI, DIVISION
2, "SPEED REGULATIONS", SECTION 1,46, "SPEED IN SCHOOL ZONES; SIGNS IN SCHOOL
ZONES", OF THE ALLEN VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC CODE, ORDINANCE 259 OF THE CITY OF
ALLEN, TEXAS; ESTABLISHING SCHOOL ZONES; ESTABLISHING PRIMA FACIE MAXIMUM
SPEED LIMITS AT 20 MILES PER HOUR IN SUCH ZONES DURING CERTAIN TIME PERIODS
ON SCHOOL DAYS; DEFINING "SCHOOL DAYS"; MAKING IT UNLAWFUL TO PASS WITHIN
SCHOOL ZONES; PROVIDING A PENALTY CLAUSE, A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE AND AN
EFFECTIVE DATE.
DULY PASSED by the City Council of the City of Allen, Texas, on the J01 day of
September, 1979.
APPROVED:
MAYOR
ATTEST:
CITY SE7R
Published in the Allen American Monday September 24 and Thursday,
September 27, 1979•
AFFIDAVIT AND PROOF OF PUBLICATION
THE STATE OF TEXAS
COUNTY OF COLLIN
BEFORE ME, the undersigned authority, on this day personally appeared BUDDY W. CAMPER, who having been
by me duly sworn, on oath deposes and says:
That he is publisher of THE ALLEN AMERICAN, a newspaper published in Collin County, Texas, not less fre-
quently than once a week, having a general circulation in said county, and having been published regularly and con-
tinuously for more than twelve months prior to publishing
of which the attached is a true and written copy, and which was pu} lished in THE ALLEN AMERICAN on
and which was issued on , by
of Collin County, Texas. -A p ted copy o said publication is atached hereto.
SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN to before me this day o , A.D. 19 .
Not Public in and for Collin County, Tex
' Publisher's Fee $ n� Da
=1 AL --NOTICES=
AN ORD16M_-e�jOF THE
-CITY OF ALLEN,. TEXAS,
E ORDINANCE NO. 274
C� J, 1 I
An ordinance of the City of
'Allen, Texas, amending Arti-
cle • VI, _ Division 2, "Speed
Regulations", Section 11-46,
`"Speed in • School - Zones;,
'Signs in School Zones", of the
Allen Vehicle and Traffic.
Code, Ordinance 259 of the H
City of. Allen, Texas;, estab- -
lishing school' zones; estab- i
lisping prima facie maximum -
speed limits -at, 20 miles •peri
hour in such zones during
certain time periods on school -
days; defining "School,i
Days"; making it unlawful to
Pass within, school zones;
i Providing a penalty clause, a
severability clause and an
effective, date.
DULY PASSED by_the City
Council of the City of Allen, "
Texas, on the 20th day of
September, 1979. r'
APPROVED:
J -s-M.B."Pierson, Mayor
ATTEST.
1~ yj "s-Juaaelle Cooksey;
City Secretay
[Published in the Allen Am-
erican on Monday, Sept. 24
and Thursday,, Sept. 27.1 1
ti
AN ORDINANCE OF THE
'PITY OF ALLEN; TEXAS.;
z .
le9a� Notice:
CCITOY OFINANCE OF THEALLEN, TEXAS a
ORDINANCE NO. 274
Anen, Te=eao" :c,e of the City of
All, amending Ay-
cle VI, Don 2, Speed
Regulations", Section, I
Speed '�,I
Signa in S% School I
Allen Vehicle d
of the
Code, Ordinance 269 of the i
ffic
City of Allen, Tem: f th
lishing school zones; estab-
Lshing Prima facie maximum
I -speed limits at 20 mile, per
M hour in ouch zones during
certain time periods on school
days; defining "School
Days";,mkiag"it unlawful to
'Pass within school zones;
pro'vidin8a persalt cGuae a
effecseverability clause- and, as
tive date.
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DULY PASSED by the City
i Council of the City of Allen,
Tia, on the 20th day of 11
September, 1979.
f
-s-M.B.. APPROVED:
Pierson, Mayor
a-JuamellATTEST:
City Secrr Cooksey I
[Published in the Allen Am.
�� oa Monday, Sept. 24
and Thuraday, Sept. 27.1
AFFIDAVIT AND PROOF OF PUBLICATION
THE STATE OF TEXAS
COUNTY OF COLLIN
BEFORE ME, the undersigned authority, on this day personally appeared BUDDY W. CAMPER, who having been
by me duly sworn, on oath deposes and says:
That he is publisher of THE ALLEN AMERICAN, a newspaper published in Collin County, Texas, not less fre-
quently than once a week, having a general circulation in said county, and having been published regularly and con-
tinuously for more than twelve months prior topublishing
of which the attached is a true and written copy, and which was published in THE ALLEN AMERICAN on
and which was issued on , by
of Collin County, Texas. A p ted copy o said publication is a
SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN to before me this day
hereto.
, A.D. 19-25-7
Notary blic in and for Collin County,
Publisher's Fee $ J ! �0 V
Legal Notice:-')'
PUBLIC HEARING
A Public Hearing will be held
Thursday, September 6,1
1979, at 7:30 p.m. at Roun-
tree Library on a request for a'
rate increase proposed by;
,Lone Star Gas Company.
hThe hearing will be held
before the Allen City Council.
Anyone wanting • to speak
"for" or "agi<inst" the propo-
Msal is invited to attend.
-s•Juanelle Cooksey,
_City Secretary,