O-2232-10-03ORDINANCE NO. 2232-10-03
' 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," DIVISION 2, "SPEED REGULATIONS," SECTION 9-137(b), TO
AMEND SUBSECTION (1) TO DESIGNATE CERTAIN PORTIONS OF
GREENVILLE AVENUE AS A SCHOOL ZONE FOR LOWERY FRESHMAN
CENTER WITH A MAXIMUM PRIMA FACIE SPEED LIMIT OF TWENTY-FIVE
(25) 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 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, taldng 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, the following prima facie speed limits hereafter indicated for vehicles we 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(b) in part, to amend subsection (1) to designate portions of Greenville Avenue as
school zones for Lowery Freshman Center with a maximum prima facie speed limit of twenty-five (25) miles
per hour for motor vehicles, to read as follows:
"Sec. 9-137 School zones; signs.
(b) In accordance with ...
1 (1) Lowery Freshman Center:
a. Twenty-five (25) miles per hour
1. Beginning at a point on Main Street (FM 2170), three
' hundred thirty (330) feet west of the intersection of Main
Street and Jupiter Road, and continuing in an easterly
direction on Main Street to a point seven hundred sixty-four
(764 feet east of the intersection of Main Street and Jupiter
Road.
2. Beginning at a point on Greenville Avenue four hundred
(400) feet north of the intersection of Greenville Avenue and
Jupiter Road and continuing in a southerly direction to a
point four hundred (400) feet south of the intersection of
Greenville Avenue and Jupiter Road.
b. Twenty (20) miles per how.
I. Beginning at a point on Jupiter Road at the intersection of
Jupiter Road and Greenville Avenue (SH 5) and continuing
in a southerly direction to a point two hundred fifteen (215)
feet south of the intersection of Jupiter Road and Main
Street (FM 2170).
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.
SECITON 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.
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DULY PASSED AND APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ALLEN, COLLIN
COUNTY, TEXAS, ON THIS THE 20 DAY OF OCTOBER 2003.
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Peter G. Smith, CITY ATTORNEY
APPROVED:
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Sie-phafTerrell, MAYOR
ATTEST:
Shelley B. George, C, CITY SECRETARY
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