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Ordinance 1989-19 ORDINANCE NO. f7-/ f .. , AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF WYLIE, TEXAS, ESTABLISHING MAXIMUM LAWFUL PRIMA FACIE SPEED LIMITS AT CERTAIN LOCATIONS ON STONE ROAD, SOUTH BALLARD A VENUE, BROWN STREET, OLD HIGHWAY NO. 78, A ND McCREA RY ROAD; PROVIDING FOR THE ERECTION OF SIGNS; PROVIDING FOR THE REPEAL OF ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT, EXCEPT OllDlNANCES DESIGNATING SCHOOL ZONES AND SPEED LIMITS THEREIN FOR BROWN STREET AND STONE STREET; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING A PENALTY OF FINE NOT TO EXCEED THE SUM OF FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($500.00) FOR EACH OFFENSE; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, upon the basis of an engineering traffic investigation, the City Council of the City of Wylie has determined that the maximum lawful prima facie speed limit on the streets named hereafter and in the locations described should be established at a level that is reasonable and safe under the conditions found to exist thereat taking into consideration the width and condition of the street and other circumstances, as well as the usual traffic thereon; and WHEREAS, the City Council has determined a maximum lawful prima facie speed limit at such locations and desires to give notice thereof by the posting of appropriate signs; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WYLIE, TEXAS: SECTION 1. Except for the school zones and speed limits therein established by Ordinances No. 89-9 and 87-60 for East Brown Street and Stone Street, respectively, the following prima facie maximum speed limits are determined and declared to be reasonable and safe for the street or highway or parts thereof named, and no person shall drive or operate any motor vehicle upon any such street or highway or part thereof in excess of such speed limits, and the operation of any motor vehicle at any speed in excess of such speed limits shall be prima facie evidence that such speed is unreasonable and imprudent and is unlawful. Such prima facie maximum speed limits are as follows: STREET EXTENT SPEED (mpb) Stone Road Beginning at a point which lies 1,170 feet West of the centerline of Stonehenge Drive, said point being the point at which F .M. 544 E. departs from Stone Road, and extending East a total distance of 2,690 feet to the most Easterly City Limit of Wylie, said point being the East line of the City of Wylie Rush Creek Lift Station property 40 S. Ballard A venue Beginning at the South right-of-way line of Stone Road (F. M. 544 E.) and extending 2,090 feet South to the South right-of-way line of the existing alleyway South of Stoneybrook Drive (148.4 feet South of the South right- of-way of Stoneybrook Drive) 30 S. Ballard Avenue Beginning at the South right-of way line of an existing alleyway, South of Stoneybrook Drive (148.4 feet South of the South right-of-way line of Stoneybrook Drive) and extending South a distance of 2,400 feet to the South line of Twin Lakes Subdivision (135 feet South of the South right-of way line of Martin Drive) 40 Brown Street Beginning at the East right-of-way of State Highway No. 78 and extending East a distance of 4,220 feet to the East line of Eastridge Addition (482.95 feet East of the East right-of-way line of W.A. Alle n Boulevard) 35 Brown Street Beginning at the East line of Eastridge Addition (482.95 feet East of the East right-of-way line of W.A. Allen Boulevard) and extending East a distance of 5,060 feet to the point where Old Highway No. 78 departs from Brown Street 45 Old Highway No. 78 Beginning at the point where Old Highway No. 78 departs from Brown Street and extending Northeast a distance of 2,650 feet to the South right-of-way line of State Highway No. 78 45 McCreary Road Beginning at the North right-of-way line of F.M. Highway No. 544 and extending North a distance of 8,570 feet to the Northern most City Limits, said point being the North property line of the Southfork Mobile Home Park and the right-of-way line of McMillen Road 45 SECTION 2. The speed limits designated herein shall not be effective unless and until appropriate signs are erected in accordance with the Uniform Manual on Traffic Control Devices promulgated by the State Department of Highways and Public Transportation, and the City Manager or designee is hereby authorized and directed to cause such signs to be erected. SECTION 3. Except for the school zones and twenty (20) miles per hour speed limit established in Ordinance No. 89-9 for East Brown Street and in Ordinance No. 87-60 for Stone Street, any and all ordinances or parts of ordinances of the City of Wylie, Texas, in conflict with the provisions of this ordinance are hereby repealed. SECTION 4. Should any paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase of this ordinance be declared invalid or unconstitutional for any reason, the remaining portions of this ordinance shall remain in full force and effect, and are declared to be severable. SECTION 5. Any person, firm or corporation violating any provision of this ordinance shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction in the Municipal Court of the City of Wylie, Texas, shall be subject to a fine not to exceed the sum of Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) for each offense. SECTION 6. This ordinance shall take effect immediately from and after its passage and the publication of its caption as the law and charter in such cases provide. DULY PASSED by the City Council of the City of Wylie, Texas, on the / c1 day of j~t~ . 1989. . ' APPROVED:/, / / L/ G::(~::::______._ ~- MAYOR ATTEST: RLD/sb 8/24/89 THE WYLIE NEWS P. O. BOX 369 WYLIE, TEXAS 76088 STATE OF TEXAS COUNTY OF COLLIN Before me, the undersigned authority, on this day personally appeared Scott Dorsey, of the Wylie News, a newspaper regularly published in Collin County, Texas and having general circulation in Collin County, Texas who being by me duly sworn deposed and says that the forgoing attached ►6• f i•- was published in said newspaper on the following dates to wit: September 20 1989 and 1989 J, e U „AIL Subscribed and sworn to before me this the a day of fk.,, 1989 to certify which witness my hand and seal of office. Ti\c" A IHIVI,UP N Margaret ook Notary Public in and for the State of Texas My Commission expires 9 -12 -q3 Serving Wideawake Wylie Since 1947 Wednesday, September 20, 1989 THE WYLIE NEWS Section B Page 5 ORDINANCE NO. 89-19 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF WYLIE, TEXAS, ESTABLISHING MAX- IMUM LAWFUL PRIMA FACIE SPEED LIMITS AT CERTAIN LOCATIONS ON STONE ROAD, SOUTH BALLARD AVENUE, BROWN STREET, OLD HIGHWAY NO. 78, AND MCCREARY ROAD; PRO- VIDING FOR THE EREC- TION OF SIGNS; PRO- VIDING FOR THE REPEAL OF ALL OR- DINANCES IN CONFLICT, EXCEPT ORDINANCES DESIGNATING SCHOOL ZONES AND SPEED LIMITS THEREIN FOR BROWN STREET AND STONE STREET; PRO- VIDING A SEVERABILI- TY CLAUSE; PROVIDING A PENALTY OF FINE NOT TO EXCEED THE SUM OF FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($500.00) FOR EACH OFFENSE; AND PROVIDING AN EFFEC- TIVE DATE. Duly Passed by the City Council of the City of Wylie, Texas, on the 12th day of September, 1989. Approved Chuck Trimble Attest: Carolyn Jones 15 -1t-c.