Ordinance 1989-19
ORDINANCE NO.
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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:/,
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ATTEST:
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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
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was published in said newspaper on the following dates to wit:
September 20 1989 and 1989
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„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
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