Ordinance 1993-21
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AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF WYLIE, TEXAS, AMENDING THE
MAXIMUM PRIMA FACIE SPEED LIMITS ON THAT PORTION OF BROWN STEET
LYING BETWEEN BALLARD STREET AND SH 78; AND FURTHER AMENDING
THE MAXIMUM PRIMA FACIE SPEED LIMITS ON THAT PORTION OF NORTH
BALLARD STREET LYING BETWEEN BROWN STREET AND THE DART
RAILROAD TRACKS; REPEALING ALL CONFLICTING ORDINANCES;
CONTAINING A PENALTY CLAUSE; CONTAINING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE;
AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE
WHEREAS, the City has the authority under Section 19.02 of the Wylie City Code and Art.
670ld, Sec. 166 of Vernon's Annotated Civil Statutes, to alter the maximum speed limit on any
street, or alley, or portions thereof, within the City; and,
WHEREAS, the City Council, on the basis of a traffice investigation conducted by the Chief
of Police, has determined that the existing maximum prima facie speed limit of 40 miles per hour
on that portion of North Ballard Street between Brown Street and the DART Railraod Tracks
(formerly the Katy Railroad) should be lowered to 35 miles per hour; and,
WHEREAS, the City Council has likewise, on the basis of a traffic investigation conducted
by the Chief of Police, determined that the existing prima facie speed limit of 30 miles per hour
on East Brown street from Ballard Street to State Highway 78 should be increased to 35 miles
per hour;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
WYLIE, TEXAS, as follows:
SECTION I
That a prima facie maximum speed limit of 35 miles per hour for motor vehicles is hereby
determined and declared to be reasonable and safe, and such maximum speed limit is hereby
fixed as the maximum rate of speed indicated for motor vehicles traveling upon the North Ballard
Street between its intersection with Brown Street and its intersection with the DART railroad
tracks, or any part thereof, and no motor vehicle shall be operated upon or along said portion
of North Ballard Street in excess of such maximum prima facie speed.
SECTION II
That a prima facie maximum speed limit of 35 miles per hour for motor vehicles is hereby
determined and declared to be reasonable and safe, and such maximum speed limit is hereby
fixed as the maximum rate of speed indicated for motor vehicles traveling upon the East Brown
Street between its intersection with Ballard Street and its intersection with the State Highway 78,
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or any part thereof, and no motor vehicle shall be operated upon or along said portion of East
Brown Street in excess of such maximum prima facie speed.
SECTION III
The speed limits herein established shall not be effective or enforcable until signs giving
notice of such regulation are posted upon at the entrances to those portions of the effected streets
or highways, as may be the most appropriate in accordance with the State Department of
Highways and Public Transportation of the State of Texas, and the City Manager or his duly
authorized representative is authorized and directed to cause such appropriate signs to be erected.
SECTION IV
Any person violating the provisions of this ordinance, or any part hereof, shall be gulilty
commits a misdemeanor and, upon conviction shall be fmed in an amount not to exceed the sum
of $350.00 for each such offense.
SECTION V
Should any paragraph, sentence, sub-division, clause, phrase or section of this ordinance be
adjudged or held to be unconstitutional, illegal or invalid the same shall not affect the validity
of this ordinance as a whole or any part or provision thereof, other than the part or parts as
declared to be invalid, illegal, or unconstitutional.
SECTION VI
This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its adoption by the City
Council and publication of its caption as the law and the City Charter provide in such cases.
SECTION VII
That all other ordinances and code provisions in conflict herewith are hereby repealed to the
extent of any such conflict or consistency and all other provisions of the Wylie City Code not
in conflict herewith shall remain in full force and effect.
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SECTION VIII
The repeal of any ordinance, of parts thereof, by the enactment of this Ordinance, shall not
be construed as abandoning any action now pending under or by virtue of such ordinance; nor
shall it have the effect of discontinuing, abating, modifying or altering any penalty accruing or
to accrue, nor as effecting any rights of the municipality under any section or provisions of any
ordinances at the time of passage of this ordinance.
DULY PASSED AND APPROVED by the City Council of the City of Wylie, Texas, this
13th day of April, 1993.
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By wP! d/dJ
W. Akin
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ATTEST: t!t~l1ld&
Mary Nich s
City Secretary /
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