Ordinance 1990-12
ORDINANCE NO.
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AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF WYLIE, TEXAS, ESTABLISHING A
MAXIMUM LAWFUL PRIMA FACIE SPEED LIMIT OF TWENTY (20) MILES PER
HOUR ON VARIOUS STREETS WITHIN THE CITY DURING CERTAIN HOURS ON
SCHOOL DAYS; ESTABLISHING A MAXIMUM LAWFUL PRIMA FACIE SPEED
LIMIT OF TWENTY-FIVE (25) MILES PER HOUR ON STATE HIGHWAY 78 FROM
THE POINT OF ITS INTERSECTION WITH JACKSON STREET TO A POINT FIVE
HUNDRED FIFTY-FIVE (555) FEET SOUTH OF THE POINT OF ITS
INTERSECTION WITH BIRMINGHAM DURING CERTAIN HOURS ON SCHOOL DAYS;
PROVIDING FOR THE ERECTION OF SIGNS; PROVIDING FOR THE REPEAL OF
ORDINANCES NO. 87-60, 89-9 SECTION 1, 88-22 SECTION 1, AND ALL
OTHER ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE;
PROVIDING FOR A PENALTY OF FINE NOT TO EXCEED THE SUM OF TWO
HUNDRED DOLLARS ($200.00) FOR EACH OFFENSE; AND PROVIDING AN
EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, upon the basis of an engineering and traffic
investigation, the City Council of the City of Wylie has
determined that the prima facie maximum speed limit in certain
areas is greater than is reasonable or safe under the conditions
found to exist thereat due the location of public or private
schools in the vicinity, 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 to declare a
reasonable and prudent prima facie maximum speed limit during
certain hours on school days and to direct the City Manager to
give notice thereof by the posting of appropriate signs and
markings; NOW, THEREFORE;
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WYLIE,
TEXAS:
SECTION 1.
The following prima facie maximum speed limits hereafter
indicated for motor vehicles are hereby determined and declared
to be reasonable and safe, and such maximum speed limits are
hereby fixed at the rate of speed indicated for motor vehicles
traveling upon the main street or highway, or parts thereof, and
no motor vehicle shall be operated along or upon said portions of
said named streets or highway within the corporate limits of the
City of wylie in excess of the speeds set forth as follows:
A. Twenty (20) miles per hour between the hours of 7:30
a.m. to 8:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. on school
days on the following streets:
(1) On Stone Road from a point two hundred twenty
(220) feet east of the point of its intersection
with Ballard Street to point one hundred fifty
(150) feet east of the point of its intesection
with Hilltop Street.
(2) On Pirate Drive from the point of its intersection
with Hilltop Street to a point two hundred (200)
feet east of the point of its intersection with
Ballard Street.
(3) On Hilltop Street from the point of its
intersection with pirate Drive to a point two
hundred twenty-five (225) feet south of the point
of its intersection with Stone Road.
(4) On Ballard Street from the point of its
intersection with pirate Drive to a point three
hundred twenty-five (325) feet south of the point
of it intersection with Birmingham Street.
B. Twenty (20) miles per hour between the hours of 7:30
a.m. to 8:30 a.m., 11:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., and 2:30
p.m. to 4:00 p.m. on school days on the following
streets:
(1) On Brown Street from a point one hundred fifty
(150) feet west of the point of its intersection
with Rustic Trail to a point three hundred sixty
(360) feet east of the point of its intersection
with Westgate Way.
(2) On Birmingham Street from the point of its
intersection with Williams Street to the point of
its intersection with Stone Road.
(3) On Kirby street from a point two hundred (200) feet
east of the point of its intersection with Memorial
Drive to the point of its intersection with
Birmingham street.
C. Twenty (20) miles per hour between the hours of 7: 30 a. m.
to 8:30 a.m., 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., and 2:30 p.m. to
4:00 p.m. on school days, on the following streets:
(1) On Springwood Lane from the point of its
intersection with Lanwood Drive to the point of its
intersection with W. A. Allen Boulevard.
(2) On W. A. Allen Boulevard from a point five hundred
fifty (550) feet north of the point of its
intersection with springwood Lane to a point two
hundred fifty (250) feet south of the point of its
intersection with Springwood Lane.
(3) On Brown street from a point four hundred fifty
(450) feet west of the point of its intersection
with W. A. Allen Boulevard to a point four hundred
eighty-five (485) feet east of the point of its
intersection with W. A. Allen Boulevard.
(4) On stone Road from a point four hundred (400) feet
west of the point of its intersection with Allen
Road to a point two hundred fifty (250) feet east
of the point of its intersection with Allen Road.
D. Twenty-five (25) miles per hour between the hours of 7: 30
a.m. to 8:30 a.m., 11:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., and 2:30
p.m. to 4:00 p.m. on school days, on the following
street:
(1) On state Highway 78 from the point of its
intersection with Jackson street to a point five
hundred fifty-five (555) feet south of the point of
its intersection with Birmingham street.
SECTION 2.
The speed limits contained herein shall not be effective until
signs giving notice of such regulations are posted upon or at the
entrances to those portions of the street or highway affected as
may be most appropriate in accordance with the Uniform Manual on
Traffic Control Devices promulgated by 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 to be erected such appropriate signs.
SECTION 3.
That Ordinance No. 87-60, section 1 of Ordinance No. 89-9,
section 1 of Ordinance No. 88-22, and all other ordinances of the
city in conflict with the provisions of this ordinance be, and the
same are hereby, repealed, and all other ordinances of the City not
in conflict with the provisions of this ordinance shall remain in
full force and effect.
SECTION 4.
Should any paragraph, sentence, subdivision, 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 so declared to be invalid, illegal or
unconstitutional.
SECTION 5.
Any person violating any of the provisions of this ordinance
or the speed limits established hereby shall be deemed guilty of a
misdemeanor and, upon conviction in the Municipal Court of the City
of Wylie, Texas, shall be fined in an amount not to exceed the sum
of Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00) for each offense.
SECTION 6.
This ordinance shall take effect immediately from and after
its passage and the publication of the caption as the law and
charter in such cases provide.
of wylie, Texas,
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THE WYLIE NEWS P. O. BOX 369 WYLIE, TEXAS 75098
STATE OF TEXAS 0
COUNTY OF COLLIN 0
Before me, the undersigned authority, on this day personally
appeared Truett Smith, 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
City of wylie ORDINANCE No. 90 12
was published in said newspaper on the following dates to wit:
October 17 ,1990 and ,1990.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this the
day of i C1:0)-(A ,1990 to certify which witness my
hand and seal of office.
CL4 Lt CL
Margaret Cook
Notary Public in and for the
State of Texas
My Commission expires 9 -12 -93
Serving Wideawake Wylie Since 1947
Page 4 Section B THE WYLIE NEWS Wednesday, October 17, 1990
ORDINANCE NO. 90-12
AN ORDINANCE OF THE
CITY OF WYLIE, TEXAS,
ESTABLISHING A MAX-
IMUM LAWFUL PRIMA
FACIE SPEED LIMIT OF
TWENTY (20) MILES PER
HOUR ON VARIOUS
STREETS WITHIN THE
CITY DURING CERTAIN
HOURS ON SCHOOL
DAYS: ESTABLISHING A
MAXIMUM LAWFUL
PRIMA FACIE SPEED
LIMIT OF TWENTY -FIVE
(25) MILES PER HOUR ON
STATE HIGHWAY 78
FROM THE POINT OF ITS
INTERSECTION WITH
JACKSON STREET TO A
POINT FIVE HUNDRED
FIFTY -FIVE (555) FEET
SOUTH OF THE POINT OF
ITS INTERSECTION
WITH BIRMINGHAM
DURING CERTAIN
HOURS ON SCHOOL
DAYS: PROVIDING FOR
THE ERECTION OF
SIGNS: PROVIDING FOR
THE REPEAL OF OR-
DINANCES NO. 87-60, 89-9
SECTION 1, 88-22 SEC-
TION 1, AND ALL OTHER
ORDINANCES IN CON-
FLICT: PROVIDING A
SEVERABILITY CLAUSE;
PROVIDING FOR A
PENALTY OF FINE NOT
TO EXCEED THE SUM OF
TWO HUNDRED
DOLLARS ($200.00) FOR
EACH OFFENSE: AND
PROVIDING AN EFFEC-
TIVE DATE.
DULY PASSED by the City
Council of the City of Wylie,
Texas, on the 28th day of
August, 1990.
APPROVED:
John W. Akin
Mayor
ATTEST: Carolyn Jones
City Secretary