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Ordinance 2006-71ORDINANCE N0.2006-71 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF WYLIE, TEXAS ESTABLISHING A SCHOOL ZONE FORRAYMOND COOPERJR HIGH SCHOOL, 900 HOOPER ROAD IN THE CITY OF WYLIE, TEXAS; ESTABLISHING A PRIMA FACIE MAXIMUM SPEED LIMIT DURING DESIGNATED HOURS IN SUCH ZONE; PROVIDING FOR NOTIFICATION OF THE MAXIMUM SPEED LIMIT BY THE INSTALLATION OF SIGNS AND MARKERS TO REGULATE VEHICULAR SPEED ON HOOPER ROAD; PROVIDING FOR A PENALTY FOR THE VIOLATION OF THIS ORDINANCE; PROVIDING FOR REPEALING, SAVINGS AND SEVERABILITY CLAUSES; PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS ORDINANCE; AND PROVIDING FOR THE PUBLICATION OF THE CAPTION HEREOF. WHEREAS, §545.356 of the Texas Transportation Code provides that whenever the governing body of the municipality 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 prudent under the conditions found to exist at any intersection or other place or upon any part of a street or highway within the City of Wylie, Texas ("Wylie"), taking into consideration, among other things, 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 reasonable and prudent maximum prima facie speed limits 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, §545.302 of the Texas Transportation Code defines a "school crossing zone" as a reduced speed zone designated on a street by a local authority to facilitate safe crossing of the street by children going to or leaving a public or private elementary or secondary school; and WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Wylie, Texas ("City Council") finds it is necessary for the protection and safety for the pedestrian traffic adj acent to Raymond Cooper Jr. High School within Wylie to declare a reduced speed school zone on Hooper Road in the vicinity of the school within Wylie as set forth below. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE ~, CITY OF WYLIE, TEXAS: Ordinance No. 2006-71 School Zone for Raymond Cooper Jr. High °~° SECTION 1: Findin s~ Incorporated. The findings set forth above are incorporated into the body of this Ordinance as if fully set forth herein. SECTION 2: Establishment of Reduced Speed School Zone. Upon the basis of an engineering and traffic investigation, and as authorized by the provisions of, among others, §545.356 of the Texas Transportation Code, a designated school zone is hereby established along Hooper Road, adjacent to Raymond Cooper Jr. High School at 900 Hooper Road, Wylie, Texas and running 500 feet north along Hooper Road from the northern property line of the school and running along Hooper Road from the southern property line of the school to Hensley within Wylie. The prima facie maximum speed limit for the designated school zone shall be twenty (20) miles per hour between the hours of 7:15 and 8:00 A.M. and 2:40 and 3:15 P.M. on days that the school is in session. It shall be unlawful for any person to operate or drive any vehicle at a speed greater than the speed designated or posted, or to overtake or pass any other vehicle in the school zone during the hours indicated upon signs erected in such zone, or whenever children are present in such zone, or when such zone has an alternating flashing light in operation. SECTION 3: Placement of Sims. Signs indicating the speed limits provided herein shall be placed at the most advantageous points to be conspicuous to approaching vehicular traffic in accordance with the Uniform Manual on Traffic Control Devices, as amended, promulgated by the state department of transportation. The signs shall be permanently affixed to a stationery post or installed on permanent buildings or walls or as otherwise approved. The signs shall in no way °m~ be obstructed from view and shall comply with applicable state laws. The Chief of Police, or his/her authorized representative, is authorized and directed to cause to be erected such appropriate signs. SECTION 4: Savings/RepealingClauw. All provisions of any ordinance in conflict with this Ordinance are hereby repealed to the extent they are in conflict; but such repeal shall not abate any pending prosecution for violation of the repealed ordinance, nor shall the repeal prevent a prosecution from being commenced for any violation if occurring prior to the repeal of the ordinance. Any remaining portions of said ordinances shall remain in full force and effect. SECTION 5: Severability. Should any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this Ordinance be declared unconstitutional or invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, it is expressly provided that any and all remaining portions of this Ordinance shall remain in full force and effect. Wylie hereby declares that it would have passed this Ordinance, and each section, subsection, clause or phrase thereof irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, subsections, sentences, clauses and phrases be declared unconstitutional or invalid. SECTION 6: Penalty Provision. Any person violating this Ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined a sum of not less than One Dollar ($1.00) nor more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) or as otherwise allowed by State law. The penal provisions imposed under this Ordinance shall not preclude Wylie from filing suit to enjoin a violation. Wylie retains all legal rights and remedies available to it pursuant to local, state and federal law. SECTION 7: Effective Date. This Ordinance shall be effective upon its passage and Ordinance No. 2006-71 School Zone for Raymond Cooper Jr. High SECTION 7: Effective Date. This Ordinance shall be effective upon its passage and publication as required by law. DULY PASSED AND APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WYLIE, TEXAS, on this 12`" day of December, 2006. NDY, Mayor `~~~,~~ ~ ~ ~~` . y °• .a • ~, ATTESTED AND CORRECTLY e, '•~~ ~':~ ~ G~~` ••• ~ RECORDED: >, ~-- ~~ _ ~' ;~ ` . ~bo_ __. _ _ ~ _ __~~_~ 4~° ~. C l ~< ~s ••• ••E, ti~ ~`. ~y° v.r `P~ ~~. ~~' `~ aro e Ehrlich, ity Secretary ~ EX ~.~ ~•~, ~ ~~ , ! Date of publication in The Wylie News -December 20 2006 Ordinance No. 2006-71 School Zone for Raymond Cooper Jr. High ~ C8S'Media, Inc. ~ ~~fje ~'artner~bille ~Gimeg • Murphy Monitor • The Princeton Herald • The Sachse News • THE WYLIE NEWS 3 a STATE OF TEXAS ~ a y~~ COUNTY OF COLLIN Before me, the undersigned authority, on this day personally appeared Chad Engbrock, publisher 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 foregoing attached City of Wylie Ordinances Numbers 2006-71, 2006-73 and 2006-74 was published in said newspaper on the following dates, to-wit: December 20, 200 _ ! Chad Engbrock, Publisher I- ~ Subscribed and sworn before me on this, the ~ l~ ~ day of ' 1~ 2006 to certify which witness my hand and seal of office. ,..~;wr?~;o MARY SWANK N tary Public in and for ~4~` Notary Public, State of Texas ',~JS= My Commission Expires The State of Texas '~~i~lFpjtE~P~`` September 22, 2010 ( lllll~\\\ My commission expires ~ Q ~ ~ ~z.~.. . . DEC 2, ~ t'~i~~ ~,t. ~ _ ~ tF Murphy/Sachse/Wylie Office • 110 N. Ballard • P.O. Box 369 • Wylie, TX 75098 • 972-442-5515 • fax 972-442-4318 Farmersville/Princeton Office • 101 S. Main • P.O. Box 512 • Fuinersville, 7'X 75442 • 972-784-C397 • fax 972-782-7023 ORDINANCE N0. 2006-71 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF WYLIE, TEXAS ESTABLISHING A SCHOOL ZONE FOR RAYMOND COOPER JR. HIGH SCHOOL, 9(10 HOOPER ROAD IN THE CITY OF WYLIE, TBXAS.; ESTABLISH- ING A PRIMA FAC[E MAXIMUM SPEED LINIIT DURING DESIG- NATED HOURS 1N SUCH ZONE; PROVID- TNG FOR NOTIFICA- TION OF THE MAXI- MUM SPEED LIM1T BY THE INSTALLATION OF SIGNS AND MARKERS TO REGULATE VEI-~C- ULAR SPEED ON I'IOnPER RQAD; PRO- VIDING FOR A PENAL- TY EOR THE VIC?LA- T[UN OF THIS ORDI- NANCE; PR4~IDING FOR REPEALiNG, SAV- INGS AND SEVER;ABIL- ITY CL~USES; PRUVID- ; INt^"a, ~ F!'~1~.~ ~A I~ ~;F~aC- TI~'E DATE OF THIS . ORDINANCE; AND PROVIDWG FUR THE PUBLI~ATION OF THE ~ CAPTION HEREOF.