Ordinance 2008-28 ORDINANCE NO. 2008-28
f~ AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF WYLIE, TEXAS, AMENDING
SECTION 2 OF ORDINANCE NO. 2007-36 AND ARTICLE IV,
SECTION 110-133 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES,
ESTABLISHING A SCHOOL ZONE FOR CERTAIN STREETS;
ESTABLISHING PRIMA FACIE MAXIMUM SPEED LIMITS
DURING SCHOOL ZONE HOURS IN SUCH ZONE; REQUIRING
THAT THE CITY ENGINEER ESTABLISH THE APPROPRIATE
SCHOOL ZONE TIMES; PROVIDING FOR INSTALLATION OF
SIGNS AND MARKINGS; REGULATING VEHICULAR AND
PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC; PROVIDING FOR A PENALTY FOR THE
VIOLATION OF THIS ORDINANCE; PROVIDING FOR
REPEALING, SAVINGS AND SEVERABILITY CLAUSES; AND
PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS ORDINANCE.
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Wylie, Texas ("City Council") finds it necessary
to amend Section 2 of Ordinance No. 2007-36 and Article IV, Section 110- 133of the Code of
Ordinances to coordinate with the change in school attendance times and to establish maximum
speed limits within the areas and at the locations named and designated in the body of this
Ordinance, all within the corparate limits of the City of Wylie, Texas (the "C~"), and in the
immediate vicinity of school areas, during periods of time, which shall be set by the City's Engineer,
when the schools are in session and school children are going to and from schools and playgrounds;
and
WHEREAS, the City Council finds that it is necessary for the protection and safery of
pedestrians crossing streets in school areas to establish maximum speed limits and to prohibit the
overtaking and passing of motor vehicles within the school zone; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has investigated and determined that it would be advantageous
and beneficial to the citizens of the City to amend Section 2 of Ordinance No. 2007-36 and Article
IV, Section I 10- 133of of the Code of Ordinances as set forth below.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF WYLIE, TEXAS:
SECTION 1: Findin sg Incorporated. The findings set forth above are incorporated into the
body of this Ordinance as if fully set forth herein.
SECTION 2: AMENDMENT TO SECTION 2 OF WYLIE ORDINANCE NO. 2007-36
AND ARTICLE N. SECTION 110-133 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES. Wylie Ordinance No.
2007-36, Section 2 and Article IV, Section 110-133 of the Code of Ordinances are hereby amended
as follows:
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"School Zones
~ a) Vehicle speed und operution generally: 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 any school zone as may be marked or
designated within the City during the hours indicated upon signs erected in such
zone, or whenever children are present in such zones, or when such zones have an
alternating flashing light in operation.
b) Speed limits: The following prima facie maximum speed limits hereinafter indicated
for motor vehicles are hereby determined and declared to be reasonable and safe.
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 of the main street or
highway, and no motor vehicle shall be operated along or upon such portions of the
named streets or highways within the corporate limits of the City in excess of the
speeds set forth as follows:
1) Twenty (20) miles per hour on school days, on the following streets:
a. On Brown Street from a point one hundred fifty feet (150') west of
the point of its intersection with Rustic Trail to a point three hundred
sixty feet (360') east of the point of its intersection with Westgate
Way.
b. On Birmingham Street from the point of its intersection with
Williams Street, one hundred fifty feet (150') south to the point of its
intersection with West Stone Road.
c. On Park Boulevard from the intersection of Westgate Way, west to
the intersection of Country Club (FM 1378).
d. On Westgate Way from the intersection of Park Boulevard, south one
hundred fifty feet (150').
e. On Westgate Way (1260') north of the intersection of Brown St.,
and (1170') south of the intersection ~of Brown St.
2) Twenty (20) miles per hour on school days, on the following streets:
a. On Kirby Street from a point two hundred feet (200') east of the point
of its intersection with Memorial Drive to the point of its intersection
with Birmingham Street.
b. On Springwood Lane from the point of its intersection with Lanwood
Drive to the point of its intersection with W.A. Allen Boulevard.
c. On Lanwood Drive from a point five hundred twenty five feet (525')
north of its intersection with Springwood Lane, south to the point of
its intersection with Heatherwood Lane.
d. On Heatherwood Lane from its intersection with Lanwood Drive to
~ two hundred fifty feet (250') west of intersection with Castlewood
Drive.
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e. On W.A. Allen Boulevard from a point one thousand feet (1000)
north of the point of its intersection with Springwood Lane to a point
m~ two-tenths (2/10) of a mile south to the intersection of Stone Road.
f. On Stone Road from a point four hundred feet (400') west of the point
of its intersection with Allen Road to a point east of the point of its
intersection to Stonehedge Drive.
g. On Lanwood Drive west to Castlewood Drive.
h. On Heatherwood Drive from W.A. Allen to the intersection of
Lanwood Drive.
i. On Heatherwood Drive, south two hundred fifty feet (250') to the
intersection of Bentwood Drive.
j. On Park Boulevard from the intersection of Country Club Road, west
one hundred fifty feet (150').
k. On Cheyenne Road from Park Boulevard, north to one hundred fifty
feet (150') north of the intersection of Tuscalosa Drive.
1. On Tuscalosa Drive from the intersection of Cheyenne Road, east five
hundred feet (500').
m. On McCreary Road from the intersection of Riverway Lane, south one
thousand feet (1000'
n. On McCreary Road from the intersection of Riverway Lane, north one
thousand feet (1000').
o. On Riverway Lane from McCreary Road, east two-tenths (2/10) of a
mile to one hundred feet (100') west of the intersection of
~ Meandering Drive.
p. On Appalachian Drive from the intersection of Riverway Lane, south
one hundred fifty feet (150').
q. On Springtide Drive from the intersection of Riverway Lane, north
one hundred fifty feet (150'
3) Thirty-five (35) miles per hour on school days, on the following streets:
a. On Country Club Road from the intersection of Park Boulevard,
south five hundred feet (500').
b. On Country Club Road from the intersection of Park Boulevard, north
one thousand feet (1000'
4) Twenty (20) miles per hour on school days, on the following streets:
a. On Pirate Drive from the point of its intersection with Hilltop Street
to a point of its intersection with Ballard Street.
b. On Hilltop Street from the point of its intersection with Pirate Drive
to a point of its intersection with Stone Road.
c. On Kirby Street from the intersection of Birmingham, east to Ballard
Street.
L~~ d. On Ballard Street from the intersection of Stone Road, south to two
hundred feet (200') north of the intersection of Stoneybrook Drive.
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5) Twenty (20) miles per hour on school days, on the following streets:
a. On Wylie East Drive to a point one thausand feet (1000' ) north of the
intersection of Brown St. and one hundred feet (100') south of Brown
St.
b. On Brown St. to a point one hundred feet (100' ) west of the
intersection of Wylie East Drive
6) Twenty (20) miles per hour on school days, on the following streets:
a. On 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 appropriate hours of enforcement for such maximum speed limits shall be set by
the City's Engineer. The speed limits contained in this section 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, as amended, promulgated by the state department of
transportation. The city manager or his duly authorized representative is authorized and
~ directed to cause to be erected such appropriate signs."
SECTION 4: Penalt~Provision. Any person, firm, corporation or entity violating this
Ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined a
sum not exceeding Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00). Each continuing day's violation or separate act
under this Ordinance shall constitute a separate offense. The penal provisions imposed under this
Ordinance shall not preclude Wylie from filing suit to enjoin the violation. Wylie retains all legal
rights and remedies available to it pursuant to local, state and federal law.
SECTION 5: Savin s~ /Repealing Clause. 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 6: Severabilitv. 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 hereof irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, subsections, sentences,
clauses, and phrases be declared unconstitutional or invalid.
tte~ SECTION 7: Effective Date. This Ordinance shall become effective from and after its
adoption and publication as required by the Wylie City Charter and by law.
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DULY PASSED AND APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
WYLIE, TEXAS on this 10`h day of June, 2008.
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Date of ~ublication in The Wvlie News - June 18, 2008
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Before me, the undersigned authority, on this day personal(y 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 - Ordinance No. 2008-27 and Ordinance No. 2008-28
was published in said newspaper on the following dates, to-wit:
June 18, 2008.
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Chad Engbrock, Publisher
Subscribed and sworn before me on this, the day of `~il I 1/V\ e. , 2008
to certify which witness my hand and seal of office.
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~~~~Pyp~~i~ MARY SWANK
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pdotary Public, State of Texas
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The State of Texas
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RECEIVED
JUL O 1 2008
FINAt~C,~
Murphy/SachselWylie Office • I 10 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 • Fam~sville, TX 75442 • 972-784-6397 • fa~c 972-782-7023
June 18-19, 2008 7B
ORDINANGE
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AN ~RUINAN+~E OF "fHE
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AMEND~NG SEC'I'tON 2 UF
,O~'3INANC~; Nd. 20tYI-36
AND;ARTICL.~ IV, ~6C.TiON
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Qi~INAN~ES> E$'E`AB-
LI$~1F'i'A SCHOOt. ZONE
FQR CERT~ STR~ETS;
ES'TABLISH~NCi PRIIViA
FAG~ ivIAXIIvItJM SPEED
LTNITTS, AL~G SCHOdL
ZONE HQURS : ~N SUCH
ZpNE; REQtT'~tiN~ THAT
'THE CITX BNGINEER
ES'FABLIS~I ~ APFItO-
PRIATE SCHQOL ZEJNE
TIME$; PR4VIDING FOR
IN3TALLATION OF SIGNS
AND ;MARKINGS; REGU-
LATING VEHICULAR.AND
PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC;
PROVIDING FOR A PENAL-
TY FOR THE VIOLATION
OF THIS QRDINANCE;
PROVIDING FOR REPEAL-
ING, SAVII~IGS AND SEVER-
ABILITY CLAUSES; AND
PROVIDING FOR AN
EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS
O R D I N A N C E.
Eric Hogue, Mayor
AITEST:
Carole Ehrlich,
City Secretary ,
( 5-1t-339-70li