Ordinance 2016-16 ORDINANCE NO.2016-16
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF WYLIE, TEXAS, AMENDING
ORDINANCE NO. 2007-36 AND ARTICLE IV (SPEED) OF SECTION
110-133 (SCHOOL ZONES), OF THE WYLIE CODE OF ORDINANCES,
ESTABLISHING A SCHOOL ZONE FOR CERTAIN STREETS;
ESTABLISHING PRIMA FACIE MAXIMUM SPEED LIMITS DURING
SCHOOL HOURS IN SUCH ZONE; 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; 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" or "Ciff"), taking into
consideration, among other things, whether the highway is a two-lane, undivided 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, §541.302 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 during the time the reduced speed limit applies; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Wylie, Texas ("City Council") finds it
necessary to amend Ordinance No. 2007-36 and Article IV (Speed) of Section 110-133 (School
Zones) of the Wylie 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 corporate limits of the City, 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 safety 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 Ordinance No. 2007-36 and
Ordinance No.2016-16- A School Zone For Certain Streets;
Establishing Prima Facie Maximum Speed Limits During School Hours In Such Zone
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Article IV (Speed) of Section 110-133 (School Zones) of the Wylie Code of Ordinances as set
forth below.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF WYLIE,TEXAS:
SECTION 1: Findings Incorporated. The findings set forth above are incorporated into
the body of this Ordinance as,if fully set forth herein.
SECTION 2: Amendment to Ordinance No. 2007-36 and Article IV (Speed) of Section
110-133 (School Zones) of the Wylie Code of Ordinances. Ordinance No. 2007-36 and Article
IV (Speed) of Section 110-133 (School Zones) of the Wylie Code of Ordinances, are hereby
amended to read as follows:
"Sec. 110-133. School Zones
a) Vehicle speed and operation 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 Miles per hour, during specified times on school days on
the following streets:
AKIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
a. On Springwood Lane from the point of its intersection with
Lanwood Drive to the point of its intersection with W.A. Allen
Boulevard.
b. On Lanwood Drive from the point of its intersection with Foxwood
Lane south to the point of its intersection with Heatherwood Lane.
c. On Heatherwood Lane from the point of its intersection with W.A.
Allen Boulevard west to a point 250 feet west of its intersection
with Castlewood Drive.
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d. On W.A. Allen Boulevard from a point 100 feet north of its
intersection with Surrey Circle south to its intersection with Stone
Road.
e. On Foxwood Lane from its intersection with Castlewood Drive to
its intersection with Lanwood Drive.
f. On Stone Road from its intersection with Stonehedge Drive to a
point 400 feet west if its intersection with W.A. Allen Boulevard.
BIRMINGHAM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
a. On Brown Street from a point 150 feet west of its intersection with
Rustic Trail to a point 360 feet west of its intersection with
Westgate Way.
b. On Westgate Way from a point 1260 feet north of its intersection
with Brown Street to a point 1170 feet south of its intersection with
Brown Street.
BURNETT JR HIGH SCHOOL
a. On Pirate Drive from its intersection with Hilltop Street to its
intersection with Ballard Street.
b. On Hilltop Street from its intersection with Pirate Drive to its
intersection with Stone Road.
c. On Stone Road from its intersection with 2"d Street to its
intersection with Dogwood Drive.
COOPER JR HIGH SCHOOL/DRAPER INTERMEDIATE
a. On Hooper Road from its intersection with New Hensley Lane
south to its intersection with Old Hensley Lane.
b. On the southbound lanes of Woodbridge Parkway 500 feet north of
its intersection with New Hensley Lane south to its intersection
with New Hensley Lane.
c. On the northbound lanes of Woodbridge Parkway from its
intersection with New Hensley Lane to the north property line of
the Broad Stone Apartments.
d. On New Hensley Lane from its intersection with Woodbridge
Parkway east to a point 400 feet east of the east property line of
Cooper Jr. High School.
DODD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
a. On Cheyenne Road from its intersection with Park Boulevard to a
point 150 feet south of its intersection with Barbour Drive.
b. On Tuscalosa Drive from its intersection with Cheyenne Road to a
point 200 feet east of the intersection.
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c. On Park Boulevard from a point 400 feet east of its intersection
with Country Club to a point 150 feet east of its intersection with
Mobile Lane.
GROVES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
a. On McCreary Road from a point 800 feet south of its intersection
with Riverway Lane north to a point 800 feet north of its
intersection with Riverway Lane.
b. On Riverway Lane from its intersection with McCreary Road east
to a point 150 feet west of the intersection with Meandering Drive.
c. On Appalachian Drive from its intersection with Riverway Lane to
a point 150 feet south of the intersection.
d. On Springtide Drive from its intersection with Riverway Lane to a
point 150 feet north of the intersection.
HARRISON INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL
a. On Ballard from its intersection with Stone Road south to a point
200 feet north of its intersection with Stoneybrook Drive.
HARTMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
a. On Birmingham Street from its intersection with Williams Street to
its intersection with W. Stone Road.
b. On Kirby Street from a point 200 feet east of its intersection with
Memorial Drive to its intersection with S. Ballard Avenue.
MCMILLAN JR HIGH SCHOOL/DAVIS INTERMEDIATE
a. On Park Boulevard from the intersection with Westgate Way, west
to a point 150 west of its intersection with Mobile Lane.
b. On Westgate Way from its intersection with Park Boulevard south
150 feet.
WATKINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
a. On Elm Road from its intersection with FM 544 west to a point
400 feet west of its intersection with Timber Falls Drive.
b. On Timber Falls Drive from its intersection with Elm Road, south
200 feet.
WYLIE EAST HIGH SCHOOL
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a. On Wylie East Drive from a point 1000 feet north of its
intersection with Brown Street to a point 100 feet south of the
Brown Street intersection.
b. On Brown, from its intersection with Wylie East Drive to a point
100 feet west of the intersection.
WYLIE HIGH SCHOOL
a. On Woodbridge Parkway from a point 200 feet south of its
intersection with FM 544 to a point 100 feet south of the third
median opening south of FM 544.
(2) Thirty Miles per hour, during specified times on school days on the
following streets:
SMITH ELEMENTARY
a. On Country Club Drive from a point 200 feet north of its
intersection with Lakeway Drive to a point 200 feet south of its
intersection with Boxwood Lane.
As a result of the frequent changes to elementary and secondary public and
private school start and end times, the appropriate hours of enforcement for
school zone maximum speed limits shall be set by the City's Engineer. The
maximum speed limits in a school zone shall be set in accordance with the Texas
Department of Transportation recommendations, unless set forth and posted
otherwise as determined 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 3: Penalty 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), unless the violation relates to fire safety,
zoning or public health and sanitation, including dumping and refuse, in which the fine shall not
exceed the sum of TWO THOUSAND AND NO/100 DOLLARS ($2,000.00). 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 4: Savings/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
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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 hereof irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections,
subsections, sentences, clauses, and phrases be declared unconstitutional or invalid.
SECTION 6: Effective Date. This Ordinance shall become effective from and after its
adoption and publication as required by the Wylie City Charter and by law.
DULY PASSED AND APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
WYLIE,TEXAS on this 9th day of August,2016.
Eric Hogue, Ma or
ATTESTED TO AND
CORRECTLY RECORDED BY: j
C ole Ehrlich, City Secretary
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MEMO
TO : Chris Holsted, City Engineer, City of Wylie
FROM : Tom Walton, Consulting Traffic Engineer
DATE : 03/25/16
SUBJECT : Wylie High School Pedestrian Crossing
The investigation of the situation and needed improvements for a pedestrian crossing on
Woodbridge Pkwy west of Wylie High School will involve the following steps:
• Determine pedestrian and vehicle volume and speed information.
• Determine need and establish new School Zone by ordinance
• Install signing and pavement markings for School Zone including flashers
• Install pedestrian walking and waiting facilities approaching and at the crossing
location.
• Install signing and pavement markings for crossing including flashers.
• Implement School Zone and Crossing.
• Monitor and determine effectiveness of new improvements.
Existing Conditions:
The vehicular and pedestrian volume counts on Woodbridge Pkwy just south of the FM
544 intersection were completed during the week of Marchl4th 2016. The East and
Westbound pedestrian traffic was monitored from 8:15am to 9:00am and from 11:45am
to 2:30pm. The vehicular traffic volumes both northbound and southbound on
Woodbridge Pkwy were counted for the entire day and the volumes for the same hours as
the pedestrian counts will be used in the study. The results of the volume counts are as
follows:
Pedestrian volume Vehicular volume
8:15am-9:00am 170 1230
11:30-12:00 76 230
12:00-1:00pm 167 714
1:00-2:00pm 177 743
2:00-2:30pm 51 359
The operating speed of traffic on Woodbridge Pkwy was also measured along with the
volume. The 85'percentile speed of traffic is 38.5 Mph.
South of its intersection with FM544,Woodbridge Pkwy is a four lane divided road with
a grass median bordered by a concrete curb and gutter. The median varies in width from
15 ft.just north of the first median opening south of FM544 to 39 ft.just north of the
second median opening south of FM 544. There is a right turn lane for southbound
traffic approaching the driveway opposite the second median opening. Just north of the
second median opening the northbound pavement is 25 ft.wide while the southbound
pavement is 36 ft.wide including the right turn lane. There are no vertical or horizontal
obstructions to visibility along the entire length of Woodbridge Pkwy along the west side
of the high school.
The pedestrian crossings that were monitored are located in the vicinity of the second
median opening south of FM 544. The majority of the crossings happen on the north side
of the median opening entering and leaving the school property between the second and
third driveways on the east side of the street.
SCHOOL Zones
The primary purpose of a school speed reduction zone is to provide protection for
pedestrian children crossing a street in the vicinity of a school. Enforcement of the
zone is provided b an ordinance that specifies location and area of coverage of the
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zone,the required speed limit and the times of effectiveness of the regulation. The
need for a zone diminishes with an increase in the age of the children crossing. Many
times school zones are not used for high schools. An exception is when there are a
significant number of children,crossing a major roadway with large vehicular volume
and high operating speed.
Based upon the pedestrian and vehicular volumes given above there is a need for
school speed zone protection on the section of Woodbridge Pkwy along the west side
of the Wylie High School. The times when the regulation needs to be effective are
from 8:15am to 9:15am and again from 11:15 am to 2:45 pm. The zone should
extend along both directions of Woodbridge Pkwy from a point 200 ft. south of its
intersection with FM 544 to a point 100ft south of the third median opening south of
FM 544. An amendment to the existing school zone ordinance should be approved
by the City Council to establish the new 20 MPH school zone on Woodbridge.
Crossing site paving improvements
At the present time there are no pedestrian facilities along the east side of
Woodbridge Pkwy in the area west of the high school.
A designated pedestrian crossing should be clearly visible, attractive and accessible.
There should be areas behind the curbs on both the east and west sides of the street to
accommodate a number of pedestrians waiting for a gap in traffic on the street. There
should also be a similar area in the median. This will allow those crossing to deal
with traffic in each direction separately.
A 6 ft. wide sidewalk should be built along the east side of Woodbridge Pkwy. It
should extend from the west end of the existing walk along the south side of the
parking lot in front of the school southward to the north side of the third drive south
of FM 544. The walk should be at least 6 ft. back from the curb on the street. An 8
ft. wide concrete pad should be built between the sidewalk and the curb on the east
side of the street opposite the median nose on the north side of the second median
opening south of FM 544. A similar concrete pad 8 ft. wide by 6 ft. deep should be
built behind the curb on the west side of the street. In the median of the street, an
8ft.wide concrete pad should be built along the north side of the pavestone area at the
nose of median just north of the second median opening. The pad should extend from
curb to curb across the median.
Pavement Markings
The pavement markings needed to establish the proposed school zone and the
pedestrian crossing are as follows:
• Install a 12 inch wide white stripe across both the southbound and
northbound lanes of Woodbridge Pkwy at a point 200 ft. south of its
intersection with FM 544.
• Install a 12 inch wide white stripe across both the northbound and
southbound lanes of Woodbridge Pkwy 100 ft. south of the median nose on
the south side of the third median opening south of FM 544.
• Install a Continental Crosswalk across the northbound lanes of Woodbridge
Pkwy from the 81 concrete pad in the median to the 8ft.wide concrete pad
on the east side of the road. The crosswalk is made up of 8ft. long by 24 inch
wide white stripes running parallel to the direction of traffic flow and spaced
24 inches apart.
• Install a Continental Crosswalk across the southbound lanes of Woodbridge
Pkwy from the 8ft. wide concrete pad in the median to the 8 ft.wide concrete
pad on the west side of the road.
Traffic Signs and Flashers
Due to the relatively high volumes of both vehicular and pedestrian traffic during the
crossing periods and the speed of traffic by the site it will be best to have flashing lights
to warn traffic that the school zone regulation is in effect and to enhance the effectiveness
of the crossing. The signs and flashers needed to establish the school zone and crosswalk
shall be as follows:
School Zone:
• Install a 20MPH school zone assembly (S4-3,R2-1)with a When Flashing sign
(S4-4)below it and a flashing yellow light above and below it on the west side of
Woodbridge Pkwy 200 ft. south of its intersection with FM 544. Sign facing
north.
• Install a 20MPH school zone assembly(S4-3,R2-1)with a When Flashing sign
(S4-4) below it and a flashing yellow light above and below it on the east side of
Woodbridge Pkwy 100 ft. south of the median nose on the south side of the third
median opening south of FM 544. Sign facing south.
• Install a 20 MPH school zone assembly (S4-3,R2-1)on the west side of
Woodbridge Pkwy 200 ft. south of the first drive south of FM 544. Sign facing
north.
• Install a 20 MPH school zone assembly(S4-3,R2-1) on the east side of
Woodbridge Pkwy 200 ft.north of the fourth drive south of FM 544. Sign facing
south.
• Install an End School Zone sign(S5-2)on the east side of Woodbridge Pkwy 200
ft. south of its intersection with FM 544. Sign facing south.
• Install an End School Zone sign(S5-2) on the west side of Woodbridge Pkwy 100
ft. south of the median nose on the south side of the third median opening south of
FM 544. Sign facing north.
Pedestrian Crossing:
• Install a School Advance Warning assembly sign (S1-1, W16-9p)on the west side
of Woodbridge Pkwy 200 ft.north of the second driveway south of FM 544. Sign
facing north.
• Install a School Advance Warning assembly sign(S1-1, W16-9p)on the east side
of Woodbridge Pkwy 300 ft. south of the third driveway south of FM 544. Sign
facing south.
• Install a School Crosswalk Warning assembly sign(S1-1, W16-7p)with a
rectangular rapid flashing beacon and a push button to activate on the pole on the
west side of Woodbridge Pkwy just north of the new concrete waiting pad at the
west end of the new crosswalk on the north side of the second driveway south of
FM 544. Sign facing north.
• Install a School Crosswalk Warning assembly sign(S1-1,W16-7p)with a
rectangular rapid flashing beacon and a push button to activate on the pole on the
east side of Woodbridge Pkwy just north of the new concrete waiting pad at the
east end of the new crosswalk on the north side of the third driveway south of FM
544. Sign facing south.
The push buttons on the crossing sign poles will activate the rapid flashers in both
directions.
Implement and Monitor:
Prior to implementing the crossing, aninformation process for both the school
staff and students as to the correct use of the crossing should be established. The
effectiveness should be monitored every month to determine if any additional
improvements such as crossing guards should be considered.
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publisher of C & S Media, dba 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. 2016-16
was published in said newspaper on the following date(s), to -wit:
August 17, 2016
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to certify which witness my hand and seal of olice.
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City of Wylie
Ordinance
. 'No. 2016-16
I'A1i Ordinance Of The
\City, Of Wylie, Texas,
Amending Ordinance
No. 2007-36 Arid .Ar=
;ticle Iv (Speed) Of Sec-
tion 110-133 (School
Zones), Of The Wylie
Code Of Ordinances,
;Establishing A School
,Zone For Certain
Streets; Establishing
Prima Facie Maximum
1 , Speed Limits During
: _ School Hours In' Such
Zone; Providing For
'Installation 'Of Signs
And Markings; Regu-
lating Vehicular And -
Pedestrian Tffffic;Pro-
viding For ;A' TenaliT
For The Violation Of
This Ordinance; Pro-
viding For Repealing,
Savings And Severabil-
ity Clauses; Providing
For An Effective .Date ,
Of This Ordinance;
And Providing For
The Publication Of The
Caption Hereof.
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