Ordinance 2021-0701 INANCE NO. 2021-07
AN O ' 1 INANCE OF THE CITY OF WYLIE, TEXAS, AMENDING
ARTICLE IV (SPEED) OF SECTION 110-133 (SCHOOL ZONES), OF THE
WYLIE CODE OF O ' I INANCES, 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 MANGS;
REGULATING VEHICULAR AND PEDESTRIAN T' FFIC;
PROVIDING FOR A PENALTY FOR THE VIOLATION OF THIS
01 INANCE; PROVIDING FOR REPEALING, SAVINGS AND
SEVE ' BILITY CLAUSES; PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE
OF THIS 0 ' 1 INANCE; 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 "City"), 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 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
WHE ' AS, the City Council has investigated and determined that it would be
advantageous and beneficial to the citizens of the City to amend Article IV (Speed) of Section 110-
133 (School Zones) of the Wylie Code of Ordinances as set forth below.
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NOW THEREFORE, BE IT 0
OF WYLIE, TEXAS:
II
AINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
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 Article IV (Speed) of Section 110-133 (School Zones) of the
NVylie Code of Ordinances. Article IV (Speed) of Section 110-133 (School Zones) of the Wylie
Code of Ordinances, is 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 a point 100 feet south of its intersection
with Cedar Ridge Drive south to the point of its intersection with
Heatherwood Lane.
c. On Heatherwood Lane 200 feet each direction from its intersection
with Lanwood Drive.
d. On W.A. Allen Boulevard from a point 200 feet north to a point 200
feet south of its intersection with Springwood Lane.
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BIRMINGHAM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
a. On Brown Street from a point 300 feet west of its intersection with
Rustic Trail to a point 360 feet west °fits intersection with Westgate
Way.
b. On Westgate Way from a point 200 feet north to a point 200 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 Avenue.
b. On Hilltop Street from its intersection with Pirate Drive to its
intersection with Stone Road.
c. On Stone Road from a point 250 feet west to a point 150 feet east of
its intersection with Hilltop Lane.
COOPER JR HIGH SCHOOL/DRAPER INTERMEDIATE
a. On Hooper Road from north of its intersection with New Hensley
Lane south to its intersection with New Hensley Lane.
b. On the northbound and southbound lanes of Woodbridge Parkway
200 feet north of its intersection with New Hensley Lane to 200 feet
south of its intersection with Old Hensley Lane.
c. On New Hensley Lane from 200 feet west of its intersection with
Woodbridge Parkway to a point 200 feet east of the easternmost
driveway of Cooper Jr. High School.
d. On Old Hensley Lane from its intersection with Woodbridge
Parkway to a point 200 feet east of the easternmost driveway of
Draper Intermediate School.
DODD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
a. On Cheyenne Road from a point 200 feet south of Tuscalosa Drive
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 with Cheyenne Road.
GROVES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
a. On Riverway Lane from a point 100 feet from its intersection with
McCreary Road east to a point 150 feet west of the intersection with
Meandering Drive.
b. On Appalachian Drive from its intersection with Riverway Lane to
a point 150 feet south of the intersection with Riverway Lane.
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c. On Spring Tide Drive from its intersection with Riverway Lane to a
point 150 feet north of the intersection with Riverway Lane.
HARRISON INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL
a. On Ballard Avenue from a point 200 feet north of its intersection
with Pirate Drive to a point 200 feet south of its intersection with
Birmingham Street.
HARTMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
a. On Birmingham Street from its intersection with Williams Street to
a point 200 feet south of its intersection with W. Stone Road.
b. On Kirby Street from a point 200 feet west to a point 200 feet east
of its intersection with Birmingham Street.
MCMILLAN JR HIGH SCHOOL/DAVIS INTERMEDIATE
a. On Park Boulevard from a point 30 feet east of the intersection with
Westgate Way, west to a point 200 feet 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 E1m Road from a point 200 feet west of its intersection with E
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
a. On Wylie East Drive from a point 1300 feet north of its intersection
with Brown Street to a point 400 feet south of the intersection with
Brown Street.
b. On Brown, from its intersection with Wylie East Drive to a point
400 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 1200 feet south of its
intersection with FM 544.
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(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 100 feet south of its intersection with
Stonecrest Trail.
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 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.
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DULY PASSED AND APPROVED by the City Council of the City of Wylie, Texas,
on this 9th day of February, 2021.
ATTESTED TO AND
CO CTLY RECO
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Stephanie Storm, City Secretary
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Matthew Porter, Mayor
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STATE OF TEXAS
COUNTY OF COLLIN
Before me, the undersigned authority, on this day personally appeared Chad Engbrock,
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, and being
in compliance with Section 2051.044, Texas Government Code (a); (1), (2), (3) and (4),
who being by me duly sworn, deposed and says that the foregoing attached:
City of Wylie
Legal Notice — Ordinance No. 2021-07; Ordinance No. 2021-08;
and Ordinance No. 2021-09
was published in said newspaper on the following date(s), to -wit:
February 17, 2021
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Chad Engbrock, Publisher
Subscribed and sworn before me on this, the 19th day of February, 2021, to certify which
witness my hand and seal of office.
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CITY OF WYLIE
Ordinance
No. 2021-07
An Ordinance Of The.
City Of Wylie, Texas,
Amending 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; Regu-'
lating Vehicular And
i Pedestrian Traffic;
!Providing For A Pen
alty For The Violation
Of This Ordinance;
'Providing For Re-
pealing, Savings And
Severability Clauses;
'Providing For An Ef-
fective Date Of This
Ordinance; And Pro -I
viding For The Publi-
cation Of The Caption
Hereof.
Ordinance
No.2021-08
An Ordinance Of The
;City Of Wylie, Texas,
'Amending The Com- )
prehensive Zoning Or-,
dinance Of The City
'Of Wylie, As Hereto-
fore Amended, So As
To Change The Zon-
ing On The Hereinafter
,Described Property,
;Zoning Case Number
2020-19, Amending
Planned Development
'The Violation Of This
Ordinance; Providing
'For The Repeal Of All '
'Ordinances In Conflict;
(Providing A Severabil-
lity Clause; And Pro- ,
ividing For An Effec-
tive Date.
199-32, To Allow For
Increased Maximum
Fence Height In A
'Single Family Planned )
Community; Provid-
ing For A Penalty For '
Ordinance
No. 2021-09
1
!An Ordinance Of The'
City Council Of The
City Of Wylie, Texas,
Amending Wylie's ;
Code Of Ordinances,
Ordinance No. 2005-
07, As Amended,
Appendix C (Wylie
Comprehensive Fee
Schedule), Section Iii
(Construction Permits
' And Fees), Section Iv
(Engineering Fees), j
, Section V (Impound-,
ment, Boarding And 1
Adoption Fees), Sec-
tion Vi (Planning And
Zoning), Section Viii
(Public Library), Sec-
tion X (Water And
I Sewer Tap Fees); Mod-1
!dying The Amount)
Of Certain Fees And
Charges For City Ser-,
vices And Other Items;
Providing A Savings/
Repealing Clause,
Severability Clause,
Penalty Clause And
An Effective Date;
And Providing For Then
Publication Of The'
Caption Hereof.