Ordinance 1991-17
ORDINANCE NO. 91-/7
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF WYLIE, TEXAS, ESTABLISHING A MAXIMUM
LAWFUL PRIMA FACIE SPEED LIMIT OF FORTY-FIVE (45) MILES PER HOUR
ON SANDEN BOULEVARD, IN ITS ENTIRETY, WITHIN THE CITY, PROVIDING
FOR THE ERECTION OF SIGNS; PROVIDING FOR THE REPEAL OF 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 a traffic investigation, the City
Council of the City of Wylie has determined that the prima facie
maximum speed limit on Sanden Boulevard is greater than is
reasonable or safe under the conditions found to exist thereat,
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 for Sanden
Boulevard and to direct the City Manager to give notice thereof
by the posting of appropriate signs and markings;
NOW, THEREFORE,
CITY OF WYLIE, TEXAS,
BE IT ORDAINED BY
as follows:
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
SECTION 1.
A prima facie maximum speed limit of forty-five (45) miles
per hour for motor vehicles is hereby determined and declared to
be reasonable and safe, and such maximum speed limit is hereby
fixed as the maximum rate of speed indicated for motor vehicles
traveling upon the said Sanden Boulevard (from
inception/termination at State Highway 78 through and including
its termination/inception at FM544), or parts thereof, and no
motor vehicle shall be operated along or upon said portions of
said Sanden Boulevard within the corporate limits of the City of
Wylie in excess of the aforesaid maximum speed.
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 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repealed, and all other ordinances of the City not in conflict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.
DULY PASSED AND APPROVED by th~ City ~ouncil of the City of
Wyl ie, Texas this /0 day of L...jjf2f~~, 1991.
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