Ordinance 1992-09
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AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF WYLIE, TEXAS, ESTABLISHING A MAXIMUM
LAWFUL PRIMA FACIE SPEED LIMIT OF TWENTY MILES PER HOUR ON A NEWLY
CONSTRUCTED PORTION OF PIRATE DRIVE, WITHIN THE CITY; FURTHER
PROVIDING FOR THE ERECTION OF STOP SIGNS AT BOTH ENDS OF SUCH NEWLY
CONSTRUCTED PORTION; AND FURTHER LIMITING HEAVY VEHICLE TRAFFIC
THEREON;PROVIDING FOR THE REPEAL OF OTHER ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT
THEREWITH; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING FOR A PENALTY
OR FINE NOT TO EXCEED THE SUM OF TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS FOR EACH
OFFENSE; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, City has recently constructed an extension of Pirate
Drive, extending it from its current terminus at Hilltop street
easterly to connect and intersect with Thomas Street; and,
WHEREAS, the City traffic engineer has determined that the
prima facie maximum speed limit on the newly constructed portion of
said Pirate Drive, being 30 miles per hour, is greater than is safe
or reasonable 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, said extension was designed and constructed for light
intermittent traffic use, as an alternate entrance to Community
Park and therefore will not withstand heavy vehicle or high traffic
use; and,
WHEREAS, due to the factors mentioned in the preceding
paragraph it is necessary to limit heavy vehicle upon said roadway
to prevent untimely deterioration of the surface thereof;and,
WHEREAS, the City traffic engineer has further determined that
the intersection of the newly constructed portion of Pirate Drive
with Hilltop Street and with Thomas Drive should be designated as
stop intersections whereby persons on Pirate Drive would be
required to stop before entering onto or crossing over either of
said streets; and,
WHEREAS, the City council has determined, in its legislative
capacity, that the traffic on the newly constructed portion of
Pirate Drive should be regulated and signs posted in accordance
with the foregoing;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF WYLIE, TEXAS, AS FOLLOWS:
1. A prima facie maximum speed limit of twenty (20) miles per
hour for motor vehicles is hereby determined and declared to be
reasonable and safe, and such maximum speed limit is hereby fixed
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as the maximum rate of speed indicated for mother vehicles
traveling upon that portion of Pirate Drive between Hilltop street
and Thomas Drive, and no motor vehicle shall be operated along or
upon said portion of said pirate Drive within the City of Wylie in
excess of the aforesaid maximum speed of Twenty (20) miles per
hour.
2. The intersection of the newly constructed portion of Pirate
Drive with the East right-of-way of Hilltop street is designated as
a stop intersection whereby traffic on said portion of said Pirate
Drive will be required to stop before entering upon or across
Hilltop street.
3. The intersection of the newly constructed portion of Pirate
Drive with Thomas Drive is designated as a stop intersection
whereby traffic on said portion of said Pirate Drive will be
required to stop before entering upon or across Thomas Drive.
4. Vehicles having a gross weight of more than 10,000 pounds
are prohibited from traveling on, over, along or upon said portion
of said Pirate Drive.
5. The speed limit, stop intersection, and weight restrictions
as herein established shall not be enforceable until signs giving
notice of such regulations are posted upon or at the entrances to
those portions of the street 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.
6. That all other ordinance of the City in conflict with the
provisions of this ordinance be, and the same hereby are, repealed,
and all other ordinances of the City not in conflict with the
provisions hereof shall remain in full force and effect.
7. 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.
8. Any person violating any of the provisions of this
ordinance 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.
9. This ordinance shall take effect immediately from and
after its passage and the publication of the caption as the law and
the City's charter in such cases provide.
DULY PASSED AND APPROVED by the City Council of the City of Wylie,
Texas on this ~ 5 t:J- day of August, 1992.
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By;(.,/f...;?V h . L-/tl~ re/
/fJohn W. Akin
(/ Mayor