Ordinance 1988-22
ORDINANCE NO.
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AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF WYLIE, TEXAS,
ALTERING THE PRIMA FACIE MAXIMUM SPEED
LIMITS AND NO PARKING ESTABLISHED FOR
MOTOR VEHICLES OPERATING UPON CERTAIN
SECTIONS OF HEATHERWOOD, FOXWOOD,
CASTLEWOOD, W. A. ALLEN BLVD., LANWOOD
AND SPRINGWOOD STREETS WITHIN THE
CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE CITY OF WYLIE;
PROVIDING A PENALTY CLAUSE, A SEVERABILITY
CLAUSE AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE:
WHEREAS, Article 1175, Section 20, and Article 6701(d),
Section 169, Vernon's Annotated Civil Statutes
grant the cities operating as a governing body has
the authority to control the operation of motor
vehicles using its streets and to prescribe
reasonable and safe prima facie maximum speed
limits for the same; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Wylie has
determined that certain streets around the P. M.
Akin Elementary School should have designating
times for school zone;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF WYLIE, TEXAS:
SECTION 1 The following prima facie maximum speed limits
hereafter indicated for motor vehicles are hereby
determined and declared to be reasonable and safe,
and such maximum speed limits are hereby fixed at
the rate of speed indicated for motor vehicles
traveling upon the named street or highway, or
parts thereof, and no motor vehicles shall be
operated along or upon said portions of said named
streets or highway within the corporate limits of
the City of wylie in excess of the speeds now set
forth in the following limits:
a. Beginning at the Northwest corner of Castlewood
in the City of Wylie, thence in a easterly
directions along Foxwood to W. A. Allen Blvd. -
- - a maximum speed of 30 miles per hour except
between the hours of 7:30 A. M. and 8:30 A. M.;
11:00 A. M. and 12:30 P. M.; and 2:30 P. M. and
4:30 P. M. on school days, when the maximum
speed shall be 20 miles per hour
b. Beginning at the Southwest corner of Castlewood
in the City of Wylie, thence in a easterly
directions along Heatherwood to W. A. Allen
Blvd. - - - a maximum speed of 30 miles per
hour except between the hours of 7:30 A. M. and
8:30 A. M.; 11:00 A. M. and 12:30 P.M.; and
2:30 P. M. and 4:30 P. M. on school days, when
the maximum speed shall be 20 miles per hour
c. Beginnin9 at the intersection of Foxwood and
Lanwood In the City of Wylie, thence in a
southernly direction along Lanwood to
Heatherwood - - - a maximum speed of 30 miles
per hour except between the hours of 7:30 A.M.
and 8:30 A. M.; 11:00 A. M. and 12:30 P. M.;
and 2:30 P. M. and 4:30 P. M. on school days,
when the maximum speed shall be 20 miles per
hour
d. Beginning at the intersection of Lanwood and
Springwood in the City of Wylie, thence in a
easterly direction along Springwood to W. A.
Allen Blvd. - - - a maximum speed of 30 miles
per hour except between the hours of 7:30 A. M.
and 8:30 A. M.; 11:00 A. M. and 12:30 P. M.;
and 2:30 P. M. and 4:30 P. M. on school days,
when the maximum speed shall be 20 miles per
hour.
e. Beginning at W. A. Allen Blvd. where it crosses
the creek in the City of Wylie, thence in a
southernly direction to Stone Road - - - a
maximum speed of 30 miles per hour except
between the hours of 7:30 A. M. and 8:30 A. M.;
ll:00 A. M. and 12:30 P. M.; and 2:30 P. M. and
4:30 P. M. on school days, when the maximum
speed shall be 20 miles per hour
SECTION 2 Beginning at the intersection of Lanwood and
Springwood in the City of wylie, thence in a
easterly direction to the intersection of
Springwood and W. A. Allen Bl vd. , - - - it shall
be prohibited to park on the south side of
Springwood
SECTION 3 If any portion of this ordinance shall conflict
with any portion or all of an existing ordinance
of the City of Wylie, the City Council hereby
declares that this ordinance shall prevail, and
that it is hereby attempting to repeal any
conflicting provisions of an existing ordinance of
the City.
SECTION 4 The City Manager and/or City Engineer of Wylie is
hereby authorized to cause to be erected
appropriate signs indicating such speed zones and
no parking zones.
SECTION 5 It is hereby declared to be the intention of the
City Council of the City of Wylie that the
sections, paragraphs, sentences, clauses, and
phrases of this ordinance are severable, and if
any phrase, clause, sentence or section of this
ordinance shall be declared unconstitutional or
invalid by any judgment or decree of a court of
competent jurisdiction, such unconstitutionality
or invalidity shall not affect any other remaining
phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph or section of
this ordinance, and the City Council hereby
declares that it would have passed the remaining
portions even though it had known the affected
parts would be held unconstitutional.
SECTION 6 Any person violating any provisions of this
ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor
and upon conviction thereof, shall be fined in an
amount not to exceed Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00)
for each violation.
SECTION 7 This ordinance shall become effective on the 1st
day of september, 1988.
PASSED AND APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
WYLIE, COLLIN COUNTY, TEXAS ON THIS THE 23RD DAY OF AUGUST,
1988.
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Chuck Trimble, Mayor
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