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Ordinance 1988-22 ORDINANCE NO. gJ~~ 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. --..-...-/ ~~~ '- ____,----....'C--"'.-.--~~:::---::--~L___-.--...- Chuck Trimble, Mayor ATTEST: ; j / I