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Home My WebLink AboutOrdinance 8925 ORDINANCE NO. ~'~~ AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 26 "MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC," OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH (1964), AS AMENDED; BY AMENDING SUBSECTION (g) OF SECTION 26-63 OF ARTICLE III THEREOF BY CHANGING LOCATION, EXTENT AND/OR SPEED LIMITS OF CERTAIN SPEED ZONES; PROVIDING THAT THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BE CUMULATIVE OF ALL PROVISIONS OF ORDINANCES AND OF SUCH CODE AFFECTING MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC; PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; AUTHORIZING PUBLICATION IN PAMPHLET FORM; DIRECTING PUBLICATION OF THE CAPTION AND PENALTY CLAUSE; DIRECTING THE ENGROSSMENT AND ENROLLMENT OF THE CAPTION AND PENALTY CLAUSE AND THE FILING OF THIS ORDINANCE; PROVIDING A PENAL CLAUSE; AND NAMING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS: SECTION 1. That Subsection (g) of Section 26-63 of Article III of Chapter 26 of the Code of the City of Fort Worth (1964), as amended, be, acid the same is hereby amended as indicated: DELETIONS: "FREEWAYS:" Minimum Maximum Block Speed Speed Street __ Numbers Extent_ (MPH) (MPH) "Jim Wright" Loop 820 Freeway North east Loop 8 20 Freeway Northwest Loop 820 Freeway North Loop 8 20 Freeway South "Loop 820" Southwest Boul e- vard (S.H. 820) ADDITIONS: "FREEWAYS:" Street 100-2500 North Main Street to North 40 55 Freeway (I-35W) 100-8000 North Main Street to southwest 40 55 shore of Lake Worth 100-2100 White Settlement Road to south- 40 55 west shore of Lake Worth 100-1900 White Settlement Road to West 40 55 Freeway (I-30) 4800-5000 450 feet south of Culver Avenue 50 to Cl ear Fork of the Trinity River Block Numbers Extent North east Loop 8 20 (Jim Wright Freeway) ( I-820) 100-700 North Main Street to Fort Worth and Denver Railroad Minimum Max imum Speed Speed (MPH) (MPH) 40 55 Northeast Loop 820 1000-2500 Blue Mound Road to North Free- 40 55 (Jim Wright Freeway) way (I-35W) ( I-820) ca 1. ~~ .. N Northwest Loop 8 20 (Jim Wright Freeway) ( I-8 20 ) i 100-5600 North Main Street to City of 40 Lake Worth eastern City limits Northwest Loop 8 20 6200-8 000 200 feet southwest of Jackbsoro 40 (Jim Wright Freeway) Highway to southwest shore of (I-8 20) Lake Worth West Loop 8 20 North (Jim Wright Freeway) ( I-8 20 ) West Loop 8 20 South (Jim Wright Freeway) (I-820) 100-2100 White Settlement Road to south- 40 west shore of Lake Worth 100-1900 White Settlement Road to West Freeway (.I-30) Southwest Boulevard 4800-5500 450 feet south of Culver Avenue (S.H. 183) to Clear Fork of the Trinity River State Highway 183 T)F.T,FTTON~ "FRONTAGE ROADS": Street "Jim Wright" Loop 820 Freeway North- west (I-8 20) Front- age Roads ADDITION: "FRONTAGE ROADS": 4700-5900 Southwest Loop 820 to Bryant- Irvin Road Block Numbers Extent 40 40 55 55 55 55 50 55 Maximum Speed (MPH ) 2100-4600 Old Decatur Road to Azle Avenue 40 (FM-1220) Maximum Block Speed Street Numbers Extent (MPH) Northeast Loop 820 100-700 (Jim Wright Freeway) (I-820) Frontage Roads Northeast Loop 820 1000-2500 (Jim Wright Freeway) ( I-8 20) Frontage Roads North Main Street to Fort Worth and Denver Railroad Blue Mound Road to North Freeway (I-35W) Northeast Loop 820 2600-3800 North Freeway (I-35W) to North (I-820) Frontage Beach Street Roads Northwest Loop 820 2100-5600 (Jim Wright Freeway) ( I-8 20) Frontage Roads Northwest Loop 820 6200-7800 (Jim Wright Freeway) (I-820) Frontage Roads Old Decatur Road to City of Lake Worth eastern City limits 200 feet southwest of Jacksboro Highway to Cahoba Drive 40 40 40 40 40 West Loop 820 North 100-2100 White Settlement Road to Heron 40 (Jim Wright Freeway) Drive (I-820) Frontage Roads '~ - . West Loop 8 20 South (Jim Wright Freeway) (I-820) Frontage Roads West Loop 8 20 South (I-820) (I-20) Frontage Roads 100-1900 White Settlement Road to West 40 Freeway (I-30) 2000-3300 West Freeway (I-30) to U. S. High- 40 way 80 SECTION 2. That this ordinance shall be cumulative of all provisions of ordinances and of the Code of the City of Fort Worth (1964), as amended, affecting motor vehicles and traffic, except where the provisions of this ordinance are in direct conflict with the provisions of such ordinances and such Code, in which event such conflicting provisions of such ordinances and such Code are hereby repealed. SECTION 3. That all rights or remedies of the City of Fort Worth, Texas, are expressly saved as to any and all violations of the provisions of Chapter 26 of the Code of the City of Fort Worth (1964) , as amended, and of any other ordinance affecting motor vehicles and traffic which have accrued at the time of the effective date of this ordinance; and, as to such accrued violations and all pending litigation, both civil and criminal, whether pending in court or not, under such chapter and/or other ordinances same shall not be affected by this ordinance but may be prosecuted until final disposition by the courts. SECTION 4. That it is hereby declared to be the intention of the City Council that the sections, paragraphs, sentences, clauses and phrases of this ordinance are severable, and if any phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph or section of this ordinance shall be declared void, ineffective or unconsti- tutional by the valid judgment or final decree of a court of competent jurisdiction, such voidness, ineffectiveness or unconstitutionality shall not affect any of the remaining phrases., clauses, sentences, paragraphs and sections of this ordinance, since the same would have been enacted by the City Council without the incorporation herein of any such void, ineffective or unconstititutional phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph or section. ~-- _ ;. • ~ ry SECTION 5. That the City Secretary of the authorized to publish this ordinance distribution among the public, and this admissible in evidence in all courts production of said pamphlet, as provided Charter of the City of Fort Worth. . z City of Fort Worth is hereby in pamphlet form for general ordinance as so published shall be without further proof than the in Section 3, Chapter XXVI of the SECTION 6. That the City Secretary of the City of Fort Worth is hereby directed to publish the caption and penalty clause of this ordinance for five (5 ) days in the official newspaper of the City of Fort Worth,, as authorized by Article 1176b-1, Revised Civil Statutes of Texas. SECTION 7. That the City Secretary of the City of Fort Worth is hereby directed to engross and enroll this ordinance by copying the caption and penalty clause of same in the minutes of the City Council of Fort Worth and by filing the ordinance in the ordinance records of said City. SECTION 8. That any person violating any of the provisions of this ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and each such person shall be deemed guilty of a separate offense for each day or portion thereof during which any violation of any of the provision of this ordinance is commit- ted, continued or permitted, and each violation shall be punishable by a fine not to exceed Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00). SECTION 9. That this ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after the date of its passage and publication as required by law, and it is so ordained. APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY: Wade Adkins, City Attorney Date: ~ - (~ - 8~ 3 /~ doP+ed q- a ° - ~'~ r~ ACCUU~Ni1NG 2 ~ /l ®~ ~.W~ ], ~®lWi~~(V~ ~®~~lL/lV~~~'LW~~®~ TRANSPORTATION-U6LIC \wo/(Rx~~ (,l/,(^/(/~ LA"I' - CHIEF J PROSECU POLICE AC MUNICI • DATE REFERENCE NUMBER SUBJECT Amendment t0 Speed Zone PAGE ~ GEg~/20/83 **G-5760 Ordinance 1 1 of _._.__ fl G AI c M NISTRATION•1. ' ~~c~~A"19"bkl'~ce Department and the Municipal Court have recently brought to the attention of the Department of Transportation and Public Works that errors exist in the present City Code pertaining to the speed limits established on certain sections of the Interstate Loop 820 Freeway and frontage roads, specifically the Jim Wright Freeway. The present code includes some sections which are not within the City of Fort Worth while omitting sections that are within the City's jurisdiction. These proposed amendments to the speed zone ordinance delete all sections of Loop 820 not within the City and establish speed limits on the Freeway main lanes and frontage roads within the City of Fort Worth. These amendments are necessary to properly enforce the speed limits established by the Department of Transportation and Public Works and by the Texas Department of Highways and Public Transportation. Recommendation It is recommended that the proposed ordinance be adopted. DAI:dr ~.~ APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL SEP 20 1983 ~,,', ~D'k, t~~~~~~~~,,r .. .~ City Seozetazy of the Cite of Fiat J~ ~~ SUBMITTED FOR THE } , ~ _ ~ CITY MANAGER'S / DISPOSITION BY COUNCIL. PROCESSED BY ~ /~ C)FFICE BY / L ~~ ^ APPROVED ORIGINATING DEPARTMENT HEAD Gary Santerre r OTHER (DESCRIBE) ® CITY SECRETARY FOR ADDIFIONAL INFORN~TdI~~liCk F1llShe EXt 80 57 ~qa~ . . CONTACT DATE