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CITY SECRETARY
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 48, ARTICLE III OF CHAPTER 25 u
OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH, 1950, BEING A PROVI- FT. WORTH, TEX.
SION REGULATING THE MAKING OF U-TURNS BY THE DRIVER OF ANY
VEHICLE WITHIN THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE CITY OF FORT
WORTH; PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE; MAKING THIS ORDINANCE
CUMULATIVE OF OTHER ORDINANCES WITH RESPECT TO THE OPERA-
TION OF VEHICLES AND THE CONTROL OF TRAFFIC IN SAID CITY;
REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH; PROVIDING
A PENALTY; AND NAMING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS:
SECTION 1.
That Section 48, Article III of Chapter 25 of the Code of the City
of Fort Worth, 1950, be amended, and after being so amended, it shall read
as follows:
Sec. 48. U-turns.
"It shall be unlawful for the driver of any vehicle
to turn such vehicle so as to proceed in the opposite
direction or to make a 180 degree turn on any street
between street intersections.
"It shall be unlawful for the driver of any vehicle
to turn such vehicle so as to proceed in the opposite
direction or make a 180 degree turn at any intersection
where traffic is controlled by signal lights, except
at intersections where the Traffic Engineering Depart-
ment has erected signs permitting this turn. At no time
shall such turn be made unless such movement can be
made in safety and without backing or otherwise inter-
fering with other traffic."
SECTION 2.
Should any part, section, subsection, paragraph, sentence, clause
or phrase contained in this ordinance be held to be unconstitutional, such
holding shall not affect the validityof the remaining portion thereof,
but in all respects said remaining portion shall be and remain in full force
and effect; and the City Council hereby declares that it would not have
passed the unconstitutional part had it known it was invalid and that it
would have passed the remaining part that is not invalid.
SECTION 3.
That this ordinance shall be cumulative of all provisions of the
Code of the City of Fort Worth, 1950, with respect to Motor Vehicles and
Traffic, except in those instances where the provisions of this ordinance
are in direct conflict with the provisions of such Code, in which instances
said conflicting provisions of such Code are hereby repealed.
SECTION .
Any person, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions of
this ordinance shall be fined in any sum not to exceed Two Hundred Dollars
($200.00), and each day's violation thereof shall constitute a separate
offense.
SECTION 5.
That this ordinance shall become effective and be in full force and
effect from and after its passage and publication as required by lay.
AP O AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY:
City Attorney
CITY OF FORT WORTH r. �;Ookifxgham
TEXAS
4W.
OFFICE OF THE CITY MANAGER Communication to Mayor and Council No. TEI— 5
March 24, 1961 OFREC RO
CITY SECRETA?y
FT. WORTH, T X.
Honorable Mayor and
Members of the City Council Re: Amending Traffic Ordinance
City of Fort Worth Regarding U-Turns
Mrs. McKnight and Gentlemen:
The present traffic ordinance prohibits vehicles from making a U-turn to
proceed in the opposite direction at an intersection controlled by signal
lights At certain intersections on thoroughfares with a wide median strip,
and a left turn phase on the signal installation, it is possible for vehi-
cles to make a U-turn on the left turn phase without conflicting wish other
traffic. There are several of these intersections now in existence and in
the future there will be others.
An ordinance has been prepared, amending the present ordinance, which -will
permit U-turns at signalized intersections where the Traffic Engineering
Department has erected signs permitting this turn.
If the amendment is adopted, the Traffic Engineering Department will study
each intersection individually, and if the turning radii permit and there
is no conflict of traffic, signs will be erected to permit U-turns.
It is recommended that the amended ordinance be adopted.
Respectfully submitted,
LPC:ihngham
?City-Manager
CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS
TIM SUBJECT MATTER OF THIS M.&C.C.
WAS PRESEON TO T ACITY COUNCIL
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An WAS APPLO i ED
Citj Secretary