The URL can be used to link to this page

Home My WebLink AboutOrdinance 88989d'r; ORDINANCE N0. ~0 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 26 "MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC," OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH ` (1964), AS AMENDED; BY AMENDING SUBSECTION (e) OF SECTION 26-63 OF ARTICLE III THEREOF BY CHANGING LOCA-` TION, EXTENT AND/OR SPEED LIMITS OF CERTAIN SPEED ZONES; BY AMENDING SUBSECTION (f) OF SECTION 26-63 OF ARTICLE III THEREOF BY CHANGING CERTAIN SCHOOL ZONES: 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 PAM- PHLET FORM; DIRECTING PUBLICATION OF THE CAPTION AND PENALTY CLAUSE; DIRECTING THE ENGROSSMENT AND ENROLL- MENT OF THE CAPTION AND PENALTY CLAUSE AN THE FILING OF THIS ORDINANCE; PROVIDING A PENAL CLAUSE; AND NAM- ING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS: SECTION 1. That Subsection (f) of Section 26-63 of Article III of Chapter 26 of the Code of the City of Fort Worth (1964) , as amended, be, and the same is hereby amended as indicated: DELETIONS: "SCHOOL ZONES: Street lock Numbers xtent Maximum Speed (MPH) Allen Avenue 1100-1200 West property line of 1100 Allen 20 Avenue to 390 feet east of Missi- ssippi Avenue Belden Avenue 4150-4250 50 feet west of Inverness Avenue 20 South Drive Benbrook Road 3900 Kermit Avenue to Garza Avenue 20 Benbrook Road 4900-5000 345 feet north of Wycliff Street 20 to 325 feet south of Wycliff Street Cantey Street, 3200-3300 Wabash Avenue to Stadium Drive 20 West Chambers Street 1400 East Thirteenth Street to East 20 Fourteenth Street Cravens Road 27002800 South property line of 2700 20 Cravens Road to 2816 Cravens Rd. East Frontage 1400 200 feet south of Thirteenth 20 Road, North- Street to East Thirteenth Street South Freeway Lyndon Drive 4800-4900 Southeast property line of 4820 20 Lyndon Drive to south property line of 4913 Lyndon Drive McCart Avenue 3900-4050 45 feet north of east approach 20 of Pafford to 65 feet north of West Bolt Street Park Ridge 3500 South property line of 3544 Park 20 Boulevard Ridge Boulevard to South Hills Av enu e Putnam Street 2700-2800 340 feet south of Greenlee Street 20 to 110 feet north of Craig Street East Seminary 1100-1400 Fair Park Boulevard to 475 feet 20 Drive west of Carter Park Drive South Drive 48 00-4900 South property line of 48 02 20 South Drive to south property line of 4911 South Drive South Hi11s 3200-3400 85 feet east of Harwen Terrace 20 Avenue to Winston Road Stadium Drive 2600-2800 McPherson Avenue to 265 feet 20 south of West Cantey Street Stadium Drive 3600-3900 North property line of 3604 20 Stadium Drive to 128 feet north of north property line of 3901 Stadium Drive East Thirteenth 1100-1200 East Frontage Road of North-South 20 Street Freeway to Chambers Street East Vickery 1800-2100 145 feet west of Ash Crescent 20 Boulevard Street to 60 feet west of West Frontage Road, Poly Freeway ADDITION: "SCHOOL ZONES: Maximum Speed Street Block Numbers Extent (MPH) Benbrook Road 3900-4000 Kermit Avenue to 225 feet south 20 of Garza Avenue East Seminary 1100-1300 North approach of Fair Park 20 Drive Boulevard to 130 feet east of Arrowwood Drive Stadium Drive 3700-3900 South property line of 3700 20 Stadium Drive to 128 feet north property line of 3901 Stadium Drive SECTION 2. 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, and the same is hereby amended as indicated: DELETIONS "STREETS: Maximum Speed Street Block Numbers Extent (MPH) Alta Mere Drive 2600-3200 640 feet north of Calmont Avenue 45 to 50 feet north of West Eliza- b eth Lane North Beach 2800-5200 Northeast 28th Street to North- 40 east Laop Bomber Road 1300-1700 500 feet south of Shore View 35 Drive to the northern end of Bomber Road Bryant Irvin 2800-4300 West Vickery Boulevard to Legend 30 Road Road 'Bryant Irvin 4300-4600 Legend Road to South Frontage 40 Road Road (I-20) Crowley Road 6600-8000 Edgecliff city limits to 450 50 f eet south of Sycamore School Road Martin Street 4200-4700 Miller Avenue to Jean Avenue 30 Trail Lake Drive 4600-4900 Cranbury Road to Southwest Loop 35 820 (I-820) ADDITION: "STREETS: Maximum Speed Street Block Numbers Extent (MPH) Alta Mere Drive 2600-3200 640 feet north of Calmont Avenue 40 to 50 feet north of West Eliza- beth Lane North Bailey 100--900 White Settlement Road to Rockwood 30 Avenue Park Drive North Beach 2800-5200 Northeast 28th Street to North- 40 Street east Loop 8 20 ( I-8 20 ) Bellaire Drive 4500-5000 South Hulen Street to southwestern 35 South property line of 5028 Bellaire Drive South B enbrook Road 3900-5200 Kermit Avenue to West Vickery 35 Boulevard Bentley Village 1000-2000 John T. White Boulevard to 40 Parkway Meadowbrook Drive Bomber Road 500-1700 Clifford Avenue to the north ern 35 end of Bomber Road Brentwood Stair 7400-8350 Sandy Lane to Ranch Lane 35 Road Bryant Irvin 2800-4600 W est Vick ery Boulevard to South 40 Road Frontage Road (I-20) Calmont Avenue 7200-7800 Alta Mere Drive to Cherry Lane 35 Campus Drive Crowl ey Road Crowl ey Road Dan Dancigar Road Ed ervi 11 e Road Ed ervi 11 e Road Longvu e Avenu e Martin Street Post Oak Boul evard 4000-4300 Mansfield Highway to East Seminary Drive 6600-7300 Edgecliff city limits to 500 feet south of Country Manor Road 7300-8000 500 feet south of Country Manor Road to 450 feet south of Sycamore School Road 6500-6900 6450 block of Cranbury Road to 7000 block of Cranbury Road 6700-6950 Handley Drive to Mims Street 7000-8 500 Mims Street to Meadowbrook Drive 2700-3300 West Freeway (I-30) to U. S. Highway 8 0 4200-4700 Miller Avenue to Village Creek Road 3400-4000 Trail Lake Drive 4600-5300 Whittenburg 1200-1900 Drive 13500 block of Trinity Boulevard to 13900 block of Trinity Boule- va rd Cranbury Road to Woodway Drive Eastbound: Crowley Road to Steinburg Lane SECTION 4. 40 40 45 45 30 35 40 30 30 35 30 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 5. 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 ordi nance affecting motor vehicles and traffic which have accrued at the time o f the effective date of this ordinance; and, as to such accrued violations and all pending litigation, both civil and criminal, wheth er 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. .. ~ ~ e SECTION 6. 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. SECTION 7. That the City Secretary of the City of Fort Worth is hereby authorized to publish this ordinance in pamphlet form for general distribution among the public, and this ordinance as so published shall be admissible in evidence in all courts without further proof than the production of said pamphlet, as provided in Section 3, Chapter XXV of the Charter of the City of Fort Worth. SECTION 8. 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 9. 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 10. 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). Y ,. SECTION 11. 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: Date: a~~ 6~d 7`~ 7 ~doP~ed ~-~3- .~~ AS 'R FILE t ~' . r ~Z` ® JL ~0 ~ V' D' ®~~~) ~~i~~l.~~Y CITY MANAGEK t ~/~ ~ n ~+ ~y~j (~ ~ n ~y~j ,~t/~j ~Jy~ ~j // ,~1~'J ~"/J~ ACCOUNTING•2 J x'11 ~ (L~ ~ U ~ U IL~ ~1./® LLN/ U IL(!./ (L~ ~®O U IL~ (L/tL~~(L/~.Y/IL (t~®~ rrt~NSPORTATION~RUBLIC WORKt4./ eee.11!"~ MUNICIPAL C( POLICE ADMI PHOSECUTIN~ ~~~ ~~ ~~•. GATE REFERENCE SUBJECT Amendment t0 Speed Zone PAGE NUMBER UHT ~f i + ~ 83 ,t*G-5716 Ordinance 1 of 1 _.__ ISTRATION•I+ ATTORNEY 1 The attached proposed ordinance amends the City of Fort Worth speed zone ordinance by make cert ain additions and deletions recommended by the Department of Transportation and Public Works Those amendments are necessary in order to include changes in the speed limits for which a need has occurred since the last ordinance was passed. Recommendation It is recommended that the proposed ordinance be adopted. DAI:kc a~PROVEO~ CITY CO#. ~, AUG 23 i~~3 ~~ City Secretary of th® City of Fiat ~ « SUBMITTED FOR THE C{TY MANAGER'S / T ' v DISPOSITION BY COUNCIL: P OV D PROCESSED BY nFFICE BY l, ,(, ^ A PR E ORIGINATING ~ OTHER (DESCRIBE) DEPARTMENT HEAD: Gary Santerre SECRETARY CITY ~/ FOR ADDIfIONAI INFORMATIOa alt W COO er Ext 7 p 875 ~o ~~ CONTACT DATE