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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 (e) OF
SECTION 26-63 OF ARTICLE III THEREOF BY CHANGING
LOCATION, 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 A.LL 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 AN 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 (e) 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:
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DELETIONS
"PARKS"
Street
Bunche Park
Camp Joy
"PARKS"
Street
Camp Joy Park Road
Extent
Maximum
Speed
(MPH)
20
Except that said prima facie 20
maximum speed shall be ten (10)
miles per hour on Camp Joy Park
Road, from the 9700 block of
Watercress Drive to the 9800
block of Watercress Drive
20
SECTION 2
Maximum
Speed
(MPH)
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:
"SCHOOL ZONES:
Street
Craig Street
Decatur Avenue
Nashville Avenue
"SCHOOL ZONES:
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Decatur Avenue
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Block Numbers
6300-6400
3500-3700
900-1300
Block Numbers
3600-3700
Forest Hill-Drive 7900-8000
East Hattie Street 800- 900
Kentucky Avenue 400- 700
Miller Avenue 3800-3900
Oakland Boulevard 600- 900
Northeast Twenty- 3200-3300
Eighth Street
Maximum
Speed
Extent (MPH )
Malcolm Street to 135 feet east 20
of McGee Street
45 feet north of Northeast Thirty- 20
fourth Street to north property
line of 3709 Decatur Avenue
Avenue A to 70 feet north of East 20
Rosedale Street
Maximum
Speed
Extent (MPH)
Northeast 35th Street to 150 feet 20
south of Northeast 35th Street
North property line of 7901 20
Forest Hill Drive to 350 feet
south of Royal Crest Drive
45 feet east of Missouri Avenue 20
to front of 921 East Hattie St
90 feet south of East Hattie 20
Street to Bessie Street
North property line of 3812 20
Miller Avenue to South property
line of 3959 Miller Avenue
South property line of 622 Oakland 20
Boulevard to Hawlet Street
Williams Place to 115 feet west of 20
David Drive
SECTION 3
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
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DELETIONS
"FREEWAYS
Street
Southwest Loop 820
(I-820)
Southeast Loop 820
(I-820)
West Loop 820
South
North Freeway
(I-35W)
North Freeway
(I-35W)
I-20
Poly Freeway,
North (U S 287)
Poly Freeway
(U S. 287)
Block Numbers
100-5800
100-3200
2000-3300
650-3200
3200-8100
4500-6700
1000-1800
100-5300
ADDITIONS
"FREEWAYS
Street
Southwest Loop 820
(I-20)(I-820)
Block Numbers
100-6700
Southeast Loop 820 100-3200
(I-20)(I-820)
West Loop 820, South 2000-5000
(I-820)(I-20)
Martin Luther King 100-5300
Freeway (U S 287)
(Poly Freeway)
Minimum Maximum
Speed Speed
Extent (MPH) (MPH)
South Freeway (I-35W) to 40 55
Bryant-Irwin Road
South Freeway (I-35W) to 40 55
Wichita Street
West Freeway (I-30) to 40 55
U S Highway 80
1000 feet north of Pharr 40 50
Street to Northeast 28th
Street
Northeast 28th Street to 55
3 5 miles north of North-
east Loop 820 (I-820)
South Hulen Street to city
limit 40 50
North-South Freeway 40 55
(I-35W) to T&P Railroad
Tracks
T&P Railroad tracks to 40 55
East Loop 820, South
(I-820)
Minimum Maximun
Speed Speed
Extent (MPH) (MPH)
South Freeway (I-35W) to 40 55
city limit (Clear Fork
of the Trinity River)
South Freeway (I-35W) to 40 55
Wichita Street
West Freeway (I-30) to 40 55
city limit (Aledo Road)
Railroad underpass to East 40 55
Loop 820, South (I-820)
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North Freeway 650-3200 1000 feet north of Pharr 40 50
(I-35W) Street to Papurt Street
North Freeway 3200-8100 Papurt Street to 3 5 55
(I-35W} miles north of Northeast
Loop 820 (I-820)
Poly Freeway, 1000-1800 North-South Freeway 40 55
North,(U S 287) (I-35W) to Railroad
underpass
State Highway 360 3600-5000 State Highway 183 to 55
West Fork of the Trinity
River (city limit)
DELETIONS
"FRONTAGE ROADS
Maximum
Speed
Street Block Numbers Extent (MPH)
Southwest Loop 820 100- 600 South Freeway (I-35W) to 20
(I-820) Frontage Edgecliff Road
Roads
Southwest Loop 820 700-2200 Edgecliff Road to Atchison 35
(I-820) Frontage Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad
Roads
Southwest Loop 820 2300-3850 Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe 35
(I-820) Frontage Railroad to Granbury Road
Roads
Southwest Loop 820
r 4000-4400 Hildring Drive East to South 35
(I-820) Frontage Hulen Street
Roads
I-20 4300-6700 State Highway 183 to 45
r North Frontage Ro ad city limit
I-20 4500-6700 South Hulen Street to city 45
South Frontage Ro ad limit
Southwest Loop 820 4500-5900 South Hulen Street to 45
(I-820) Frontage Bryant-Irvin Road
Roads
Poly Freeway (U S. 300-5200 South Riverside Drive to East 35
287) Frontage Loop 820, South
Roads
ADDITIONS
"FRONTAGE ROADS
Maximum
Speed
Street Block Numbers Extent (MPH)
Southwest Loop 820 100- 600 South Freeway (I-35W) to 40
(I-20)(I-820) Hemphill Street
Frontage Roads
Southwest Loop 820 700-2200 Hemphill Street to Atchison 35
(I-20)(I-820) Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad
Frontage Roads
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Southwest Loop 820 2300-3850 Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe 35
(I-20)(I-820) Railroad to Cranbury Road
Frontage Roads
Southwest Loop 820 4000-4400 Hildring Drive East to South 35
(I-20)(I-820) Hulen Street
Frontage Roads
Southwest Loop 820 4300-6700 State Highway 183 to City Limit 45
(I=20) (I-820) (Clear Fork Trinity River)
North Frontage Road
Southwest Loop 820 4500-6700 South Hulen to City Limit (Clear 45
(I-20) (I-820) Fork Trinity River)
South Frontage Road
Southeast Loop 820 1100-3200 Oak Grove Road to Wichita Street 40
(I-20) (I-820)
Frontage Roads
West Loop 820, South 3400-4900 U.S Highway 80 to overhead TESCO 45
(I-820)(I-20) power lines
Frontage Roads
West Loop 820, South 5000 Overhead TESCO power lines to 35
(I-820)(I-20) Aledo Road
Frontage Roads
Martin Luther King 300-5200 South Riverside Drive to East 35
Freeway (U S 287) Loop 820, South
Frontage Roads
State Highway 183 4500-5900 South Hulen Street to Bryant- 45
Frontage Roads Irvin Road
State Highway 360 3600-5000 State Highway 183 to West Fork 40
Frontage Roads of the Trinity River (city limit)
DELETIONS:
"STREETS
Maximum
Speed
Street Block Numbers Extent (MPH)
ltamesa Boulevard
A 2000-2600 Crowley Road to 125 feet west of 30
_ Landview Drive
Altamesa Boulevard 2600-3400 125 feet west of Landview Drive 30
to McCart Avenue
Azle Avenue 2000-3600 50 feet west of Roosevelt Avenue 30
to Northwest 25th Street
California Parkway 700-1600 Edgecliff Road to James Avenue 35
North and South
(Southwest Loop
820 Frontage Roads)
Edgecliff Road 5700 Southwest Loop 820 to Tasman 30
Street
John T White Road 6600-8300 East Loop 820 (I-820) to John 30
T White Road North _
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McCart Avenue
State Highway 360
Watauga Road
ADDITIONS:
"STREETS
Street
Altamesa Boulevard
Altamesa Boulevard
Azle Avenue
3300-3600 Benbrook Boulevard to West
Butler Street
3600-5000 State Highway 183 to West Fork
of Trinity River (city limit)
1800-4400 Saginaw city limits to Haltom
City city limits
Block Numbers
2000-3400
5100-5500
2000-3600
Basswood Boulevard 3900-4700
North Beach Street 5200-7900
California Parkway
North and South
(Southwest Loop
820 Frontage Roads)
Hemphill Street
Hemphill Street
John T White Road
John T White
Boulevard
John T. White
Boulevard
East Long Avenue
McCart Avenue
700-1600
4800-5600
5700
6600-8500
8600
8700-9004
2550-3800
3300-3600
South Drive
South Drive West
Northwest 25th
Street
Western Center
Boulevard
West Rosedale
Street
3500-5300
4600-4900
100-1600
1800-4400
2300-3400
Extent
Crowley Road to McCart Avenue
Trail Lake Drive to Granbury Road
Roosevelt Avenue to Northwest
25th Street
North Riverside Drive to city
limit
Northeast Loop 820 to 1900 feet
south of Thompson Road
Hemphill Street to James Avenue
30
55
45
Maximum
Speed
(MPH)
40
40
30
West Felix Street to I-20
I-20 to Tasman Street
East Loop 820 to Bentley
Village Parkway
Bentley Village Parkway to
Randol Mill Road
Randol Mill Road to Racquet Club
Drive
North Sylvania Avenue to North
Beach Street
Benbrook Boulevard to West
Butler Street
Granbury Road to Westhaven Drive
Westhaven Drive to Hulen Street
North Main Street to Roosevelt
Avenue
Saginaw city limits to Haltom
City city limits
Eastbound Forest Park Boulevard
to 300 feet east of DeGary Street
35
40
35
40
30
40
40
30
40
35
35
35
30
45
45
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West Rosedale
Street
West Rosedale
Street to West
Freeway (I-30)
Ramp
West Freeway (I-30)
to West Rosedale
Street Ramp
t
2300-3400 Westbound Forest Park Boulevard 45
to 210 feet east of DeGary Street
2400-3300 West Rosedale Street to West 40
Freeway ( I - 30 )
2400-2800 West Rosedale Street to West 40
Freeway (I-30)
SECTION 4
That this ordinance shall be cumulative of all provisions of
ordinances and of the Code of the City of Fort Worth (196.4), 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 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 6
That it is hereby declared to be the intention of the City Council
that the sections, paragraphs, sentences, clauses and phrases of tnis
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
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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 XXVI 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-
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ted, continued or permitted, and each violation shall be punishable by a
fine not to exceed Two Hundred Dollars ($200 00)
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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:
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DATE., REFERENCE
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9/14/82 G-5418 Amendment to Speed Zone Ordinance ioi 1
The attached proposed ordinance amends the City of Fort Worth speed zone
ordinance by making certain 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 ha's occurred since the last ordinance was passed
RECOMMENDATION
It is recommended that the proposed ordinance be adopted
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