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Home My WebLink AboutOrdinance 6892 CONSTRUCTION SPEEF-ZONE ORDINANCE_ 40. AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING MAXIMUM LEGAL SPEEDS UPON CERTAIN HIGHWAYS AND STREETS OR PARTS THEREOF WITHIN ' THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH , TEXAS, AS SET FORTH IN THE ORDINANCE AND PROVIDING A PENALTY OF A FINE NOT TO EXCEED $200 FOR THE VIOLA- TION OF THIS ORDINANCE. WHEREAS, Section 167 and 169 of Article XIX, R.C.S. 6701d, Uniform Act Regulating. Traffic on Highways, provides that whenever the governing body of the City shall determine upon the basis of an engi- neering and traffic investigation that any prima. facie speed therein set forth is greater or less than is reasonable or safe under the con- ditions found to exist at any intersection or other place or upon any part of a street or highway within the City, taking into consideration the width and condition of the pavement and other circumstances on such portion of said street or highway, as well as the usual traffic thereon, said governing body may determine and declare a reasonable and safe prima facie. speed limit thereat or thereon by the passage of an ordinance, which shall be effective whetk appropriate signs giving notice thereof are erected at such intersections or other place or part of the street or highway, now therefore, BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City o Fort Wort .„�, Texas; , SECTION 1. The following prima facie speed limits hereafter indicated for vehicles are hereby aeterpined and declared to ba reasonable and safe; and such speed ljm#q are ,hereby fixed At the rq;q of speed in- dicated for vehicles traVeling 'upon the named streetq phd highways or pars thereof, descr• 04-aq followgi Control 1068-1 IH-30 Tarrant County , (h) From Station 742+35.3 (US-80 Stationing) easterly 0.250 miles to Station 755+75.3(Parker-Tarrant County Line) at 55 miles per hour. Equation Sta. 755+75.3(US-80 Stationing) Sta. 3071+06.09 (IH-30 Stationing) (b) From Station 3071+06.09 (IH-30 Stationing) easterly 1.713 miles to Station 3161+50(IH-30 Stationing) at 40 miles per hour. Aquation Sta. 3161+50(IH-30 Stationing Sta. 845+95.11(IH-20 Stationing) (c) From Station 845+95.11(IH-20 Stationing) easterly 0.250 miles to Station 859+15.11 at 55 miles per hour. 1-3 r CONSTRUCTION SPEED ZONE ORDINANCE SECTION 2. The City Council of the City of Fort: Worth declares and fixes the above maximum speed limits and the District Engineer is hereby authorized to proceed with the erection of the appropriate signs. SECTION 3. It is hereby declared that the construction project on Interstate Highway No. 30 has necessitated the enactment of this ordinance for the safety of those traversinglnterstate Highway No. 30 in the City of ,Fort Worth Therefore, the above regulations shall be in effect after the passage of this ordinance and the erection of the proper signs; and, this shall remain in effect until the completion and acceptance of the said construction project by the Highway District Engineer or until such time as the construction project has progressed to a stage whereby, in the opinion of the Highway District Engineer, traffic may safely travel the construction project,- or portions thereof, at the rate of speed posted prior to the construction. The Highway District Engineer will have the authozity to replace the construction speed zone signs with speed zone signs reestab- lishing the speed zoning prior to construction and the placement of such .signs shall be evidence of the governing speed zone or 'zones. The completion and/or acceptance of the said construction project by the, Highway District Engineer shall cancel the provisions of this ordinance and the Highway.Dis- trict Engineer shall be authorized to remove all such" signs used in compli ance with regulations set forth in this ordinance.. SECTION 4. Any ordinance or any part thereof in direct conflict with this ordinance is hereby superseded and the part of the ordinance in conflict herewith shall be null and void so long4as this ordinance is in effect. How- ever, any ordinance or part of an ordinance superseded by this ordinance shall automatically be reinstated in force upon the date of completion and/or acceptance of the said. construction project, when this ordinance is no longer in effect. SECTION 5. Any person violating any of the provisions of this ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not more than two hundred dollars ($200) . SECTION 6. If any part of this ordinance be declared,•unponstitutional or otherwise void by a court of competent jurisdiction, sgch decision shall in no way affect the validity of any of the remaining parts of this ordinance unless the part held unconstitutional or void is inseparable from, and indi- spensable to, the operation of the remaining parts. The City Council hereby declares that it would have passed those parts of this ordinance which are valid and would have omitted any parts which may be upaonatitutional or void, if it had known such parts were unconstitutional or vpi4 at the time of the passage of this ordinance. r CONSTRUCTION SPEED ZONE ORDINANCE- PASSED AND APPROVED THIS DAY OF l9 s APPROV96S , ATTASTJ Cifiy SeRYPtary ` •�,t ,... . �. , ' ' IN • I•, C$ty Secretary pf 'the City. of TOX464 hereby certify that the above ; and foregoing is a true and correct copy of an Ordinance duly, pessed ,by the City Council at a meeting held on � ,,,_�__�,,, � ' .�.,+ ..,.,, . ► �9�,,,_;,• ; city Secretary, t �- City of" Dort Worth, Texas Mayor and Council Communication DATE REFERENCE SUBJECT: Construction Speed Zone PAGE NUMBER Ordinance for Interstate Highway 30 K 8/13/73 TE-64 1 or —2 The Texas Highway Department has requested that a Construction Speed Zone Ordinance be adopted by the City Council that will reduce the maximum prima facie speed on a section of Interstate Highway 30 approximately 2.2 miles long from 1/4 mile west of Parker County Line to 1.7 miles east of Parker County Line, during the time the roadway is under construction. The requested ordinance contains the following provisions: 1) "The following prima facie speed limits hereafter indicated for vehicles are hereby determined and declared to be reasonable and safe; and such speed limits are hereby fixed. . . a) From Station 742 + 55.3 (US-80 Stationing) easterly 0.250 miles to Station 755 + 75.3 (Parker-Tarrant County Line) at 55 miles per hour. Equation Sta. 755 + 75.3 (US-80 Stationing) - Sta. 3071 + 06.09 (IH-30 Stationing) b) From Station 3071 + 06.09 (IH-30 Stationing) easterly 1.713 miles to Station 3161 + 50 (YH-30 Stationing) at 40 miles per hour. Equation Sta. 3161 + 50 (IH-30 Stationing) _ Sta. 845 + 95.11 (IH-20 Stationing) c) From Station 845 + 95.11 (IH-20 Stationing) easterly 0.250 miles to Station 859 + 15.11 at 55 miles per hour." 2) The District Engineer for District 2 of the Texas Highway Department is authorized to erect the appropriate signs at Texas Highway Department expense. 3) The ordinance shall be in effect after the passage of this ordinance and the erection of the proper signs; and shall remain in effect until the completion and acceptance of the construction project by the Texas Highway Department District Engineer or until such time as the construction project has progressed to a stage whereby, in the opinion of the Texas Highway Department District Engineer, traffic may safely travel the construction project, or portions thereof, at the rate of speed posted prior to construction. DATE NUMBER Sus�Ecr: Construction Speed Zone PAGE 8/13/73 TE-64 Ordinance for Interstate Highway 30 2 of 2 4) Upon completion and acceptance of the construction project by the Texas Highway Department District Engineer, the provisions of this ordinance shall be canceled, the speed zoning shall be re-established as that prior, to the con- struction, and the Texas Highway Department shall replace the construction speed zone signs with speed zone signs giving notice of the re-established speed zone or zones. The proposed ordinance has been approved by the City Attorney. Recommendations It is recommended that the attached Construction Speed Zone Ordinance be adopted as prepared by the Texas Highway Department. RNL:cmc Attachment SUBMITTED BY: ISPOSITION BY COUNC D BY DoE ETARY DATE CITY MANAGER