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AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 26, "MOTOR VEHICLES
AND TRAFFIC, " OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH
(1964) , AS AMENDED, BY AMENDING SUBSECTION (f) OF
SECTION 26-63 OF ARTICLE III THEREOF BY SETTING
CERTAIN HOURS OF CERTAIN DAYS AS TIMES WHEN LOWER
SPEED LIMITS SHALL BE APPLICABLE TO SCHOOL SPEED
ZONES AND PROVIDING ALSO THAT SUCH LOWER SPEED LIMITS
SHALL BE APPLICABLE TO SUCH ZONES WHEN A FLASHING
LIGHT IS IN OPERATION ACCOMPANIED BY A SIGN GIVING
NOTICE OF SUCH LOWER SPEED LIMIT; BY AMENDING SUB-
SECTION (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 (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:
DELETION:
" (f) On that portion of those streets
or highways being designated below as a
school zone, the prima facie maximum
reasonable and prudent speed in miles per
hour between 7:30 a.m. and 9:00 a.m. and
between 2:00 p.m. and 4:00 p.m. , Monday
through Friday, shall be such speed as indi-
cated below, provided that an appropriate
sign giving notice thereof is erected. It
shall be an affirmative defense to a charge
of exceeding said prima facie maximum speed,
established below, that the day in question
was a day when there were no classes in
session at the nearest school, as well as
at any school within two thousand (2,000)
feet of the location of said alleged excessive
speed. "
ADDITION:
^ (f) on that portion of those streets
or highways being designated below as a
school zone, the prima facie maximum
reasonable and prudent speed in miles per
hour between 7:30 a.m. and n:no a'm_ and
between 2;00 g,m, and 4;00 p.m. , Monday
through Friday when school is in eeaeioo'
shall be such speed as indicated below,
provided that an appropriate sign giving
notice thereof is ezected, Such sign may
provide that said prima facie maximum
speed shall apply when an accompanying
light is flashing and said prima facie
maximum speed limit shall apply only during
such flashing. It obaII be an affirmative
defense to a charge of exceeding said prima
facie maximum speed, established below, that
the day in question was a day when there
were no rIooeeo in session at the nearest
school, as well as at any school within
2'000 feet of the location of said alleged
excessive speeding. "
ADDITION (Each listing to be included alphabetically according
to the latter underlined) :
"SCHOOL ZONES: Maximum
Speed
Street Block Numbers Extent
Country Manor Road 1400-1600 West property line of 20
1500 Country Manor Road
to Baird Drive
.aaodr Lane 2700-2750 75 feet south of 201'
Meadowozest Drive to
Beckwood Drive
oEnrznN 2_
That Subsection (q) of Section 2e-e3 of Article zzz of
Chapter 26 of the code of the City of Fort Worth (1964) , as
amended, be, and the same is hereby amended as indicated:
DELETION:
"raoNzamm uo&DSr Maximum
Speed
Street Block Numbers Extent � (MPH)��
Southwest Loop 100-4400 onotb Freeway (z-35w) 40"
820 (1-820) to South HoIeo Street
Frontage Roads
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Oak Grove Road 1100-1550 Southeast Loop 820 35
to Glasgow Road
Oak Grove Road 5500-5600 Glasgow Road to Oak 35
Grove Road West
man Avenue 3500-4000 West Biddison Street 30
to West Bolt Street
Samuels Avenue 700-1200 230 feet north of Cold 35
Springs Road to 290 feet
north of Poindexter Street
Samuels Avenue 1200-2300 290 feet north of 40
Poindexter Street to
Northeast 23zd Street
West Seventh Street 1600-3000 Penn Street to University 35
Drive
Slade Boulevard 3400--3700 U. S. Highway 80 to 30
Chapin Road
Stadium Drive 2500-3000 Parkhill Drive to 30
West Berry Street
,�_ycamore School 100-2500 South Freeway (I-35W) 35
Road to AT & SF Railroad
tracks (City limits)
South qylvania 100-3100 East First Street to 35
Avenue Riverside Drive
University Drive 1600-2600 Crestline Road to 40
West Freeway
East Weatherford 100-300 Main Street to Jones 30
Street Street
East Weatherford 400-1200 Jones Street to Hampton 35
Street Street
Yucca Avenue 1800-3800 Oakhurst Scenic Drive 35 "
to North Beach Street
SECTION 3,
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
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the provisions of such ordinances and such Code, in which
event such conflicting provisions of such ordinances and such
Code are hereby repealed.
SECTION 4.
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 5.
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 unconstitutional 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 in-
corporation herein of any such void, ineffective or unconsti-
tutional phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph or section.
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SECTION 6.
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 7.
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 8.
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 9.
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 provisions of this ordinance is committed, continued
or permitted, and each violation shall be punishable by a
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fine not to exceed Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00) .
SECTION 10.
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:
�ti./ ! va"-O�x
S. G. Johndroe, Jr. , City Attorney
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DELETION:
"Streets:
Maximum
Speed
Street Block Numbers Extent MPH
East Belknap 400-2500 Jones Street to North 40
Street Sylvania Avenue
East Belknap 2600-3700 North Sylvania Avenue 35
Street to North Beach Street
Bellaire Drive 3800-4400 Bellaire Drive to 35
South South Hulen Street
Bomber Road All Shore View Drive to 35
the northern end of
Bomber Road
Colonial Parkway 2100-2300 South University Drive 35
to Country Club Circle
West Felix Street 100-500 Railroad overpass to 40
Hemphill Street
Forest Park Boulevard 600-2400 West Freeway (I-30) to 40
Park Hill Drive
Forest Park 2500-3200 Park Hill Drive to 35
Boulevard. Benbrook Drive
North Forest Park 100-2100 450 feet west of 40
Boulevard Purcey Street to 400
feet north of West
Freeway
North Forest Park 2100 400 feet north of West 30
Boulevard Freeway to West Freeway
Galvez Avenue 3200-4000 Riverside Drive to 35
Beach Street
Cranbury Road 3300-4400 Benbrook Boulevard to 45
Trail Lake Drive
Handley Drive 1550-3100 Works Street to East 35
Lancaster Avenue
East Hattie Street 1400-1600 Luxton Street to Loney 20
Street
South Hulen Street 2400-6700 West Vickery Boulevard 40
to Altamesa Boulevard
Meadowbrook Drive 2600-7900 South Beach Street to 40
Cooks Lane
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McCart Avenue 2400-6200 Forest Park Boulevard 35
to 200 feet south of
Westcreek Drive
Montgomery Street 1200-2600 West Lancaster Avenue 40
to Calmont Avenue
Oak Grove Road 1000-1100 East Felix Street to 35
Southeast Loop 820
Oak Grove Road 1100-1550 Southeast Loop 820 to 30
Glasgow Road
Oak Grove Road 5300-5600 Glasgow Road to Oak 30
Grove Road,West
Samuels Avenue 700-2300 230 feet north of Cold 40
Springs Road to Northeast
231d Street
West Seventh 1600-3000 Penn Street to Uni- 40
Street versity Drive
Slade Boulevard 3400-3800 U. S. Highway 80 to 40
Chapin Road
Stadium Drive 2500-3000 Parkhill Drive to West 40
Berry Street
fycamore School 100-2500 South Freeway (I-35W) 40
Road to AT & SF Railroad
tracks (City limits)
South fylvania 100-300 East First Street to 30
Avenue East Fourth Street
South aylvania 300-3100 East Fourth Street to 35
Avenue 250 feet west of
Riverside Drive
University Drive 1600-2300 Crestline Road to West 40
Freeway
East Weatherford 100-1200 Main Street to Hampton 30
Street Street
Yucca Avenue 1800-3000 Oakhurst Scenic Drive 35"
to North Beach Street
ADDITION (Each listing to be included alphabetically according
to letter underlined) :
"FRONTAGE ROADS:
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Maximum
Speed
Street Block Numbers Extent (MPH)
Southwest Loop 820 100-3850 South Freeway (I-35W) to 40
(I-820) Granbury Road
Frontage Roads
Southwest Loop 820 4000-4400 Hildring Drive East to 35"
(I-820) South Hulen Street
Frontage Roads
ADDITION (Each listing to be included alphabetically according
to letter underlined) :
"Streets:
Maximum
Speed
Street Block Numbers Extent (MPH)
East Belknap 100-300 Main Street to Jones 30
Street Street
East Belknap 400-3700 Jones Street to North 35
Street Beach Street
Bellaire Drive 3800-4400 Bellaire Drive West 35
South to South Hulen Street
Bomber Road 1300-1700 500 Feet south of 35
Shore View Drive to the
northern end of Bomber
Road
Bryant Irvin Road 2800-4250 West Vickery Boulevard 30
to Southwest Loop 820
Colonial Parkway 2100-2300 South University Drive 30
to Parkhill Drive
West Felix Street 100-500 Railroad overpass to 35
Hemphill Street
Forest Park 800-900 West Freeway (I-30) 30
Boulevard to 200 feet north of
West Rosedale Street
Forest Park 900-3200 200 feet north of West 35
Boulevard Rosedale Street to
Benbrook Drive
North Forest Park 100-1600 450 feet west of 40
Boulevard Purcey Street to 500
feet south of West Lancaster
Bridge
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North Forest Park 1600-2100 500 feet south of West 30
Boulevard Lancaster Bridge to West
Freeway (I-30)
Galvez Avenue 3200-4000 Riverside Drive to 30
Beach Street
Granbury Road 3300-4400 Benbrook Boulevard to 40
Trail Lake Drive
Handley Drive 1550-2300 Works Street to Jewell 30
Avenue
Handley Drive 2400-3100 Jewell Avenue to East 35
Lancaster Avenue
South Hulen Street 2400-6000 West Vickery Boulevard 40
to Granbury Road
South Hulen Street 6100-6225 Granbury Road to 110 35
feet north of Whitman
Avenue
South Hulen Street 6225-7050 110 feet north of 40
Whitman Avenue to
Brandingshire Place
McCart Avenue 2400-3200 Forest Park Boulevard 35
to Benbrook Boulevard
McCart Avenue 3300-3600 Benbrook Boulevard to 30
West Butler Street
McCart Avenue 3700-6200 West Butler Street to 35
200 feet south of Westcreek
Drive
Meadowbrook Drive 2600-7400 South Beach Street to 30
300 feet east of Sandy
Lane
Meadowbrook Drive 7400-7900 300 feet east of Sandy 40
Lane to Cooks Lane
Michael Drive 8900-9400 Everman Parkway to 30
County Road 1098
Montgomery Street 1200-1800 West Lancaster Avenue 35
to LaFayette Avenue
Montgomery Street 1900-2600 LaFayette Avenue to 40
Calmont Avenue
Oak Grove Road 1000-1100 East Felix Street 40
to Southeast Loop 820
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City of Fort Worth, Texas
Mayor and Council Communication
DATE REFERENCE SUBJECT: Amendment to Speed Zone PAGE
NUMBER
8/23/77 TE-168 Ordinance Iof 1
The attached proposed ordinance amends the City of Fort Worth Speed Zone
Ordinance by making certain additions and deletions recommended by the
Traffic Engineering Department. Specifically, amending Section 26-23,
Subsection "f", Article III, whereby a flashing signal will be used in
conjunction with lower speed signs during certain hours of certain days
when lower speed limits shall be applicable to school speed zones.
Further, amending Subsection "g" by changing location, extent, or speed
limits for certain speed zones.
These amendments are necessary to include changes in speed limits for
which a need has occurred since the last ordinance was passed.
Recommendation
It is recommended that the proposed ordinance be adopted.
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Attachment
SUBMITTED BY: DISPOSITIO BY COUNCIL: PROCESSED BY
J ED���DINANCE �J�THER (DESCRIBE) 9 CITY SECRETARY
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DATE CITY MANAGER V/r 3 -7 /-7