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Home My WebLink About(0016) Speed Zone Ord.pdfORDINANCE NO. AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 22 "MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC," ARTICLE III "OPERATION OF VEHICLES," SECTION 22-86 "SPEEDING," SUBSECTIONS (h) AND (i) OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS (2015), AS AMENDED, TO CHANGE THE LOCATIONS, EXTENT, AND SPEED LIMITS OF CERTAIN SPEED ZONES; PROVIDING THAT THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BE CUMULATIVE OF ALL PRIOR ORDINANCES AND REPEAL CONFLICTING ORDINANCES; PROVIDING FOR A SAVINGS CLAUSE; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING A PENALTY CLAUSE; PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, the City of Fort Worth's Transportation and Public Works (TPW) Department routinely reviews the speed limits in the Code of the City of Fort Worth, Texas (2015), as amended, ("City Code") in order to make corrections, additions or amendments, where appropriate; WHEREAS, the TPW Department desires to amend the speed zone tables included in the City Code to provide for adjustments as a result of development and to make text, speed limit, and block range corrections; WHEREAS, City staff completed speed surveys (engineering and traffic investigations), which took into consideration the width and condition of the pavement, other circumstances on that portion of roadway, and the usual traffic on it, to show that any prima facie speed limit set by statute is greater or less than is reasonable or safe under the conditions found to exist at any intersection or on any part of the roadway system under the City's jurisdiction; WHEREAS, the Texas Transportation Code Section 545.356 specifies the procedures for a municipality to set speed zones and to post speed limits; and WHEREAS, this ordinance incorporates the above recommendations and amends the Speed Zone Tables of Chapter 22 "Motor Vehicles and Traffic," Article III "Operation of Vehicles," Section 22-86 "Speeding," Subsections (h) and (i) of the City Code as recommended by the TPW Department; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS, THAT: Ordinance No. Page 1 of 5 Section 22-86, Subsections (h) and (i) Speeding SECTION 1. Chapter 22 "Motor Vehicles and Traffic," Article III "Operation of Vehicles," Section 22-86 "Speeding," Subsection (h) of the Code of the City of Fort Worth, Texas (2015), as amended, is hereby amended as indicated: School Zones - Deletions Street Block Extent Speed (mph) Leigh Drive 2800 Elbe Trail to Tyne Trail 20 North Beach 98009900 245 feet south of Alta Vista Road to 235 feet 25 Street north of Alta Vista Road North 74007700 45 feet north of Bigleaf Lane to 383 feet 20 Riverside north of Chaddybrook Lane Drive Tyne Trail 8800-9000 250 feet east of Leigh Drive to 250 feet west 20 of Thames Trail School Zones - Additions Street Block Extent Speed (mph) East Annie 900-920 Kentucky Avenue to 150 feet east of 20 Street Kentucky Avenue North Beach 9800-9900 250 feet north and 250 feet south of Alta Street Vista Road 20 Belle Prairie 1100-1400 150 feet north of Spanish Needle Trail to 600 Trail feet south of Spanish Needle Trail 20 Conner 1200-1300 545 feet north of East Rosedale Street to East 20 Avenue Rosedale Street Denver 400 feet north of the intersection of West 20 Avenue 1400-1500 Central Avenue and Denver Avenue to the intersection of West Central Avenue and Denver Avenue Eagle 1200-1220 700 feet east of Willow Springs Road to 250 20 Boulevard feet west of the Roundabout at Eagle Boulevard and Prairie Breeze Drive Ordinance No. Page 2 of 5 Section 22-86, Subsections (h) and (i) Speeding 1200-1300 450 feet south of Adams Middle School Eagle entrance closest to Roundabout on Eagle Boulevard Boulevard and Prairie Breeze Drive to 450 20 feet north of Adams Middle School entrance closest to the same Roundabout Lehigh Drive 2800 Elbe Trail to Tyne Trail 20 North 7500-7700 Chaddybrook Lane to 245 feet north of 20 Riverside Bigleaf Lane Drive North 7800-7900 300 feet north of the intersection of North 20 Riverside Riverside Drive and Old Denton Road to 300 Drive feet south of the intersection of North Riverside Drive and Old Denton Road East Rosedale 2510-2630 300 feet west of South Beach Street to 250 20 Street feet east of Conner Avenue on the south side of East Rosedale Street Spanish 1200-1300 Belle Prairie Trail to 1,000 feet east of Belle 20 Needle Trail Prairie Trail Stillwater 9000-9030 Lehigh Drive to 200 feet east of Lehigh 20 Trail Drive Thames Trail 2700-2800 370 feet south of the intersection of Tyne 20 Trail and Thames Trail to the intersection of Tyne Trail and Thames Trail Thames Trail 2900-2935 370 feet north of the intersection of Elbe 20 Trail and Thames Trail to the intersection of Elbe Trail and Thames Trail Turner Street 5500-5550 140 feet east of Stalcup Road to Stalcup 20 Road 600 feet west of the intersection of Thames 20 Tyne Trail 8700-9067 Trail and Tyne Trail to 600 feet east of the intersection of Thames Trail and Tyne Trail Westcreek 6640-6645 200 feet east of Loma Vista Drive to 150 feet 20 Drive west of Countryside Lane Ordinance No. Page 3 of 5 Section 22-86, Subsections (h) and (i) Speeding SECTION 2. Chapter 22 "Motor Vehicles and Traffic," Article III "Operation of Vehicles," Section 22-86 "Speeding," Subsection (i) of the Code of the City of Fort Worth, Texas (2015), as amended, is hereby amended by adding or deleting the following streets as indicated: Streets - Deletions Speed Street Block Extent (mph) Hemphill 30 5700 1-20 to Tasman Street Street mph Streets - Additions Street Block Extent Speed (mph) Campus 5500-6300 I-20 to East Alta Mesa Boulevard m ph Hemphill 5700 I-20 to Tasman Street 40 Street mph Kellleerr Hdicks 3600-4200 North Beach Road to Park Vista Boulevard mPh Oakgrove 6400-10400 McPherson Road to East Alta Mesa Road 30 Road mph SECTION 3. This ordinance shall be cumulative of all provisions of ordinances of the Code of the City of Fort Worth, Texas, (2015), as amended, except where the provisions of this ordinance are in direct conflict with the provisions of such ordinances and such Code, in which event conflicting provisions of such ordinances and such Code are hereby repealed. SECTION 4. It is hereby declared to be the intention of the City Council that the phrases, clauses, sentences, paragraphs and sections of this ordinance are severable, and, if any phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph or section of this ordinance shall be declared unconstitutional by the valid judgment or decree of any court of competent jurisdiction, such unconstitutionality shall not affect any of the remaining phrases, clauses, sentences, paragraphs and sections of this ordinance, since the same would have been enacted Ordinance No. Page 4 of 5 Section 22-86, Subsections (h) and (i) Speeding by the City Council without the incorporation in this ordinance of any such unconstitutional phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph or section. SECTION 5. All rights and remedies of the City of Fort Worth, Texas, are expressly saved as to any and all violations of the provisions of the Code of the City of Fort Worth, or any other ordinances of the City, that 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 ordinances, same shall not be affected by this ordinance, but may be prosecuted until final disposition by the courts. SECTION 6. Any person who violates, disobeys, omits, neglects, or refuses to comply with or who resists the enforcement of any of the provisions of this ordinance shall be fined an amount not exceeding two hundred dollars ($200.00) for each offense. SECTION 7. The City Secretary of the City of Fort Worth, Texas is hereby directed to publish the caption, penalty clause and effective date of this ordinance for two (2) days in the official newspaper of the City of Fort Worth, Texas, as authorized by Texas Local Government Code, Section 52.013. SECTION 8. All other provisions of Chapter 22 of the Code of the City of Fort Worth, Texas, (2015), as amended, shall remain in full force and effect, save and except as amended by this ordinance. SECTION 9. This ordinance shall take effect upon adoption and publication as required by law, and it is so ordained. APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY: ATTEST: Jessica Sangsvang Senior Assistant City Attorney Date: ADOPTED: EFFECTIVE: Ordinance No. Page 5 of 5 Section 22-86, Subsections (h) and (i) Speeding Mary J. Kayser, City Secretary