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ORDINANCE N0. '
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CERTAIN TRAFFIC REGULATIONS
OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS ( 1964) ,
AS AMENDED, BY AMENDING, DEL[TING, AND ADDING TO
SECTION 28-63, REGULATING SPEEDING ON PUBLIC ROAD-
WAYS WITHIN SAID CITY ; PROVIDING A PENALTY; REPEAL-
ING ORDINANCE PROVISIONS INCONSISTENT HEREWITH ;
MAKING THIS ORDINANCE CUMULATIVE OF PRIOR ORDINANCES;
PROVIDING A 3EV[RA8ILITY CLAUSE; DIRECTING PUBLICATION
IN PAMPHLET FORM; DIRECTING PUBLICATION OF THE CAPTION
AND PENALTY CLAUSE; DIRECTING THE CITY SECRETARY TO
ENGROSS AND ENROLL THIS ORDINANCE BY COPYING THE
CAPTION AND PENALTY CLAUSE IN THE MINUTES OF THE CITY
COUNCIL AND BY FILING THE ORDINANCE IN THE CITY'S
ORDINANCE RECORDS ; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, pursuant to Chapter 2, Section l of the Charter
of the City of Fort Worth` as well as Sections 109(b) and 170(h)
of Article 6701d, Revised Civil Statutes , the City of Fort Worth
has authority to establish both minimum speed limits and prima
facie maximum reasonable and prudent speeds within its corporate
boundaries for vehicles on streets and highways; and ,
WHEREAS, upon the basis of engineering and traffic investi-
gations , taking into consideration the width and condition of
the pavement, the usual traffic, as well as other circumstances
on public streets and highways, the City Council has determined
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(l ) that slow speeds at certain locations consistently impede �
the normal and reasonable movement of traffic , and (Z) that
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certain speeds at certain locations are minimum speed limits
thereat and thereon and (3) that certain speeds at certain
locations are reasonable and safe prima facie maximum speeds ;
NOW THEREFORE, HE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS:
SECTION l .
That Subsection "(f)" of Section 26-63 of Chapter 26 of
the Fort Worth City Code ( 1064) , as amended, be and the same
is hereby amended as indicated:
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"D1]JET.ION:
"Streets: Moxi -
mum
Speed
Street Block Numbers Extent (MPH)
Pershing Av. 6100 710' W. of Winthrop Av. 20
to 425' E. of Wnstridge
Av.
"ADDITION (Each listing to be included alphabetically
according to the letter underlined) :
"Streets: Maxi -
mum
Speed
Streeti Block Numbers Extent (MPH)
Allen Av. 1100-1200 W. property line of 20
1100 Allen Av. to
300' E. of Mississippi
Av.
Pershing Av. 6100 130' W. of Winthrop Av. 20
to 215 ' E. of Westridge
Av.
SECTION 2.
That any person who violates any of the provisions of
this ordinance shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and , upon
conviction thereof, shall be fined not less than One Dollar
($1 .00) nor more than Two Hundred Dollars ($200,00) .
SECTION 3.
That this ordinance shall repeal every prior ordinance
and provision of the Code of the City of port Worth (1904) ,
as amended, in conflict herewith` but only in so far as the
portion of such prior ordinance or provision shall be in
conflict, and as to all other ordinances and provisions of
the Code not in conflict herewith , this ordinance shall be
and is hereby made cumulative.
SECTION 4.
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
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be declared unconstitutional by the valid judgment or decree
of any court of competent jurisdiction, such unconst1tuion-
ulity 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 in this ordinance of any such unconstitu-
tional phrase ` clause, sentence, paragraph or section.
SECTION 5.
That the City Secretary of the City of Fort Worth is
hereby directed to publish this ordinance in pamphlet form
for general distribution among the public , and this ordinance
as m published shall be admissible in evidence in all courts
without further proof than the production of said pamphlet`
as provided in Section 3 , Chapter XKYT of the Charter of the
City of Fort Worth.
SECTION 0.
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'
SECTION 7.
That the City Secretary of the City of Fort Worth is
hereby directed to engross and enroll this ordinance by copy-
ing the caption and penalty clause of same in the minutes of
the City Council of Fort North , and by filing the ordinance
in the ordinance records of said city.
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SECTION S.
That this ordinance shall take effect and be in full
force and effect from and after the date of its passage and
publication as provided by law.
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY:
City Attorney
A 0 0 P T E D ZI / rw;
EFFECTIVE:
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0 City of Fort Worth, Texas
Mayor and Council Communication
SMUFF DATE E11.R.ENCE SUBJECT: PAGE
GRAHAM 3/17/75 TE-97 dment to Speed Zone Ordinance
The attached proposed, ordinance amends the City of Fort Worth school
speed zone ordinance by adding the following school zones as recommended
by the Traffic Engineering Department:
SECTION 1.
That Subsection "(f)" of Section 26-63 of Chapter 26 of the Fort Worth
City Code (1964), as amended, be and the same is hereby amended as
indicated:
"DELETION:
"Streets:
Maximum Speed
Street Block Number Extent (MPH)
Pershing Ave. 6100 130' W. of Winthrop Ave. 20
425' E. of Westridge Ave.
"ADDITION:
Maximum Speed
Street Block Numbers Extent (MPH)
Allen Ave. 1100-1200 W. property line of 1100 Allen 20
Ave. to 390' E. of Mississippi
Ave.
Pershing Ave. 6100 130' W. of Winthrop Ave. to 20
215' E. Westridge Ave.
These amendments are necessary in order to include changes in the speed
limits for which a need has occured since the speed zone ordinance was
last amended.
RECOMMENDATION
It is recommended that the proposed ordinance be adopted.
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Attachment
SUBMITTED BY: DISPOSITION BY COUNCIL: PROCESSED BY
APPROVE 99 Ej OTHER (DESCRIBE
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DATE
CITY MANAGER