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AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 26, "MOTOR VEHICLES
AAD TRAFFIC," OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH
(1964) , AS AMENDED, BY Ai+MENDING SUBSECTION (f) OF
SECTION 26-63 0I1' AR`T'ICLE I.Il THEREOF BY CHANGING
CERTAIN SCHOOL ZONES; BY A?!ENDING SUBSECTION (g)
OF SECTION 26-63 OF ARTICLE III THEREOF BY CHANGING
LOCATION, EXTENT AN'D/OR SPFED LIMITS OF CERTAIN
SPEED ZONES; PROVIDING 'PHA`:I' THIS ORDINANCE SHALL
BE C'UPI:ULAT1VE OF ALL PROVISIONS OF ORDINANCES AND
OF SUCH CODE: AFFEC'T'ING i�'IOTOR VEHICLES AND 'T'RAFP�IC;
PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY
CLAUSE; AUTHORIZING ?UBLICATION IN PAPY[PHLET FORM;
DIRECTING PUBLICATION OF THE CAPTION AND PENALTY
CLAUSE; DIRECTING THE ENGROSSMENT AND ENROLLMENT
OF THE CAPTION AND PENALTY CLAUSE AND TAE FILING
0:, THIS ORDINANCE; PROVIDING A PENA1., CLAUSE; AND
NAMING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE' CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT
WORTIi, TEXAS:
SECTION 1.
1.'hat Subsection (f) of Section 26-63 of Article III of
Chapter 26 of the Code of the City of Fort Worth (19621) , as
amended, be, and the same is hereby amended as indicated:
DELETION:
"SCHOOL ZONES:
]'rla.x irnui-i
Block Speed
Street Numbers Extent (NipH)
Azle Avenue 2100-2300 150 feet west of 20
McKinley Avenue to
>outh property line
of 2305 Azle Avenue
Clover bane 2400-2600 25 feet south of east 20
approach of El Campo
Avenue to Calmont Avenue
Ellis Road 6900-'(100 Downey Drive to wost 20
property line of 7117
Ellis Road
North Elm Street 300 Fast Bluff Street to 20
1�ast Peach Street
Evans Avenue 2600-2700 East Mulkey Street to 20
160 feet south of
Morningside Drive
McCart Avenue 3800-4o0o North property line 20
of 3808 ilcCart Avenue
to 65 feet north of
West Bolt. Street
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Nashville Avenue 900-1300 180 feet south of 20
Avenue A to 135 feet
north of East Rosedale
Street
Ramey Avenue 5100-5300 Marlin Street to 20
Bethune Street
Samuels Avenue 300-500 East Peach Street to 20
30 feet south of south
property line of 501
Samuels Avenue
West Seventh Street 3700-3800 West property line of 20
3750 West Seventh
Street to Belle Place
South Drive 4700-4800 Whitfield Avenue to 20
1.25 feet of Belden.
Avenue
Southwest Boulevard 3800-4000 400 feet north of 20
Kermit Avenue to
Brazos Avenue
Stalcup Road 3200-3600 65 feet south of 20
Burton Avenue to south
property line at 3617
Stalcup Road
Yucca Avenue 2600-2800 185 feet east of North 20
Sylvania Avenue to 185
feet east of Blandin
Street
Collinwood. Avenue 5000-5100 East property line of 20
5008 Collinwood Avenue
to east property line of
5125 Collinwood Avenue
North Riverside 200-500 55 feet south of 20
Drive worth Frontage Road
Airport Freeway to
north property line of
513 North Riverside
Drive
Meadowbrook Drive 3300-:3500 East property line 20
3304 Meadowbrook Drive
to Sanderson Avenue
Chesser Boyer Road 3500-3700 Fairview Street to 2U"
185 feet west of
Wesley Street
ADDITION (East listing to be included alphabetically according
to each letter underlined) :
''SCHOOL ZONES:
Maximum
Block Speed
Street Numbers Extent (MPH
Azle Avenue 2100-2300 35 feet northwest of 20
McKinley Avenue to
southeast property line
of 2313 Azle Avenue
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Clover Lane 2400-2600 45 feet south of east 20
approach of El CaTApo
Avenue to Calmont Avenue
Ellis Road 7000-7100 125 feet east of 20
Downey Drive to west
property line of 7113
Ellis Road
Evans Avenue 2550-2650 East Mulkey Street to 20
125 feet north of
Morningside Drive
Gary Lane 6900-7000 East property line 20
6912 Gary Lane to 60
feet west of Barron
Lane
McCart Avenue 3900-4050 45 feet north of east 20
approach of Pafford
to 65 feet north of
crest Bolt Street
Nashville Avenue 900-1300 Avenue A to 70 feet 20
north of East Rosedale
Street
Ramey Avenue 5100-5200 60 feet west, of 20
Marlin Street to
Bethune Street
Samuels Avenue 400-500 East Peach Street to 20
south property line
of 515 Samuels Avenue
West Seventh Street 3700-3900 West property line 20
3120 West Seventh
Street to north
approach of Belle Place
South Drive )-4800-1-1900 South property line 20
of 4802 South Drive
to south property line
of 4911 South Drive
Southwest Boulevard 3850-4000 200 feet north of 20
Xermit Avenue to south
property line 4013
Southwest Boulevard
Stalcup road 3500-3600 West approach of 20
Turner Street to
south property line
of 3617 Stalcup Road
Yucca Avenue 2600-2700 130 feet east of 20"
Sylvania Avenue to
north approach of
Blandin Street
SECTION 2.
That Subsection (fir) 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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DELETION:
"FREEWAYS:
Minimum Maximum
Block Speed Speed
Street Numbers Extent (MPH) (17PH)
West Freeway 1400-6200 250 feet west of 40 55"
(1-30) Ballinger Street to
640 feet west of
Westridge Avenue
DELETION:
"STREETS:
Maximum
Block Speed
Street Nu_nbers Extent (MPH)
East Allen Avenue 2.00-500 Bryan Street to 20
Arizona. Avenue
Azle Avenue 3600-5800 Northwest 25th Street 45
to Broadview Drive
Hemphill Street 100-4700 West Vickery Boulevard 30
to West Felix Street
Horne Street 2900-5000 Camp Bowie Boulevard 30
to Vvest Vickery Boulevard
James Avenue 11300--5700 West Seminary Drive 30
to Edgecliff Road
East North Side 100-200 North Main Street to 30
Drive North Calhoun Street
East North Side 300-1800 North Calhoun Street 35
Drive to Oakhurst Scenic Drive
West North Side 100-1200 North Main Street to 35
Drive Jacksborc Highway
East Rosedale 100-3700 South Main Street to 30
Street Wallace Street
East Rosedale 3700-5000 South Perkins Street 35
Street to Tierney Road
West Rosedale 100-1600 South Main Street to 30
Street 1.75 .feet west of
Eighth Avenue
West Rosedale 1600-2300 175 feet west of 35
Street Eighth Avenue to 250
feet west of Jerome
Street
West Rosedale 2300 250 feet west of` 30
Street Jerome Street to
Forest Park Boulevard
Tappan Boulevard 2300-3200 Campus Drive to 30
Wichita Street
Trail Lake Drive 3600-5000 South Hills Avenue 30
to 140 feet south of
Southwest Loop 820
(1-820)
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West Vickery 100-3900 South Main Street to 30"
Boulevard Rutledge Street
ADDITION (East listing to be included alphabetically according
to each letter underlined) :
"FREEWAYS:
Minimum Maximum
Block Speed Speed
Street Numbers Extent (MPH) (MPH)
,Jest Freeway 1400-6200 250 feet west of 40 50"
(1-30) Ballinger Street to
640 feet west of
Westridge Avenue
ADDITION (East listing to be included alphabetically according
to each letter underlined) :
"FRONTAGE ROADS:
Maximum
Block Speed
Street Numbers Extent (v"PT-I)
"Jim Wright"
Loop 820 Freeway 2100-4600 Decatur Avenue to 40
Northwest (1-820) Azle Avenue (FMI-1220)
North Frontage
Road
Loop 820 Freeway 2100-4600 Decatur Avenue to 40"
Northwest (1-820) Azle Avenue (FM-1220)
South Frontage
Road
ADDITION:
"STREETS:
Maximum
Block Speed
Street Numbers Extent (P4P4T)
Azle Avenue 5000-5800 Northwest 25th Street 45
to Broadview Drive
Boca Raton 5700-6100 Country Club Lane to 35
Boulevard Highwoods Trail
Country Club Lane 1000-1200 Bridge Street to 35
Oakmont Lane
Fuller Avenue 700-1600 Hemphill Street to 3ri
James Avenue
Green Oaks Road 1100-2300 West Freeway (I-30) 40
to Altamere Drive
(Highway 183)
Hemphill Street 100-4700 West Vickery Boulevard 40
to West Felix Street
H_ig,hwoods Trail 100-700 Randol_ Mill Road to 35
Boca Raton Boulevard
Horne Street 2900-5000 Camp Bowie Boulevard 35
to West Vickery
Boulevard
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James Avenue 4300-5400 West Seminary Drive 35
to Crowley Road
James Avenue 5500-5700 Crowley Road to 30
Edgecliff Road
Marine Creek 4700-5100 Jim Wright Loop 820 40
Parkway Freeway Northwest to
Northwest College Drive
East Northside 100-1800 '_forth Plain Street to 40
Drive Oakhurst Scenic Drive
West Northside 100-1200 North Plain Street to 40
Drive Jacksboro Highway
(SH-199)
East Rosedale 100-5000 South Nlain Street to 35
Avenue Tierney Road
West Rosedale 100-2300 South Main Street to 35
Avenue Forest Park Boulevard
Tappan Boulevard 2300-3200 Campus Drive to 35
Wichita Avenue
Trail Lake Drive 4600-4900 Granbury Road to 35
Southwest Loop 820
(1-820)
West Vickery 100-600 South Main to Hemphill 30
Boulevard Street
West Vickery 700-1100 Hemphill Street to 35
Boulevard Henderson Street
West Vickery 1200-3800 Henderson Street to 30"
Boulevard Rutledge Street
SECTTON 3.
That this ordinance shall be cumulative of all ,provi-
sions 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 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
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such chapter and/or other ordinances, sanm 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 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 arid sections of this
ordinance, since the same would have been enacted by the
City Council without the incorporation herein of any such
void, ineffective or unconstitutional phrase, clause, sen-
tence, paragraph or section.
SECTION 6.
That the City Secretary of the City of Fort Worth is
hereby authorized to publish this ordinance in pa�ophlet, form
for general distribution among the public, and this ordi-
nance 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 arid by filing the ordi-
nance in the ordinance records of said City.
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SECTION 9.
That any person violating any of the provisions of thit
ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and each
such person shall be deemed Puilty of a separate offense for
each day or portion thereof during which any violation of
any of the provisions of this ordinance is co r.; .tted, con-
tinued or permitted, and each violation shall be punishable
by a 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 FORT] AND LEGALITY:
S. G. Johndroe, Jr. , City Attorney
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UNE City of Fort Worth, 'I ex as
VAsWF Mayor and Council Communication
DOW"
"g,vonf. DATE REFERENCE SUBJECT: PAGE
NUMBER
8/16/76 1 1 E-130 � Amendment to Speed Zone Ordinance I
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. These amendments are necessary in order
to include changes in the 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: DISPOSITION,)W COUNCIL: PROCESSED BY
L1,,APPROVED ❑ OTHER (DESCRIBE) J, 11W.
CITY SECRETARY
DATE
CITY MANAGER I "It- I