HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 7060 ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CERTAIN TRAFFIC REGULATIONS OF THE CODE
OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS (1964), AS AMENDED, BY AM[ND
ING SECTION 26-63" REGULATING SPEEDING ON PUBLIC ROADWAYS WITH-
IN SAID CITY; PROVIDING A PENALTY; REPEALING ORDINANCE PROVI-
SIONS INCONSISTENT HEREU ITH� MAKING THIS ORDINANCE CUMULATIVE
OF PRIOR ORDINANCES; PROVIDING A S[VERABILITY CLAUS-; DIRECT-
INS PUBLICATION IN PAMPHLET FORM; DIRECTING PUBLICATION OF THE
CAPTION AND PENALTY CLAUSE; DIRECTING TME CITY SECRETARY T0
ENGROSS AND ENROLL THIS ORDINANCE BY COPYING THE CAPTION AND
PENALTY CLAUSE IN THE MINUTES OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND BY FIL-
ING THE ORDINANCE IN THE CITY'S ORDINANCE DIN NC[ REC0RDS; AND PRO-
VIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, pursuant to Chapter 2, Section l of the Charter of the
City of Fort Worth, as well as Sections 169(b) and 170(b) 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 investigations,
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 (l) that slow speeds at certain locations consis-
tently impede the normal and reasonable movement of traffic, and (2) that cer-
tain 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, RE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
FORT WORTH, TEXAS:
SECTION l .
That Subsection "(g)' of Section 26-53 of Chapter 26 of the Fort Worth
City Code (1964), as amended, be and the same is hereby amended as indicated:
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SECTION 2.
That any person who violates any of the provisions of this ordinance
shall be guilty of o 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 Fort Worth (1964), 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 he 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 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 by the City Council
without the incorporation in this ordioance of any such unconstitutional 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 so published shall be admissible in evidence in
all courts without further proof than the production of said pamphlet, as pro-
vided in Section 3^ Chapter XXVI of the Charter of the City of Fort Worth.
SECTION 6.
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 (6) days
in the official newspaper of the City of Fort Worth, as authorized by Article
1176b-1, Revised Civil Statutes.
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SECTION 7.
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.
It SECTION 8.
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 T0 FORM AND LEGALITY:
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ADOPTED:
EFFECTIVE:
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"DELETION:
"Streets: maxi-
mum
Speed
Jt�eg� Block Extent kE>
Brentwood Stair Rood 4200 - 6300 Oakland Boulevard to
250 feet east of
Canterbury Circle 35
Brentwood Stair Road 6300 - 5650 20 feet east of
Canterbury Circle to
Handley Drive 30
Brentwood Stair Road 6700 - 7300 Handley Drive to
Sandy Lane 35
Bridge Street 4200 - 6600 Oakland Boulevard to
East Loup 820 30
Calmont Avenue 7900 - 2500 Cherry Lane to Las
Vegas Trail 30
Evennon Road 100 - 1100 South Freeway (I-35W)
to Oak Grove Road 35
Malliok Parkway 1500 - 2400 Oak Grove Road to
Race Street 30
North Henderson Street 100 - 900 West Weatherford Street
to Cullen Street 30
North Henderson Street 1000 - 7208 Cullen Street to West
North Side Drive 35
Jacksburn Highway 1200 - 1308 West North Side Drive 10
700 feet northwest thereof 35
Jackoburo Highway 1300 - 2300 700 feet northwest of West
North Side Drive to
Ephrihom Avenue 40
Jacksburo Highway 2400 - 5100 [phrfham Avenue to
Skyline Drive 45
McCart Avenue 8408 - 5100 Forest Park Boulevard to
Covert Avenue 30
MoCart Avenue 5100 - 6708 Covert Avenue to Madrid
Drive 35
Sandy Lane 7400 - 3200 [derville Road to
East Lancaster Avenue 30
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"ADDITION (Each listing to be included alphabetically according to the
letter underlined):
"Streets Maxi-
Mu flI
Speed
Street Block N Extent
Brentwood Stair Road 4280 - 7300 Oakland Boulevard to
Sandy Lane 40
Bridge Street 4208 - 5200 Oakland Boulevard to
Wilson Road 40
8-ridge Street 5300 - 6600 Wilson Road to
East Loop 820 30
Calmont Avenue 7900 - 8808 Cherry Lane to the
southernmost frontage
road of the West Freeway 35
Everman Parkway lOO - 1400 South Freeway (I-35W)
to Oak Grove Road 35
Everman Parkway l�0O - 23O0 Oak Grove Road Co
— Race Street 38
North Henderson Street lOU - 80O West Weatherford Street to
— North Commercial Street 30
North Henderson Street AOD - l000 North Commercial Street to
— the West Fork of the
Trinity River 35
Jackuboro Highway llOO l3O0 The West Fork of the
— Trinity River to
260 feet north of Hest
North Side Drive 35
Jacksboro Highway l3O0 - 23O0 260 feet north of West
— North Side Drive to
Ephrihum Avenue 40
Jacksboro Highway 240O - S2OO Ephrihom Avenue to
— Skyline Drive 45
McCart Avenue 24OO - 45O0 Forest Park Boulevard
— to 210 feet south of
0ambrell Street 30
McCart Avenue 4500 - 6700 210 feet south of
Cambrall Street to
Madrid Drive 35
Sandy Lane �4O0 - 200D Ederville Road to 150 feet
— south of Craig Street JU
Sandy Lane 2900 - 3200 750 feet south of Craig
Street to East Lahcaster
Avenue 48
Verna Trail, North 100 - 1200 White Settlement Road to
Silver Creek Road 30
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City of Fort Worth, Eexas
UNE Mayor and Council Communication
IMAM
GRAHAM DATE REFERENCE SUBJECT; Amendment to Speed Zone PAGE
NUMBER Ordinance
9/16/74 G-2509 I of
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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
q since the last ordinance was passed.
Recommendation
It is recommended that the proposed ordinance be adopted.
RNL:ms
Attachment
SUBMITTED BY: DISPOSITION BY COUNCIL: PROJ'SED BY
[a,10PROVED 0 OTHER (DESCRIBE)
CITY SECRETARY
DATE
CITY MANAGER
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