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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 2905 fi f ORDINANCE ?�Om AN ORDINANCE REGULATING TRAFFIC BY DESIGNATING THE THROUGH- TRAFFIC LANES OF THE EAST WEST EXPRESSWAY AND THE NORTH- SOUTH EXPRESSWAY AS DiAYS; PROHIBITING THE OPERATION OF ANY VEHICLES THEREON OTHER THAN THOSE OF THE AUTOMOTIVE TYPE; PROVIDING 11F'OR ONE-WAY TRAFFIC ONLY ON EACH SITE OF SUCH FREE,6AYS, MAKING' IT UNLAWFUL TO PARK ANY VEHICLE ON SUCH FREED^TAYS, AND MkKING IT UNLAWFUL TO .ANTER OR LEAVE SUCH FRE&AYS AT ANY POINT OTHER THAN PROPERLY DESIGNATED ENTRANCE AND EXIT POINTS; PROHIBITING THE USE OF SUCH FREE- 7iv`AYS BY PEDESTRIANS, BICYCLISTS AND EQUESTRIANS; PROHIBITING PERSONS FROM DRIVING MOTOR;VEHICLES UPON SUCH F'RE-KAYS AT A GREATER RATE OF SPEED THAN FIFTY (50) MILES PER HOUR; PRO- VIDING A PENALTY FOR THE VIOLATION HEREOF OF A 'FINE IN A SUM OF k1ONEY NOT TO EXCEED ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS (0100.00); MAKING THIS ORDINANCECUMSLATIV:E OF ALL OT'HE'R ORDINANCES GOVERNING MOTOR VEHICULAR TRAFFIC, PROVIDING A 'SAVINGS CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE, WHEREAS, after extensive planning and at considerable expense, the City of Fort Worth and the Texas Highway Department have constructed freeways or expressways within the corporate limits of the City of Fort Worth; and, W'HEREAS, such freeways or expressways are designed for the safe and rapid movement of automotive traffic thereon in large volume, and unless such freeways ;or expressways are restricted to such use and a speed limit is designated therefor, traffic along such thoroughfares would be subjected to unnecessary hazards, Na,, , THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS® SECTION 1. The through-traffic lanes or ways constructed in the center of what is co my known as the East-West Expressway, which extends from Camp Bowie Boulevard at Horne Street to Ballinger Street, and the North--South Expressway,,' which extends from. Seminary Drive to East Rosedale, are here- by designated as .freeways or expressways.. The ;teras "freewaytt and teex pressway" shall be used interchangeably and shall also include the entrance and exit lanes leading to and from the through-lanea� SECTION 2* No vehicle except of the automotive type shall be driven upon or operated upon any freeway -within the corporate limits of the City of Fort Worth, SECTION The direction of travel of vehicles on each freeway ;shall be one way only and as determined and indicated by the City 'Traffic Engineer, It shall be unlawful for the driver of any vehicle to enter a freeway at any place other than a city traffic engineer designated entrance or to leave a freeway at any place other than a city traffic engineer designated exit, and it shall be unlawful ;for the driver of any vehicle to drive same across the median or center strip of any 'freeway. It shall be unlawful and a violation hereof for the driver or owner of any vehicle to party said vehicle sr to permit the same to be parked, stand or remain on any portion of a freeway, SECTION 44 The use of any freeway by pedestrians, bicyclists and equestrians is hereby prohibited„ This restriction and prohibition shall apply to the shoulders and .median strips of the freeways, as well as to the pave- ment surface. SECTION 5 No person shall drive or operate a motor vehicle upon any;freeway or expressway, as those terms are used herein, within the corporate lints of the; City, of Fort Worth at a greater rate of speed than fifty (50) miles per hour. SECTIO' 6. Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of this ordinance or any rule or regulation made by the City Traffic Engineer pursuant thereto shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall, be fined not to exceed One Hundred Dollars ($100,00),. SECTION 7, This ordinance shall be cumulative of all other ordinances' conce-n- i g highway traffic in the City of Fort Worth except in those instances vihere such ordinances are in conflict herewith, in which instances the terms of this ordinance shall prevail.. SECTION 8, Should any section, article, provision or part of this ordinance be declared to be unconstitutional and void by a court of competent juris- diction, such decision shall in no way affect the validity of any of the remaining parts of this ordinance unless the pant held unconstitutional or void is inseparable from and indispensable to the operation of the re- maining parts® The City Council hereby declares that it would have passed those parts of this ordinance which are valid and omitted any parts which -may be unconstitutional if it had known that such parts were unconstitu- tional at the time of the passage of this ordinance..; SECTION 9. 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' `P OVA AS TO F AND ISGALITY: Assistant City Attorney ( F SCP ? f �tl C 0 M M I S S 10 N STATE HIGHWAY ENGINEER ` D. C. GREER E. H. T H 0 R N T 0 N, JR., CHAIRMAN FRED A. WEMPLE TEXAS HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT '- ROBT.J. POTTS Post Office Box 1406 Fort Worth, Texas October 22,1951 FILE NO. Ft . Worth Urban Project Mr. E. S. Birdsong City Secretary- City ecretaryCity Hall Fort Worth, Texas Dear Mr. Birdsong: This will acknowledge receipt of one copy of Ordinance No. 2905 adopted by the City Council of Fort Worth on October 17, 1951. This Ordinance pertains to Expressway traffic regulation. Yours truly Vfoz��' Engineer—Manager Fort Worth Urban Project J.R.EDWARDS,MAYOR COUNCILMEN COUNCILMEN E.L.BAKER F.EDGAR DEEN GEO.B.BENNETT R.E.COWAN L T.MARTIN pp ORT lC�f ROBT.B.MCKINLEY RAV CROW DER I�'.;{Gpyl}{� y..T ®�WIH M.M.MCKNIGHT W.O.JONES.CITY MANAO¢R 9p�[/pvB`' \�:OJ/+I� September 27th, 1951 Mr. R. E. Rouer City Attorney Building Dear Sir: Referring to the attached correspondence concerning certain restrictions for Fort ?,Torth Urban Ex- pressways, please prepare the necessary ordinance limiting speed to 50 M.P.H. maximum and other provisions as recom- mended. Kindly return the above referred to correspondence for our files. Very truly yours, W. 0. Jous �e.s 8I TY MANAGER. WOJ:GA cc - Mr. T. R. Buchman Traffic Engineer cc - Cap tain Dunwoody Police Department 1 TRAFFIC ENGINEERING DEPART14ENT September 18, 1951 f, p Mr. 'nT.0. Jones City Manager Building Dear Sir: In response to ;your request I have discussed with Captain Dunwoody the appropriate speed limit and other restrictions for traffic on the Expressways, It is the opinion of this deppartment that a 50 DI.P.H. maximum speed should be established on the sections of the Expressway now under construction. We do not believe that a minimum speed should be established due to the problems involved for enforce- ment. The present sections of the Expressways are not built with acceleration or de-celeration lanes for traffic enterin;7 or, leaving by way of ramps. We believe an ordinance restricting t'-Ie Expressways to motor vehicle traffic and prohibiting pedestrians , bicyclist , equestrians and animal drawn vehicles should be passed. Sincerely, T.R. BU C MAN Traffic Engineer TRB:mk S F SCP T W D Y �Q C 0 M M I S S 1 0 N STATE HIGHWAY ENGINEER D. C. GREER E. H. T H O R N T O N, J R., CHAIRMAN FRED A. WEMPLE TEXAS HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT -'- ROBT.J. POTTS Post Office Box 1400' Fort ?North, Texas August 23, 1951 I Fort Worth Urban Expressways t6FILE �4Mr. W. 0. Jones, City ;Manager City Hall TY ER Fort Worth, Texas Dear Mr. Jones: The paving of both the East-West expressway from Horn Street to within 800 feet of Summit Avenue, and the North-South Expressway from Rosedale to Morningside Drive .should be completed within two or three months and will be opened to traf fic. Inasmuch as the completion of the North-South Expressway to Rosedale will give Fort Wo-rt'_-: approximately 3.4 miles of continuous expressway on the North- South and we will have 4 miles on the East-West, it is anticipated that each of these sections of expressway will attract a considerable amount of traffic. These e=ressways are designed for the safe and rapid movement of automotive traf- fic in large volumes, and unless they are restricted to this type of traffic, could easily become deathtraps. For the above reason it seems to me- imperative that the City of Fort Worth restrict by ordinance the use of the freeway lanes, shoL_lders, and connecting ramps to motor vehicle traffic and prohibit their use to horse or mule drawn vehicles, equestrians, pedestrians and bicyclists. San Antonio and Houston both have such ordinances and I understand that Dallas also has such an ordinance. I have requested Mr. gillmer to send me a copy of it if possible which I will furnish you when it arrives. I am attaching a copy of the San Antonio ordinance and Houston ordinance for your perusal. It is believed that such am ordinance is vital to the safety of traffic using the expressways here as well as to those the ordinance would prohibit from using them. It is hoped the City of Fort Worth will recognize this need and take suitable action by passing such an ordinance. Y truly Ot ✓ i F. E. Lovett Engineer-Manager Fort Worth Urban Project encl.