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ORDINANCE NO
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 22 "MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC," OF
THE CODE OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH (1986), AS AMENDED BY AMENDING
SUBSECTION (e) OF SECTION 22-86 OF ARTICLE III THEREOF BY CHANGING
LOCATION, EXTENT AND/OR SPEED LIMITS OF CERTAIN SPEED ZONES, BY
AMENDING SUBSECTION (f) OF SECTION 22-86 OF ARTICLE III THEREOF BY
CHANGING CERTAIN SCHOOL ZONES,BY AMENDING SUBSECTION (g) OF
SECTION 22-86 OF ARTICLE III THEREOF BY CHANGING LOCATION, EXTENT
AND/OR SPEED LIMITS OF CERTAIN SPEED ZONES PROVIDING THAT THIS
ORDINANCE SHALL BE CUMULATIVE OF ALL PROVISIONS OF ORDINANCES AND
OF SUCH CODE AFFECTING MOTOR `VEHICLES AND. TRAFFIC PROVIDING A
SAVINGS CLAUSE, PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, AUTHORIZING
PUBLICATION IN PAMPHLET FORM, DIRECTING THE ENGROSSMENT AND
ENROLLMENT OF THE CAPTION AND PENALTY CLAUSE AND THE FILING OF THIS
ORDINANCE, PROVIDING A PENAL CLAUSE, AND NAMING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS
SECTION 1
That Subsection (e) of Section 22-86 of Article Ill of Chapter 22 of the Code of the
City of Fort Worth (1986), as amended, be, and the same is hereby amended as indicated.
DELETIONS
"PARKS
NONE
ADDITIONS e
"PARKS:
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SECTION 2
That Subsection (f) of Section 22-86 of Article III of Chapter 22 of the Code of the City
of Fort Worth (1986), as amended, and the same is hereby amended as indicated:
DELETIONS
"SCHOOL ZONES
NONE
ADDITIONS
"SCHOOL ZONES
NONE
SECTION 3
That Subsection (g) of Section 22-86 of Article III of Chapter 22 of the Code of the City of Fort
Worth (1986), as amended, and the same is hereby amended as indicated
DELETIONS
"FREEWAYS
Street Block Speed
Numbers Extent Minimum
Airport Freeway 1900-2100 North-South Freeway (135W) to west
(S.H. 121) side of bridge-over the west fork of the
Trinity River
Airport Freeway 2200-3500 Eastbound West side of bridge over the 40
(S.H 121) west fork of the Trinity River to Hudgins
Avenue
Airport Freeway 3500-4800 Eastbound Hudgins Avenue to Maxine 40
(S.H 121) Street
Airport Freeway 2200-3700 Westbound West side of the bridge 40
(S.H. 121) over the west fork of the Trinity River to
Seaman Street
Airport Freeway 3700-4800 Westbound Seaman Street to Maxine 40
(S.H 121) Street
East Freeway 100-1200 Main Street to 740 feet west of
(I-30) Chambers Street (Overpass)
East Freeway 1300-1400 740 feet west of Chambers Street to
(I-30) 3216 ft. east of Chambers Street
(Overpass)
East Freeway 1500-9500 316 feet east of Chambers Street 40
(1-30) (Overpass to city limit (Village Creek)
Martin Luther King 100-5300 Railroad underpass to East Loop 820, 40
Freeway (U.S. 287) South (I-820)
East Loop 820 100-3100 Randol Mill Road to East Lancaster 40
(I-820) Avenue
East Loop 820 100-3200 Randol Mill Road to Rock Island 40
North (I-820) Railroad tracks
East Loop 820 1100-6400 East Lancaster Avenue to Mansfield 40
South (I-820) Highway
Northeast Loop 820 100-700 North Main Street to Fort Worth and 40
(Jim Wright Freeway) Denver Railroad
(I-820)
Northeast Loop 820 1000-2500 Blue Mound Road to North Freeway 40
(Jim Wright Freeway)
(I-820)
Northeast Loop 820 2600-3800 North Freeway (135W to North Beach 40
(I-820) Street)
Speed
Maxmum
40
55
55
55
55
40
45
55
55
55
55
55
55
55
55
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Northwest Loop 820 100-5600
(Jim Wright Freeway)
(I-820)
Northwest Loop 8320 6200-8000'
(Jim Wright Freeway)
(I-820)
West Loop 820, North 100-2100
(Jim Wright Freeway)
(I-820)
West Loop 820, South 100-1900
(Jim Wright Freeway)
(I-820)
Southeast Loop 820 100-3200
(I-20) (I-820)
Southwest Loop 820 100-6700
(I-20) (I-820)
West Loop 820, South 2000-5000
(I-820) (I-20)
North Freeway 100-650
(1-35W)
North Freeway 650-3200
(I-35W)
North Freeway 3200-6500
(I-35W)
North Freeway 6600-15000
(I-35W)
North-South Freeway 600-2100
(I-35W)
North-South Freeway 600-2100
(I-35W)
North-South Freeway 100-500
` (I-35W)
Poly Freeway, North 1000-1800
(U S 287)
South Freeway 100-200
(I-35W)
South Freeway 200-600
(I-35W)
South Freeway 600-5600
(I-35W)
South Freeway 5600-6400
(I-35W)
South Freeway 6400-13400
(I-35W)
North Main Street to City of Lake Worth
eastern city limits
200 feet southwest of Jacksboro
Highway to southwest shore of Lake
Worth
White Settlement Road to southwest of
Lake Worth
White Settlement Road to West
Freeway (I-30)
South Freeway (I-35W) to Wichita
Street
South Freeway (I-35W) to city limit
(clear fork of the Trinity River)
West Freeway (I-30) to city limit (A1edo
Road)
East Belknap Street to 1000 feet north
of Pharr Street
1000 feet north of Pharr Street to
Papurt Street
Papurt Street to Western Center
Boulevard
Western Center Boulevard to city limits
Northbound' East 4th Street to East
Vickery Boulevard
Southbound East 4th Street to East
Vickery Boulevard
East Belknap Street to East 4th Street
North-South Freeway (I-35W) to
railroad underpass
East Vickery Boulevard to East
Broadway Avenue
East Broadway Avenue to 200 feet
north of East Hattie Street
200 feet north of East Hattie Street to
Southeast Loop 820 (I-820)
Southeast Loop 820 (I-820) to Highland
Terrace, North
Highland Terrace, North, to 940 feet
north to Hargrove Lane
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40 55
40 55
40 55
40 55
40 55
40 55
40 55
40 50
40 55
55
65
45
45
40 50
40 55
45
45
55
45 55
55
West Freeway 100-1400 Main Street to 250 feet west of
(I-30) Ballinger Street
West Freeway 1400-6200 250 feet west of Ballinger Street to 640
(I-30) feet west of Westridge Avenue
West Freeway 6200-8300 640 feet west of Westridge Avenue to
(I-30) 0 44 mile west of Cherry Lane
West Freeway 8300-13100 0 44 mile west of Cherry Lane to
(I-30) country line (of Tarrant and Parker
Counties)
ADDITIONS
"FREEWAYS
Street Block
Numbers
Airport Freeway 1900-4800
(S.H 121)
East Freeway 100-1700
(I-30)
East Freeway 1800-9500
(I-30)
East Loop 820 100-3100
(I-820
East Loop 820 North 100-3200
(I-820
East Loop 820 South 100-6400
(I-820)
Martin Luther King Freeway 100-5300
(US 287)
North Freeway 100-600
(I-35W)
North Freeway 700-6500
(I-35W)
North Freeway 6600-15,0
(I-35W)
North-South Freeway 100-500
(I-35W)
North-South Freeway 600-2100
(I-35W)
Northeast Loop 820 100-700
(Jim Wright Freeway)
(I-820)
Northeast Loop 820 1000-2500
(Jim Wright Freeway)
(I-820)
Extent
40
40 55
45 55
55
North-South Freeway (135W) to Haltom City
Limits at Maxine Street
Main Street to Riverside Drive
Riverside Drive to East Fort Worth City Limit at
Village Creek
Randol Mill Road to East Lancaster Avenue
Randol Mill Road to Railtran railroad
East Lancaster Avenue to Mansfield Highway
Union Pacific Railroad underpass to East
Loop 820 South
Belknap Street to Pharr Street
Pharr Street to Western Center Boulevard
00 Western Center Boulevard to Fort Worth City
Limits
Belknap Street to East 4th Street
East 4th Street to Vickery Boulevard
North Main Street to Burlington Northern
Railroad
City Limits of Fort Worth at Blue Mound Rd to
I-35W
Maximum
Speed
65
50
60
65
65
65
60
50
55
70
50
45
65
65
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Northeast Loop 820 2600-3800 I-35W to North Beach Street 65
(I-820)
Northwest Loop 820 100-5600 North Main Street to Gity of Lake Worth City 65
(Jim Wright Freeway) Limits
(I-820)
Northwest Loop 820 6200-8000 200 feet southwest of Jacksboro Highway to 65
(Jim Wright Freeway) southwest shore of Lake Worth
(I-820)
Poly Freeway 1000-1800 North-South Freeway (I-35W) to Union Pacific 60
(U S 287) Railroad
South Freeway 100-600 Vickery Boulevard to Hattie Avenue 45
(I-35W)
South Freeway 700-1600 Hattie Avenue to Allen Avenue 55
(I-35W)
South Freeway 1700-8700 Allen Avenue to Everman Parkway 60
(I-35W)
South Freeway 8800-13400 Everman Parkway to South Fort Worth City 70
(I-35W) Limits
Southeast Loop 820 100-3200 I-35W South to Wichita Street 65
(I-20) (I-820)
Southwest Loop 820 100-6700 I-35W to Fort Worth City Limits at the west fork 65
(I-20) (I-820) of the Trinity River
West Freeway 100-1800 Main Street to Summit Avenue 50
(I-30)
West Freeway 1900-4000 Summit Avenue to Clover Lane 60
(I-30)
West Freeway 4100-9700 Clover Lane to FM 2871 65
(I-30)
West Freeway 9800-13000 FM 2871 -Tarrant County/Parker County Line 70
(I-30)
West Loop 820 North 100-2100 White Settlement Road to the southwest shore 65
(Jim Wright Freeway) of Lake Worth
(I-820)
West Loop 820 South 100-1900 White Settlement Road to West Freeway 65
(Jim Wright Freeway) (I-30)
(I-820)
West Loop 820 South 2000-5000 West Freeway (I-30) to City Limits (Aledo 65
(I-20) (I-820) Road)
SH 360 3600-4300 Learning Center Drive to west fork of the 65
Trinity River
SH 360 4400-4900 SH 183 to Learning Center Drive 60
Speed limits at or above 60 miles per hour on State Highways are set by the Texas Department of
Transportation and are listed herein for information and convenience only
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DELETIONS
"FRONTAGE ROADS
State Highway 370 2500-3600
State Highway 370 3700-4000
State Highway 370 4100-5600
ADDITIONS
"FRONTAGE ROADS
State Highway 170 2500-3600
State Highway 170 3700-4000
State Highway 170 4100-5600
DELETIONS
"STREETS
Street Block
Numbers
East First Street 4100-5700
ADDITIONS "
STREETS
Street
East First Street
Jacksboro Highway
SH 199
North Sylvania Avenue
U S Highway 377
Block
Numbers
4100-5700
7100-12300
3700-4500
11600-12200
North Freeway (I-35W) to 1 704 miles
east of North Freeway
1 704 miles east of North Freeway to
2.082 miles east of North Freeway
2.082 miles east of North Freeway to city
limits
North Freeway (I-35W) to 1 704 miles
east of North Freeway
1 704 miles east of North Freeway to
2 082 miles east of North Freeway
2 082 miles east of North Freeway to city
limits
Extent
North Beach Street to Randol Mill Road and
Oakland Boulevard
Extent
North Beach Street to Randol Mill Road and
Oakland Boulevard
Southend of bridge over Lake Worth to
Scotland Drive at Azle/Fort Worth City Limits
East Long Avenue to Meacham Boulevard
Benbrook City Limits, southwest to Fort Worth
City Limits/Tarrant County Line
55
55
40
55
40
55
Maximum
Speed
40
Maximum
Speed
35
60
45
70
SECTION 4
That this ordinance shall be cumulative of all provisions of ordinances and of the Code of
the City of Fort Worth (1986), 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
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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
Chapter 22 of the Code of the City of Fort Worth (1986), as
amended, and of any other ordinance affecting motor vehicles 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 such
chapter and/or other ordinances, same shall not be affected by this
ordinance but may be prosecuted until final disposition by the
courts.
SECTION 6.
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 ordinance of
any such unconstitutional phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph or
section.
SECTION 7.
This ordinance may be published in pamphlet form for general
distribution among the public, and the operative provisions of this
ordinance as so published shall be admissible in evidence in all
courts without further proof than the production thereof, as
provided in Chapter XXV, Section 3, of the Charter of the City of
Fort Worth, Texas.
SECTION 8.
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 Section 52.013, Texas
Local Government Code.
SECTION 9.
Any person violating any of the provisions of this ordinance
shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and each such person shall
be deemed guilty of a separate offense for each day or portion
thereof during which any violation of any of the provisions of this
ordinance is committed, continued or permitted, and each such
violation shall be punishable by a fine not to exceed Two Hundred
dollars ($200).
SECTION 10.
This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and
after its passage and publication as required by law, and it is so
ordained.
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY:
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City of Fort [forth, Texas
Mayor and Council Communication
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SiTBJLCT AMENDMENT TO SPEED ZONE ORDINANCE
RECOMMENDATION
It is recommended that City Council approve certain amendments in the City's Speed Zone
Ordinance (Chapter 22 of the City Code) by adopting the attached ordinance
DISCUSSION
The attached proposed ordinance amends the City of Fort Worth speed zone ordinance (Chapter
22, City Code) by making certain additions and deletions recommended by the Department of
Transportation and Public Works 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
The attached changes are being made in response to increases in the speed limits mandated by
the Texas Department of Transportation and lifting of the 55 mph restriction by the United States
Department of Transportation In addition, we are correcting typographical errors made during
the typesetting of previous changes
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Office by: (to)
Mike Groomer 6140 APPROVED
Originating Department Head: C I T Y CQ UNCIL
Hugo A. Malanga 7800 (from)
JUN 25 1996
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Contact: ~i
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Hugo A. Malanga 7800 Cite Secretau'y of the
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