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ORDINANCE NO. 1839
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE APPROPRIATE PARAGRAPHS IN SECTION
3.02 OF ORDINANCE NO. 722 ALTERING THE PRIMA FACIE SPEED LIMITS
ESTABLISHED FOR VEHICLES UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 167
AND 169 OF ARTICLE XIX, R.C.S. 6701 d, UNIFORM ACT REGULATING
TRAFFIC ON HIGHWAYS, UPON THE BASIS OF AN ENGINEERING AND
TRAFFIC INVESTIGATION UPON CERTAIN STREETS AND HIGHWAYS, OR
PARTS THEREOF, WITHIN THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE CITY OF
NORTH RICHLAND HILLS AS SET OUT IN THE ORDINANCE: AND
PROVIDING A PENALTY OF A FINE NOT TO EXCEED $200.00 FOR
VIOLATION OF THIS ORDINANCE.
WHEREAS, Section 167 and 169 of Article XIX, R.C.S. 6701 d, Uniform Act
Regulating Traffic on Highways, provides that whenever the governing body of the City
shall determine upon the basis of an engineering and traffic investigation that any prima
facie speed therein set forth is greater or less than is reasonable or safe under the
conditions found to exist at any intersection or other place or upon any part of a street or
highway, with the City taking into consideration the width and condition of the pavement
and other circumstances on such portion of said street or highway, as well as the usual
traffic thereon, said governing body may determine and declare a reasonable and safe
prima facie speed limit thereat or thereon by the passage of an ordinance, which shall be
effective when appropriate signs giving notice thereof are erected at such intersection or
other place or part of the street or highway, now therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of North Richland Hills, Texas:
SECTION 1
Upon the basis of an engineering and traffic investigation heretofore made as authorized by
the provisions of Section 167 and 169 of Article XIX, R.C.S. 6701 d, Uniform Act
Regulating Traffic on Highways, the following prima facie speed limits hereafter indicated
for vehicles are hereby determined and declared to be reasonable and safe; and such speed
limits are hereby fixed at the rate of speed indicated for vehicles traveling upon the named
streets and highways, or parts thereof as described below:
SECTION 2
Section 3.02 of Ordinance No.722, more specifically described as those paragraphs
regulating prima facie speed limits for Davis Boulevard (F.M. Road 1938) shall hereafter
read as follows:
Davis Boulevard (F.M. Road 1938)
1. From Station 105 + 20 (North Richland Hills - Keller city limits) southerly 2.733
miles to Station 249 + 50 (approximately 500' south of Turner Drive) 55 miles per
hour.
ORDINANCE NO. 1839
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2. From Station 249 + 50 southerly 1.402 miles to Station 323 + 50 (by Smithfield
Road) at 50 miles per hour.
a. School Zone (encompassing Main Street intersection) - From Station
277 + 19 southerly 0.299 miles to Station 293 + 00 at 35 miles per hour
when so signed from school crossing; 50 miles per hour all other times.
3. From Station 323 + 50 southerly 1.403 miles to Station 397 + 56 (intersection of
S.H. 26) at 40 miles per hour.
SECTION 3
Any person violating any of the provisions of this ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a
misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not more than two-
hundred ($200.00) dollars.
SECTION 4
This ordinance supersedes all previous ordinances pertaining to the above referenced
highway, including specifically Ordinance No.1 070. This amendment to Ordinance No.
722 shall be in full force from and after its date of passage and publication as required by
law.
PASSED AND APPROVED this 14th day of September, 1992.
APPROVED:
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AN OR DINANCtE AMeNDING THE APPROPR IA TE
PARAGRAPHS tN SECTION 3.02 OF ORDINANCE
NO. 722 ALTERING THE PRIMA FACIE SPEED
LIMITS ESTABLISHED FOR VEHICLES UNDER
THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 167 AND 169 OF
ARTICLE XIX, R.C.S. 6701d, UNIFORM ACT REG-
ULATING TRAFFIC ON HIGHWAY, UPON THE
BASIS OF AN ENGINEERING AND TRAFFIC IN-
VESTIGATION UPON DAVIS BOULEVARD (F.M.
'938) FROM THE KELLER CITY LIMITS SOUTH-
ERL Y TO THE INTERSECTION OF DAVIS BOULE-
VARD WITH STATE HIGHWAY 26 WITHIN THE
CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE CITY OF NORTH
RICHLAND HILLS AS SET OUT IN THE ORDI-
NANCE; AND PROVIDING A PENAL TY OF A FINE
NOT TO. FGtt.' V'OLA TION OF
THIS 01.
THE STATE OF TEXAS:
COUNTY OF TARRANT
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APPROVED:
Tommy Brown
Mayor
Before me, the undersigned authority 0 ATTEST:
peared MARGIE LANGLEY
known to me to Jeanette Rewis
City Secretary
first being sworn, deposed and upon her oath E APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY:
Rex McEntire
Attorney for City
That she is the C. L . A . R.
of the MID CI
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That the attached is a true and correct copy of said notice as
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TARRANT County, Texas