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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 3195 ORDINANCE NO. 3195 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 54.102(b) OF THE NORTH RICHLAND HILLS CODE OF ORDINANCES; ALTERING THE PRIMA FACIA SPEED LIMITS ESTABLISHED FOR VEHICLES UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF THE TRANSPORTATION CODE, CHAPTER 545, SECTION 545.356, UPON THE BASIS OF AN ENGINEERING AND TRAFFIC INVESTIFATION UPON CERTAIN STREETS AND HIGHWAYS, OR PARTS THEROF, WITHIN THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE CITY OF NORTH RICHLAND HILLS AS SET OUT IN THIS ORDINANCE; ESTABLISHING A PENALTY FOR VIOLATION; PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, The Texas Transportation Code, Chapter 545, Paragraph 545.356, 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, 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 of highway; WHEREAS, WHEREAS, the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDot) has performed such engineering and traffic investigation for Precinct Line Road (FM 3029) and has recommended that posted speed limits be changed as herein established; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NORTH RICHLAND HILLS, TEXAS: Section 1: THAT Section 54.102(b) of the North Richland Hills Code of Ordinances be amended to read as follows: "Sec. 54 -102. Certain public streets (a) ... (b) Speed limits on specific streets. Upon the basis of an engineering and traffic investigation made as authorized by the provisions of V.T.C.A., Transportation Ordinance No. 3195 Page 1 of 5 Code § 545.351 et seq., Uniform Act Regulating Traffic on Highways, the following prima facie speed limits 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, described as follows: 1. Amundson Drive from its intersection with Main Street northeast parallel 35mph with the railroad right -of -way to its intersection with Eden Road and then east to its intersection with Precinct Line Road: 2. Bedford - Euless Road, 7700 block -8200 block: 35mph 3. Boulder Drive, 5100 block -5200 block, from Industrial Park Boulevard to 30 mph Loop 820: 4. Briley, 6500 block, and Diamond Loch North, 4500 block: 20mph 5. Browning Drive from Rufe Snow Drive west to the city limits of Haltom City 30mph (6000 block -6700 block): 6. Chapman Drive, 6700 block -7800 block, from Rufe Snow Drive to 30mph Smithfield Road: 7. Combs Road from Boulder Drive to Rufe Snow Drive: 30mph 8. Control 8 -13, Interstate Highway 820, from mile point 23.966 east 0.341 60mph mile to the city limits at mile point 24.307: 9. Control 8 -14, Interstate Highway 820, from the west city limits at mile point 60mph 21.502 east 2.464 miles to mile point 23.966: 10. Control 363 -01, State Highway 26, from Station 464 +94 northeasterly 40mph 0.317 mile to Station 481 +70 (7800 block -7900 block of State Highway 26): 11. Control 363 -01, State Highway 26, from Station 481 +70 northeasterly 2.0 45mph miles to Station 7 +28 (7900 block -9900 block of State Highway 26): 12. Control 364 -01, State Highway 121, from the city limits at mile point 60mph 20.206 east 0.412 mile to the city limits at mile point 19.794: 13. Control 1978 -01, Davis Boulevard, FM Road 1938, North Richland 50mph Hills /Keller City Limit to Smithfield Road as described by TxDOT Mile Point (MP) 1.712 south 4.230 miles to MP 5.942, excluding school zone times: Ordinance No. 3195 Page 2 of 5 14. Control 1978 -01, FM Road 1938, Davis Boulevard, Smithfield Road to 40mph State Highway 26 (Boulevard 26) as described by TxDOT MP 5.942 south 1.571 miles to MP 7.513: 15. FM Road 3029 (Precinct Line Road) from MP 6.161 south 1.490 miles to 50 mph MP 7.651: 16. FM 3029 (Precinct Line Road) from MP 8.120 south 1.530 miles to MP 45mph 9.650: 17. Galway Lane and Northridge Boulevard beginning at a point 139 feet 15mph south of the centerline of Lynda Lane for a distance of 271 feet north to a point 410 feet north of the centerline of Lynda Lane, all within the city: 18. Harwood Road from its intersection with Davis Boulevard to the 35mph intersection of Harwood Road with Grapevine Highway (State Highway 26): 19. Harwood Road from its intersection with Grapevine Highway (State 40mph Highway 26) to the intersection of Harwood Road and the 8800 block of Harwood Road (the city limits): 20. Holiday Lane East, 4600 and 4700 blocks, from Riviera Drive to Blaney 20mph Street: 21. Industrial Park Boulevard, 6400 block -7300 block, from Loop 820 to 35mph Holiday Lane: 22. Lewis Road, 6800 block: 20mph 23. Lola Drive, 7416 -7500 sections, from Christopher Court to Scott Drive: 20mph 24. Martin Drive, 6300 block -7800 block, from Cardinal Lane to Precinct Line 30mph Road: 25. Mid - Cities Boulevard from its intersection with Davis Boulevard east to the 40mph intersection of Mid - Cities Boulevard with Precinct Line Road, all within the city limits: 26. Mid - Cities Boulevard from its intersection with Rufe Snow Drive to its 35mph intersection with Davis Boulevard (FM Road 1938): 27. North Tarrant Parkway from its intersection with Precinct Line Road west 45mph past Smithfield Road to the Keller City Limits, all within the city: 28. Onyx Drive South from its intersection with Wendell Drive to the 30mph intersection of Onyx Drive South and 3500 Billie Faye Drive: Ordinance No. 3195 Page 3 of 5 29. Rufe Snow Drive, 5100 block -7400 block: 40mph 30. Rufe Snow Drive, 7500 block -7900 block: 35mph 31. SH 121/183, Station 464 +94 (at the centerline of Interstate Highway 820) 40mph northeasterly to Station 481 +70, the intersection of State Highway 26 and Ash Street, a distance of 0.317 mile: 32. SH 121/183, Station 481+70 northeasterly to Station 535 +00 50mph" (approximately 750 feet east of Walker's Branch Creek), a distance of 0.990 mile: Section 2: Any person, firm or corporation violating any provision of this ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon final conviction thereof fined in an amount not to exceed Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00). Section 3: Severability. It is hereby declared to be the intention of the city council that the phrases, clauses, sentences, paragraphs, and sections 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, the unconstitutionality shall not affect any of the remaining phrases, clauses, sentences, paragraphs, and sections of this ordinance, since they 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 4: The City Secretary is hereby authorized and directed to cause the publication of the descriptive caption and penalty clauses of this ordinance as an alternative method of publication provided by law. Section 5: This ordinance shall be in full force and effect immediately upon passage. AND IT IS SO ORDAINED. PASSED AND APPROVED this 14th day of May, 2012. CIT OF OR RI +LLS By: Oscar Tr no, Mayor ATTEST: Ordinance No. 3195 Page 4 of 5 Patricia Hutson, City Secretary AP AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY: George A. Sta es, City Attorney APPROVED AS TO CONTENT: a Mike Curtis, P.E., Managing Director rrrrr � C H L 0 1 , 12111 LL- r O Ordinance No. 3195 Page 5 of 5 INVOICE Star - Telegram Customer ID: CIT13 808 Throckmorton St. Invoice Number: 321491451 FORT WORTH, TX 76102 (817) 390 -7761 Invoice Date: 5/30/2012 Federal Tax ID 26- 2674582 Terms: Net due in 21 days Bill To: Due Date: 5/31/2012 CITY OF NORTH RICHLAND HILLS /SE PO Number: PO BOX 820609 Order Number: 32149145 NORTH RICHLAND HILLS, TX 76182- Sales Rep: 073 Description: CITY OF NORTH RI Attn: STACEY HARRISON Publication Dates 5/29/2012 - 5/30/2012 Y CITY'OF IV��Tt� Rl�l�lGd171T H1C1:5 e CITY OF NORTH R ORDINANCE NO. 3195 gp 1 36 36 LINE $6.13 $441.32 An ordinance' amending Section 54.102(b) of the North Richland Sales Discount the ac a e tes9 tablished for vehicles under the ($396.60) provisions of the Transportation Misc Fee Lode, Chapter 545, Section 545.356, upon the basis, of an engineering $10.00 and traffic investifatiop upon 'cer- tain streets and highways, or parts therof, within the corporate limits of the City of North Richland Hills as set out in this ordinance; establishing a penalty for violation; Net Amount: $54.72 Providing for publication; and pro - viding,an effective date. Any :pperson, firm or corporation violating any provision of this ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon final conviction thereof fined in an amount not to exceed Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00). Passed and Approved on this 14th ai ". "''a CHRISTY LYNNE HOLLAND day ca r ino May, 2012. Notary Public, State of Texas Trev /s/Oscar Oscar Trevino. Mayor �' 1 + �, My Commission Expires ATTEST. 'oi ��a�` ./s /Patricia Hutson u,o,N• July 31, 2016 THE STATE OF TEX APPROVED. AS TO FORM AND County of Tarrant LEGALITY: /s /George Staples George Staples - City Attorney Before me, a Notary F'ubuc in and for said county and State, this day personally appeared Deborah Baylor Norwood, Bid and Legal Coordinator for the Star - Telegram, published by the Star - Telegram, Inc. at Fort Worth, in Tarrant County, Texas; and who, after being duly sworn, did depose and say that the attached clipping of an advertisement was publish e in the above named paper on the listed dates: BIDS & LEGAL DEPT. STAR TELEGRAM (817) 215 -2323 Signed SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN TO BEFORE ME, THIS Friday, June 0 , 2 Notary Public Thank You For Your Payment --------------------------------------------- Remit To : Star - Telegram Customer ID: CIT13 P.O. BOX 901051 Customer Name: CITY OF NORTH RICHLAN FORT WORTH, TX 76101 -2051 Invoice Number: 321491451 Invoice Amount: $54.72 PO Number: Amount Enclosed.