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ORDINANCE NO. 722
AN ORDINANCE REGULATING TRAFFIC AND ~10TOR VEHICLES IN THE CITY
OF NORTH RICHLAND HILLS, TEXAS, DEFINING TERMS, PROVIDING SPEED
LIMITS THROUGHOUT THE CITY AND ON CERTAIN SPECIFIED STREETS AND
IN SCHOOL ZONES, REGULATING CONDUCT CONCERNING ACCIDENTS,
PROVIDING FOR PARKING REGULATIONS, SPECIFYING TRUCK ROUTES AND
LOAD LIMITS, PROVIDING FOR A TRAFFIC ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT,
PROVIDING FOR GENERAL RULES OF TRAFFIC CONTROL ANO REGULATIONS
AND PROVIDING FOR A PENALTY FOR VIOLATION OF THE ORDINANCE OF A
FINE NOT TO EXCEED $200.00 AND ADOPTING A SAVING CLAUSE.
BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of North Richland
Hills, Texas, that:
The following ordinance be and is hereby adopted and shall hereafter
be in full force and effect within the City limits of North Richland Hills,
Texas for the purpose of regulating traffic and motor vehicles.
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contents
Section 2.01
Seetin\"! Z.Ú2
Section 2.03
Secti on 2.04
Section 2.05
Section 2.06
Section 2.07
Section 2.08
Section 2.09
Section 3.01
Section 3.02
Section 3.03
Section 3.04
Section 3.05
Section 3.06
Section 4.01
Section 4.02
Section 4.03
TRAFFIC AND MOTOR vEHICLES
Table of Contents
ARTICLE 1. Definitions
ARTICLE 2. OPERATION OF VEHICLES IN CITY
Holding to Moving Vehicle
Identification of Funeral Procession
Operation of Vehicles in Funeral Procession
Driving Through Funeral Procession
Driving on Median Strip
Unlawful Riding
U-turns
Freeway Requlation
Operating vehicle Off Pavement, Roadway, on Parking Area
ARTICLE 3. SPEED REGULATIONS
General Speed Limits
Speed limits on State and Federal Highways.
Speed Limit on Roadways in City Parks
Speed limits on Certain Public Streets
Speed limits in School Zones
Speed limits in Pedestrian Zones
ARTICLE 4. Accidents
Accidents
Leaving Scene of Accident
Moving Vehicles Involved in Accident
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Section 4.04. Report of Accident
ARTICLE 5. GENERAL PARKING REQUIREMENTS
Section 5.01.
Section 5.02.
Sec'f:ion 5.03.
Section 5.04.
Section 5.05.
Section 5.06.
Section 5.07.
Section 5.08.
Section 5.09.
Double Parking
Obstructions from Parked Vehicles
Maximum Parking Time
Stopping, Standing, and Parking Regulated
Parking for Certain Purposes Prohibited
Parking on Median Strips Prohibited
Parking of Certain Vehicles
Parking Off Pavement, Roadway, or Parking Area
Prohibited Uses of Motor Vehicles in Parking Area
ARTICLE 6. .TRUCK ROUTES AND LOAD LIMITS
Section 6.01.
Section 6.02.
Section 6.03.
Section 6.04.
Requirements, Affirmative Defense and Exceptions
Designated Truck Routes and Commercial
Delivery Routes
Maximum Weights, Dimensions, and Fee~
Cargo Spillage
ARTICLE 7. TRAFFIC ENGINEERING
Section 7.01. City Traffic Engineer or Director - Office
Created; Appointment
Section 7.02. Same - Powers and Duties Relative to
Traffic Generally
Section 8.01.
Section 8.02.
Section 8.03.
ARTICLE 8. GENERAL RULES
Prima Facie Evidence of Traffic Controls
Refusal to comply with Traffic Controls
Owner of Vehicle Prima Facie Responsible
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TRAFFIC AND MOTOR VEHICLES
ARTICLE 1
DEFINITIONS
BOS: Every motor vehicle designed for carrying more than ten
(IO) passengers and used for the transportation of persons.
COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLE: Any motor vehicle designed or used
for the transportation of property, not including a passenger
bus, passenger automobile, motorcycle, panel delivery truck, or
pickup truck.
CURB: The lateral lines of a roadway, whether constructed above
grade or not, which are not intended for vehicular travel.
FREEWAY: Any limited access expressway or highway within the
City, and shall include the entrances and exits leading to and
from the through-traffic lanes of such expressways and highways.
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LOADING ZONE: A space adjacent to a curb reserved for the ex-
clusive use of vehicles during the loading or unloading of
passengers or materials.
MEDIA~ STRIP: That area or portion of a divided street, road,
or highway within the City separating the two roadways of said
street, road, or highway and shall be held to include the curb,
if any, at the outer edge of said area.
MOBILE HOME: Living quarters equipped or used for sleeping and
eating which may be Doved from one location to another over a
public street by being pulled behind a motor vehicle.
MOTOR HOME: Living quarters 'propelled by a motor vehicle
equipped or used for sleeping and eating which may be moved
from one location to another over a public street not including
a camper mounted on a pickup truck or a van designed to carry
ten (10) or fewer passengers.
IffiGLIGENCE: The want of ordinary care and caution as a person
of ordinary prudence would use under like circumstances.
OPERATOR: Any person in control of a vehicle, including a
railroad train or vehicle being towed. .
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SERVICE ROAD: Auxiliary roadway adjacent to a freeway, express-
way, or major thoroughfare which is used by traffic desiring
access to abutting property and by traffic seeking ingress to
or egress from the adjacent freeway, expressway, or major
thoroughfare.
All other words used in this ordinance shall have the
meanings assigned to them in the motor vehicle laws of this
state or their ordinary and common meanings.
ARTICLE 2
. OPERATION OF VEHICLES IN CITY
Section 2.01 Holding to Moving Vehicle
No person riding a motorcycle shall take hold of any
other vehicle for the purpose of holding onto and being
carried along by said other vehicle nor shall the driver
of said other vehicle permit the same.
Section 2.02 Identification of Funeral Procession
A funeral procession composed of a procession of vehicles
shall be identified by the display of a pennant on the out-
side of the lead vehicle and the hearse. All other vehicles
in the procession shall have their headlamps on.
Section 2.03 Operation of Vehicles in Funeral Procession
Each driver in a funeral procession shall drive as
near to the right-hand edge of the roadway as practical and
follow the vehicle ahead as closely as safe and practical.
Section 2.04 Driving Through Funeral Procession
A person, not a member of a funeral procession, commits
an offense if he drives a vehicle between the vehicles compris-
ing the funeral procession while they are in motion and when
those vehicles are conspicuously designated as required in
this ordinance.
Section 2.05 Driving on Median Strip
It shall be unlawful to drive or operate a motor
vehicle over, upon, across, or within any "Median Strip"~
except at a crossover or intersection established by PUblic
authority.
Section 2.06 Unlawful Riding
It shall be unlawful for any person to ride upon or
for the driver of any vehicle to permit another person to
ride upon any portion of any vehicle not designed or intended
for the use of passengers when the vehicle is in motion;
provided, this provision shall not apply to an employee
engaged in the necessary discharge of duty, or to persons
riding within truck bodies in space intended for merchandise.
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Section 2.07 U-Turns
(a) It shall be unlawful for the driver of any vehicle to
turn such vehicle so as to proceed in the op~osite direction or to
make a 180 de9ree turn (U-Turn) on any street posted by the Traffic
Engineer with a sign or signs indicating that such,a movement is
prohibited. U-Turns shall be permitted when not so posted.
(b) It shall be unlawful for the driver of any vehicle to
make a U-Turn in any event unless such movement can be made in
safety and without backing or otherwise interfering with other
traffic.
Section 2.08
Freeway Requlation
No vehicle except of the state reqistered, motor propelled
type shall be driven upon any freeway in the City. The use of
any freeway by pedestrians, bicyclists, or equestrians is hereby
prohibited. This prohibition shall apply to the shoulder and
median strips of freeways, as well as to the pavement surfaces
thereof.
Section 2.09
Operatin~ Vehicle Off Pavement,
Roadway, or Parkin~ Area
No person shall operate a motor vehicle off the pavement,
main traveled portion of the roadway, or a designated or
permitted parking area onto any property without the effective
consent of the owner.
It is an affirmative defense to prosecution that the
departure from the pavement, main traveled portion of the
roadway, or designated or permitted parking areas was re-
quired due to an emergency malfunction of said motor vehicle
and that there was not other safe place to operate the vehicle
or was required due to an order by a peace officer.
It is an exception that the motor vehicle is a municipal
vehicle performing municipal duties or public utility vehicle
performing service within an easement.
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ARTICLE 3
SPEED REGULATIONS
Section 3.01
General Speed Limits
(a) No person shall drive as defined by state law a motor
vehicle, a motorcycle, bicycle, motor driven cycle, motor-assisted
cycle, 0\1 any other vehicle of any kind upon a public st~eet, alley
hi ghway, or parkway "Ii thi n the corporate 1 imi ts of the C1 ty of
North Richland Hills at a speed ~reater that is reasonable and
prudent under the circumstances then existing. Except whe~e a
special hazard exists that requ~res lowe~ ~peeds f?r.com~llance.
with paragraph (b) of this Sect1on,the llm1ts spec1f1~d 1n Sect10n
3.01 or hereinafter specified in Article 3 and establ1shed as
authorized by law shall be the lawful speed lim~t, but any spe~d
in excess of the limits so specified and establ1shed as author1zed
by law shall be prima facie evidence that the speed is not reason-
able or prudent and that it is unlawful:
Thirty (30) miles per hour in any urban district.
"Urban District" means the territory contiguous
to and including any highway or street which is
built up with structures devoted to business,
industry or' dwelling houses, situated at intervals
of ,less than one hundred (100) feet for a distance
of one-quarter (1/4) of a mile or more on either
side.
(b) No person shall drive a vehicle upon a public
street or a public alley within the corporate limits of the
City: of ~¡orth "Richland t:ills at a slJeed areater· than' is reasonable. an<d
prudent under the conditions 'and 'having regard to the actual
and potential hazards then existing. In every event speed
.shall be so controlled as may be necessary to avoid colliding
with any person, vehicle or other conveyance on or entering
the highway in compliance with legal requirements and the
duty of all persons to use due care.
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Section 3.02 Speed Limits on state and Federal Highways
Upon the basis of an engineering and traffic investiga-
tion heretofore made as authorized by the provisions of
Section 169, V.c.s.,670ld, Uniform Act Regulating ~raffic
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 State and Federal highways, or parts thereof, the same
being portions of the public street system of the city, said
speed limit to be in force and effect unless otherwise limited
as prescribed by the provisions of Section 3.05 of this chapter.
The State and Federal highways hereby regulated, and the maximum
prima facie sp~ed limits thereof, are as follows:
HIGHHAY AND
LOCATION
Speed Limit
State Highway
121 (Grapevine Hiqhway)
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2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
From the West City Limits of North Richland Hills
at Station 334-21.6 Northeasterly to 0,543 miles
North east of the West City Limits.
From 0.543 Miles Northeast of the West City limits
Northeast of the West City Limits.
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From 1.673 miles Northeast of West City Limits,
Northeasterly to 1.923 miles Northeast of the
l'Jest City Limit.
From Station 369+48.6 (Southwest City Limits
of North Richland Hills on State Highway 121),
Northeasterly 0.14 to Station 376.86.0.
From Station 376+86.0 (0.14 mile Northeast
of North Richland Hills Southwest City Limits),
Northeasterly 1.356 Mile to Station 450+00.
From Station 450+00 (1.496 mile Northeast
of North Richland Hills .southwest city limits),
Northeasterly 0.758 mile to station 490+00.
From Station 490+00 (2.254 Mile Northeast of
North 'Riehl and Rills southwest city limits),
Northeasterly 0.663 mile to station 525+00.
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40
50
55
From the intersection of west boundary line of Rufe
Snow Drive with State Highway 121 (Station 370+00)
northeasterly 1.676 miles to the intersection
of I.H.820 and State Highway 121 (Station 458+50)
all within the corporate limits of the city of North
Richland Hills.
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9. From Station 464+94 (Intersection with IH-820 and 40
Spur 452) northeasterly 0.317 mile to Station
481+70 .
12.
From Station 481+70 northeasterly 2.000 miles
to Station 7+28 (Northwest City Limits of
North Richland Hills, beinq a'~n the City Limits
of Hurst ).
From Station 481+70.0 northeasterly 2.000 miles
to Station 587+31.6 (East City Limits of North
Richland Hills, bein~ also the West City Limits
of Hurst).
From Station 18+83 (West City Limits of North
Richland Hills, being also the City Limits of
Hurst) northeasterly 0.526 mile to Station
46.98 (East City Limits of North Richland Hills,
being also the City Limits of Hurst).
From Station 45+45 (East City Limits of North
Ri ch 1 and Hi 11 s, bei ng a 1 so the City Limits of
Hurst) southwesterly 0.467 mile to Station
20+29 (West City Limits of North Richland Hills,
being also the City Limits of Hurst).
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10.
11.
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40
13.
40
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HIGHWAY AND LOCATION
Interstate Highway 820 (Ftq. Roads)
1. 'Southwest Frontage Road Only
From Station 876+25 southeasterly 2.107 miles
to Station 888+25 (South City Limits of North
Richland Hills, Being also the City Limits of
Hurst on Southwest Frontage Road).
2. Northeast Frontage Road Only
From Station 978+36 (Booth-Calloway Road) north-
westerly 2.459 miles to Station 848+50 (near
St.Louis Southwest Railway).
State Highway 121 (Ftg Roadj
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35
Southeast Frontage Road Only
From Station 886+92 (Intersection with IH 820
East Frontage Road and IIA-11I) northeasterly 0.167
mile to Station 16+45 (Intersection with Bedford
Euless Road).
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From station 16+45 northeasterly 0.585 mile
to Station 47+35 (east city limits of North
Richland Hills, being also the City Limits of
Hurst on Southeast Frontage Road).
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Northwest Frontage Road 121
From Station 43+67 (East City Limits of North
Richland Hills, being also the City Limits of
Hurst on Northwest Frontage Road) south-
westerly 0.539 mile to station 15+23 (inter-
section with Oak Ridge Terrace).
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Spur 452
East Lane Only
From Station 370+27 (Southwest City Limits of
North Richland Hills, being also the City Limits
of Richland Hills on east lane) northeasterly
1.764 miles to Station 464+94 (intersection with
IH820 and S.H.121).
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West Lane Only
From Station 464+94 (Intersection with I.H.820
and S.H.121) southwesterly 1.755 miles to Station
370+23 (Southwest City Limits of North Richland
Hills, being also the City Limits of Richland
Hills on West Lane).
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Davis Boulevard (F.M.Road 1938)
1. From Station 90+39.4 (North Richland Hills-Keller City 55
Limit) southerly 4.683 miles to Station 338+45 (Approx-
imately 5551 north of the centerline of Emerald Hills
~y) .
(a) School speed zone - From Station 267+00 (approxi- 35
mately 660' north of Main Street) southerly 0.269 mile
to station 282+00 (approximately 760lsouth of Main
Street) at 35 miles per hour when so si~ned for
school crossing, 55 miles per hour all other times.
2.
From Station 338+45 southerly 0.20Q mile to Station
349+00 (approximately 551 north of Mary Street).
From Station 349+00 southerly 0.920 mile to Station
397+56 with S.H.121 Business).
(a) School Speed Zone - From Station 356+50 (approxi- 30
90' south of Lynda Street) southerly 0.294 mile to
Station 372+00 (approximately 1501 south of Clark
Street)at 30 miles per hour when so siqned for school
crossing, 35 miles per hour all other times.
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Street and location .
speed 1 imit
BEDFORD EULESS ROAD
7700--8200 block
BLANEY DRIVE
4000-4900 block
BOGART DRIVE
7500 - 7700 block School zone
30
30
20
GLENVIEW DRIVE
6200 - 7900 block
7900 - 9500 block
HARHOOD ROAD
7800 - 8300 block
8400 - 8500 block
40
50
30
40
ONYX DRIVE SOUTH
6100 - 6300 block
PRECINCT LINE ROAD
6600 - 6700 block school zone
5500 - 6600
6800 - 8600
RUFE SNOW DRIVE
5100 - 7900
3700 - 4600
4600 - 4800 school zone
20
20
40
40
30
35
20
WATAUGA ROAD
670b - 78QO
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Section 3.03 Speed limit on Roadway in City Parks
Upon the basis of an engineerinq and traffic investigation
heretofore made as authorized by the provisions of Section
169 of V.C.S.,Art. 6701d, the prima facie speed limit of
5 miles per hour for vehicles is determined and declared
to be reasonable and safe on all roadways and streets, or
parts thereof, in city parks in the City of North Richland
Hills, Texas,and the rate of 5 miles per hour is hereby fixed
as the speed limit for vehicles travelinq upon such road-
ways and streets or parts thereof:
Section 3.04 Speed Limits on Certain Public Streets
Upon the basis of an engineering and traffic investigation
heretofore made as authorized by the provisions of Section
169 of V.C.S. art 6701d, Uniform Act Regulating Traffic on
Highways, the following prima facie speed limits thereafter
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 public streets and hi9hways, or parts there-
of, of the city, said speed limit to be in force and effect
unless otherwise limited, as prescribed by the provisions of
Section 3.05 of this chapter. The streets and highways
hereby regulated, and maximum prima facie speed limits there-
of, are as follows:
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Section 3.05-- Speed Limits in School Zones
Upon the basis of an engineerinq and traffic investigation
heretofore made as authorized by the provisions of Section
169, Article 6701d, V.T.C.S., the Uniform Act Requlatino
Traffic on highways, the prima facie speed limits hereinafter
indicated for vehicles are hereby determined and declared
to be reasonable and safe, and such speed limits are hereby
fixed for vehicles travelinq upon the following named
streets and highways, or parts thereof during the hereinafter
designated hours, either (1) when such hours are described
on official school zone speed limit sions located at said
zones; or (2) when school' zone signs b~arinq a flashino
amber lioht and located at said zones are in operation. The
location of said school zones and hours during which said
speed zones shall be in effect are as follows, to-wit:
Bogart Drive 74·00-7700 block 7:30-9:00 A.M.
2:30-4:00 P.M.
Booth Calloway 4600-4700 block 7:30-9:00 A.M.
2.30-4:00 P.M.
Cloyce Court 5100-5300 block 7:30-9:00 A.M.
2:30-4:00 P.M.
Davis Boulevard 5100-5400 block 7:30-9:00 A.M.
6400-6800
2:30-4:00 P.M.
Flory Street 4100-4000 block 7:30-9:00 A.M.
2:10-4:00 P.M.
Glenview Drive 6700-6800 block 7:30-9:00 A.M.
2:30-4:00 P.M.
Holiday Lane 5100-5400 block 7:30-9:00 A.M.
2:30-4:00 P.M.
Lola Drive 7500-7600 block 7:30-9:00 A.M.
2: 30-4: 00 P. ~~.
Main Street 8300-8600 block 7:30-9:00 A.~1.
2:30-4:00 P.M.
Mari lyn Lane 6700-7000 bloc k 7:30-9:00 A.M.
2:30-4:00 P.M.
Manor Drive 6700-6800 block 7:30-9:00 A.M.
2:30-4:00 P.M.
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Precinct Line Road 6600-6700 block 7:30-9:00 A.M.
2:30-4:00 P.M.
Reynolds Road 5100-5300 block 7:30-9:00 A.M.
2:30-4:00 P.M.
Rufe Snow Drive 4600-4800 block 7:30-9:00 A.M.
2:30-4:00 P.M.
Shauna Drive 6700-7000 block 7:30-9·00 A.M.
2:30-4:00 P.M.
Smithfield Road 6600-6800 block 7:30-9:00 A.M.
2:30-4:00 P.M.
Susan Lee Lane 5100-5300 block 7:30-9:00 A.M.
2:30-LL:OO P.M.
Vance Road 4600-4900 block 7:30-9:00 A.M.
2:30-4:00 P.M.
Section 3.06
Speed Limits in Pedestrian Zone
none listed
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Section 4.01 Accidents
It shall be unlawful for any person, while driving or operatinq
or in charqe of any vehicle, willfully or with negligence to cause,
suffer or permit the same to come into collision with any other
vehicle, or with any animal,person or property in or on any public
street, sidewalk, or public place in the City of North Rìchland Hills,
Texas.
Proof of a collision shall be prima facie evidence of ne~ligence.
Section 4.02 Leaving Scene of Accident
It shall be unlawful for the driver or any passenger of any vehicle
involved in an accident of any kind resulting in injury to person
or property damage occurring to anyone person on the public streets
or public places of the City of North Richland Hills, Texas, to
leave the scene of such accident until after the arrival there
of police officers of said City.
Section 4.03Moving Vehicles Involved in Accident
It shall be unlawful for any person to move or cause to be moved
a vehicle involved in an accident of any kind resulting in injury
to person or apparent property damage occurring to anyone person
of $250.00 or more, on the public streets and public places of the
City of North Richland Hills, Texas, after such accident and be-
fore police officers of said City have arrived at the scene and
made investiaation, except where required for safety, and then only
to a safe area, reasonably accessible to a peace officer for investi-
gation.
Section 4.04 Report of Accident
It shall be unlawful for the driver of a vehicle involved in an
accident of any kind resulting in injury to person or apparent
property damage occurring to anyone person of $250.00 or more,
on the public streets or public places of the City, to fail to
report such accident to the Police Department within twenty-four
(24) hours after the occurrence of such collision.
Where the driver of a vehicle is physically incapable of making
a required accident report and there was another occupant in the
vehicle at the time of the accident capable of making a report,
such occupant shall make or cause to be made such report.
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ARTICLE 5
GENERAL PARKING REQUIREMENTS
It shall be unlawful and a violation of the provis~ons
of Sections 5.'01 - 5.08 for any person to cause, allow,
permit or suffer any vehicle registered in the name of or
operated by such person:
Section 5.01. Double Parking
To be double parked at any point on the streets or alleys
of the City;
Section 5.02 Obstructions from Parked Vehicles
To be stopped or parked upon or adjacent to a public
street or alley so that any portion of the vehicle, including
but not limited to any objects carried in or upon said vehicle,
protrude into the main-traveled portion of said street or alley;
Section 5.03 Maximum Parking Time
To be parked on any street or alley in the City fora
period of time longer than twenty-four (24) hours; or the time
period. stated on signs posted by authority of this chapter;
Section 5.04 Stopping, Standing, and Parking Regulated
To stop, stand or park at any time upon any public street,
alleyway, other public place or firelane when signs are erected
or curbs painted giving notice of that stopping, standing, or
parking is prohibited;
Section 5.05 Parking for Certain Purposes Prohibited
To be parked upon any public street, alley, or public
property of any nature whatever in the City of North "RtchlàndHill s for
the purpose of:
(a) Displaying such vehicle for sale, or
(b) Washing, greasing, cleaning, polishing, waxing
changing oil or repairing such vehicle, except
repairs necessitated by an emergency or
(c) Selling or exhibiting property of any nature;
Section 5.06 Parking on Median Strips Prohibited
To be parked in or upon any Median Strip as that term is
defined in Article 1 of this chapter;
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Section 5.07 Parking of Certain Vehicles
To be parked (if said vehicle be a truck tractor, road
tractor, trailer, semi-trailer, pole trailer, bus, motor
home,' mobile home or any commercial motor vehicle, as said
terms are defined in Article I of this Chatper and V.C..S.,
Art. 6701(d), upon a public street, alley, parkway, boulevard
measuring less than 38 feet in width, or public property;
nothing herein shall authorize the parking of mobile homes
in any location, public or private, unless pursuant to a
permitted use authorized by the Zoning Ordinance or regula-
tions of the Building Offîcial. This section shall not
apply to stree~ construction, maintenance, and repair equip-
ment; trucks, equipment, trailers, apd vehicles used by
public service utility companies engaged in repairing or
extending public service utilities; motor buses when taking
on or discharging passengers at customary bus stops; other
vehicles when actually parked at a designated loading zone;
Municipal vehicles in the course of performance of City
business; or when it is lawful to park a commercial motor
vehicle for the purpose of accepting or delivering trans-
portable goods. It is an affirmative defense to prosecution
under this section that the vehicle had a mechanical defect,
making it unsafe to proceed further, in which event it shall
be lawful to stand or park the vehicle during the time
necessary to make emergency repairs. (Amend. by Ord.
Section 5.08 Parking off Pavement, Roadway, or Parking Area
To be parked off the pavement, main traveled portion of
the roadway or a designated or permitted parking area onto
any property without the effective consent of the owner;
It is an affirmative defense to the prosecution that
the parking off the pavement, main traveled portion öf the
roadway or designated or permitted parking area was required
due to an emergency malfunction of said motor vehicle and
that there was no other safe place to operate the vehicle or
waS required due to an order by a peace officer;
It is an exception that the motor vehicle is a municipal
vehicle performing municipal duties or public utility vehicle
performing service within an easement;
Section 5.09 Prohibited Uses of Motor Vehicles in Parking Area
No person in control or possession of a motor veh±cle
in a parking area may:
(1) Bring a motor vehicle to a sudden start or stop or
blow the horn of the vehicle when there is no reasonable
necessity for the protection of a person or property in such
a manner calculated to disturb a person or ordinary sensibilities;
(2) Hold a race or contest for speed with another
motor vehicle or vehicles.
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Ty'affi c
6.01
ART! CLE 6
TRUCK ROUTES AND LOAD LIMITS
Section 6.01 Requirements,Affirmative Defense and Exceptions
A.
Requirements
Except as otherwise provided herein, no person shall operate
upon any public street within the corporate limits of the City of
North Richland Hills any commercial motor vehicle, truck-tractor,
road tractor, trailer, semi-trailer, pole trailer, or any combina-
tion thereof except on such street or streets as are designated
as either truck routes or commercial delivery routes by this
ordinance; such vehicles shall be operated on a truck route when-
ever reasonably practicable to use a truck route to fulfill the
purpose for which such vehicle is then being operated.
B.
Affirmative Defense
It is an affirmative defense to subsection A that a vehicle
was traveling to or from a truck terminal, garage, place of repair,
place of performing a service, or a place of loading or unloadin~,
over the shortest practicable route to a point on a truck route or
commercial delivery route. Any such vehicle shall be permitted to
proceed from one such point not on a truck route or a commercial
delivery route if to so return would unreasonably increase the
distance to be traveled between such points; the operators of any
such vehicle shall carry evidence of the location of its last stop
and of its immediate destination in order for this exception apply.
C. Exceptions
The provisions of this section shall not apply:
(1) to emergency vehicles operating in response to
any emergency call;
(2) to vehicles operated by a public utili~y while
cruising in an assigned area for the purpose of
inspecting the facilities of said public utility
and/or providing maintenance service to said
facilities;
(3) Municipal vehicles performing City business.
Section 6.02 Designated Truck Routes and Commercial
Delivery Routes
A. The following streets and parts of streets are
designated "Truck Routes" under this ordinance:
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Name of Street
Limits
Interstate Loop 820
Hatauga Drive
State Highway 121
Rufe Snow Drive
State Farm to Market Road
1938 (Davis Boulevard)
~'Iithi n city 1 imits
Rufe Snow to F.M. 1938(Davis Boulevard
Within city limits
Watauga Road to Loop 820
Within city limits
Section 6.03 Maximum Weights, Dimensions, and Fees
A. Except as otherwise provided perein, it shall be unlawful
and in violation of this ordinance for any person to drive,
operate or move, and/or to cause or permit to be driven~ operated,
or moved on a public street other than a state or federal hiqhway
within the corporate limits of the City of North Richland Hills, any
motor vehicle with or without load, contrary to any of the regulations
contained in this section.
B. (1) No vehicle shall exceed a total outside width, including
any load thereon, of ninety-six (96) inches, except that the width
of a farm tractor shall not exceed nine (9) feet, exception further
that the limitations as to size of vehicle stated in this section
shall not apply to implements of husbandry, machinery used solely for
the purpose of drilling water wells regardless of whether it is a
unit in itself or is a unit mounted on a conventional vehicle or
chassis, and highway building and maintenance machinery temporarily
propelled or moved upon the public highways, excepting further, that
the limitations as to size of vehicles stated in this section shall
not aoply to vehicles on which implements of husbandry are beinç¡
carried or moved provided such vehicles are being moved by the owner
thereof or his agent or employee for the purpose of carryinq on
agricultural operations, and provided further that such implements
are being moved or carried a distance of not more than fifty (50)
mil es .
(2) No vehicle unladen or with load shall exceed a height
of thirteen feet, six inches (131)includinq load.
(3) No motor vehicle shall exceed a ìength of forty-five
(45) feet. It shall be unlawful for any combination of vehicles
to be coupled together includin9, but not limited to, a truck
and semi-trailer, truck and trailer, truck-tractor and semi-
trailer and trailer, truck-tractor and two trailers, to exceed a length
of sixty-five (65) feet, it such combination of vehicles is operated
exclusively within the limits of the City of North Richland Hills;
provided further, that motor buses as defined in Acts of the 41st
Legislature 2nd called Session, 1929, Chapter 88, as amended, ex-
ceeding thirty-five (35) feet in lenqth, but not exceeding forty
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(40) feet in length, may he lawfully operated if such motor buses
are equipped with air brakes ~nd have a minimum for four (4) tires
on the rear axle; and provided further, that the above limitations
shall not apply to any mobile home or to any combination of a mobile
home and a motor vehicle, but no mobile home and motor vehicle combina-
tion shall exceed a total len9th of fifty-five (55) feet. "Mobile
Home" as used herein means a livin~ quarters eouipped and used for
sleeping and eating and which may be moved from one location to
another over a public hiahway by being pulled behind a motor vehicle.
No mobile home, as the same is defined herein, shall be entitled to
the exception contained in this subsection unless the owner thereof
shall have paid all taxes, includinþ ad valorem taxes, and fees due
and payable under the laws of this state, levied on said mobile home.
(a) Except as provided in Subdivision (3) (b), no passen~er
car, regardless of weight, nor any other motor vehicle with
an unloaded weiaht of less than two thousand five hundred
(2500) pounds, may be coupled with more than one other
vehicle or towing devise at one time.
(b) If a passenger car or other motor vehicle has an unloaded
weight of two thousand five hundred (2,500) pounds or more,
it m~y be coupled with a towing devise and one other vehicle.
Subdivision (3) (a) of this subsection does not apply to the
towing of a disabled vehicle to the nearest intake place for
repairs.
(4) No combination of vehicles or vehicle operated alone
shall carry any load extending more than three (3) feet beyond the
front thereof. nor, except as hereinabove provided, more than four
(4) feet beyond the rear thereof.
(5) No passenger vehicle shall carry any load extending
more than three (3) inches beyond' the line of the fenders on the
left sirle of such vehicle, nor extendin9 more than six (6) inches
beyond: the line of the fenders on the right side thereof; provided,
that the total overall width of such oassenqer vehicle shall in no
event exceed ninety-six (96) inches, including any and all such load.
t. No motor vehicle or combination of vehicles shall be
operated or caused or permitted to be operated upon any public street
within the corporate limits of the City of North Richland Hills having
a weight in excess of anyone or more of the followin~ limitations:
(1) In no event shall the total gross weiaht, with load,
o~ ?n~ vehicle or combination of vehicles, exceed eight thousand
( 3,000) pounds.
(2) No axle shall carry a load in excess of twenty
thousand (20,Ono) pounds. An axle load shall be defined as the
total load transmitted to the road by all wheels whose centers may
be included between two (2) parallel transverse verticle olanes forty
(40) inches apart, extending òcross the full width of the vehicle.
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(3) The total gross weight concentrated on the
highway surface from any tandem-axle group shall not exceed
thirty-four (34,000) thousand pounds for each such tandem-
axle group. "Tandem axle" is defined as -to be two (2) or
more axles spaced forty (40) inches or more apart from center
to center having at least one (1) common point of weight sus-
pension.
(4) Vehicles used exclusively to transport ready-
mix concrete may be operated upon the public street~ of the
City of North Richland Hills vlith a tandem-axle load not to exceed
thirty-slx ~riousand (36,000) pounds; a single load not to
exceed twelve thousand (12,000) pounds; and a gross load not
to exceed forty-eight thousand (48,ODO) pounds.
(5) Vehicles used exelusively to transport milk
may be operated upon the public streets of the Ci ty of north Ri ch-
1 and ~ill s if the distance between the front wheel of the
forward tandem axle and the rear wheel of the rear tandem
axle, measured longitudinally, is at least twenty-eight (28)
feet, and the maximum load carried on any group of axles
does not exceed sixty-eight thousand (68,000) pounds.
D. The provisions of this section shall not apply to:
(1) Any person operating or causing to be operated
a motor vehicle under a valid and subsisting permit for the
operation of overweight or oversize equipment for the trans-
portation of such commodities as cannot be reasonably dis-
mantled issued by the State Highway Department under the pro-
visions of Article 670la of the Revised Civil Statutes Amended;
(2) Emergency vehicles operating in response to
any emergency calli
(3) Vehicles operated for the purpose of construct-
ing or maintaining any public utility in the City of North R;chland Hills
(4) Municipal vehícles performing City business.
E. (1) Upon written application timely made by any
person or corporation whic~ desires to operate or cause to
be operated on the public property, public sidewalks, or
public streets other than solely on a state highway within
the corporate limits of the City of North Richland Hills~Texas over-
weight or oversize equipment for the tran~portation of such
commodities as cannot be reasonably dismantled, where the
total gross weight or size of the vehicle and its load exceed
the limits allowed by this section, the Building Inspection
Department, after consulting with the POlice, Traffic and
Transportation, and Public Works Department, shall issue a
permit for the operation of such equipment or fleets of equip-
ment for a specified period of time, over a route or routes
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to be designated by the Traffic and Transportation Department,
if such routes can be determined at the time application for
the permit is made.
(2) Moved buildings are subject to the provisions
of the Construction Chapter, Articles 3, 4 and 5.
(3) Public Safety Requirements:
(a) Light Required: Every building which
occupies any portion of public property after sun-
down shall have sufficient lights continuously
burning between sunset and sunrise for the protec-
tion of the public.
(b) Number and Location: There shall be a
minimum of five (5) red lights placed on each
street side of the building. Said lights shall
be attached to the building in such manner as to
indicate extreme width, height, and size.
(c) Flares Required: In addition to the
lights hereinabove required, flares shall be placed
in the streét at regular intervals for a distance
of two hundred (200) feet measured from each side
of the building.
(d) Flagmen Required: When in the opinion
of the Building Official, flagmen are necessary
to divert or caution traffic, the mover of a
building shall employ at his expense, such number
of flagmen as the Building Official shall deem
necessary for the purpose of diverting or caution-
ing traffic. Red lights shall be employed in
flagging traffic at night.
Section 6.04 Cargo Spillage
It shall be unlawful for any person to operate or cause
to be operated any commercial motor vehicle on a public
street of the City of North Ri'chhmd Hill s in s.uch manner as to permit
any portion of its cargo, either liqUld or solid, to fallout
of, spill from, or blowout of such vehicle.
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Section 6.05 Weighing Vehicles
Any peace officer having reason to believe that the
gross weight or axle load of a loaded motor vehicle is un-
lawful is authorized to weigh the same by means of portable
or stationary scales, or cause the same to be weighed by any
public weigher, and to require that such vehicle be driven
to the nearest available scales for the purpose of weighing.
In the event the gross weight of such vehicle be found to
exceed the maximum gross weight authorized by law, plus a
tolerance allowance of five percent (5%) of the gross weight
authorized by law, such peace officer shall issue an appro-
priate citation, unless the operator possesses a valid over-
weight permit.,'
ARTICLE 7
TRAFFIC ENGINEERING
Section 7.01 City Traffic Engineer or Director - Office
Created; Appointment
The Office of Traffic Engineer or Director is hereby
established. The Tra~fic Engineer or Director shall be
appointed by the City Manager and shall exercise all powers
and duties conferred upon him by ordinances relative to
traffic, as well as all provisions of State Law prescribing
the duties of or vesting powers in the local traffic engineering
authority.
Section 7.02 Same - Powers and Duties Relative to
Traffic Generally
a. It shall be the duty of the Traffic Engineer or his
designee to determine the installation and pròper timing of
traffic-control devices, to conduct engineering analysis of
traffic accidents and to devise remedial measures, to conduct
engineering investigation of traffic conditions and to
cooperate with other City Officials in the development of
ways and means to improve traffic conditions, and to carry
out the additional powers and duties granted by law.
b. The Traffic Engineer or Director or his designee,
except as otherwise directed by this Article, and except as
otherwise directed from time to time by the City Council,
shall have power and is hereby authorized to regulate the
operation and parking of vehicles within the City, including
private property used for public purposes by the erection or
placing of proper signs, ~arkers, lights, or other devices
indicating prohibited or limited parking, restricted speed
areas, one-way streets, through or arterial streets, stop
streets, "U" turns, school zones, hospital zones, loading
and unloading zones, quiet zones, and other signs or markers
indicating the place and manner of operating or parking
vehicles.
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C., The Traffic Engineer or Director or his designee
shall also have power and is hereby authorized to regulate
the movement of pedestrians upon the streets and sidewalks
by the erection or placing of proper signs or markers indi-
cating the flow of pedestrian traffic.
d. The Traffic Engineer or Director or his designee
shall also have power and is hereby authorized to designate
bus stops and taxicab stands and to erect signs prohibiting
the parking of vehicles other than buses and taxicabs in
such stands.
e. The Traffic Engineer or Director or his designee
shall also have power and is hereby authorized to designate
truck routes and· to regulate the parking of vehicles of
various s~zes and weights.
f. The Traffic Engineer or Director or his designee
shall further have power and is hereby authorized to cause
all necessary signs, markers, lights, or other traffic
control devices to be erected or placed on any street or
part of a street when he deems such action necessary.
g. The Traffic Engineer or Director or his designee is
further empowered and aµthorized to mark off traffic lanes
on streets and parts of streets indicating and directing the
flow of traffic when, in his judgment, such action is necessary.
ARTICLE 8
GENERAL RULES
Section 8.01 Prima Facie Evidence of Traffic Controls
a. Not Required of Prosecution: In any prosecution
for any violation of this chapter, it shall not be necessary
for the state to prove the installation or authority there-
fore of any official traffic control device or signal.
b. 'Defense's Right of Rebuttal: Any person charged
with a violation of this chapter shall have the right to
prove the sign, signal or devise was not so installed or
authorized as a defense.
Seètion 8.02 Refusal to Comply with Traffic Controls
Any person failing or refusing to comply with the
directions indicated on any sign, marker, light, or other
traffic control devise erected or placed in accordance with
the provisions of this article when so placed or erected
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
Section 8.03 Owner of Vehicle Prima Facie Responsible
When any vehicle is found parked in violation of any
parking provision contained in this Chapter, such fact shall
be prima facie evidence that the person in whose name it is
registered, is guilty of a violation of the parking provi-
sions contai~ed in this Chapter.
ARTICLE 9
Section 9.01
Any person, firm or corporation violating any portion of this
ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and fined not in excess
of$200.00.
Section 9.02
If any portion of this ordinance is declared unconstitutional or
invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction it shall not affect the remaining
valid portion of this ordinance.
PASSED and APPROVED this
9th
day of October
. 1978.
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WANT AD INVOICE
From The FORT WORTH STAR-TELEGRAM, Fort Worth, Texas
To City of N. Richland Hills
P.O. Box 18609
Fort Worth, TX 76118
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Date 5tñrff~d 10/15/78 To expire10/15/78
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