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ORDINANCE NO. :.
AN ORDINANCE FIXING AND ESTABLISHING MAXIMUM
LEGAL SPEEDS UPON CERTAIN HIGHWAYS AND STREETS,
OR PORTIONS THEREOF 11 WITHIN THE CORPORA TE LIMIm
OF THE CITY OF NORTH RICHLAND HILLS, TEXAS ,AS
SET FORTH AND PROVIDED HEREIN; PROVIDING FOR
THE POSTING AND ERECTION OF SIGNS ALONG AND
UPON SUCH HIGHWAY AND STREETS 11 OR PORTIONS
'!'HEREOF WHERE APPLICABLE, BY THE STATE HIGHWAY
DISTRICT ENGINEER, OR UNDER HIS SUPERVISION,
AND, FURTHER PROVIDING FOR THE REMOVAL OF SUCH
AND REPLACEMENT '!'HEREOF BY THOSE PRESENTLY
EXISTING DESIGNATING THE PRESENT ESTABLISHED
SPEED RA TE, OR SUCH OTHER SPEED LIMIT AS MAY
BE HEREAFTER FIXED AND ESTABLISHED BY THE
GOVERNING. BODY OF SUCH CITY; PRESCRIBING: AND
FIXING A PENALTY FOR THE VIOLATION HEREOF;
PROVIDING FOR THE REPEAL OF ALL ORDINANCES
AND PARm OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH;
CONTAINING A SAVING CLAUSE AND PROVIDING AN
EFFECTIVE DA TE.
W~S, Section 8 of Article 827a, Vernons
Penal Code of the State of ~xas, provides that
whenever the governing body. of the City shall
determine upon the basis of 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 within 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 deciare a reasonable and safe prima facie
speed limit thereat or thereon by the passage of
an ordinance, which shall be effective when appro-
priate signs giving notice thereof are erected
at such intersection or other place or part of
the street or highway; NOW, 'l'HEREFORE,
BE I'f ORDAINED BY 'fHE CITY COUNCIL OF 'fHE CITY
OF NORTH RICHLAND HILLS, 'l'EXAS:
Section 1. 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 high-
ways, or parts thereof, described as follows:
Control 363-01
State Highway 121
(a) From the intersection of the west boundary
line of Rufe Snow Drive with State Highway 121 (station
370 .¡. (0) northeasterly 1.676 miles to the intersection
of I.H. 820 with state Highway 121 (station 458 ~ 50)
all within the corporate limits of the City of North
Richland Hillsl1 at not to exceed 40 miles per hour.
Section 2. The City Council of the City .of
North Richland Hills hereby declares and fixes the
above maximum speed limits and the District Engineer
of the state of Texas is hereby authorized to proceed
with the erection of the appropriate signs.
Section 3. It is hereby declared that the
construction project on state Highway No. 121 has
necessitated the enactment of this ordinance for the
safety of those traversing state Highway No. 121 in
the City of North Richland Hills, Texas; therefore,
the above regulations shall be in effect after the
passage of this ordinance, the erection of the proper
signs and publication hereof as required by law; and,
same shall remain in effect until the completion and
acceptance of the said construction project bY the
Highway District Engineer of the State of Texas
or until such time as the construction project
has progressed to a stage whereby, in the opinion
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of the said Highway District Engineer, traffic may
safely travel the construction project, or portions
thereof, at the rate of speed posted prior to the
construction. said Highway District Engineer will
have the authority to replace the construction speed
zone siins with speed zone signs reestablishing the
speed zoning prior to construction and the placement
of such signs shall be evidence of the governing speed
zone or zones . The completion and/or acceptance of the
said construction project by the Highway Ðistrict
Engineer shall cancel the provisions of this ordinance
and the Highway District Engineer shall be authorized
to remove all such signs used in compliance with the
regulations set forth in this ordinance.
Section 4. All ordinances or parts of ordinances
in direct conflict herewith a:re hereby superseded and
the part of the ordinance in conflict herewith shall be
null and void so long as this ordinance is in. effect.
However, any ordinance or part of an ordinance super-
seded by this ordinance shall automatically be re-
instated in force upon the date of completion and/
or acceptance of the said construction project,
when this ordinance is no longer in effec~.
section.5.Any person violating any of the provisions
of this ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor
and upon con~iètion thereof shall be fined in any sum not
to exceed $200.00.
Section 6. If any part of this ordinance be declared
unconstitutional or otherwise void by a court of competent
jurisdiction, such decision shall, in noway, affect the
validity of any of the remaining partsof this ordinance
unless the part held unconstitutional or void is insepa-
rable from., and indispensable to, the operation of the
remaining parts. The City Council herebu declares that
it would have passed those parts of thisord1.nance which
are valid and would have omitted any parts which may be
unconstitutional or void, if it had known such parts
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were unconstitutiónal or void at the time of the passage
of this ordinance.
Section 7. This ordinance shall become effective
from and after the date of its passage, the erection of
said signs by the Highway District Engineer of the state
of Texas, or under his supervision, and publication as
required by law.
PASSED AND ADOPTED on this 28th day of Deoember,
A.D. 1964, there being Councilmen present
and Councilmen voting for the passage
and adoption hereof and Councilmen voting
against the passage and adoption hereof.
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Mayor, City of North Ricbland
Hills, Texas.
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City Secretaru
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I, Rita Clower, City secretary of the City of North
Richland Hillsl1 Texas, do hereby certify that the above
and foregoing is a true and correct copy of @rdinance No.
: --\ duly' passed and adopted by the City Council
of said City at a regular meeting thereof held on the
28th day of December, A.D. 1964.
City Secretary
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