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SPEED ZONE ORDINA}ICE ~jJ/
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AN ORDINANCE ALTERING THE PRTIiIA FACIE SPEED LnHTS
ESTABLISHED FOR VEHICLES Ul@ER THE PROiJIsrors OF
SECTION 8 OF ARTICLE 827a, VEl'1NON'S TElJi.S PSHAL
CODE, UPON THE BASIS OF AN ElIIGnTEET:.TI1G AND TP.AFIi'IC
INVESTIGATION UPON CERTAnJ STRK:,'l'S AND HIGID1AYS,
OR P .ARTS THEREOF, ~mHll'J THE CORPORATE Ln,UI'S OF
THE CITY OF N. pj,ch1and Hills , AS SET OUT
IN THE ORDTI'iANCE,; AND PROVIDING A PENALTY OF A
FINE NOT TO EXCEED ~~200 .00 FOR VI01l'.T :lON OF THIS
ORDllTANCE.
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WHEREAS, Section 8 of Article 827a, Vernon's Penal Code of the
State of Texas, provides that whenever the governing body of the City
shall determine upon the basis of an engineering and traffic investi-
gation that any priJna 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 ccnsideration the width and condition of the
pavement and other circumstances on such portion of said street or high-
.,ray, as well as the usual traffic thereon, said govern body may deter-
mine 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,
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BE IT OF-DAlliED by the City Council of the City
of N. Richland Hills , Texas:
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Section 1. Upon the basis of an engineering and traffic investigation
heretofore made as authorized by the provisions of Section 8 of Article
827a, Vernon's Texas Penal Code, the follmving 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 vihicles traveling upon the named streets
and highways, or parts thereof, described as follow:
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On ,State Hi,ghway 121, Sout.h l,ane
1. FrOJT¡ ttle vÎest Cj_tv LbrLts of h:tchland Hills at Sta. 345+39.1
Northeasterly to 0.33J r'1ile lljortheast of thev:Jest C:Lty Limit,
50 miles per hOllr.
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2. Fron¡ 0.331 Northeast of the T,Jest City Limit, l;ortl1easterly to
0.250 mile Southwest of the East City Limit, 40 miles per bOllr.
3. From 0.250 mile Southwest of the East City Limit, Northeasterly
to the E:ast City Limit at St.ation 437..¡..2h.0, 45 [Üles Ger hour.
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Section 2. Any person violating any of the prov~s~ons 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) dollars.
PASSED AND APPROVED THIS
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ATTEST:
APPROVED:
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