HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 84-74 ORDINANCE NO.
ENTITLED AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 26 ,
SECTION 26-23 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF
THE CITY OF BEAUMONT TO ESTABLISH MAXIMUM
SPEED LIMITS; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY;
PROVIDING FOR REPEAL AND PROVIDING A
PENALTY.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF BEAUMONT :
Section 1 .
That Chapter 26, Section 26-23 of the Code of Ordinances
of the City of Beaumont be, and the same is hereby amended to change
certain speed limits on four certain streets as follows:
Section 26-23: Maximums and minimums established in certain zones.
Schedule of streets. It is hereby determined
upon the basis of an engineering and traffic
investigation that the speed permitted by
state law upon the streets or portions thereof
described in the schedule below is greater in
some cases and less in some cases than is
reasonable or safe under the conditions found
to exist upon such streets or portions
thereof , and it is hereby declared that the
prima facie speed limit upon those streets or
portions thereof described in the schedule
below shall be as therein stated, when signs
are erected giving notice thereof.
SCHEDULE
In accordance with this section, and when
signs are erected giving notice thereof, the
prima facie speed limit shall be as set forth
in this schedule, at all times, upon those
streets or portions thereof specified herein:
Direction Maximum
Street _ Limits of Travel _Speed
23rd From the centerline of College North 35
to a point 400 feet north of &
the centerline of Bolivar South
Direction Maximum
Street Limits of Travel _Speed
23rd(cont' d) From a point 400 feet north of North 30
the centerline of Bolivar to a &
point 300 feet south of the South
centerline of Cartwright
From a point 300 feet south of North 35
the centerline of Cartwright &
to the centerline of Washington South
Blvd.
Section 2 .
That if any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase
of this ordinance, or the application of same to a particular set of
persons or circumstances, should for any reason be held to be
invalid, such invalidity shall not affect the remaining portions of
this ordinance, and to such end the various portions and provisions
of this ordinance are declared to be severable.
Section 3 .
That all ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict
herewith are repealed to the extent of the conflict only.
Section 4 .
That any person who violates any provision of this
ordinance shall, upon conviction, be punished as provided in Section
1-8 of the Code of Ordinances of Beaumont, Texas.
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL of the City of Beaumont this the
_ day of 4zui� 1984.
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