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HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 86-17 ORDINANCE NO. (� ENTITLED AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 26, SECTION 26-24 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF BEAUMONT TO ESTABLISH SCHOOL SPEED ZONES; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING FOR REPEAL AND PROVIDING A PENALTY. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF BEAUMONT: Section 1 . That Chapter 26, Section 26-24, of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Beaumont be, and the same is hereby, amended to add the following reference to Calder Avenue: Section 26-24: Decreased in school zones. It is hereby determined upon the basis of an engineering and traffic investigation, that the speed permitted by state law upon those streets, or portions of streets described in the schedule below is greater than is reasonable or safe under the conditions found to exist upon such streets and it is hereby declared that the prima facie speed limit upon those streets or portions thereof described in the schedule below shall be decreased as therein stated and the limits so declared shall be effective at the times specified therein when signs are erected giving notice thereof. SCHEDULE A In accordance with this section, and when signs are erected giving notice thereof, the prima facie speed limit shall be twenty ( 20) miles per hour in the following zones between the hours of 7: 15 a.m. and 8 : 15 a.m. and 2 :45 p.m. and 3 : 30 p.m. , Monday through Friday on school days. Direction Street of Travel Description Calder Ave . E & W From a point 225 feet west of the centerline of Oakland to a point 285 feet east of the centerline of Ewing. 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 That all ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are repealed to the extent of the conflict only.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 c�7�, er 1986. - Mayor - - 2 -