HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 89-57 8920654 102 8o 1429
ORDINANCE NO. 9-
ENTITLED AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 26,
SECTION 26-23 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF
THE CITY OF BEAUMONT TO ESTABLISH MAXIMUM AND
MINIMUM SPEEDS IN CERTAIN 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 26-23 of the Code of
Ordinances of the City of Beaumont be, and the same is hereby,
amended to establish maximum and minimum speeds in certain zones
as follows:
Section 26-23: Maximum and minimum speeds 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.
Maximum
Direction Speed
Street Limits of Zones of Travel MPH
Washington a) From a point 210 East/West 35
Blvd. feet west of the
centerline of M. L.
King to a point 160
feet west of the
centerline of Santa
Fe Railroad Tracks
102 3 0 1430
Maximum
Direction Speed
Street Limits of Zones of Travel MPH
b) From a point 160 East 40
feet west of the &
centerline of Santa West
Fe Railroad tracks
to a point 160 feet
west of the center-
line of Hillebrandt
Bayou Bridge
c) From a point 160 East 45
feet west of the &
centerline of West
Hillebrandt Bayou
Bridge to a point
600 feet west of
the centerline of
Burbank Street
d) From a point 600 East 40
feet west of the &
centerline of West
Burbank Street to
a point 90 feet
east of the center-
line of Major Drive
(FM 364)
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.
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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 8th day of August , 1989.
Maurice Meyer
- Mayor -
THE STATE OF TEXAS X
COUNTY OF JEFFERSON X
BEFORE ME, the undersigned authority, on this day personally
appeared Maurice Meyers, known to me to be the person whose name is
subscribed to the foregoing instrument, and acknowledged to me that he
executed the same for the purposes and consideration therein expressed.
1989. GIVEN UNDER MY HAND and seal of office this 8th day of August,
No ry Public, Stalof xas
'f' Jill Manning
Typed name of notary
My commission expires: 1/27/92
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CITY CLE!%K'S OFFICg JEFFERST'°
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STATE i e° TL-"3,,S CG:;HYY OF JEFFERSON
1 hereby cortify tS-at this instrument was Wed on
the date and time s?camped kereon by ma and was duly
recorded in the Official Public Records of Real Property
of Jefferson County,Texas, on
AUG 14. 1989
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County Clerk,Jefferson County,texas