HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 92-20 ORDINANCE NO. 9�Z
ENTITLED AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 26,
SECTION 26-24 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF
THE CITY OF BEAUMONT BY ADDING NEW SCHOOL
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 by adding new school zones to Schedule A.
Section 26-24: Speed limits Decreased in School Zones.
It is hereby determined upon the basis of an engineering traffic investigation, that
the speed permitted by state law upon those streets, or portions of streets
described in the following schedule 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
following schedule 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 as twenty (20) miles per hour in the following zone
between the hours of 7:15 a.m. to 8:15 a.m. and 2:45 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.; Monday
through Friday on school days:
SCHEDULE A
SCHOOL ZONE SPEED LIMITS
Direction of
Street Travel Description
Howell N & S From a point 50 feet north of the
centerline of Derby to a point 40
feet north of the centerline of
Glascow.
Regina E & W From a point 275 feet east of the
centerline of Howell to a point
650 feet west of the centerline of
Howell.
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That all ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are repealed to the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 on this the.
day of 1992.
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