HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 92-66 ORDINANCE NO.
ENTITLED AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 26,
SECTION 26-24 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE
CITY OF BEAUMONT TO REDUCE SPEED LIMITS ON
COLLEGE STREET AND AVENUE F; 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 establish maximum and minimum speeds
in certain zones as follows:
Section 26-24: Speed Limits 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 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 zones 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:
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SCHEDULE A
SCHOOL ZONE SPEED LIMITS
Direction of
Street Travel Description
College E & W From a point 395 feet east of the
center line of Avenue F to a point
295 feet west of the center line of
Avenue F.
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.
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repealed to the extent of the conflict only.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 20 ay of .. �A 1992.
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