Loading...
HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 97-50 ORDINANCE NO. 97--SCE 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. Section 26-23: Maximum and minimum speeds established in certain zones. DELETE FROM SCHEDULE Speed in Miles Direction Per Hour Street Limits of Zones of Travel Maximum Minimum Interstate 10 (a) From the east city E & W 55 45 (Study: 10/95) limits (centerline of the Neches River) to the west city limits (650 feet west of Major Drive) ADD TO SCHEDULE Speed in Miles Per Hour Direction Maximum Minimum Street Limits of Zones of Travel Interstate 10 (a) From a point 1300 E & W 60 45 (Study: 10/95) feet west of the centerline of Calder to a point 350 feet west of the centerline of Harrison. (b) From a point 350 E & W 55 45 feet west of the centerline of Harrison to a point 1400 feet east of the centerline of Eleventh Street. 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_� �� 1997. - Mayor -