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ORDINANCE NO. -a
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 as follows:
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
Corley E & W From a point 275 feet east of the
centerline of Eighth Street to a
point 225 feet west of the
centerline of Eighth 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herewith are repealed to the extent of the conflict only.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 _z6i* day of 424WA�G
1987
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