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ORDINANCE NO. 00 ,v
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 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
IH-10 Seventh to College Street East/West 45
U.S. 69 Delaware to IH-10 North/South 45
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herewith are repealed to the extent of the conflict only.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 11th day of April , 1989.
Mayor -