HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 93-14 ORDINANCE NO. y'3-
ENTITLED AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER
26, SECTION 26-24 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES
OF THE CITY OF BEAUMONT TO REDUCE SPEED
LIMITS ON HIGHLAND AVENUE, LAVACA,
JAGUAR, AND SOUTH STREETS; 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:
DELETE FROM SCHEDULE A:
Direction of
Street Travel Description
Highland Ave. N & S From a point 120 feet north of the
center line of Irby to a point
150 feet north of the center line of
Virginia.
Lavaca E-& W From a point 50 feet west of the
center line of Sullivan to a point
50 feet east of the center line of
Sparks.
ADD TO SCHEDULE A:
Highland Ave. N & S From a point 100 feet south of
the center line of Nolan to a
point 50 feet south of the center
line of Clark Street.
Lavaca E & W From a point 50 feet west of the
center line of Sullivan to a point
50 feet west of the center line of
Lakner.
ADD TO SCHEDULE B:
Jaguar N & S From the center line of South to the
center line of Smart.
South E & W From a point 250 feet west of the
center line of Oxford to a point
300 feet east of the center line
of Jaguar.
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 day of , 1993.
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