HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 98-75 ORDINANCE NO.
ENTITLED AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 26,
SECTION 26-24 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE
CITY OF BEAUMONT BY ADDING A NEW SCHOOL ZONE;
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 by adding a new school zone to Schedule
A.
Section 26-24: Speed limits Decreased in School Zones.
It is hereby determined upon the basis of an engineering 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 zone
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:
SCHEDULE A
SCHOOL ZONE SPEED LIMITS
Direction of
Street Travel Description
Champions Drive N & S From a point 50 feet north of the
centerline of Walden to a point
1550 feet north of the centerline of
Walden.
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That all ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are repealed to the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 on this the day of
1998.
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