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ENTITLED AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 37
SECTION 37-58.2 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES
OF BEAUMONT, TEXAS; ESTABLISHING PRIMA
FACIE SPEED LIMITS UPON CERTAIN STREETS
OR PORTIONS OF STREETS WHEN SIGNS ARE
ERECTED GIVING NOTICE THEREOF; BY ADDING
PORTIONS OF TRAM,BROUSSARD, DOWLEN, OLD
VOTH, AND BIGNER ROADS, AND GLADYS AND
CALDER AVENUES; TO THE 11SCHEDULE" OF SPEED
LIMIT REGULATIONS OF SECTION 37-58.2;
PROVIDING A PENALTY; PROVIDING FOR SEVER-
ABILITY; AND REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES AND
PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF BEAUMONT, TEXAS:
1.
That section 37-58.2 of the Code of Ordinances of
Beaumont, Texas, is hereby amended to read as follows:
Sec. 37-58.2.
Same—Changed in certain zones.
It is hereby determined upon the basis of an
engineering and traffic investigation that
the speed permitted by state law upon the
street or portion 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 street or portion thereof, and it is
hereby declared that the prima facie speed
limit upon that street or portion thereof
described in the schedule below shall be as
therein stated, when signs are erected giving
notice thereof.
S C H E D U L E
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 that street or portion thereof specified
herein:
Direction Maximum Speed
Street Limits of Zones of Travel In Miles Per Hour
Washington Boulevard (a)
From the west right-of-
way line of Eleventh East
Street to a point fifty &
feet (50') west of the West
relocated Hillebrandt
Bayou bridge.
35 mph
(b) From a point 50' west
of the relocated Hille- East
brandt Bayou bridge to & .
the east right-of-way West
line of FM 364 (Major
Drive):
Tram Road (a) From the west right-of-
way line of 01d Voth East
Road to 50' west of the &
west right-of-way line West
of FM 364 Extension.
(b) From a point 50' west of
the west right-of-way East
line of FM 364 Extension &
to the west City Limits. West
Broussard Road (a) From the northerly right- East
of -way line of Tram Road &
to the west City Limits. West
Dowlen Road (a) From the north right-of-
way line of Calder Avenue North
to a point 100' north of &
the north right-of-way South
line of Gladys Avenue.
(b) From a,point 100' north
of the north right -of- North
way line of Gladys Avenue &
to a point 200' south of South
the center line of Cole
Road.
(c) From a point 200' south
of the center line of
Cole Road to the south
right-of-way line of
State Highway 105 (Sour
Lake Road). .
Calder Avenue (a) From the west right-of-
way line of Main Street
to the west right-of-way
line of 18th Street.
(b) From the west right-of-
way line of 18th Street
to a point 150' west of
the center line of the
Caldwood Cut-off Ditch
bridge.
(c) From a point 150' west
of the center line of
the Caldwood Cut-off
Ditch bridge to a point
400' west of the center
line of FM 364 (Major
Drive).
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North
South
East
West
East
West
East
West
45 mph
40 mph
50 mph
40 mph
35 mph
45 mph
35 mph
30 mph
35 mph
40 mph
(d) From a point 400' west East
of the center line of & 50 mph
FM 364 (Major Drive) to West
the west City Limits
line.
Old Voth Road (a)
From the north right-of-
way line of Voth Cut-off
North
Road to the north right-
&
45 mph
of -way line of the R.F.
South
D. Road.
Bigner Road (a)
From the north right-of-
way line of West Lucas
North
to a point 500' north
&
35 mph
of the center line of
South
Roland Street.
Gladys Avenue (a)
From the west right-of-
way line of Interstate
East
Highway 10 to the west
&
30 mph
right-of-way line of
West
Howell Street.
(b) From the west right-of-
way line of Howell Street East
to a point 1100' west of & 35 mph
the center line of Dowlen West
Road.
(c) From a point 1100' west
of the center line of East
Dowlen Road to the east & 45 mph
right-of-way line of FM West
364 (Major Drive) .
2.
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.
3.
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 in no
wise affect the remaining portions of this ordinance, and to
such end the various portions and provisions of this
ordinance are declared to be severable.
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4.
That all ordinances and parts of ordinances in
conflict herewith are hereby repealed.
PASSED by the City Council this day of
September, 1968.
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