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AN ORDINANCE
ENTITLED AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 31 OF
ARTICLE 6 OF "AN ORDINANCE REGULATING TRAFFIC
UPON THE PUBLIC STREETS, ALLEYS.AND OTHER
THOROUGHFARES IN THE CITY OF BEAUMONT; PENAL-
TIES FOR VIOLATIONS, AND REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES
AND SECTIONS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH,"
KNOWN AS THE TRAFFIC -ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF
BEAUMONT--PASSED BY -THE CITY -COUNCIL -ON AUGUST -24,
19481 AS THE SAME WAS AMENDED ON APRIL 12, 1949.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF BEAUMONT:
That Section 31 of Article 6 of the Traffic Ordinance of The
City of Beaumont, passed by the City Council on the 24th day of
August, A. D., 1948,'as the same was amended on the 12th day
of April, A. D., 1949, be, and it is hereby, amended to read as
follows:
"INCREASING STATE SPEED LIMIT IN CERTAIN ZONES. -
-It is hereby determined -on .the -basis of an en-
gineering and traffic investigation that the speed
permitted by State law upon the following streets
i.s -less -than is_ necessary for safe operation of
vehicles thereon by reason of the designation and
sign -posting of said streets as through highways
and by reason of widely spaced intersections, and
it is hereby declared that the prima facie speed
limits shall be as hereinafter set forth on those
streets or parts of streets herein designated
when signs are erected giving notice thereof, and
the speed limit designated for each of said streets
or speed zones is declared to be the maximum,
reasonable and prudent speed limit therein.
"On the Port Arthur Highway. From the intersection
._of Elgie Street in a southeasterly direction to the
City Limits the prima facie speed limit shall be
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orty-five (45) miles per hour.
"On the Fannett Road. From the intersection of St.
James Boulevard in a southwesterly direction to the
City Limits the prima facie speed limit shall be
forty-five (45) miles per hour.
"On College Street. From the traffic circle at the
..intersection of Eleventh Street Road in a westerly
direction to the City Limits the prima facie speed
limit shall be forty-five (45) miles per hour.
"On Calder Avenue. From its intersection with Lucas
Drive in a westerly direction to the City Limits
the prima facie speed limit shall be forty-five (45)
miles per hour. -
"On the Eleventh Street Road. From the intersec-
tion of Ashley Street in a northerly direction
to a point three hundred (300) feet north of
Hoover Street the prima facie speed limit shall
be thirty (301 miles per hour. From a point three
hundred (300). -feet north of Hoover Street to a
point three hundred (300) feet north of French
Road, the prima facie speed limit shall be thirty-
five (35) miles per hour. From a point three
hundred (300) feet north of French Road in a
-- - - --_ - ----- - -- _northerly-dir-ection- to--the--City- Limits,- the prima--
facie speed limit shall be forty-five (45) miles
per hour." -
PASSED by the City Council this 15thrday of
September, A. D., 1953.
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