HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 24-044ORDINANCE NO. 24-044
ENTITLED AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 20,
SECTION 20.03.004 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF
BEAUMONT, TEXAS BY RESTRUCTURING THE SCHOOL
ZONES SPEED LIMIT LIST; PROVIDING FOR
SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING FOR REPEAL; AND
PROVIDING A PENALTY,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF BEAUMONT:
Section 1,
THAT Chapter 20, Section 20.03,004 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Beaumont, be and
the same is hereby amended by restructuring the school zones list to read as follows:
Sec. 20.03.004 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.
In accordance with this section, and when signs are erected giving notice thereof, the prima facie
speed limit shall be twenty (20) miles per hour for each school zone below, Monday through
Friday at the times posted on the school zone sign that are provided by the schools each year:
School
Street
Direction
Description
of Travel
Evolution Academy
Sarah Street
E&W
From a point 920 feet west of the
centerline of Rohi Street to a point
80 feet west of the centerline of
Fatima Street..
Section 2.
That if any section, subsection, sentence, clause of 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That all ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are repealed to the extent of the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 1,01.009 of the Code of Ordinances of Beaumont, Texas.
The meeting at which this ordinance was approved was in all things conducted in
strict compliance with the Texas Open Meetings Act, Texas Government Code, Chapter 551.
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL of the Ci
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