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Speed Zone - FM 3466 (SW 3rd and SE 4th }
ORDINANCE NO. 02-3352.
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PLAINVIEW, TEXAS,. AMENDING
SECTION 24-158 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES TO ESTABLISH A
MAXIMUM RATE OF SPEED FOR VEHICLES .TRAVELING
EASTBOUND AND WESTBOUND ON FM 3466 (SOUTHWEST THIRD
AND SOUTHEAST FOURTH STREETS IN THE CITY OF PLAINVIEW);
PROVIDING fOR A PENALTY; CUMULATIVENESS CLAUSE;
CONFLICTS CLAUSE; SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; AND EFFECTIVE
DATE.
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Plainview, upon. the basis of
engineering and traffic investigation by The State of Texas Transportation
Department, finds it necessary to establish a maximum speed limit on FM 3466
for traffic traveling eastbound and westbound within the corporate limits of the
City of Plainview, Texas; and
WHEREAS, the City Council finds it in the best interest. of the public safety
of the citizens of the City of Plainview to amend §24-158 to reflect these
changes; and
NOW,. THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of
Plainview, Texas that:
Section 1: The speed limit on FM 3466, within the City limits of Plainview,
at the following designated locations shall be amended in the Plainview City
Code of Ordinance (§ 24-158) and said speed limits shall be as follows:
(a) Beginning at I-27 exchange and the West City limits on SW 3`~ (West
end of FM 3466 and I-27 cross-over bridge) and .running the full length ofi FM
3466 to FM 400 (Date Street and SE 4th Street), the maximum legal speed limit
for vehicles traveling Eastward on FM 3466 shall be designed in the following
sequences.
Point (1 } 45 mph from the West City Limits (West side of I-27
overpass} eastward for 0.200 miles to point (2)
Point (2) 50 mph from point (2) eastward for 0.450 miles to point {3}
Point (3) 55 mph from point {3) eastward for 1.406 to point (4)
Point (4) 50 mph from point (4) for 0.590 miles to point (5}
Point (5) 40 mph from point (5) for 0.433 miles to Date Street (FM
3466)
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{b) Beginning at Date Street {FM 3466} and running the full length of FM
3466 to the Westside of I-27 overpass and to the City limit of Plainview, .the
maximum legal speed limit for vehicles traveling Westward on FM 3466 from
Date Street shall be designed in the following sequences.
Point (1) 40 mph. from FM 400 (Date Street & SE'4t" Street) westward
for D.617 miles to point (2) on F:M: 3466
Point (2) 50 mph from point (2) westward' for 0.406 .miles to point (3)
Point (3) 55 mph from point (3} westward for 1.406 miles to point (4)
Point (4) 50 mph from point (4) westward for 0.450 miles to point (5)
Point {5) 45 mph from point (5) westward for 0.200 miles to the .City.
limits
(c) The symbol "mph" as used in this Ordinance is a symbol for and
means "miles per hour".
Section II
Any person who shall violate or fail to comply with the provision of .this ordinance
shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof, shall be
punished by a fine of not less than $1.00 and not more than $200.00.
Section III
Provisions of this ordinance are cumulative and nothing herein shall prevent,.
alter, or diminish the applicability or enforcement of other ordinances restricting,
regulating or governing the. subject matter herein.
Section IV
All ordinances or portions of any ordinance of the City of Plainview, Texas in
conflict herewith, are hereby amended to conform with the provisions hereof.
Section VI
Should any section, subsection, or any portion hereof be deemed invalid for any
reason, such holding shall not render orinvalidate any other section, sub.-section,
sentence, provision, clause, phrase, or word severable therefrom and the same
shall be deemed severable for this purpose.
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Section VII
This ordinance shall be of full force and effect upon its passage and publication
as required by law.
PASSED AND APPROVED on first reading this 10t" day of September, 2002.
PASSED AND APPROVED on second reading this 24t" day of September, 2002.
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Belinda Hinojosa, City Secrets
APPROVED AS TO CONTENT:
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William J. M ,Chief of Police
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Wally Hatc ity Attorney
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