HomeMy WebLinkAbout87-2712ORDINANCE NO. 87-2712
AN ORDINANCE PRESCRIBING THE SPEED LIMIT ON
QUINCY STREET IN THE CITY OF PLAINVIEW, TEXAS,
AT THE LOCATIONS HEREINAFTER DESIGNATED,
REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH
AND PRESCRIBING A PENALTY FOR THE VIOLATION OF
THIS ORDINANCE AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
WHEREAS, after an engineering and traffic investigation, the
City Council of the City of Plainview, finds that circumstances
are such that the maximum reasonable and safe speed for the
operation of vehicles under the conditions found to exist on
Quincy Street, within the city limits of Plainview, is as
prescribed by the City Ordinance hereinafter enacted:
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COURCIL OF THE
CITY OF PL~INVIEW:
SECTION 1: The speed limits on that portion of Quincy Street
at the locations hereinafter designated shall be as follows:
The maximum legal speed limit on that portion of Quincy
Street lying between the North boundary line of State Highway 194
North to the intersection of Quincy Street and Thirty Second
Street shall be thirty-five (35) miles per hours.
The maximum legal speed limit on Quincy Street from the North
boundary line of the intersection on Quincy Street with Thirty
Second Street to its intersection with the 1-27 East Frontage Road
shall be forty-five (45) miles per hour.
The maxiumum legal speed limit on
Street lying between 14th Street and
forty (40) miles per hour.
that portion of Quincy
15th Street shall be
SECTION 2: It shall be unlawful for any person to operate
any motor vehicle which is self-propelled, automobile or
motor-cycle on the above designated portions of Quincy Street in
the City of Plainview at a speed greater than that which is
hereinabove designated in Section 1 of this Ordinance as the
maximum speed limit.
SECTION 3: All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict
herewith are hereby repealed.
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SECTION 4: Any person who shall violate or fail to comply
with the provisions of this Ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a
misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a
fine of not less than one dollar ($1.00) and not more than two
hundred dollars ($200.00).
WHEREAS, an emergency exists as shown in the preamble of this
Ordinance, the enactment of this Ordinance is declared to be an
emergency measure thereby creating a public necessity that the
rule requiring proposed ordinances to be presented at two (2)
separate Council Meetings be dispensed with; and this Ordinance
shall be effective from the date of its passage.
PASSED AND APPROVED this the 14th day of July, 1987.
ATTEST:
E~.V. 'RIDLEHUBER, Mayor'
S~R~L ~W~.N~ City Secretary
APPROVED AS TO CONTENT:
JOHNNIE BALLEW
Director of Municipal Safety & Environment
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
DAVID BLACKBURN, Assistant City Attorney
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