HomeMy WebLinkAbout89-2796SPEED LIMITS - SOUTHWEST FIFTH STREET AND SOUTH ENNIS STREET
ORDINANCE NO. 89-2796
AN ORDINANCE DESIGNATING A PORTION OF SOUTHWEST FIFTH
STREET BETWEEN SOUTH GARLAND .STREET AND SOUTH ENNIS
STREET AND A PORTION OF SOUTH ENNIS STREET AS SCHOOL
ZONES; PROVIDING FOR THE HOURS OF MAXIMUM SPEED
LIMITS ON THOSE PORTIONS DESIGNATED AS SCHOOL ZONES;
PROVIDING FOR A PENALTY; AND OTHER RELATED PROVISIONS.
Whereas, an engineering and traffic investigation study has
been conducted in regard. to the streets adjacent to and abutting
the La Mesa Elementary School; and
Whereas, said engineering and: traffic investigation has
determined that it would be in .the best interest of the .City of
Plainview :and the safety of the citizens of Plainview that certain
portions of certain streets were designated school zones and
certain maximum speed limits were prescribed during specific hours.
Now, Therefore, Be It Ordained by the City Council of the
City of Plainview, Texas that:
Section 1: That. between the hours of 7:30 a.m. to 8:30 a.m.
and the hours of 3:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Monday's, Tuesday's,
;% Wednesday's, Thursday's, and .Friday's of each school week, it
`` - shall be unlawful for any person. operating a motor vehicle which
is self-propelled to operate said motor vehicle at a speed greater
than twenty (20) miles per hours on the following portions of the
following streets:
On that portion of Southwest Fifth Street between South
Garland street and South Ennis Street
On that portion of South Ennis Street from'the North curb
line of the intersection of South Ennis Street and Southwest
Fifth Street hence 750 feet South.
Section 2: All ordinances or parts of ordinances in
conflict with the provisions of this ordinance are hereby
repealed.
Section 3: 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 $1.00. and not more than $200.00.
Section 4: At all other times except during the hours on the
days as hereinabove provided in Section 1, the maximum speed limit
shall be the speed limit as designated and posted on each. of the
above streets.
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p Passed and approved on this the 25th day of July,. 1989.
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E.V. Rdlehuber, Mayor
.ATTEST:
Carla Reese,~City ,secretary
TO G~"ONTENT
c Safety Superintendent
ne,( Chief of Police
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
David Blackburn, City Attorney
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