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AN ORDINANCE PRESCRIBING THE SPEED LIMIT ON QUINCY STREET IN THE CITY
OF PLAINVIEW, TEXAS, AT THE LOGATIONS HEt~.INAFTER DESIGNATED, REPEALING
ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH AND PRESCRIBING A PENALTY FOR THE
VIOLATI~6N OF THIS ORDINANCE.
WHEREAS, after an engineering and traffic investigation, the City Council
of the City of Plainview, finds that cireumstances 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 COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PLAINVIEW:
SECTION 1: The speed limits on that portion of Quincy Street at the locations
hereinafter designated shall be as follows:
The maximum legal sp~ed limit on that portion of Quincy Street lying
between the North boundary line of Sta~e Highway !94 to the intersection of
Quincy Street and Twenty-fourth Street shall be thirty-five (35) miles per
hour.
The maximum legal speed limit on Quincy Street from the North boundary
line of the intersection of Quincy Street with Twenty-Fourth Street to a point
100 feet North of the intersection of Quincy Street and Twenty-Sixth Street
shall be forty~five (45) miles_ per hour.
The maximum legal speed limit on Quincy Street from a point 100 feet
North of the North boundary line of Twenty-Sixth Street to the South boundary
line of the United States Highway 87 which is also_Interstate Highway 27
shall be fifty (50) miles per hour.
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 Ci~'y 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: Ail ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith
are hereby repealed.
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
nos more than two hundred dollars ($200.00).
PASSED AND APPROVED THIS 24th. ~ayfof February_ ........ , A. D. 1976.
hn . Sto~eham, Mayor, City of Plainview
ATTEST:
. . aa, City Clerk